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Ermenegildo Zegna N.V.

ZGN
57
Apparel - Manufacturers · Consumer Cyclical
Price
$13.90
+0.27 (+1.98%)
Market Cap
$3.73B
Winston Score
57
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
Exceptional
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Weak

Share count rising — dilution

+28.5% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 203.5M (2021) → 261.5M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Ermenegildo Zegna is an Italian luxury fashion company that makes high-end men's clothing, suits, and accessories. It also owns the Thom Browne brand, which sells premium tailored clothing popular in the United States and Asia. Zegna is one of the oldest luxury menswear houses in the world, founded in 1910, and it controls its own fabric mills in northern Italy.

The company earns money by selling clothing and accessories directly to customers through its own stores, as well as through wholesale partners. It operates globally, with a strong presence in Europe, North America, and Greater China, which is a key growth market. Zegna's main competitive advantage is its vertical integration — it controls production from raw wool all the way to finished garments. The biggest risk the business faces is slowing luxury spending in China, where economic uncertainty has already pressured sales across the broader luxury goods industry.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
56.0%
Premium pricing power — 56.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
9.5%
Modest — 9.5% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
12.1%
Good — 12.1% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-1.9%
Shrinking sales (-1.9% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+23.3%
Earnings growing fast (+23.3% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
347%
Turns 347% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
13.3%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (13.3%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.24
Conservative — low debt load (0.24)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
3.79x
Tight — interest eats into profit (3.8x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
37.6x
Pricey — P/E 37.6

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+16.8
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (37.6 → 20.8)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
0.99%
Small dividend — 0.99% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
N/A
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