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Precia S.A.

ALPM.PA
60
Industrial - Machinery · Industrials
Exchange
Euronext Paris
Winston Score
60
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Strong
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Mixed
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Winston Score History

The full picture

Precia S.A. is a French company that makes weighing systems and measurement equipment. Its products include industrial scales, weighbridges (large scales used to weigh trucks), and automated weighing solutions used in factories, logistics centers, farms, and construction sites. The company sells to businesses across many industries that need to measure and track the weight of goods.

Precia earns money by selling its hardware, providing installation services, and offering maintenance contracts and software that keep its systems running over time. It operates mainly in Europe, with France as its home base, and has a small global footprint through subsidiaries and distributors. The company's moat comes from its long customer relationships, specialized technical expertise, and the recurring revenue from service contracts, which help smooth out sales cycles. The main risk is that its growth depends heavily on industrial capital spending, which tends to slow down when the broader economy weakens.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
77.6%
Premium pricing power — 77.6% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
11.2%
Modest — 11.2% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
15.4%
Strong — 15.4% 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
+0.0%
Nearly flat sales (+0.0% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-0.5%
Earnings shrinking (-0.5% YoY)

Slight earnings drop. Typical near a cyclical low.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
3/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
221%
Turns 221% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
10.7%
Modest free cash flow (10.7%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.08
Conservative — low debt load (0.08)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
26.91x
Comfortably covers interest (26.9x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
13.4x
no trend
Attractive valuation — P/E 13.4

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
+0.1
GROWING
Earnings roughly flat

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
2.03%
no trend
Moderate income — 2.03% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-72.4%
no trend
Dividend cut (-72.4% YoY) — warning sign

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