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Nosa Plugs AB

NOSA.ST
29
Medical - Devices · Healthcare
Price
kr 0.48
-0.02 (-4.42%)
Market Cap
kr 123.7M
Exchange
Stockholm Stock Exchange
Winston Score
29
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+393.4% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 48.0M (2021) → 237.0M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Nosa Plugs AB is a Swedish medical device company that makes ear protection products designed to reduce noise exposure and protect hearing. Its core products are specialized earplugs and hearing protection devices aimed at both consumer and professional markets, including workers in loud industrial environments and everyday users. The company operates in the broader hearing health and personal protective equipment space.

Nosa Plugs generates revenue primarily through product sales of its earplug and hearing protection devices, selling through retail channels and business-to-business partnerships. The company is based in Sweden and is relatively small, with a market cap around $0.1 billion, and it currently operates at a significant loss, spending far more than it earns. The main challenge facing the business is reaching the scale needed to turn its low gross margins — currently around 12% — into sustainable profits, and the key risk is that it runs out of cash before achieving meaningful commercial traction.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+81.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+45.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

kr 0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (18%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

28.3%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

5+ years

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

kr 16M cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue accelerating

Nosa Plugs AB grew revenue 81% 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
-21.8%
Thin — -21.8% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-21.8%
Losing money on operations — -21.8%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-23.0%
Weak — -23.0% 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
+74.9%
Fast-growing sales (+74.9% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
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
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-27.1%
Burning cash (-27.1%)

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
0.01
Conservative — low debt load (0.01)
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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