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NGS Group AB

NGS.ST
20
Specialty Business Services · Industrials
Price
kr 2.47
+0.01 (+0.41%)
Market Cap
kr 61.3M
Exchange
Stockholm Stock Exchange
Winston Score
20
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+139.2% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 10.4M (2021) → 24.8M (2025)

NGS Group AB is a Swedish staffing company that helps businesses find and hire workers on a temporary or permanent basis. It serves employers across several industries, including manufacturing, logistics, and office work, mainly in Sweden. The company focuses on blue-collar and white-collar staffing, connecting job seekers with companies that need extra workers.

NGS makes money by placing workers at client companies and charging those companies a fee based on hours worked or a flat placement fee. It operates primarily in Sweden and is a smaller player in the Nordic staffing market, which is competitive and includes larger rivals like Manpower and Adecco. The staffing industry is sensitive to economic cycles — when the economy slows down, companies cut temporary workers quickly, which puts pressure on revenue and already thin margins like NGS's 6% gross margin.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-22.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

<−1,000% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

5.6%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$6M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

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

Revenue declining

NGS Group AB's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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Quality

Gross Margin
8.9%
Thin — 8.9% gross margin
Operating Margin
1.7%
Thin — 1.7% operating margin
ROCE
1.5%
Weak — 1.5% 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
-22.4%
Shrinking sales (-22.4% 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
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
-3.9%
Burning cash (-3.9%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.29
Conservative — low debt load (0.29)
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
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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