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Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee

SWP.TO
40
Packaged Foods · Consumer Defensive
Exchange
Toronto Stock Exchange
Winston Score
40
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Inc. removes caffeine from coffee beans without using chemical solvents. Instead, it uses a water-based process — called the Swiss Water Process — that strips caffeine while keeping the coffee's natural flavor. The company sells decaffeinated green coffee to roasters, specialty coffee brands, and private-label producers around the world.

The company earns revenue by charging coffee roasters a fee to decaffeinate their beans, essentially acting as a processing service. It operates primarily from a facility in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, and serves customers across North America and internationally. Its main competitive advantage is the Swiss Water brand itself — it is certified organic and non-GMO, which appeals to specialty and health-conscious coffee buyers. However, the company is small, with thin margins, and faces risk from volatile green coffee commodity prices, which can squeeze profitability if input costs rise faster than the fees it can charge customers.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-7.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+159.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

13.6%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$5M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

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

Revenue declining

Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee'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
13.5%
Thin — 13.5% gross margin
Operating Margin
6.3%
Modest — 6.3% operating margin
ROCE
2.4%
Weak — 2.4% 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
+29.1%
Fast-growing sales (29.1% YoY)
EPS YoY
-9.7%
Earnings shrinking (-9.7% YoY)

Slight earnings drop. Typical near a cyclical low.

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

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
998%
Turns 998% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
9.0%
Modest free cash flow (9.0%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
1.51
Elevated debt (1.51)
Interest Cover
1.87x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.9x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
21.8x
no trend
Growth-priced — P/E 21.8

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward
N/A
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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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