Skillsoft (SKIL) Stock Analysis & Winston Score

Skillsoft is a company that helps working adults learn new job skills through online courses and training programs. Its main products include video lessons, practice labs, and certifications covering topics like technology, leadership, and business. The company sells primarily to large corporations and government agencies that want to train their employees.

Skillsoft makes money by charging businesses a subscription fee to access its library of learning content, which contains hundreds of thousands of courses. It operates mainly in North America but also serves customers in Europe and other regions, and reported roughly $500 million in annual revenue in recent years. The company's large content library and established corporate relationships give it some stickiness with customers, but it faces intense competition from LinkedIn Learning, Coursera, and other platforms — and its ongoing operating losses raise questions about whether it can reach sustained profitability before its financial position becomes a serious constraint.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-2.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-11.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

49.1%ownership

↓ Declining

Insider ownership declining — could be dilution or selling

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$101M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Revenue declining

Skillsoft's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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Quality

Gross Margin

73.8%

Premium pricing power — 73.8% gross margin

Operating Margin

-3.4%

Losing money on operations — -3.4%

ROCE

-0.8%

Weak — -0.8% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY

-1.7%

Shrinking sales (-1.7% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

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Data not available

EPS Consistency

0/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

—

Data not available

FCF Margin

-1.4%

Burning cash (-1.4%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity

N/A

Data not available

Interest Cover

N/A

Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

no trend

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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