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Ponsse Oyj

0FNZ.L
45
Industrial - Machinery · Industrials
Price
23.15 GBp
-0.15 (-0.64%)
Market Cap
£648.1M
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
45
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
Weak
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Strong
Dividends
Mixed

Winston Score History

The full picture

Ponsse Oyj is a Finnish company that designs and builds forestry machines — specifically cut-to-length harvesting equipment used to fell and process trees in forests. Its main products are harvesters (which cut and trim trees) and forwarders (which carry the logs out of the forest), sold primarily to professional logging contractors and forestry companies across Europe and beyond. Ponsse is one of the leading dedicated forestry machine manufacturers in the world, and the cut-to-length method it specializes in is the dominant logging technique in Scandinavia and many other markets.

The company earns money by selling machines outright and through a growing aftermarket business covering spare parts, maintenance, and service contracts, which provides more stable recurring revenue. Ponsse operates globally but generates most of its sales in Europe, Russia (historically), and South America, with its factory based in Vierenoja, Finland. The loss of the Russian market following geopolitical events has been a meaningful headwind, and the company's growth depends largely on recovering demand in core European markets and expanding its service revenue base.

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: 28.0M (2021) → 28.0M (2025)

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
15.4%
Thin — 15.4% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
5.8%
Thin — 5.8% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
8.1%
Below par — 8.1% 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
-20.3%
Shrinking sales (-20.3% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-52.1%
Earnings shrinking (-52.1% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

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
144%
Turns 144% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
2.5%
Thin free cash flow (2.5%)

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
0.24
Conservative — low debt load (0.24)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
11.44x
Comfortably covers interest (11.4x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
24.8x
Growth-priced — P/E 24.8

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

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+10.2
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (24.8 → 14.6)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
2.32%
Moderate income — 2.32% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-4.3%
Dividend cut (-4.3% YoY) — warning sign

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