Deep Value: cash covers more than 100% of the stock price

This company holds roughly $91M in cash and investments — more than its entire stock-market value, based on its latest quarterly filing. You're paying very little for the actual business. Sometimes that's a genuine bargain or a takeover target, sometimes it's cheap for a reason. Not a buy signal on its own — always ask why it's this cheap.

Solutions 30 SE

S30.PA

Information Technology Services · Technology

Price

€0.61

-0.01 (-0.98%)

Market Cap

€64.9M

Exchange

Euronext Paris

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025

How the score breaks down

Quality

Mixed

Growth

Weak

Cash Flow

Weak

Stability

Weak

Valuation

Data not available

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Winston Score History

The full picture

Solutions 30 SE is a European company that sends technicians to homes and businesses to install and repair digital equipment. This includes setting up internet connections, smart meters, fiber-optic cables, and other telecom gear. Its main customers are large telecom and energy companies across Europe that outsource this kind of field work.

The company earns money by charging those telecom and utility clients a fee each time a technician completes a job, making revenue dependent on the volume of installations and repairs ordered. Solutions 30 operates mainly in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and several other European countries, giving it broad geographic reach but also exposure to different local labor markets. The company has struggled with thin operating margins and was previously hit by an accounting controversy that damaged its reputation, and its main challenge going forward is improving profitability as the initial wave of fiber-optic rollout across Europe gradually slows down.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-11.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-343.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

€0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

16.2%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

€78M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

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

Revenue declining

Solutions 30 SE's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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.

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: 107.1M (2021) → 107.1M (2025)

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

58.0%

Premium pricing power — 58.0% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

-0.1%

Losing money on operations — -0.1%

Return on the money invested

ROCE

-3.0%

Weak — -3.0% 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

-10.4%

Shrinking sales (-10.4% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

2/8 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

1.3%

Thin free cash flow (1.3%)

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

3.76

Heavy debt load (3.76)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

N/A

Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

—

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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