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Investor AB (publ)

INVE-A.ST
68
Asset Management · Financial Services
Price
kr 374.00
+2.60 (+0.70%)
Market Cap
kr 1.15T
Exchange
Stockholm Stock Exchange
Winston Score
68
Winston looking curious
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

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

Investor AB is a Swedish holding company that owns large stakes in some of Europe's most well-known businesses. Its portfolio includes major companies like ABB, Atlas Copco, AstraZeneca, SEB, and Ericsson, spanning industries such as industrial equipment, pharmaceuticals, banking, and technology. The Wallenberg family controls Investor AB and has used it to build and manage these ownership stakes for over a century.

Investor AB makes money through dividends, capital gains, and management fees from its portfolio companies, which are spread primarily across Sweden and the broader Nordic region, with significant global exposure through its holdings. The company's main competitive advantage is its long-term ownership model and the Wallenberg family's deep relationships with Swedish industry and government. The key risk is concentration — a large portion of its value is tied to a small number of companies, meaning a downturn in any major holding, particularly Atlas Copco or ABB, could meaningfully impact overall performance.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+117.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong revenue growth

EPS Growth

>+1,000% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

20.3%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$27.7B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Winston looking curious
Strong grower

Investor AB (publ) is growing revenue at 118% year-over-year. The Winston Score penalises unprofitable companies, but revenue at this pace tells a different story — this is a company still in "build mode."

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Quality

Gross Margin
67.3%
Premium pricing power — 67.3% gross margin
Operating Margin
123.6%
Excellent — 123.6% operating margin
ROCE
2.9%
Weak — 2.9% 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
+123.4%
Fast-growing sales (123.4% YoY)
EPS YoY
+340.5%
Earnings growing fast (340.5% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

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

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
17%
Weak — only 17% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
12.1%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (12.1%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.12
Conservative — low debt load (0.12)
Interest Cover
36.63x
Comfortably covers interest (36.6x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio
6.9x
Attractive valuation — P/E 6.9

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward
N/A
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Dividends

Dividend Yield
1.43%
Small dividend — 1.43% yield

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

Dividend Growth
+17.4%
Dividend growing fast (17.4% YoY)

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