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Johnson Controls International

JCI
46
Construction Materials · Basic Materials
Winston Score
46
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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Johnson Controls makes the systems that keep large buildings comfortable, safe, and energy-efficient. Its main products include heating and cooling equipment, fire detection systems, security systems, and building automation software. It sells mostly to commercial customers like hospitals, schools, offices, airports, and data centers.

The company earns money through equipment sales, long-term service contracts, and software subscriptions tied to its building management platforms. Johnson Controls operates globally, with significant revenue in North America, Europe, and Asia, and generates roughly $23 billion in annual revenue. Its installed base of equipment creates a recurring stream of service and upgrade revenue, which is a meaningful competitive advantage. The biggest growth driver is demand for energy-efficient building upgrades, partly pushed by corporate sustainability goals and government efficiency standards, though rising competition from Siemens and Honeywell, along with exposure to slowing commercial construction, remain key risks to watch.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+8.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+38.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

Insider Activity

0.3%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$698M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

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

Growth context

Johnson Controls International is growing revenue at 8% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin
36.8%
Modest — 36.8% gross margin
Operating Margin
13.1%
Healthy — 13.1% operating margin
ROCE
3.5%
Weak — 3.5% 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
+3.3%
Slow sales growth (3.3% YoY)
EPS YoY
+93.3%
Earnings growing fast (93.3% 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
52%
Weak — only 52% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
5.9%
Thin free cash flow (5.9%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.70
Moderate — manageable debt (0.70)
Interest Cover
19.78x
Comfortably covers interest (19.8x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
25.4x
no trend
Growth-priced — P/E 25.4

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward
+3.9
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (25.4 → 21.6)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
1.12%
no trend
Small dividend — 1.12% yield

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

Dividend Growth
+8.1%
no trend
Dividend growing modestly (8.1% YoY)

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