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Sampo Oyj

SAMPO.HE
64
Insurance - Diversified · Financial Services
Price
€9.71
+0.09 (+0.94%)
Market Cap
€25.79B
Exchange
NASDAQ Helsinki
Winston Score
64
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Strong
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Mixed
Dividends
Mixed

Share count falling — buybacks

2.6% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 2.77B (2021) → 2.70B (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Sampo Oyj is a Finnish financial services company that focuses mainly on insurance. It owns If P&C Insurance, one of the largest property and casualty insurers in the Nordic and Baltic regions, which sells policies covering cars, homes, businesses, and health to millions of customers across Scandinavia and beyond. Sampo also owns Topdanmark, a major Danish insurer, making it one of the dominant insurance groups in Northern Europe.

Sampo makes money by collecting insurance premiums from policyholders and investing those funds, keeping the profit when claims and costs stay below what it collects — a model called underwriting. The company operates primarily in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and the Baltic states, with a market cap around $25.6 billion. Its competitive strength comes from its large scale and strong brand recognition across the Nordic region, where insurance markets are mature and stable. The main risk is that rising claims costs from severe weather events or inflation could squeeze underwriting profits.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+13.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+6.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

€0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

7.8%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

€19.1B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Growth + cash flow

Sampo Oyj is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 13%. 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
33.6%
Modest — 33.6% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
18.5%
Healthy — 18.5% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
23.2%
Exceptional — 23.2% 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
+17.1%
Fast-growing sales (+17.1% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+36.9%
Earnings growing fast (+36.9% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

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
96%
Turns 96% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
12.3%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (12.3%)

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
0.46
Conservative — low debt load (0.46)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
30.36x
Comfortably covers interest (30.4x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
15.4x
Fair value — P/E 15.4

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
-0.6
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
3.74%
Moderate income — 3.74% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-46.6%
Dividend cut (-46.6% YoY) — warning sign

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