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Strabag SE

STR.VI
72
Engineering & Construction · Industrials
Price
€85.10
+2.10 (+2.53%)
Market Cap
€9.82B
Exchange
Vienna Stock Exchange
Winston Score
72
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A high-quality business with solid fundamentals.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Strong
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Strong

Share count rising — dilution

+15.2% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 102.6M (2021) → 118.2M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Strabag SE is one of Europe's largest construction and engineering companies, headquartered in Vienna, Austria. It builds roads, highways, tunnels, bridges, railways, and large buildings for governments, municipalities, and private clients across dozens of countries. The company is a major player in civil engineering and infrastructure construction, with particularly strong roots in German-speaking Europe and Central and Eastern Europe.

Strabag earns money by winning contracts to design and build infrastructure projects, collecting fees as work is completed over months or years. It operates primarily across Europe, with Germany and Austria as its biggest markets, and generates annual revenues exceeding €16 billion, making it one of the continent's top three construction groups. Its scale, long-standing client relationships, and technical expertise in complex projects like underground tunneling give it a competitive edge. The main risk is that construction margins are thin and the business is sensitive to government spending cycles, rising material costs, and labor shortages.

Growth Profile

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

+8.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+12.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

€0/ year

Declining (-100% vs prior year)

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

85.6%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

€6.2B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Growth context

Strabag SE is growing revenue at 8% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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
42.7%
Healthy — 42.7% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
16.6%
Healthy — 16.6% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
39.5%
Exceptional — 39.5% 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
+7.4%
Steady sales growth (+7.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+10.6%
Earnings growing (+10.6% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
197%
Turns 197% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
6.1%
Modest free cash flow (6.1%)

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
0.08
Conservative — low debt load (0.08)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
100.00x
Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
10.7x
Attractive valuation — P/E 10.7

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
-1.4
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
3.49%
Moderate income — 3.49% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+41.1%
Dividend growing fast (41.1% YoY)

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