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engcon AB (publ)

ENGCON-B.ST
54
Agricultural - Machinery · Industrials
Price
kr 64.90
+1.10 (+1.72%)
Market Cap
kr 9.89B
Exchange
Stockholm Stock Exchange
Winston Score
54
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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Winston Score between 40 and 70. The stock passes some quality checks but not all.

engcon AB is a Swedish industrial company that makes tiltrotators — attachments that go on the end of excavator arms and let the bucket rotate and tilt in any direction. This makes excavators far more flexible and efficient on construction sites. engcon is the global market leader in tiltrotators and sells primarily to construction contractors and equipment dealers across Europe and beyond.

engcon makes money by selling tiltrotators, quick couplers, and related accessories like control systems and tools directly through dealers. The company is headquartered in Tillberga, Sweden, and generates most of its revenue in Scandinavia, though it has been expanding into Central Europe and North America. Its moat comes from being the dominant brand in a niche it essentially created, with strong dealer relationships and a proprietary tool system that keeps customers buying compatible accessories. The key growth driver is penetration of markets like North America and Germany, where tiltrotator adoption remains low compared to Scandinavia.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+20.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+32.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

R&D Spend

$55M/ year

Rising (+17% vs prior year)

2.9% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

67.7%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$73M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

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

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Growth + cash flow

engcon AB (publ) is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 21%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

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Quality

Gross Margin
38.2%
Modest — 38.2% gross margin
Operating Margin
14.1%
Healthy — 14.1% operating margin
ROCE
8.4%
Below par — 8.4% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+16.5%
Fast-growing sales (16.5% YoY)
EPS YoY
+6.2%
Modest earnings growth (6.2% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
61%
Modest — 61% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
5.7%
Thin free cash flow (5.7%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.20
Conservative — low debt load (0.20)
Interest Cover
24.62x
Comfortably covers interest (24.6x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio
46.2x
Expensive — P/E 46.2

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

P/E vs Forward
+22.9
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (46.2 → 23.3)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
1.52%
Small dividend — 1.52% yield

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

Dividend Growth
+11.7%
Dividend growing fast (11.7% YoY)

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