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ABB

ABLZF
76
Electrical Equipment & Parts · Industrials
Price
$95.87
+2.52 (+2.70%)
Market Cap
$173.89B
Exchange
Other OTC
Winston Score
76
Winston is happy
A high-quality business with solid fundamentals.
Data as of Sep 17, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

§How the score breaks down

Quality
Strong
Growth
Exceptional
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Good
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Share count falling — buybacks

−9.3% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 2.02B (2021) → 1.83B (2025)

§Winston Score History

The full picture

ABB is a large Swiss-Swedish technology company that makes electrical equipment and automation systems for factories, buildings, and power grids. Its products include robots, motors, circuit breakers, and software that helps industrial customers run their operations more efficiently. It is one of the biggest electrical equipment and industrial automation companies in the world.

ABB makes money by selling hardware, software, and related services to utilities, manufacturers, and infrastructure operators across more than 100 countries. With a market cap around $169 billion and strong margins, the company benefits from deep customer relationships, a broad product portfolio, and significant scale that smaller competitors struggle to match. Key growth drivers include rising demand for electrification, energy efficiency upgrades, and factory automation, though the business faces risks from economic slowdowns that can reduce industrial capital spending.

Growth Profile

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

+6.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+7.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$1.3B/ year

↓ Declining (-10% vs prior year)

3.8% of revenue

In line with sector average (4%)

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

Insider Activity

14.6%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$5.9B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

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

Growth context

ABB is growing revenue at 6% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
40.0%
Healthy — 40.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
17.9%
Healthy — 17.9% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
25.1%
Exceptional — 25.1% return on capital

ROIC above 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns more than 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+7.2%
Steady sales growth (+7.2% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+21.9%
Earnings growing fast (+21.9% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
117%
Turns 117% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
13.6%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (13.6%)

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

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.56
Conservative — low debt load (0.56)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
102.18x
Comfortably covers interest (102.2x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
34.5x
Pricey — P/E 34.5

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

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+11.6
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (34.5 → 22.9)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.27%
Small dividend — 1.27% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+22.2%
Dividend growing fast (22.2% YoY)

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