AGYS · Technology(services-computer integrated systems design) · 10 years of annual accounts filed with the SEC · latest fiscal year ended 2026-03-31
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Agilysys Inc reported revenue of $319.3 million in fiscal 2026, after growing 10.8% a year over the previous 9 years. Its operating margin widened from -9.5% in 2018 to 13.5%, and it earned 10.5% on its invested capital in the latest year. Of the $289.3 million its operations generated over 10 years, 59.0% went to acquisitions and 12.3% back into the business; the share count rose 21.7%. On the accounting screens, it passes 8 of 9 Piotroski tests, its Altman Z'' of 4.97 is in the safe zone and its Beneish M-score is below the -1.78 line; 3 of the six cross-checks between its statements fire.
Revenue, fiscal 2026319.3M+10.8% a year over 9 years
Operating margin13.5%gross margin 62.6%
Return on invested capital10.5%1.1% on average over 3 years
Free cash flow after stock pay46.3M14.5% of revenue
Net debt ÷ EBITDANet cash116.9M more cash than debt
Piotroski F-score8/9tests of improvement passed
Is it growing?
Revenue and the operating income it turns into. Growth that does not reach operating income is growth bought with margin.
RevenueOperating income
-100M0100M200M300M400M
2018Revenue 127.4MOperating income -12.1M
2018
2019Revenue 140.8MOperating income -13.1M
2020Revenue 160.8MOperating income -34.1M
2021Revenue 137.2MOperating income -21.0M
2022Revenue 162.6MOperating income 6.3M
2023Revenue 198.1MOperating income 12.9M
2024Revenue 237.5MOperating income 15.8M
2025Revenue 275.6MOperating income 22.6M
2026Revenue 319.3MOperating income 43.0M
2018201820192020202120222023202420252026
Compound growth a year
3 yrs
5 yrs
9 yrs
Revenue
+17.3%
+18.4%
+10.8%
Operating income
+49.5%
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—
Net income
+38.6%
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—
Earnings per share
+34.4%
—
—
Free cash flow per share
+31.7%
+15.8%
+61.9%
Shares
+3.1%
+3.9%
+2.2%
Falling shares are buybacks: each remaining share owns more of the company.
Does it earn more than its capital costs?
Margins say how much of each sale is kept; return on invested capital says how much the business earns on the money it needs to operate. Growth only creates value when that return is above the cost of the capital.
Needs a cost of capital, which comes from the valuation below.
Return on equity
11.9%
Return on assets
8.1%
Asset turnover
0.66×
Research & development
22.8% of revenue
Overheads (SG&A)
13.2% of revenue
Is the profit cash, and where does the cash go?
Net income is an accounting opinion; free cash flow is what was left in the bank after investing. Stock-based pay does not leave the bank — shareholders pay it through dilution — so it is shown taken off as well.
Net incomeFree cash flowAfter stock-based pay
-50M050M100M
2018Net income -8.3MFree cash flow 734,000After stock-based pay -4.0M
2018
2019Net income -13.2MFree cash flow 3.9MAfter stock-based pay -453,000
2020Net income -34.1MFree cash flow 7.2MAfter stock-based pay 1.9M
2021Net income -21.0MFree cash flow 27.0MAfter stock-based pay -13.1M
2022Net income 6.5MFree cash flow 27.3MAfter stock-based pay 12.7M
2023Net income 14.6MFree cash flow 27.2MAfter stock-based pay 14.3M
2024Net income 86.2MFree cash flow 40.1MAfter stock-based pay 25.9M
2025Net income 23.2MFree cash flow 52.3MAfter stock-based pay 34.6M
2026Net income 38.8MFree cash flow 68.1MAfter stock-based pay 46.3M
2018201820192020202120222023202420252026
Where 10 years of operating cash went, 2018–2026
289.3M generated by the business. Each band is its share of that total.
Reinvested in the business 12%35.5M
Acquisitions 59%170.6M
Dividends 0%0
Share buybacks 0%0
Kept, or used to pay down debt 29%83.3M
Over the same years it paid 135.6M in stock. The share count rose 21.7%.
Per share
Earnings per shareFree cash flow per shareDividend per share
-$2$0$2$4
2018Earnings per share $-0.36Free cash flow per share $0.03
2018
2019Earnings per share $-0.56Free cash flow per share $0.17
2020Earnings per share $-1.47Free cash flow per share $0.31
2021Earnings per share $-0.90Free cash flow per share $1.15
2022Earnings per share $0.25Free cash flow per share $1.07
2023Earnings per share $0.56Free cash flow per share $1.05
2024Earnings per share $3.21Free cash flow per share $1.49
2025Earnings per share $0.82Free cash flow per share $1.85
2026Earnings per share $1.37Free cash flow per share $2.40
2018201820192020202120222023202420252026
Shares outstanding
Diluted shares
22M24M26M28M30M
2018Diluted shares 23.3M
2018
2019Diluted shares 23.5M
2020Diluted shares 23.2M
2021Diluted shares 23.5M
2022Diluted shares 25.5M
2023Diluted shares 25.9M
2024Diluted shares 26.8M
2025Diluted shares 28.3M
2026Diluted shares 28.4M
2018201820192020202120222023202420252026
Debt and liquidity
Debt is not bad in itself; debt the business cannot service in a bad year is. Net debt is debt minus cash, and below zero the company holds more cash than it owes.
