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Serstech AB

SERT.ST
19
Chemicals · Basic Materials
Exchange
Stockholm Stock Exchange
Winston Score
19
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Data not available

Winston Score History

The full picture

Serstech AB is a Swedish technology company that makes handheld chemical identification devices. These portable scanners let security personnel, customs officers, and military units quickly identify unknown substances — like drugs, explosives, or hazardous chemicals — in the field without sending samples to a lab. The company sells its products to government agencies, law enforcement, and defense organizations around the world.

Serstech earns revenue by selling its hardware devices along with supporting software and services. It operates primarily in Europe but targets global markets, including the Middle East and Asia, where demand for border security and chemical detection tools is growing. The company is small, with a market cap around $100 million, and its deeply negative margins show it is spending far more than it earns right now. The key risk is that Serstech must win enough government contracts at sufficient scale to reach profitability before it exhausts its financial resources.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+294.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+54.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

0.0%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~2 months

kr 4M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Revenue accelerating

Serstech AB grew revenue 295% 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
85.5%
Premium pricing power — 85.5% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-49.8%
Losing money on operations — -49.8%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-61.0%
Weak — -61.0% 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
-8.4%
Shrinking sales (-8.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
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
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-76.9%
Burning cash (-76.9%)

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
0.28
Conservative — low debt load (0.28)
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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