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Mpac Group

MPAC.L
36
Industrial - Machinery · Industrials
Price
330.00 GBp
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
£99.2M
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
36
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Mixed
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+47.0% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 20.5M (2021) → 30.1M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Mpac Group is a UK-based industrial company that designs and builds packaging and automation machines. Its equipment helps factories fill, seal, and package products — mainly for customers in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage industries. The company also provides aftermarket services, including spare parts and maintenance support for the machines it sells.

Mpac earns money by selling its machines to manufacturers and then generating recurring revenue through ongoing service contracts and parts. It operates primarily in the UK, Europe, and North America, and with a market cap of around £100 million, it is a small-cap industrial business. Its main competitive advantage is deep technical expertise in regulated industries like pharmaceuticals, where packaging accuracy and compliance matter greatly — but being a small player means it faces pressure from larger, better-resourced automation companies, and its thin operating margins leave little room for error if project costs rise or orders slow down.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+43.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+149.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

R&D Spend

£500,000/ year

Declining (-75% vs prior year)

0.3% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

10.5%ownership

Rising

Insiders increasing their stake — aligned with shareholders

Cash Runway

~5 years

£10M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

£10M cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue accelerating

Mpac Group grew revenue 43% 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
33.2%
Modest — 33.2% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
12.3%
Healthy — 12.3% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
6.7%
Weak — 6.7% 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
+42.2%
Fast-growing sales (+42.2% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-610.1%
Earnings shrinking (-610.1% 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
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-1.8%
Burning cash (-1.8%)

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
1.93x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.9x)

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)
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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