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Absolent Air Care Group AB (publ)

ABSO.ST
54
Industrial - Pollution & Treatment Controls · Industrials
Price
kr 199.50
-0.50 (-0.25%)
Market Cap
kr 2.26B
Exchange
Stockholm Stock Exchange
Winston Score
54
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Strong
Dividends
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

Absolent Air Care Group is a Swedish industrial company that makes air filtration and ventilation systems. Its products clean the air inside factories by capturing oil mist, smoke, dust, and fumes created during manufacturing processes like metalworking and welding. The main customers are industrial manufacturers, and Absolent sells its equipment under several brands including Absolent, Fumex, and Coral.

The company earns money by selling filtration units and replacement filters, with recurring revenue coming from aftermarket parts and service contracts. Absolent operates globally, with a strong presence in Europe and growing sales in North America and Asia, and its installed base of equipment creates a steady stream of repeat filter and maintenance revenue that competitors find hard to displace. The key growth driver is tightening workplace air quality regulations around the world, which push more manufacturers to invest in filtration systems, though the main risk is that industrial production slowdowns can quickly reduce demand for new equipment.

Share count broadly stable

0.0% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 11.3M (2021) → 11.3M (2025)

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
44.4%
Healthy — 44.4% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
13.1%
Healthy — 13.1% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
11.6%
Below par — 11.6% 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
-0.7%
Shrinking sales (-0.7% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+2.2%
Flat earnings

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
179%
Turns 179% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
10.8%
Modest free cash flow (10.8%)

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
0.32
Conservative — low debt load (0.32)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
6.59x
Adequate interest coverage (6.6x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
25.7x
Growth-priced — P/E 25.7

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

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+6.9
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (25.7 → 18.8)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.63%
Small dividend — 1.63% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+94.4%
Dividend growing fast (94.4% YoY)

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