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P/F Bakkafrost

BAKKA.OL
60
Agricultural Farm Products · Consumer Defensive
Price
kr 484.40
+13.80 (+2.93%)
Market Cap
kr 28.72B
Exchange
Oslo Stock Exchange
Winston Score
60
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Good
Stability
Good
Valuation
Strong
Dividends
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

Bakkafrost is a salmon farming company based in the Faroe Islands, a small group of islands between Norway and Iceland. It raises Atlantic salmon from eggs all the way to finished, packaged fish that it sells to grocery stores, restaurants, and food distributors mostly across Europe and North America. It is one of the largest salmon producers in the world and controls nearly the entire salmon farming industry in the Faroe Islands.

The company makes money by selling fresh, frozen, and smoked salmon products, as well as fish oil and fishmeal made from leftover parts. It operates primarily in the Faroe Islands and Scotland, with the Faroe Islands business being its most profitable due to clean, cold waters that produce high-quality fish. Bakkafrost's main competitive advantage is its vertical integration — it controls its own feed production, farming, and processing. The biggest risk the company faces is biological, meaning disease outbreaks like sea lice or viruses can quickly reduce fish harvests and squeeze profits.

Share count broadly stable

+0.1% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 59.2M (2021) → 59.3M (2025)

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
70.1%
Premium pricing power — 70.1% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
21.4%
Excellent — 21.4% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
3.5%
Weak — 3.5% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-0.3%
Shrinking sales (-0.3% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+232.1%
Earnings growing fast (+232.1% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
104%
Turns 104% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-2.7%
Burning cash (-2.7%)

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
0.36
Conservative — low debt load (0.36)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
3.23x
Tight — interest eats into profit (3.2x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
23.9x
Growth-priced — P/E 23.9

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+10.1
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (23.9 → 13.7)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.12%
Small dividend — 1.12% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+57.0%
Dividend growing fast (57.0% YoY)

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