WinstonWınston
Fabryka Farb i Lakierow Sniezka S.A. logo

Fabryka Farb i Lakierow Sniezka S.A.

SKA.WA
49
Industrial - Specialties · Industrials
Price
82.20 PLN
-0.20 (-0.24%)
Market Cap
1.04B PLN
Exchange
Warsaw Stock Exchange
Winston Score
49
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Śnieżka is a Polish company that makes paints, varnishes, and coatings for homes and buildings. Its products are sold to everyday consumers doing home renovations as well as to professional painters and construction companies. It is one of the largest paint manufacturers in Central and Eastern Europe, best known for its Śnieżka brand of interior and exterior wall paints.

The company earns money by selling its products through hardware stores, home improvement retailers, and building supply distributors across Poland and neighboring countries including Ukraine, Belarus, and Hungary. With a gross margin near 50%, Śnieżka benefits from strong brand recognition and an established distribution network in its home region, which are difficult for new competitors to quickly replicate. The key growth driver is reconstruction demand in Ukraine, where Śnieżka has had a long commercial presence, though ongoing conflict there remains a significant risk to both sales volumes and operational stability in that market.

Winston Score History

Share count broadly stable

0.0% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 12.6M (2021) → 12.6M (2025)

Score breakdown

Every number that matters to educated investors.

Each metric is explained in plain language so you know exactly what you're looking at. Start your free trial now.

Quality

Gross Margin
31.9%
Modest — 31.9% gross margin
Operating Margin
1.5%
Thin — 1.5% operating margin
ROCE
0.4%
Weak — 0.4% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free

Growth

Sales YoY
-3.2%
Shrinking sales (-3.2% YoY)
EPS YoY
+2.9%
Flat earnings

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

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

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free

Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
214%
Turns 214% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
17.2%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (17.2%)

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

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free

Stability

Debt / Equity
0.34
Conservative — low debt load (0.34)
Interest Cover
6.59x
Adequate interest coverage (6.6x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free

Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
14.5x
Attractive valuation — P/E 14.5

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward
+2.4
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow — slightly cheaper on forward P/E

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free

Dividends

Dividend Yield
6.25%
Healthy income — 6.25% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend Growth
+17.9%
Dividend growing fast (17.9% YoY)

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free
🔒 See full fundamentals and if they are improving or declining — click here for your free trial now.
Start free trial