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dormakaba Holding AG

DOKA.SW
58
Security & Protection Services · Industrials
Also trades as: 0QMS.L
Exchange
SIX Swiss Exchange
Winston Score
58
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Good
Valuation
Strong
Dividends
Weak

Winston Score History

The full picture

dormakaba is a Swiss company that makes products to control who can enter buildings and rooms. Its core products include door locks, access control systems, automatic doors, and key management systems. The company sells to hotels, hospitals, offices, airports, and governments — essentially any large building that needs to manage who goes where.

dormakaba earns money by selling hardware like locks and door systems, plus software and service contracts that keep those systems running. It operates globally, with strong presence in Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific, and generates roughly CHF 1.2 billion in annual revenue. The company's moat comes from deep integration into building infrastructure — once its systems are installed, switching to a competitor is costly and disruptive. The main growth driver is demand for digital and cloud-connected access systems, as buildings replace traditional keys with electronic credentials, though rising competition from larger technology companies entering the smart-access market remains a meaningful risk.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
40.9%
Healthy — 40.9% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
11.8%
Modest — 11.8% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
70.5%
Exceptional — 70.5% return on capital

ROIC above 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns more than 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-2.4%
Shrinking sales (-2.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+31.1%
Earnings growing fast (+31.1% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

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
250%
Turns 250% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
5.1%
Thin free cash flow (5.1%)

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
2.02
Heavy debt load (2.02)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
17.51x
Comfortably covers interest (17.5x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
26.4x
no trend
Growth-priced — P/E 26.4

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

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+8.6
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (26.4 → 17.8)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.53%
no trend
Small dividend — 1.53% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-29.3%
no trend
Dividend cut (-29.3% YoY) — warning sign

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