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Besqab AB (publ)

BESQAB.ST
23
Real Estate - Development · Real Estate
Price
kr 26.80
-0.40 (-1.47%)
Market Cap
kr 1.35B
Exchange
Stockholm Stock Exchange
Winston Score
23
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2023
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Mixed
Stability
Weak
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+85.6% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 19.9M (2019) → 37.0M (2023)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Besqab is a Swedish real estate developer that builds homes, primarily apartments and housing units, in the Stockholm region of Sweden. The company focuses on residential development, selling homes to private buyers, and also develops properties for older residents through care and senior housing projects. It is a smaller, regionally focused developer operating in one of Scandinavia's most competitive urban housing markets.

Besqab makes money by selling completed residential units, meaning revenue comes in large chunks when projects finish rather than as a steady stream. The company operates almost entirely in Sweden, concentrated around Stockholm, and its competitive position depends heavily on its land bank and local market knowledge. The current negative margins reflect a difficult period for Swedish housing, where high interest rates have slowed buyer demand and squeezed developer profitability — the key risk is that a prolonged high-rate environment continues to suppress home sales and delay project launches.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+45.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong revenue growth

EPS Growth

+83.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

kr 0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

61.0%ownership

Rising

Insiders increasing their stake — aligned with shareholders

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

kr 1.7B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Strong grower

Besqab AB (publ) is growing revenue at 45% year-over-year. The Winston Score penalises unprofitable companies, but revenue at this pace tells a different story — this is a company still in "build mode."

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
-6.0%
Thin — -6.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-9.5%
Losing money on operations — -9.5%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-3.2%
Weak — -3.2% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+10.1%
Steady sales growth (+10.1% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
3/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
45.5%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (45.5%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
1.78
Elevated debt (1.78)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
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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