ABO Energy GmbH & Co. KGaA

AB9.DE

Engineering & Construction · Industrials

Exchange

Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Winston Score

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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2025

How the score breaks down

Quality

Good

Growth

Good

Cash Flow

Weak

Stability

Mixed

Valuation

Good

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Winston Score History

The full picture

ABO Energy is a German company that plans, builds, and sells renewable energy power plants — mainly wind farms and solar parks. Its customers include energy companies, utilities, and investors who want to own clean energy assets. The company operates across Europe and Africa, developing projects from early planning all the way through construction and grid connection.

ABO Energy makes money primarily by developing energy projects and then selling them once they are ready to operate, which is called a "develop-to-sell" model. It is a mid-sized player with a market cap around €100 million, competing against much larger developers, but it has built local expertise and a project pipeline across more than 20 countries. The main growth driver is rising demand for renewable energy capacity across Europe, though the business faces real risk from permitting delays, rising construction costs, and interest rate sensitivity that can make project financing more expensive.

Growth Profile

For growth stock investors

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

Revenue Growth

+68.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

-15.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

62.0%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~3 months

€58M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Revenue accelerating

ABO Energy GmbH & Co. KGaA grew revenue 68% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

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.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

48.4%

Healthy — 48.4% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

21.2%

Excellent — 21.2% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

11.2%

Below par — 11.2% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

+81.7%

Fast-growing sales (+81.7% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

-19.9%

Earnings shrinking (-19.9% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

5/8 quarters

Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

-264%

Weak — only -264% of profit becomes cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

-12.8%

Burning cash (-12.8%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

1.42

Elevated debt (1.42)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

3.93x

Tight — interest eats into profit (3.9x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

1.2x

no trend

Attractive valuation — P/E 1.2

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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