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Koninklijke DSM N.V.

DSM.AS
45
Chemicals - Specialty · Basic Materials
Price
€114.05
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
€763.7M
Exchange
Euronext Amsterdam
Winston Score
45
Historical score — this stock no longer trades, so the score is frozen at the last available data.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2022
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Good
Valuation
Weak
Dividends
Mixed

Share count falling — buybacks

1.5% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 176.3M (2018) → 173.6M (2022)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Koninklijke DSM is a Dutch science and nutrition company that makes ingredients used in food, animal feed, and health products. Its core products include vitamins, nutritional supplements, and specialty chemicals sold to food manufacturers, farmers, and pharmaceutical companies. DSM is one of the world's largest producers of vitamins and nutritional ingredients, and it merged with Swiss flavor company Firmenich in 2023 to form dsm-firmenich.

The company earns money by selling ingredients and solutions to business customers rather than directly to consumers. It operates globally, with a strong presence in Europe, North America, and Asia, and generates roughly several billion euros in annual revenue through the combined entity. Its competitive edge comes from deep scientific expertise and long-term supply contracts, but the business faces real risks from raw material cost swings, pricing pressure from lower-cost Asian competitors, and the ongoing challenge of integrating the large Firmenich merger smoothly.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+53.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

-56.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

€295M/ year

Declining (-9% vs prior year)

3.5% of revenue

In line with sector average (3%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

0.0%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

€3.1B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

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

Revenue accelerating

Koninklijke DSM N.V. grew revenue 53% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

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
29.6%
Modest — 29.6% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
22.7%
Excellent — 22.7% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
15.1%
Strong — 15.1% 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
+15.4%
Fast-growing sales (+15.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-42.3%
Earnings shrinking (-42.3% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

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
203%
Turns 203% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
3.8%
Thin free cash flow (3.8%)

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
0.28
Conservative — low debt load (0.28)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
41.6x
Pricey — P/E 41.6

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

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
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Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.49%
Small dividend — 1.49% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+4.3%
Dividend growing modestly (4.3% YoY)

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