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Catella AB Class B

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37
Investment - Banking & Investment Services · Financial Services
Price
20.10 GBp
-0.20 (-0.99%)
Market Cap
£1.69B
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
37
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

2.5% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 90.6M (2021) → 88.3M (2025)

Catella AB is a Swedish financial services firm that focuses on real estate. It helps clients buy, sell, and manage property investments across Europe. The company runs two main businesses: an investment management arm that pools money from institutions and wealthy investors into real estate funds, and a corporate finance arm that advises on property transactions.

Catella earns money through management fees on the assets it oversees, as well as advisory fees when deals close. It operates mainly across Europe, with a strong presence in Sweden, Germany, France, and Spain. Its edge comes from combining fund management with transaction advisory under one roof, which gives it insight into both capital flows and deal activity. The key growth driver is expanding its assets under management, but rising interest rates and a slower European property market could reduce deal volumes and compress fund returns, putting pressure on fee income.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-11.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+72.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

62.7%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~4 years

$1.5B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

$1.5B cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue declining

Catella AB Class B's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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Quality

Gross Margin
51.2%
Healthy — 51.2% gross margin
Operating Margin
-15.2%
Losing money on operations — -15.2%
ROCE
-1.4%
Weak — -1.4% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
-8.5%
Shrinking sales (-8.5% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
56%
Weak — only 56% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
4.5%
Thin free cash flow (4.5%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.76
Moderate — manageable debt (0.76)
Interest Cover
8.41x
Comfortably covers interest (8.4x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
9.9x
Attractive valuation — P/E 9.9

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

P/E vs Forward
-34.8
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
4.56%
Healthy income — 4.56% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend Growth
-2.5%
Dividend cut (-2.5% YoY) — warning sign

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