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Scully Royalty

SRL
28
Financial - Capital Markets · Financial Services
Price
$5.30
-0.15 (-2.75%)
Market Cap
$80.7M
Winston Score
28
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+18.1% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 12.6M (2020) → 14.8M (2024)

Scully Royalty Ltd. is a small Canadian holding company that owns and manages a mix of industrial and resource-related businesses. Its operations have included interests in areas like fertilizers, chemicals, and other industrial products, selling to commercial and industrial customers. The company is not a pure royalty business despite its name, and it operates across a relatively diverse set of assets.

Scully Royalty generates revenue through its operating subsidiaries rather than a single clean business model, which makes it harder to categorize than most financial or royalty companies. It is a micro-cap firm with a market value around $100 million, and its negative operating margin signals that costs currently exceed operating income. The main risk facing the company is its lack of a clear, focused business model — with a negative return on invested capital and thin gross margins, it must improve operational efficiency or find higher-quality assets to generate consistent returns for shareholders.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+5.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+90.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

26.7%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$25M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Scully Royalty is growing revenue at 5% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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Quality

Gross Margin
43.5%
Healthy — 43.5% gross margin
Operating Margin
4.3%
Thin — 4.3% operating margin
ROCE
0.2%
Weak — 0.2% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
-27.8%
Shrinking sales (-27.8% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
-37.6%
Burning cash (-37.6%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.13
Conservative — low debt load (0.13)
Interest Cover
1.14x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.1x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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