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Unisys Corporation

UIS
22
Information Technology Services · Technology
Price
$3.64
-0.16 (-4.21%)
Market Cap
$265.4M
Winston Score
22
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+7.2% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 66.5M (2021) → 71.3M (2025)

Unisys Corporation helps large organizations manage their technology systems. It provides IT services like cloud computing, cybersecurity, and data processing, mainly to government agencies, airlines, banks, and other big institutions. The company is best known for running complex back-office technology operations that clients often find too difficult or costly to manage themselves.

Unisys earns money by signing long-term service contracts with clients, charging fees for managing their IT infrastructure and software systems. It operates globally, with significant business in the United States, Europe, and Australia, and generates roughly $2 billion in annual revenue. The company's main competitive advantage is its deep relationships with government and enterprise clients, but it faces real pressure from larger rivals like IBM and Accenture, as well as ongoing pension obligations that weigh on its finances. The key risk going forward is whether Unisys can win enough new contracts to offset revenue declines in its older, legacy technology businesses.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+1.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-19.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$25M/ year

Flat (-2% vs prior year)

1.3% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

Steady R&D investment year-over-year

Insider Activity

16.1%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~6 years

$380M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

$380M cash & investments at current burn rate

Growth context

Unisys Corporation is growing revenue at 1% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin
25.7%
Modest — 25.7% gross margin
Operating Margin
3.7%
Thin — 3.7% operating margin
ROCE
3.7%
Weak — 3.7% 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
+0.1%
Nearly flat sales (0.1% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
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
-10.0%
Burning cash (-10.0%)

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
2.27x
Tight — interest eats into profit (2.3x)

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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