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Feintool International Holding AG

FTON.SW
23
Manufacturing - Metal Fabrication · Industrials
Also trades as: 0QLM.L
Price
CHF 10.55
-0.45 (-4.09%)
Market Cap
CHF 155.3M
Exchange
SIX Swiss Exchange
Winston Score
23
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most 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
Mixed
Valuation
Data not available
Dividends
Mixed

Share count rising — dilution

+32.6% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 11.1M (2021) → 14.7M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Feintool International Holding AG is a Swiss industrial company that specializes in a metal-shaping process called fineblanking. Fineblanking cuts metal parts with very high precision, producing clean edges without extra finishing steps. The company sells these precision metal components and the machines that make them, primarily to automakers and automotive suppliers who need parts for transmissions, brakes, and seat systems.

Feintool earns revenue by selling both the fineblanking machines themselves and the stamped metal components produced in its own manufacturing plants, giving it two distinct income streams. It operates factories across Europe, North America, and Asia, with a heavy focus on serving global car manufacturers. The company holds a strong technical position in fineblanking, a niche process with few competitors, but its fortunes are closely tied to automotive production volumes. The main risk is that the shift toward electric vehicles is changing which components cars need, and some traditional transmission and drivetrain parts Feintool supplies may see lower demand over time.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-0.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+92.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

CHF 1M/ year

0.2% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

65.3%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

CHF 86M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

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

Revenue declining

Feintool International Holding AG's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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
16.3%
Thin — 16.3% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
2.5%
Thin — 2.5% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
1.1%
Weak — 1.1% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-8.1%
Shrinking sales (-8.1% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
2/8 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
-0.5%
Burning cash (-0.5%)

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
0.33
Conservative — low debt load (0.33)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
0.44x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.4x)

Interest coverage below 1. Their profits don't cover the interest bill.

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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
-42.8%
Dividend cut (-42.8% YoY) — warning sign

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