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

This company holds roughly $229M 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.

Camellia

CAM.L

Agricultural Farm Products · Consumer Defensive

Exchange

London Stock Exchange

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025

How the score breaks down

Quality

Weak

Growth

Weak

Cash Flow

Weak

Stability

Good

Valuation

Data not available

Dividends

Exceptional

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Winston Score History

The full picture

Camellia Plc is a British agricultural company that grows tea, macadamia nuts, avocados, and other crops on large estates across Africa and Asia. Its farms are spread across countries including Kenya, Malawi, India, and Bangladesh, selling produce to commodity markets and food companies worldwide. The company also has smaller operations in food processing and engineering services.

Camellia earns most of its revenue by selling agricultural commodities, meaning its income rises and falls with global crop prices and harvest volumes. It is a small company with a market cap around $100 million, and its competitive position rests on owning significant land and established farming operations in regions where labor costs are lower. The main risks the business faces are volatile commodity prices, climate-related crop disruptions, and the ongoing challenge of turning those thin operating margins into consistent profit — the company currently operates near breakeven.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+2.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-19.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

72.9%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

£168M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

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

Growth context

Camellia is growing revenue at 2% 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

24.9%

Thin — 24.9% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

5.9%

Thin — 5.9% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

-0.6%

Weak — -0.6% 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

+2.2%

Nearly flat sales (+2.2% 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

-1.8%

Burning cash (-1.8%)

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

0.05

Conservative — low debt load (0.05)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

N/A

Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

no trend

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

4.52%

no trend

Healthy income — 4.52% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

+99.4%

no trend

Dividend growing fast (99.4% YoY)

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