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Lagercrantz Group AB (publ)

LAGR-B.ST
56
Information Technology Services · Technology
Price
kr 245.60
+3.00 (+1.24%)
Market Cap
kr 48.23B
Exchange
Stockholm Stock Exchange
Winston Score
56
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A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

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

Lagercrantz Group is a Swedish company that buys and owns small, specialized industrial and technology businesses across Europe. These smaller companies make niche products — like electronics, sensors, and control systems — and sell them to manufacturers, engineers, and other industrial customers. Lagercrantz is a serial acquirer, meaning its core strategy is finding and purchasing these focused businesses rather than building products itself.

The company makes money through the sales generated by each business it owns, covering a wide range of products and services across electronics, energy, and industrial technology. It operates mainly in the Nordic countries and broader Europe, with over 60 subsidiary companies under its umbrella. Its competitive edge comes from a decentralized model — each acquired business keeps its own management and identity, which helps retain talent and local expertise. The key risk is that growth depends heavily on finding and successfully integrating new acquisitions at reasonable prices, which becomes harder as the company gets larger.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+15.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+27.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

2.8%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$456M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

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Growth + cash flow

Lagercrantz Group AB (publ) is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 16%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

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
39.4%
Modest — 39.4% gross margin
Operating Margin
17.8%
Healthy — 17.8% operating margin
ROCE
5.6%
Weak — 5.6% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+13.7%
Fast-growing sales (13.7% YoY)
EPS YoY
+19.6%
Earnings growing fast (19.6% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
125%
Turns 125% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
11.6%
Modest free cash flow (11.6%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
1.07
Elevated debt (1.07)
Interest Cover
10.90x
Comfortably covers interest (10.9x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio
36.1x
Pricey — P/E 36.1

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

P/E vs Forward
+4.4
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (36.1 → 31.6)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
0.88%
Small dividend — 0.88% yield

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

Dividend Growth
-89.0%
Dividend cut (-89.0% YoY) — warning sign

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