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High Coast Distillery AB (Publ)

HIGHCO-B.ST
27
Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries · Consumer Defensive
Price
kr 31.00
-0.60 (-1.90%)
Market Cap
kr 178.0M
Exchange
Stockholm Stock Exchange
Winston Score
27
Winston looking worried
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Winston Score below 40. The stock fails on most of our quality checks.

High Coast Distillery is a Swedish company that makes whisky and other spirits. It operates a distillery on the High Coast of northern Sweden, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and sells its products to consumers who buy premium and craft spirits. The company is one of the few whisky producers in Scandinavia and focuses on single malt whisky as its flagship product.

The company earns money by selling bottles of whisky and other spirits, primarily in Sweden but also through exports to international markets. Its location and the UNESCO heritage branding give it a distinct identity in a crowded craft spirits market, though its small size limits pricing power and distribution reach compared to large global spirits companies. The main growth driver is expanding export sales, particularly to whisky enthusiasts in Europe and Asia, but the main risk is that demand for premium craft spirits can slow quickly when consumers cut back on discretionary spending.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+24.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+161.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (2%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

44.1%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~1 months

$1M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

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High Coast Distillery AB (Publ) has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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Quality

Gross Margin
12.9%
Thin — 12.9% gross margin
Operating Margin
12.9%
Healthy — 12.9% operating margin
ROCE
0.9%
Weak — 0.9% 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
-1.5%
Shrinking sales (-1.5% 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
-299%
Weak — only -299% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
-20.3%
Burning cash (-20.3%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.77
Moderate — manageable debt (0.77)
Interest Cover
2.68x
Tight — interest eats into profit (2.7x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio
224.9x
Expensive — P/E 224.9

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

P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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