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Alternus Clean Energy

ALCE
31
Renewable Utilities · Utilities
Price
$0.00
-0.00 (-40.00%)
Market Cap
$360
Winston Score
31
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+4170447.8% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 12K (2021) → 479.6M (2025)

Alternus Clean Energy is a renewable energy company that builds and operates solar power farms. It generates electricity from sunlight and sells that power to utility companies, businesses, and governments. The company focuses on utility-scale solar projects, meaning large installations designed to feed electricity into the broader power grid.

Alternus earns revenue primarily by selling electricity generated from its solar assets under long-term contracts called power purchase agreements, which provide somewhat predictable cash flow. The company operates mainly in Europe, with a smaller presence in the United States, and remains a small player in the renewable energy space with a market cap near zero. Its financial metrics, including a deeply negative gross margin, signal that the business is still in an early and financially stressed stage — the key risk is whether it can raise enough capital and scale its project portfolio before running out of runway.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-100.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

<−1,000% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

Declining (-100% vs prior year)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

57.2%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~0 months

$39,000 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Alternus Clean Energy has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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Quality

Gross Margin
N/A
Data not available
Operating Margin
N/A
Data not available
ROCE
-5.2%
Weak — -5.2% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
-99.9%
Shrinking sales (-99.9% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
277%
Turns 277% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
311061.3%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (311061.3%)

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
7.55
Heavy debt load (7.55)
Interest Cover
0.20x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.2x)

Interest coverage below 1. Their profits don't cover the interest bill.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
0.0x
Attractive valuation — P/E 0.0

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

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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