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Deep Value: cash covers more than 100% of the stock price

This company holds roughly $1.0B in cash and investments — more than its entire stock-market value, based on its latest quarterly filing. You're paying very little for the actual business. Sometimes that's a genuine bargain or a takeover target, sometimes it's cheap for a reason. Not a buy signal on its own — always ask why it's this cheap.

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Mbb Se

MBB.DE
64
Conglomerates · Industrials
Also trades as: 0J7X.L
Exchange
Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Winston Score
64
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Mixed
Dividends
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

MBB SE is a German holding company that owns and operates a collection of mid-sized industrial and technology businesses. Its subsidiaries work in areas like engineering, automation, and technical services, selling mainly to industrial customers across Europe. The company is headquartered in Berlin and focuses on acquiring family-owned German businesses that need a long-term owner.

MBB makes money through the revenues of its subsidiary companies, which sell products and services directly to their customers — not through subscriptions or software licenses. It operates primarily in Germany and the broader European market, with a market cap of around €600 million. Its competitive edge comes from a disciplined acquisition strategy targeting stable, cash-generating businesses at reasonable prices, similar to a small-scale version of Berkshire Hathaway. The key risk is that growth depends heavily on finding and integrating new acquisitions at attractive valuations, which becomes harder as competition for quality mid-market businesses in Germany increases.

Growth Profile

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

+4.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+78.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

Insider Activity

75.1%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

€874M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

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

Growth context

Mbb Se is growing revenue at 5% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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
21.9%
Thin — 21.9% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
13.6%
Healthy — 13.6% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
17.7%
Strong — 17.7% 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
+1.2%
Nearly flat sales (+1.2% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+55.2%
Earnings growing fast (+55.2% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
464%
Turns 464% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
18.3%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (18.3%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.10
Conservative — low debt load (0.10)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
34.55x
Comfortably covers interest (34.6x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
15.7x
no trend
Fair value — P/E 15.7

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-0.3
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
0.63%
no trend
Small dividend — 0.63% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+55.2%
no trend
Dividend growing fast (55.2% YoY)

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