Wolters Kluwer N.V.

WTKWY

Specialty Business Services · Industrials

Price

$70.79

-1.02 (-1.43%)

Market Cap

$15.99B

Exchange

Other OTC

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count falling — buybacks

−11.5% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 261.8M (2021) → 231.8M (2025)

Wolters Kluwer is a Dutch information services company that sells specialized software, research tools, and expert content to professionals in law, finance, tax, accounting, and healthcare. Its customers are mostly lawyers, doctors, accountants, auditors, and compliance officers who rely on its products to do their jobs accurately and stay up to date with regulations. The company owns well-known brands like CCH, UpToDate, and Lippincott across its different business divisions.

Wolters Kluwer makes most of its money through recurring subscriptions, which gives it steady, predictable revenue year after year. It operates globally, with strong presences in North America and Europe, and generates roughly €5 billion in annual revenue. Its moat comes from deeply embedded software and content that professionals depend on daily, making it costly and disruptive to switch to a competitor. The main growth driver is expanding its cloud-based and AI-assisted tools, though increasing competition from larger technology companies entering the legal and compliance software market is a real long-term risk.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+0.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+36.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.0%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$976M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Growth context

Wolters Kluwer N.V. 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

73.7%

Premium pricing power — 73.7% gross margin

Operating Margin

24.3%

Excellent — 24.3% operating margin

ROCE

13.3%

Good — 13.3% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+8.9%

Steady sales growth (8.9% YoY)

EPS YoY

+25.1%

Earnings growing fast (25.1% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency

8/8 quarters

Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

141%

Turns 141% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

22.7%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (22.7%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

5.96

Heavy debt load (5.96)

Interest Cover

16.22x

Comfortably covers interest (16.2x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

7.0x

Attractive valuation — P/E 7.0

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward

-4.0

SLOWING

Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

4.37%

Healthy income — 4.37% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend Growth

+40.3%

Dividend growing fast (40.3% YoY)

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