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Sampo Oyj

SAMPO.HE
57
Insurance - Diversified · Financial Services
Price
€9.63
+0.05 (+0.52%)
Market Cap
€25.55B
Exchange
NASDAQ Helsinki
Winston Score
57
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Jul 26, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026

Share count falling — buybacks

2.6% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 2.77B (2021) → 2.70B (2025)

Sampo Oyj is a Finnish financial services company that focuses mainly on insurance. It owns If P&C Insurance, one of the largest property and casualty insurers in the Nordic and Baltic regions, which sells policies covering cars, homes, businesses, and health to millions of customers across Scandinavia and beyond. Sampo also owns Topdanmark, a major Danish insurer, making it one of the dominant insurance groups in Northern Europe.

Sampo makes money by collecting insurance premiums from policyholders and investing those funds, keeping the profit when claims and costs stay below what it collects — a model called underwriting. The company operates primarily in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and the Baltic states, with a market cap around $25.6 billion. Its competitive strength comes from its large scale and strong brand recognition across the Nordic region, where insurance markets are mature and stable. The main risk is that rising claims costs from severe weather events or inflation could squeeze underwriting profits.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-26.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-115.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

7.8%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

5+ years

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

$19.4B cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue declining

Sampo Oyj'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.

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
100.0%
Premium pricing power — 100.0% gross margin
Operating Margin
1.1%
Thin — 1.1% operating margin
ROCE
0.3%
Weak — 0.3% 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
+17.1%
Fast-growing sales (17.1% YoY)
EPS YoY
+44.0%
Earnings growing fast (44.0% 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
62%
Modest — 62% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
7.2%
Modest free cash flow (7.2%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.37
Conservative — low debt load (0.37)
Interest Cover
28.84x
Comfortably covers interest (28.8x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
15.5x
Fair value — P/E 15.5

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward
-0.4
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
3.74%
Moderate income — 3.74% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend Growth
-46.6%
Dividend cut (-46.6% YoY) — warning sign

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