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Matica Fintec S.p.A.

MFT.MI
26
Computer Hardware · Technology
Price
€2.08
+0.08 (+4.00%)
Market Cap
€71.9M
Exchange
Italian Stock Exchange
Winston Score
26
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Mixed
Valuation
Weak

Share count rising — dilution

+222.8% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 10.7M (2021) → 34.6M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Matica Fintec is an Italian technology company that makes machines used to produce and personalize identity documents, payment cards, and SIM cards. Its products include card issuance systems, ID card printers, and passport personalization equipment, sold mainly to governments, banks, and telecom companies around the world. The company operates in the secure document and financial card manufacturing equipment industry.

Matica Fintec earns revenue primarily by selling hardware systems and related consumables and services to institutional customers. It is headquartered in Italy and sells internationally, with a focus on Europe, the Middle East, and emerging markets where governments are modernizing their ID and payment infrastructure. The company is small, with a market cap around $100 million, and its thin margins — gross margin near 5% and operating margin under 2% — highlight the main risk: it operates in a competitive, low-margin hardware business where winning large government contracts is critical but unpredictable.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+184.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

-91.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

€0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

59.9%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~0 months

€6M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Revenue accelerating

Matica Fintec S.p.A. grew revenue 184% 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
-8.8%
Thin — -8.8% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-4.1%
Losing money on operations — -4.1%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
0.8%
Weak — 0.8% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+84.8%
Fast-growing sales (+84.8% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-74.1%
Earnings shrinking (-74.1% YoY)

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

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
-211%
Weak — only -211% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-166.1%
Burning cash (-166.1%)

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
0.76
Moderate — manageable debt (0.76)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
0.73x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.7x)

Interest coverage below 1. Their profits don't cover the interest bill.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
32.1x
Pricey — P/E 32.1

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

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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