Bokusgruppen AB

BOKUS.ST

Specialty Retail · Consumer Cyclical

Price

kr 62.80

-1.00 (-1.57%)

Market Cap

kr 1.01B

Exchange

Stockholm Stock Exchange

Winston Score

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

Weak

Growth

Good

Cash Flow

Strong

Stability

Strong

Valuation

Good

Dividends

Exceptional

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Share count rising — dilution

+7.5% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 15.3M (2021) → 16.4M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Bokusgruppen is a Swedish company that sells books and related products. It operates Bokus, one of Sweden's largest online bookstores, as well as physical bookstore chains including Akademibokhandeln. Its main customers are everyday consumers in Sweden who buy physical books, e-books, and audiobooks.

The company earns revenue primarily through retail sales of books and media, both online and in its physical stores across Sweden. It holds a strong position in the Swedish book market by combining a well-known e-commerce platform with a large network of physical stores, giving it broad reach that smaller competitors struggle to match. The main risk the business faces is the ongoing decline in physical book sales across Europe, as more readers shift to digital formats and large international platforms like Amazon increase their presence in Scandinavian markets.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+2.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-17.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

kr 30M/ year

↑ Rising (+18% vs prior year)

1.4% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

84.5%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~0 months

kr 1M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Bokusgruppen AB has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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

-6.6%

Thin — -6.6% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

-6.6%

Losing money on operations — -6.6%

Return on the money invested

ROCE

12.5%

Good — 12.5% 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

+69.4%

Earnings growing fast (+69.4% 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

317%

Turns 317% of profit into real cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

11.9%

Modest free cash flow (11.9%)

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

0.45

Conservative — low debt load (0.45)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

5.24x

Adequate interest coverage (5.2x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

11.8x

Attractive valuation — P/E 11.8

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

-0.6

SLOWING

Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend

Dividend Yield

6.21%

Healthy income — 6.21% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

+20.6%

Dividend growing fast (20.6% YoY)

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