Net debt
-150M-100M-50M0
2018
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024Net debt -144.9M
2025Net debt -49.0M
2026Net debt -116.9M
2018201820192020202120222023202420252026
Net debt ÷ EBITDA
-2.5×
Interest coverage
87× operating income ÷ interest
Current ratio
1.47 current assets ÷ current liabilities
Cash conversion cycle
34 days collects in 49d, stock 23d, pays in 38d
Three classic screens of the accounts
Each asks a different question of the same statements — is it improving, does it look like a company heading for distress, do the accounts resemble ones that were manipulated. None is a verdict; each shows what moves it.
Piotroski F-score
Is the business improving? Nine yes-or-no tests, this year against last.
8of 9 tests passed
✓ProfitableReturn on assets above zeropassed
✓Cash from operationsOperating cash flow above zeropassed
✓Profitability improvedReturn on assets higher than a year beforepassed
✓Profit backed by cashOperating cash flow above net income (low accruals)passed
✓Less long-term debtLong-term debt as a share of assets fellpassed
✓More liquidCurrent ratio higher than a year beforepassed
✕No new sharesShare count did not growfailed
✓Better gross marginGross margin higher than a year beforepassed
✓Sells more per assetAsset turnover higher than a year beforepassed
Where it misleads: it measures change, not level. An excellent business that stood still for a year scores low; a poor one recovering from a disaster scores high.
Altman Z''-score
Does the balance sheet look like those of companies that went bankrupt?
4.97safe zone
1.12.6
Working capital ÷ assets 0.12 × 6.56+0.80
Retained earnings ÷ assets 0.41 × 3.26+1.35
Operating income ÷ assets 0.09 × 6.72+0.60
Equity ÷ liabilities 2.11 × 1.05+2.22
Where it misleads: buybacks. A company that returns so much cash that its equity turns small or negative sinks the last two ratios without being anywhere near bankruptcy. Banks and insurers do not fit the model at all.
Beneish M-score
Do the accounts resemble those of companies that manipulated their earnings?
-2.48below the -1.78 line
-1.78
Receivables vs sales 1.18+1.08
Gross margin slipping 1.00+0.53
Soft assets 0.87+0.35
Sales growth 1.16+1.03
Slower depreciation 0.84+0.10
Overheads vs sales 0.89-0.15
Profit not in cash -0.06-0.30
Leverage rising 0.84-0.27
Where it misleads: fast growth and acquisitions. Sales growth carries a heavy weight, so a company growing 50% a year scores like a suspect without having done anything. It is a screen from a 1999 study, not an accusation.
Where the statements disagree
Cross-checks between the income statement, the balance sheet and the cash flow for the latest year, each with the benign reading and the worrying one.
Receivables are growing 37% against revenue growing 16%.
Benign
A shift towards larger customers on longer terms, or sales concentrated at the end of the period.
Worrying
Sales are being made on looser credit, or revenue has been booked that may never be collected.
Inventory is growing 46% against revenue growing 16%.
Benign
Stocking up for a launch, or securing supply.
Worrying
Demand is softening; discounts or write-downs tend to follow.
Capital spending (2M) is well below depreciation (4M).
Benign
Mature assets, or a business that has become less capital-intensive.
Worrying
Under-investing: today's profit is being held up by consuming tomorrow's capacity.
What is it worth, under which assumptions?
A company is worth the cash it will generate, brought back to today. This model projects revenue with growth that fades over the years, applies a free cash flow margin, and discounts the result at the cost of capital. Every assumption says where it came from, and all of them can be changed.
With a free cash flow margin at or below zero in year ten, the business never generates cash for its owners and a DCF says nothing useful. Set a positive margin for year ten to see what it would take.
What it has filed lately
The last twelve months at the SEC, most important first: annual and quarterly reports, events, large holders and insiders.
Every Form 4 filed in the last twelve months, read line by line: 6 filings by 4 people. Open-market purchases and sales are counted apart from awards, option exercises and shares withheld for taxes.
Bought on the open market—none in the period
Sold on the open market$23.3M9 sale(s) by 4 insider(s)
Under pre-arranged plans0%of the sales followed a 10b5-1 plan set months earlier
A Form 4 says what happened, when, how many shares and at what price. It does not say why: a sale can be diversification, a tax bill or a plan fixed months earlier, and an award is pay, not a purchase. Nothing here is a reason to buy or sell anything.
Which large funds report holding it
From the Form 13F of the 28 institutions followed on this site, as of the end of their last reported quarter. A 13F is filed up to 45 days later and shows only long positions in US-listed shares.
Accounts from the company's own SEC filings; lines some companies do not report are shown as a dash rather than estimated. The risk-free rate is the 10-year US Treasury yield. A DCF is a way of making assumptions explicit, not a forecast: it states what the company would be worth if the assumptions held. The scores are screens that point where to look, not verdicts. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell.