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Teleflex Incorporated

TFX
24
Medical - Instruments & Supplies · Healthcare
Price
$134.61
-0.61 (-0.45%)
Market Cap
$5.96B
Winston Score
24
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

5.7% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 47.4M (2021) → 44.7M (2025)

Teleflex makes medical devices used by doctors and nurses in hospitals around the world. Its most well-known products include vascular access catheters, surgical instruments, and the UroLift system, which treats an enlarged prostate without major surgery. The company sells primarily to hospitals, clinics, and healthcare systems across more than 140 countries.

Teleflex earns most of its revenue by selling single-use disposable medical devices, which means hospitals reorder supplies on a regular basis. It operates globally, with significant sales in North America and Europe, and generates roughly $3 billion in annual revenue. The company's competitive position relies on specialized products that require clinical training to use, creating some switching costs, but its relatively low ROIC and operating margin suggest heavy debt from past acquisitions weighs on profitability. The key growth driver is continued adoption of the UroLift system in a large and underpenetrated urology market, while pricing pressure from hospital purchasing groups remains an ongoing risk.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-21.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-108.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$145M/ year

Declining (-10% vs prior year)

7.3% of revenue

Below sector average (18%)

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

Insider Activity

0.8%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$309M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

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

Revenue declining

Teleflex Incorporated'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
56.1%
Premium pricing power — 56.1% gross margin
Operating Margin
3.7%
Thin — 3.7% operating margin
ROCE
0.6%
Weak — 0.6% 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
-6.6%
Shrinking sales (-6.6% YoY)
EPS YoY
-810.3%
Earnings shrinking (-810.3% YoY)

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

EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
8.9%
Modest free cash flow (8.9%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.06
Conservative — low debt load (0.06)
Interest Cover
1.61x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.6x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
P/E vs Forward
N/A
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Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
1.02%
Small dividend — 1.02% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth
+0.0%
Dividend flat

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