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Subsea 7 S.A.

SUBCY
56
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services · Energy
Price
$33.17
-0.13 (-0.39%)
Market Cap
$9.82B
Exchange
Other OTC
Winston Score
56
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Subsea 7 is a company that builds and installs the underwater pipelines, cables, and structures that oil and gas companies need to bring energy up from the ocean floor. Its main customers are large energy companies like BP, Shell, and Equinor, and it works on offshore energy projects around the world. It is one of the largest subsea engineering and construction contractors globally, operating a specialized fleet of heavy-lift and pipe-laying vessels.

The company earns money by winning large project contracts — customers pay Subsea 7 to design, install, and sometimes maintain complex underwater systems. It operates across major offshore regions including the North Sea, West Africa, the Gulf of Mexico, Brazil, and Asia-Pacific, generating several billion dollars in annual revenue. Its competitive moat comes from owning expensive, hard-to-replace specialized vessels and deep technical expertise, though the business is exposed to risk if oil prices fall sharply and energy companies cut their offshore spending budgets.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+17.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+431.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$13M/ year

Flat (-5% vs prior year)

0.2% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Steady R&D investment year-over-year

Insider Activity

0.0%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$1.5B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Growth + cash flow

Subsea 7 S.A. is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 17%. 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.

Share count broadly stable

0.3% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 298.6M (2021) → 297.7M (2025)

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Quality

Gross Margin
16.2%
Thin — 16.2% gross margin
Operating Margin
11.3%
Modest — 11.3% operating margin
ROCE
4.0%
Weak — 4.0% 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
+5.4%
Slow sales growth (5.4% YoY)
EPS YoY
+156.1%
Earnings growing fast (156.1% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

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

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
341%
Turns 341% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
19.4%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (19.4%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.12
Conservative — low debt load (0.12)
Interest Cover
10.37x
Comfortably covers interest (10.4x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
20.0x
Fair value — P/E 20.0

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

P/E vs Forward
+6.7
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (20.0 → 13.3)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
6.19%
Healthy income — 6.19% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend Growth
+174.5%
Dividend growing fast (174.5% YoY)

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