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Sulzer

SUN.SW
59
Industrial - Machinery · Industrials
Also trades as: 0QQ9.L
Price
CHF 150.70
+2.60 (+1.76%)
Market Cap
CHF 5.08B
Exchange
SIX Swiss Exchange
Winston Score
59
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
Good
Cash Flow
Good
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

Sulzer is a Swiss industrial company that makes pumps, mixers, and equipment used to move and process liquids. Its customers include oil and gas companies, water utilities, power plants, and chemical manufacturers. Sulzer also runs a large services division that repairs and maintains rotating equipment like turbines and motors for industrial clients around the world.

The company earns money through equipment sales and, increasingly, through long-term service contracts that provide more stable, recurring revenue. Sulzer operates globally, with a strong presence in Europe, the Americas, and Asia, and generates roughly $3.5 billion in annual revenue. Its installed base of equipment creates a natural advantage, since customers tend to return to Sulzer for repairs and spare parts over the decades-long life of industrial machinery. The key growth driver is demand for water infrastructure upgrades and energy transition projects, though exposure to cyclical end markets like oil and gas remains a meaningful risk to earnings stability.

Share count broadly stable

0.5% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 34.3M (2021) → 34.2M (2025)

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
34.9%
Modest — 34.9% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
11.8%
Modest — 11.8% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
18.4%
Strong — 18.4% 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
-2.5%
Shrinking sales (-2.5% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+11.3%
Earnings growing (+11.3% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
7/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
92%
Modest — 92% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
5.3%
Thin free cash flow (5.3%)

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
0.85
Moderate — manageable debt (0.85)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
17.32x
Comfortably covers interest (17.3x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
16.8x
Fair value — P/E 16.8

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
+2.8
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow — slightly cheaper on forward P/E

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
3.14%
Moderate income — 3.14% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+8.3%
Dividend growing modestly (8.3% YoY)

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