Ferroglobe

GSM

Industrial Materials · Basic Materials

Price

$3.35

+0.00 (+0.00%)

Market Cap

$626.0M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+6.7% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 176.5M (2021) → 188.4M (2025)

Ferroglobe PLC operates in the silicon and specialty metals industry in the United States, Europe, and internationally. It provides silicone chemicals that are used in a range of applications, including personal care items, construction-related products, health care products, and electronics, as well as silicon metal for primary and secondary aluminum producers; silicomanganese, which is used as deoxidizing agent in the steel manufacturing process; and ferromanganese that is used as a deoxidizin

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+13.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+89.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (3%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

44.0%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~16 months

$96M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

Growth context

Ferroglobe is growing revenue at 13% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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Quality

Gross Margin

12.5%

Thin — 12.5% gross margin

Operating Margin

-8.1%

Losing money on operations — -8.1%

ROCE

-3.3%

Weak — -3.3% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY

-2.8%

Shrinking sales (-2.8% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

EPS Consistency

0/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

FCF Margin

-2.8%

Burning cash (-2.8%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.28

Conservative — low debt load (0.28)

Interest Cover

N/A

Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

P/E vs Forward

N/A

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Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

1.73%

Small dividend — 1.73% yield

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

Dividend Growth

+7.4%

Dividend growing modestly (7.4% YoY)

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