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Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB

SOBI.ST
66
Medical - Pharmaceuticals · Healthcare
Exchange
Stockholm Stock Exchange
Winston Score
66
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Swedish Orphan Biovitrum, known as Sobi, is a Swedish pharmaceutical company that makes medicines for rare diseases — conditions that affect very few people worldwide. Its main products treat hemophilia (a blood-clotting disorder), inflammatory diseases, and other uncommon genetic conditions. Sobi sells primarily to hospitals and specialist doctors across Europe and North America.

Sobi earns money by selling its specialty drugs, often at high prices because rare-disease medicines face little competition and serve small patient populations. The company operates mainly in Europe but has expanded into the United States and other international markets, generating roughly $2 billion in annual revenue. Its moat comes from owning or licensing treatments for diseases where few alternatives exist, making it hard for competitors to displace it once a drug is established. The key risk is that its revenue is concentrated in a small number of products, so patent expirations or pipeline failures could meaningfully hurt the business.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+11.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+49.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

Insider Activity

47.8%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$940M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Growth + cash flow

Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 11%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

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Quality

Gross Margin
75.7%
Premium pricing power — 75.7% gross margin
Operating Margin
26.0%
Excellent — 26.0% operating margin
ROCE
3.2%
Weak — 3.2% 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
+10.4%
Steady sales growth (10.4% YoY)
EPS YoY
-77.1%
Earnings shrinking (-77.1% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
803%
Turns 803% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
23.2%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (23.2%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.46
Conservative — low debt load (0.46)
Interest Cover
15.04x
Comfortably covers interest (15.0x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
168.8x
no trend
Expensive — P/E 168.8

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

P/E vs Forward
+150.7
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (168.8 → 18.1)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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