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Ferro S.a.

FRO.WA
46
Construction Materials · Basic Materials
Price
34.90 PLN
+0.60 (+1.75%)
Market Cap
741.4M PLN
Exchange
Warsaw Stock Exchange
Winston Score
46
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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Exceptional

Winston Score History

The full picture

Ferro S.A. is a Polish construction and building materials company that makes and sells steel reinforcement products, wire mesh, and related construction materials. Its main customers are construction contractors, developers, and infrastructure project operators across Poland and Central Europe. The company is one of the larger domestic producers of steel-based reinforcement products in the Polish market.

Ferro generates revenue primarily through direct product sales to construction firms and distributors. It operates mainly in Poland, with some regional exposure across Central and Eastern Europe, and benefits from established customer relationships and local manufacturing scale that can be difficult for foreign competitors to match quickly. The key growth driver is Poland's ongoing infrastructure investment cycle, supported by EU structural funds — but the main risk is exposure to steel input costs, which can compress margins sharply when commodity prices rise faster than the company can pass costs through to customers.

Share count broadly stable

0.0% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 21.2M (2021) → 21.2M (2025)

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
23.2%
Thin — 23.2% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
14.0%
Healthy — 14.0% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
15.6%
Strong — 15.6% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-2.7%
Shrinking sales (-2.7% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-9.6%
Earnings shrinking (-9.6% YoY)

Slight earnings drop. Typical near a cyclical low.

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
226%
Turns 226% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
18.3%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (18.3%)

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
0.17
Conservative — low debt load (0.17)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
7.79x
Adequate interest coverage (7.8x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
10.9x
Attractive valuation — P/E 10.9

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-1.4
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
6.76%
Healthy income — 6.76% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+94.3%
Dividend growing fast (94.3% YoY)

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