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KBC Ancora SCA

KBCA.BR
59
Asset Management · Financial Services
Price
€90.20
+0.30 (+0.33%)
Market Cap
€6.95B
Exchange
Euronext Brussels
Winston Score
59
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 9, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025

Share count falling — buybacks

1.6% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 78.3M (2021) → 77.0M (2025)

KBC Ancora is a Belgian holding company whose main job is to own a large stake in KBC Group, one of Belgium's biggest banks and insurance companies. It doesn't sell products to everyday customers — instead, it acts like a long-term investor that holds onto its shares in KBC Group and collects dividends from them. This makes it part of the asset management and financial holding industry in Europe.

The company makes almost all of its money from dividends paid by KBC Group, which is why its gross margin looks very high — there are few operating costs involved in simply holding shares. KBC Ancora is based in Belgium and operates primarily within the Belgian financial ecosystem, giving it a narrow but stable income stream. Its main risk is concentration: if KBC Group cuts its dividend or its share price falls sharply, KBC Ancora's income and asset value drop directly alongside it, leaving investors heavily exposed to a single underlying company.

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Quality

Gross Margin
98.0%
Premium pricing power — 98.0% gross margin
Operating Margin
98.0%
Excellent — 98.0% operating margin
ROCE
2.1%
Weak — 2.1% 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
-14.5%
Shrinking sales (-14.5% YoY)
EPS YoY
-14.4%
Earnings shrinking (-14.4% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
0%
Weak — only 0% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
0.0%
Thin free cash flow (0.0%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.03
Conservative — low debt load (0.03)
Interest Cover
18.26x
Comfortably covers interest (18.3x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
21.9x
Growth-priced — P/E 21.9

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

P/E vs Forward
+10.2
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (21.9 → 11.7)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
4.88%
Healthy income — 4.88% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend Growth
+18.3%
Dividend growing fast (18.3% YoY)

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