Freelance.com S.A.

ALFRE.PA

Staffing & Employment Services · Industrials

Price

€2.58

+0.00 (+0.00%)

Market Cap

€145.8M

Exchange

Euronext Paris

Winston Score

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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025

How the score breaks down

Quality

Weak

Growth

Good

Cash Flow

Weak

Stability

Good

Valuation

Good

Dividends

Good

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Share count rising — dilution

+38.8% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 41.1M (2021) → 57.1M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Freelance.com is a French company that connects businesses with independent workers, including freelancers, consultants, and contractors. It helps companies find skilled professionals for short-term or project-based work across fields like IT, engineering, and finance. The company operates primarily in France and is one of the larger players in the European freelance and workforce solutions market.

The company earns money by taking a fee or margin on the contracts it arranges between clients and independent workers — a model common in staffing businesses. Its very thin gross margin of around 3% reflects this low-margin, high-volume nature of staffing services. Freelance.com operates mainly in France and parts of Europe, and its competitive position relies on its network of clients and contractors built over time. The key growth driver is the broader trend of companies using more flexible, project-based workers instead of full-time employees, though the business faces real risk from pricing pressure and competition from larger global staffing firms.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-1.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-7.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

€0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

76.2%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

€97M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

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

Revenue declining

Freelance.com S.A.'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

3.5%

Thin — 3.5% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

2.4%

Thin — 2.4% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

7.7%

Weak — 7.7% 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

+0.3%

Nearly flat sales (+0.3% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

+32.3%

Earnings growing fast (+32.3% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

5/8 quarters

Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

35%

Weak — only 35% of profit becomes cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

0.5%

Thin free cash flow (0.5%)

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

0.68

Moderate — manageable debt (0.68)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

5.07x

Adequate interest coverage (5.1x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

6.3x

Attractive valuation — P/E 6.3

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

-3.1

SLOWING

Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend

Dividend Yield

9.69%

Healthy income — 9.69% yield

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

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

N/A

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