Stock

Leifheit AG

LEI.DE
48
Household & Personal Products · Consumer Defensive
Also trades as: 0F2Z.L GBP 0.11 (-4.62%)
Price
€11.35
-0.45 (-3.81%)
Market Cap
€103.7M
Exchange
Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Winston Score
48
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Oct 8, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

§How the score breaks down

Quality
Mixed
10/30
Growth
Mixed
5/20
Cash Flow
Strong
7/10
Stability
Strong
7/10
Valuation
Good
6/10
Ownership
Good
10/15
Dividends
Good
3/5

48 of 100 counted points = Winston Score 48.

Share count falling — buybacks

−3.9% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 9.5M (2021) → 9.1M (2025)

§Winston Score History

The full picture

Leifheit AG is a German consumer goods company that makes everyday household products. Its core items include mops, brooms, laundry drying racks, ironing boards, kitchen scales, and stepladders. The company sells mainly to households across Europe, through retail stores and online channels, and owns the Leifheit and Soehnle brands.

Leifheit earns money by selling physical products to retailers and directly to consumers. It operates primarily in German-speaking countries and broader Europe, with Germany being its largest market. The company has some brand recognition built over decades, but it competes in a crowded market against both large multinationals and cheap private-label alternatives. With an operating margin of just 1.6% and a very low return on invested capital, the business has little room for error, and its main challenge is improving profitability while managing rising input costs and pricing pressure from lower-cost competitors.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
46.0%
Healthy — 46.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
0.1%
Thin — 0.1% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
5.8%
Weak — 5.8% 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
-9.0%
Shrinking sales (-9.0% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-32.6%
Earnings shrinking (-32.6% 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
382%
Turns 382% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
1.3%
Thin free cash flow (1.3%)

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
0.01
Conservative — low debt load (0.01)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
2.44x
Tight — interest eats into profit (2.4x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
36.6x
Pricey — P/E 36.6

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

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+15.7
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (36.6 → 20.9)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
5.51%
Healthy income — 5.51% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+1.8%
Dividend flat

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