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Obrascón Huarte Lain, S.A.

OHLA.MC
42
Engineering & Construction · Industrials
Price
€0.36
-0.00 (-0.33%)
Market Cap
€504.6M
Exchange
Madrid Stock Exchange
Winston Score
42
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Sep 11, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

§How the score breaks down

Quality
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Good
Stability
Mixed
Valuation
Mixed
Dividends
Good

Share count rising — dilution

+205.6% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 463.6M (2021) → 1.42B (2025)

§Winston Score History

The full picture

OHLA is a Spanish construction and engineering company that builds large infrastructure projects like highways, railways, bridges, and hospitals. Its main customers are governments and public agencies. The company also has a services division handling facility maintenance and environmental projects, and it operates through well-known subsidiaries including Judlau Contracting in the United States.

OHLA earns revenue primarily through long-term construction contracts and concession agreements. It operates across Europe, Latin America, and the United States, with a significant portion of its backlog coming from outside Spain. The company is relatively small among global construction firms, with a market cap around $0.5 billion. Its international diversification and experience in complex public works provide some competitive positioning, but thin margins and past financial restructuring remain key risks. Future growth depends on winning large infrastructure contracts, particularly in the U.S. and Latin American markets where public spending on infrastructure is expanding.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
2.0%
Thin — 2.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
3.2%
Thin — 3.2% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
13.7%
Good — 13.7% 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
-2.9%
Shrinking sales (-2.9% 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
510%
Turns 510% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-1.5%
Burning cash (-1.5%)

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
0.63
Moderate — manageable debt (0.63)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
1.74x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.7x)

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)
15.9x
Fair value — P/E 15.9

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
-2.4
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
11.32%
Healthy income — 11.32% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-25.9%
Dividend cut (-25.9% YoY) — warning sign

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