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

This company holds roughly $2.0B 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.

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Eramet S.a.

ERA.PA
20
Industrial Materials · Basic Materials
Price
€46.90
+1.08 (+2.36%)
Market Cap
€1.34B
Exchange
Euronext Paris
Winston Score
20
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
Weak
Valuation
Data not available
Dividends
Strong

Winston Score History

The full picture

Eramet is a French mining and metals company that digs up raw materials and turns them into metals used in steel, batteries, and other industrial products. Its main products include manganese, nickel, and lithium, which are sold to steelmakers, battery manufacturers, and other industrial customers around the world. The company is one of the largest producers of manganese alloys globally and operates mines primarily in Gabon, New Caledonia, and Argentina.

Eramet makes money by selling mined commodities and processed metals, so its revenue rises and falls with global metal prices. It operates across Africa, the Pacific, South America, and Europe, with a market cap of around $1.5 billion. The negative margins currently reflect weak manganese and nickel prices, which have pressured profitability across the industry. The key growth driver is lithium production from its Centenario-Ratones project in Argentina, targeting the growing battery market, though the business remains highly exposed to volatile commodity prices.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+12.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-28.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

€0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (3%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

68.9%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~5 years

€1.7B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

€1.7B cash & investments at current burn rate

Growth context

Eramet S.a. is growing revenue at 12% 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.

Share count broadly stable

0.3% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 28.7M (2021) → 28.6M (2025)

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
-0.6%
Thin — -0.6% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
2.1%
Thin — 2.1% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-1.0%
Weak — -1.0% 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
+3.4%
Slow sales growth (+3.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
1/8 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
-13.9%
Burning cash (-13.9%)

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
6.93
Heavy debt load (6.93)
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
3.22%
Moderate income — 3.22% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+39.7%
Dividend growing fast (39.7% YoY)

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