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Synsam AB

SYNSAM.ST
51
Specialty Retail · Consumer Cyclical
Price
kr 55.00
-0.50 (-0.90%)
Market Cap
kr 7.80B
Exchange
Stockholm Stock Exchange
Winston Score
51
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

3.7% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 150.0M (2021) → 144.4M (2025)

Synsam is a Nordic eyecare company that sells glasses, contact lenses, and eye exams to everyday consumers. It operates a large chain of optical retail stores across Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland, making it one of the largest optical retail chains in the Nordic region. The company owns the Synsam brand and also runs a subscription model called Synsam Lifestyle, where customers pay a monthly fee to always have up-to-date eyewear.

Synsam makes money through both traditional retail sales of frames and lenses and through its growing subscription service, which provides recurring revenue. The company operates roughly 500 stores across the Nordic countries and benefits from a strong regional brand and a dense store network that is hard for new competitors to quickly replicate. The key growth driver is expanding its subscription base, which locks in customers long-term, but the main risk is that consumer spending on discretionary healthcare products can slow during economic downturns.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+3.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+53.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

45.9%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$736M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Growth context

Synsam AB is growing revenue at 4% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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Quality

Gross Margin
8.9%
Thin — 8.9% gross margin
Operating Margin
8.9%
Modest — 8.9% operating margin
ROCE
2.7%
Weak — 2.7% 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
+7.7%
Steady sales growth (7.7% YoY)
EPS YoY
+28.0%
Earnings growing fast (28.0% 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
267%
Turns 267% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
14.7%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (14.7%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
1.21
Elevated debt (1.21)
Interest Cover
1.26x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.3x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
15.9x
Fair value — P/E 15.9

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

P/E vs Forward
+1.6
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow — slightly cheaper on forward P/E

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
3.21%
Moderate income — 3.21% yield

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

Dividend Growth
N/A
no trend
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