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NOTE AB (publ)

NOTE.ST
48
Hardware, Equipment & Parts · Technology
Exchange
Stockholm Stock Exchange
Winston Score
48
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Good
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Strong
Dividends
Exceptional

Winston Score History

The full picture

NOTE AB is a Swedish electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company. It builds electronic circuit boards and complete electronic products for other companies that design the products but do not want to run their own factories. Its customers come from industries like defense, medical devices, industrial equipment, and telecommunications.

NOTE makes money by charging customers for assembling and manufacturing their electronics under long-term contracts. The company operates mainly in Northern Europe, with factories in Sweden, Finland, Estonia, and the United Kingdom. Its competitive position comes from specializing in complex, lower-volume production runs where quality and reliability matter more than pure price — a niche that is harder for low-cost Asian manufacturers to compete in directly. The main growth driver is increasing demand from European defense and industrial customers who want to keep their supply chains closer to home, though the business faces margin pressure because raw materials and components make up a large share of its costs.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+19.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-27.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

36.9%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~5 years

kr 148M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

kr 148M cash & investments at current burn rate

Growth context

NOTE AB (publ) is growing revenue at 20% 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
14.6%
Thin — 14.6% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
7.7%
Modest — 7.7% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
11.0%
Below par — 11.0% 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
+4.0%
Slow sales growth (+4.0% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-3.3%
Earnings shrinking (-3.3% YoY)

Slight earnings drop. Typical near a cyclical low.

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
108%
Turns 108% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
4.6%
Thin free cash flow (4.6%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.80
Moderate — manageable debt (0.80)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
12.93x
Comfortably covers interest (12.9x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
16.5x
no trend
Fair value — P/E 16.5

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
+5.0
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (16.5 → 11.6)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
4.59%
no trend
Healthy income — 4.59% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+273.6%
no trend
Dividend growing fast (273.6% YoY)

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