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Strabag SE

STR.VI
63
Engineering & Construction · Industrials
Price
€83.20
-1.10 (-1.30%)
Market Cap
€9.60B
Exchange
Vienna Stock Exchange
Winston Score
63
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Jul 26, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025

Share count rising — dilution

+15.2% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 102.6M (2021) → 118.2M (2025)

Strabag SE is one of Europe's largest construction and engineering companies, headquartered in Vienna, Austria. It builds roads, highways, tunnels, bridges, railways, and large buildings for governments, municipalities, and private clients across dozens of countries. The company is a major player in civil engineering and infrastructure construction, with particularly strong roots in German-speaking Europe and Central and Eastern Europe.

Strabag earns money by winning contracts to design and build infrastructure projects, collecting fees as work is completed over months or years. It operates primarily across Europe, with Germany and Austria as its biggest markets, and generates annual revenues exceeding €16 billion, making it one of the continent's top three construction groups. Its scale, long-standing client relationships, and technical expertise in complex projects like underground tunneling give it a competitive edge. The main risk is that construction margins are thin and the business is sensitive to government spending cycles, rising material costs, and labor shortages.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+8.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+12.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

Declining (-100% vs prior year)

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

85.6%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$6.2B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Growth context

Strabag SE 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
42.7%
Healthy — 42.7% gross margin
Operating Margin
16.6%
Healthy — 16.6% operating margin
ROCE
14.6%
Good — 14.6% 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
+7.4%
Steady sales growth (7.4% YoY)
EPS YoY
+10.6%
Earnings growing (10.6% YoY)

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

EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
197%
Turns 197% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
6.1%
Modest free cash flow (6.1%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.08
Conservative — low debt load (0.08)
Interest Cover
100.00x
Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
10.5x
Attractive valuation — P/E 10.5

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

P/E vs Forward
-1.6
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
3.49%
Moderate income — 3.49% yield

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

Dividend Growth
+41.1%
Dividend growing fast (41.1% YoY)

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