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Surteco Group SE

SUR.DE
14
Paper, Lumber & Forest Products · Basic Materials
Exchange
Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Winston Score
14
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Weak
Valuation
Data not available

Winston Score History

The full picture

Surteco Group SE is a German company that makes decorative surface materials used in furniture and flooring. Its main products include printed paper foils, plastic films, and edgebands — the thin strips that cover the edges of shelves, tables, and cabinets. The company sells mostly to furniture manufacturers and flooring producers across Europe.

Surteco earns revenue by selling these materials directly to industrial customers, primarily on a business-to-business basis. It operates mainly in Europe, with some presence in North America and Asia, and generates roughly €700–800 million in annual sales. Its competitive position comes from long-standing customer relationships and the technical complexity of matching decorative surfaces to specific furniture designs, which creates some switching costs. However, the company's very thin operating margin of under 2% leaves little room for error, and rising raw material costs — particularly for paper and plastics — remain the key risk to profitability going forward.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-6.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+124.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

93.3%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

€51M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

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

Revenue declining

Surteco Group 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.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
17.1%
Thin — 17.1% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
2.2%
Thin — 2.2% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
1.8%
Weak — 1.8% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-5.8%
Shrinking sales (-5.8% 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
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
0.4%
Thin free cash flow (0.4%)

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
1.04
Elevated debt (1.04)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
0.70x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.7x)

Interest coverage below 1. Their profits don't cover the interest bill.

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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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