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Zedcor

ZDC.V
44
Security & Protection Services · Industrials
Price
C$5.40
+0.24 (+4.65%)
Market Cap
C$599.0M
Exchange
Toronto Stock Exchange Ventures
Winston Score
44
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 13, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026

Share count rising — dilution

+91.6% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 57.9M (2021) → 110.9M (2025)

Zedcor Inc. is a Canadian security services company that deploys mobile surveillance towers called MobileyeZ to monitor construction sites, oil and gas facilities, and other industrial locations. Instead of hiring on-site security guards, customers rent these tall, self-contained towers equipped with cameras, lights, and AI-powered video analytics that can detect intruders and alert a remote monitoring team. The company primarily serves customers in Alberta and across Western Canada, operating in the industrial and energy sectors.

Zedcor makes money by charging recurring rental and monitoring fees for its surveillance towers, which creates a subscription-like revenue stream. This model helps explain the relatively strong gross margins near 58%, though the company is still in an early growth phase, reflected in its negative return on invested capital. Zedcor has been expanding its tower fleet and geographic footprint across Canada, and its key growth driver is winning more long-term contracts in energy and construction — while its main risk is the high capital cost of scaling that fleet quickly enough to turn a consistent profit.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+69.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

-141.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

19.5%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~1 months

$5M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Revenue accelerating

Zedcor grew revenue 69% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

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Quality

Gross Margin
52.0%
Healthy — 52.0% gross margin
Operating Margin
5.4%
Thin — 5.4% operating margin
ROCE
0.8%
Weak — 0.8% 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
+74.4%
Fast-growing sales (+74.4% YoY)
EPS YoY
-43.4%
Earnings shrinking (-43.4% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency
3/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
1001%
Turns 1001% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
-82.8%
Burning cash (-82.8%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.36
Conservative — low debt load (0.36)
Interest Cover
1.29x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.3x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
314.0x
Expensive — P/E 314.0

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward
+271.8
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (314.0 → 42.2)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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