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poLight ASA

PLT.OL
29
Hardware, Equipment & Parts · Technology
Exchange
Oslo 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
Strong
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Data not available

Winston Score History

The full picture

poLight ASA is a Norwegian technology company that makes tiny, adjustable lenses for cameras in smartphones and other devices. Instead of using traditional mechanical parts to focus a camera, its product — called TLens — uses a thin polymer material that changes shape when electricity is applied, mimicking how the human eye focuses. The company sells its lens technology to smartphone manufacturers and camera module makers, primarily in Asia.

poLight earns revenue by licensing its technology and selling its lens components to device makers. It is headquartered in Horten, Norway, and is a small company still in the early stages of commercial growth, with a market cap around $1.6 billion but no meaningful profits yet. Its main competitive advantage is its patented lens design, which is thinner and uses less power than competing autofocus solutions — but the key risk is that it depends heavily on winning design contracts with a small number of large smartphone brands, making revenue unpredictable.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+205.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+28.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

Insider Activity

2.7%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~3 years

kr 244M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

kr 244M cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue accelerating

poLight ASA grew revenue 206% 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
24.0%
Thin — 24.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-278.5%
Losing money on operations — -278.5%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-32.5%
Weak — -32.5% 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
+245.1%
Fast-growing sales (+245.1% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-231.4%
Burning cash (-231.4%)

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
0.00
Conservative — low debt load (0.00)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
no trend
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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