Deep Value: cash covers more than 100% of the stock price

This company holds roughly $348M in cash and investments — more than its entire stock-market value, based on its latest quarterly filing. You're paying very little for the actual business. Sometimes that's a genuine bargain or a takeover target, sometimes it's cheap for a reason. Not a buy signal on its own — always ask why it's this cheap.

Bystronic AG

BYS.SW

Industrial - Machinery · Industrials

Also trades as: 0QW1.L

Price

CHF 135.00

+0.00 (+0.00%)

Market Cap

CHF 278.7M

Exchange

SIX Swiss Exchange

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Weak

Growth

Weak

Cash Flow

Weak

Stability

Good

Valuation

Data not available

Dividends

Mixed

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Winston Score History

The full picture

Bystronic AG is a Swiss industrial company that makes machines used to cut and bend sheet metal. Its main products are laser cutting systems and press brakes, which are sold to manufacturers in industries like automotive, aerospace, construction, and general metalworking. The company is headquartered in Niederönz, Switzerland, and is considered one of the leading global suppliers of sheet metal processing equipment.

Bystronic earns most of its revenue by selling machines directly to manufacturers, and it also generates recurring income through software, spare parts, and service contracts. The company operates globally, with a strong presence in Europe, Asia, and the Americas, though Europe remains its largest market. With a market cap of around $0.4 billion and a current operating margin in negative territory, Bystronic faces real pressure from weak industrial demand, rising costs, and competition from lower-cost Asian machine makers — making a recovery in global manufacturing activity the key factor to watch.

Growth Profile

For growth stock investors

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Revenue Growth

-0.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-96.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

CHF 0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

34.6%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~15 months

CHF 279M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

Revenue declining

Bystronic AG's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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.

Share count broadly stable

+0.1% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 2.1M (2021) → 2.1M (2025)

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

18.1%

Thin — 18.1% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

-7.7%

Losing money on operations — -7.7%

Return on the money invested

ROCE

-6.3%

Weak — -6.3% 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

-1.7%

Shrinking sales (-1.7% 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

-8.2%

Burning cash (-8.2%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

0.00

Conservative — low debt load (0.00)

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

Dividend

Dividend Yield

2.94%

Moderate income — 2.94% yield

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

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

-83.3%

Dividend cut (-83.3% YoY) — warning sign

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