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Per Aarsleff Holding A/S

PAAL-B.CO
56
Engineering & Construction · Industrials
Price
kr 771.00
+19.00 (+2.53%)
Market Cap
kr 14.51B
Exchange
NASDAQ Copenhagen
Winston Score
56
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
Mixed
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Strong
Dividends
Good

Share count falling — buybacks

4.4% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 20.2M (2021) → 19.3M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Per Aarsleff Holding A/S is a Danish construction and engineering company that builds and maintains infrastructure like pipelines, foundations, and tunnels. Its main services include pipe rehabilitation, ground engineering, and marine construction, serving customers such as municipalities, utilities, and large industrial clients. It is one of the largest contractors in Scandinavia and has a strong position in trenchless pipe repair technology across Europe.

The company earns money by winning contracts to complete construction and infrastructure projects, so revenue depends on securing new work rather than recurring subscriptions. Aarsleff operates primarily in Denmark, the UK, Germany, and other Northern European markets, with a workforce of several thousand employees. Its competitive edge comes from specialized technical skills in underground and marine work that are hard for smaller rivals to replicate. The main risk is that profit margins are thin, as is typical in construction, making earnings sensitive to project cost overruns and competition for public infrastructure contracts.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+15.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+15.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

kr 0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

7.2%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

kr 2.0B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Per Aarsleff Holding A/S is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 15%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

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
11.6%
Thin — 11.6% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
4.1%
Thin — 4.1% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
17.3%
Strong — 17.3% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+9.4%
Steady sales growth (+9.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+11.3%
Earnings growing (+11.3% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

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
208%
Turns 208% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
4.4%
Thin free cash flow (4.4%)

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
0.25
Conservative — low debt load (0.25)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
71.29x
Comfortably covers interest (71.3x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
16.0x
Fair value — P/E 16.0

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
+5.5
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (16.0 → 10.6)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.65%
Small dividend — 1.65% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+64.0%
Dividend growing fast (64.0% YoY)

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