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LESS S.a.

LES.WA
Specialty Retail · Consumer Cyclical
Price
0.24 PLN
+0.00 (+0.42%)
Market Cap
110.4M PLN
Exchange
Warsaw Stock Exchange
Winston Score
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Share count rising — dilution

+45.4% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 102.7M (2021) → 149.3M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

LESS S.A. is a Polish specialty retailer that sells affordable fashion clothing and accessories. The company targets everyday shoppers looking for budget-friendly apparel, operating physical stores primarily in Poland. It competes in the value fashion segment alongside other discount clothing chains across Central and Eastern Europe.

The company makes money mainly through direct retail sales in its brick-and-mortar stores. With a market cap of roughly $0.1 billion, LESS is a small player in a crowded market where larger fast-fashion competitors like Pepco and Sinsay have significant scale advantages. The operating margin is currently negative at nearly -10%, meaning the business is spending more than it earns, which is the central risk — the company needs to either cut costs or grow sales meaningfully to reach profitability before its financial position deteriorates further.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

Revenue data limited

EPS Growth

-18.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

0 PLN/ year

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

66.3%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~0 months

4M PLN cash & investments

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

LESS S.a. has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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
35.4%
Modest — 35.4% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-4.0%
Losing money on operations — -4.0%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-2.4%
Weak — -2.4% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
N/A
Data not available
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
7/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-407.3%
Burning cash (-407.3%)

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
N/A
Data not available
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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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

Not applicable for this business.
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