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Aktieselskabet Schouw &

SCHO.CO
43
Conglomerates · Industrials
Price
kr 793.00
+12.00 (+1.54%)
Market Cap
kr 17.97B
Exchange
NASDAQ Copenhagen
Winston Score
43
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Sep 1, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Strong
Dividends
Strong

Share count falling — buybacks

4.7% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 24.1M (2021) → 22.9M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Schouw & Co. is a Danish conglomerate that owns a collection of industrial and food-ingredient businesses. Its major subsidiaries include BioMar (one of the world's largest producers of fish feed for aquaculture), Fibertex Personal Care (nonwoven fabrics for hygiene products), Fibertex Nonwovens (technical textiles), and GPV (electronics manufacturing services). It also has interests in animal nutrition and other industrial niches.

The company earns revenue by selling physical products across these diverse business lines, serving customers in agriculture, aquaculture, personal care, and industrial manufacturing. Schouw operates globally with headquarters in Aarhus, Denmark, and facilities across Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Its diversified portfolio provides some stability, as weakness in one segment can be offset by strength in another. The key growth driver is expanding global demand for sustainable aquaculture feed through BioMar, while the main risk is that thin operating margins leave limited room for error if input costs rise sharply.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
11.0%
Thin — 11.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
5.9%
Thin — 5.9% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
7.9%
Weak — 7.9% 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
-0.6%
Shrinking sales (-0.6% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-11.6%
Earnings shrinking (-11.6% YoY)

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

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
328%
Turns 328% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
5.8%
Thin free cash flow (5.8%)

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

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.44
Conservative — low debt load (0.44)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
6.36x
Adequate interest coverage (6.4x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
22.9x
Growth-priced — P/E 22.9

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

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+12.1
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (22.9 → 10.8)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
2.16%
Moderate income — 2.16% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+14.3%
Dividend growing fast (14.3% YoY)

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