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Sprint Bioscience AB

SPRINT.ST
49
Biotechnology · Healthcare
Price
kr 3.17
+0.16 (+5.32%)
Market Cap
kr 334.5M
Exchange
Stockholm Stock Exchange
Winston Score
49
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
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Good
Valuation
Good

Share count rising — dilution

+167.2% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 34.7M (2021) → 92.6M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Sprint Bioscience is a Swedish biotech company that discovers and develops drug candidates targeting cancer. It focuses on finding small molecules that can block specific proteins involved in tumor growth, then licenses those drug candidates to larger pharmaceutical companies. The company operates in the early-stage drug discovery space, meaning it works on the science before a drug is anywhere close to reaching patients.

Sprint Bioscience makes most of its money through licensing deals and research collaborations with bigger pharma and biotech partners, who pay fees and milestone payments when programs hit certain scientific targets. The company is based in Huddinge, Sweden, and is relatively small, with a market cap around $400 million. Its high margins reflect a licensing-based model rather than manufacturing costs, but the core risk is that early-stage drug discovery is highly uncertain — most drug candidates fail before reaching clinical trials, and losing a key partnership deal could significantly impact revenue.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-100.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-50.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

kr 0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (18%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

94.3%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~17 months

kr 108M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

Revenue declining

Sprint Bioscience AB'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.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
N/A
Data not available
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
N/A
Data not available
Return on the money invested
ROCE
82.8%
Exceptional — 82.8% return on capital

ROIC above 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns more than 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+147.4%
Fast-growing sales (+147.4% 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
83%
Modest — 83% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
46.0%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (46.0%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
16.42x
Comfortably covers interest (16.4x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
4.0x
Attractive valuation — P/E 4.0

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

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-8.4
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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