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QleanAir AB (publ)

QAIR.ST
43
Industrial - Pollution & Treatment Controls · Industrials
Price
kr 19.35
-0.10 (-0.51%)
Market Cap
kr 287.5M
Exchange
Stockholm Stock Exchange
Winston Score
43
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Good
Valuation
Good

Share count rising — dilution

+4.1% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 15.1M (2021) → 15.7M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

QleanAir AB is a Swedish company that makes air cleaning and filtration systems for businesses. Its main products are standalone air purifiers and built-in ventilation solutions sold to offices, hospitals, factories, and restaurants — places where clean indoor air matters for health or safety. The company is based in Stockholm and operates primarily across Europe and Asia.

QleanAir earns money through a mix of equipment sales and recurring service contracts, which provide more predictable revenue over time. It operates in several countries including Sweden, Germany, Japan, and India, and generates roughly $100 million or less in annual revenue at its current scale. The recurring service and filter-replacement model gives the business some stability, but QleanAir competes against larger industrial and HVAC companies with much bigger resources. The key growth driver is rising awareness of indoor air quality, partly accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, though sustaining that demand as the pandemic fades remains a real challenge.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-2.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+33.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

R&D Spend

kr 0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.5%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~8 months

kr 32M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

QleanAir AB (publ) has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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
68.0%
Premium pricing power — 68.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
6.9%
Modest — 6.9% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
10.6%
Below par — 10.6% 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
+1.0%
Nearly flat sales (+1.0% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
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
251%
Turns 251% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
12.7%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (12.7%)

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
0.75
Moderate — manageable debt (0.75)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
3.87x
Tight — interest eats into profit (3.9x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
9.9x
Attractive valuation — P/E 9.9

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-0.2
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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