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Hardware, Equipment & Parts · Technology
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
38
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Mixed
Valuation
Strong
Dividends
Mixed

Winston Score History

The full picture

discoverIE Group is a British company that designs and makes specialist electronic components used in demanding industries like renewable energy, medical devices, transportation, and industrial equipment. Its products include custom sensors, magnetics, and connectivity components — the small but critical parts that go inside larger machines and systems built by other manufacturers.

The company earns revenue by selling these custom-engineered components directly to other businesses, not to everyday consumers. discoverIE operates mainly across Europe and North America, with manufacturing and design centers spread internationally, and generates roughly £600–700 million in annual revenue. Its competitive edge comes from making highly customized, hard-to-replace parts that customers tend to stick with once designed into their products — this creates switching costs and relatively stable demand. The main growth driver is rising demand from the renewable energy and electrification markets, though the business faces risk from slowing industrial spending and the complexity of integrating the many smaller companies it has acquired over the years.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+7.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+23.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

Insider Activity

3.9%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

£125M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Growth context

discoverIE Group is growing revenue at 7% 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
-21.4%
Thin — -21.4% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-21.4%
Losing money on operations — -21.4%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-5.1%
Weak — -5.1% 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
+4.8%
Slow sales growth (+4.8% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+20.0%
Earnings growing fast (+20.0% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

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
166%
Turns 166% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
9.5%
Modest free cash flow (9.5%)

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
0.63
Moderate — manageable debt (0.63)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
25.8x
no trend
Growth-priced — P/E 25.8

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+9.4
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (25.8 → 16.4)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.70%
no trend
Small dividend — 1.70% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+8.7%
no trend
Dividend growing modestly (8.7% YoY)

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