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Avingtrans

AVG.L
58
Industrial - Machinery · Industrials
Price
720.00 GBp
+10.00 (+1.41%)
Market Cap
£265.9M
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
58
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Nov 30, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Good

Share count rising — dilution

+3.4% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 32.5M (2021) → 33.6M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Avingtrans is a UK-based industrial engineering company that designs and manufactures specialist components and systems for demanding industries. Its main products include precision-engineered parts, pressure vessels, and technical equipment sold to customers in energy, medical imaging, and aerospace sectors. The company operates through two main divisions — Aerospace & Defense and Energy — serving clients who need highly engineered, safety-critical hardware.

Avingtrans earns revenue by selling manufactured components and providing engineering services, typically under contracts with large industrial or government-linked customers. It operates primarily in the UK but also serves international markets, and its small size — around £150 million market cap — means it competes by focusing on niche, technically complex products that larger manufacturers often avoid. The key growth driver is rising demand for clean energy infrastructure and medical equipment, but as a small company with a modest operating margin of around 6%, it faces real risk if major contracts are delayed or lost.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+8.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+304.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

£0/ year

Declining (-100% vs prior year)

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

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

Insider Activity

19.4%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

£12M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Growth context

Avingtrans is growing revenue at 8% 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.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
30.5%
Modest — 30.5% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
7.0%
Modest — 7.0% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
6.7%
Weak — 6.7% 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
+3.4%
Slow sales growth (+3.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+68.4%
Earnings growing fast (+68.4% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

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
202%
Turns 202% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
7.1%
Modest free cash flow (7.1%)

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
0.19
Conservative — low debt load (0.19)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
11.08x
Comfortably covers interest (11.1x)

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
+13.6
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (34.5 → 20.9)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
0.69%
Small dividend — 0.69% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+37.1%
Dividend growing fast (37.1% YoY)

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