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Genovis AB

GENO.ST
60
Medical - Specialties · Healthcare
Price
kr 20.00
+1.08 (+5.71%)
Market Cap
kr 1.32B
Exchange
Stockholm Stock Exchange
Winston Score
60
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Genovis is a Swedish biotechnology company that makes specialized enzymes and tools used by scientists in drug development and medical research. Its core products — sold under brands like SmartEnzymes — help researchers break down and analyze antibody-based medicines, which are a fast-growing class of drugs used to treat cancer and autoimmune diseases. The company's main customers are pharmaceutical companies, biotech firms, and academic research labs around the world.

Genovis earns money by selling its enzyme products and research kits, a model that generates very high gross margins near 90%. The company is headquartered in Lund, Sweden, and sells globally, with a significant share of revenue coming from large pharmaceutical markets in North America and Europe. Its moat comes from highly specialized, hard-to-replicate enzyme technology that becomes embedded in customers' research workflows. The key growth driver is the continued expansion of antibody drug development worldwide, though the company faces risk from its relatively small size and dependence on a niche market.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+3.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+13.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (18%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

16.4%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$171M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

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

Growth context

Genovis AB is growing revenue at 4% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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Share count broadly stable

+0.5% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 65.5M (2021) → 65.8M (2025)

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Quality

Gross Margin
88.5%
Premium pricing power — 88.5% gross margin
Operating Margin
17.2%
Healthy — 17.2% operating margin
ROCE
2.0%
Weak — 2.0% 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
+6.2%
Slow sales growth (6.2% YoY)
EPS YoY
-0.6%
Earnings shrinking (-0.6% YoY)

Slight earnings drop. Typical near a cyclical low.

EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
156%
Turns 156% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
-8.3%
Burning cash (-8.3%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.03
Conservative — low debt load (0.03)
Interest Cover
24.87x
Comfortably covers interest (24.9x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
55.8x
Expensive — P/E 55.8

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

P/E vs Forward
+31.6
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (55.8 → 24.2)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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