Balchem (BCPC) Stock Analysis & Winston Score

Balchem Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets specialty performance ingredients and products for the nutritional, food, pharmaceutical, animal health, medical device sterilization, plant nutrition, and industrial markets in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Human Nutrition & Health, Animal Nutrition & Health, and Specialty Products. The Human Nutrition & Health segment supplies ingredients in the food and beverage industry. Its products include

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+8.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+9.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$19M/ year

↑ Rising (+10% vs prior year)

1.8% of revenue

Below sector average (3%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

0.6%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$73M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Growth context

Balchem is growing revenue at 8% 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.

Share count broadly stable

−0.2% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 32.7M (2021) → 32.6M (2025)

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Quality

Gross Margin

37.3%

Modest — 37.3% gross margin

Operating Margin

20.5%

Excellent — 20.5% operating margin

ROCE

3.8%

Weak — 3.8% 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

+9.6%

Steady sales growth (9.6% YoY)

EPS YoY

+16.7%

Earnings growing fast (16.7% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency

8/8 quarters

Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

139%

Turns 139% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

16.6%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (16.6%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.13

Conservative — low debt load (0.13)

Interest Cover

21.32x

Comfortably covers interest (21.3x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

33.3x

Pricey — P/E 33.3

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward

+2.7

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow — slightly cheaper on forward P/E

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

0.57%

Small dividend — 0.57% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth

+50.7%

Dividend growing fast (50.7% YoY)

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