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MicroSalt

SALT.L
24
Packaged Foods · Consumer Defensive
Price
16.50 GBp
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
9.3M GBp
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
24
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Weak
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+350.2% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 11.6M (2021) → 52.4M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

MicroSalt Plc is a small food technology company that makes a low-sodium salt product designed to taste like regular salt but with significantly less sodium. Its core product, MicroSalt, uses tiny salt particles that deliver saltiness on the tongue more efficiently, allowing food manufacturers and consumers to use less salt overall. The company sells to both food producers who add salt during manufacturing and directly to consumers through retail channels.

MicroSalt earns revenue by selling its salt product in bulk to food companies and in smaller packages to everyday shoppers, primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. It is a very early-stage business with a tiny market cap and currently spends far more than it earns, reflected in its deeply negative operating margin. The key growth driver is convincing large food manufacturers to adopt MicroSalt as a healthier ingredient, but the main risk is that the company may struggle to scale fast enough to become financially sustainable before running out of resources.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+133.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+29.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (2%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

63.2%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~4 months

$2M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Revenue accelerating

MicroSalt grew revenue 134% 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
6.6%
Thin — 6.6% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-132.7%
Losing money on operations — -132.7%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-79.0%
Weak — -79.0% 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
+120.9%
Fast-growing sales (+120.9% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
3/4 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-144.0%
Burning cash (-144.0%)

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
13.35
Heavy debt load (13.35)
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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