Tennant Company

TNC

Industrial - Machinery · Industrials

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Weak

Growth

Weak

Cash Flow

Weak

Stability

Good

Valuation

Good

Dividends

Mixed

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Winston Score History

The full picture

Tennant Company makes machines that clean floors. Its main products are industrial floor scrubbers, sweepers, and other cleaning equipment used in warehouses, factories, airports, schools, and retail stores. Founded in 1870 and headquartered in Golden Valley, Minnesota, Tennant is one of the oldest and most recognized names in professional floor cleaning equipment.

The company sells its machines outright and also earns recurring revenue from parts, consumables, and service contracts. Tennant operates globally, with sales across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, and generates roughly $1.1 billion in annual revenue. Its competitive position comes from its established dealer network, brand recognition, and a growing line of autonomous robotic cleaning machines — but with operating margins below 5%, the company has limited room for error, and its key challenge is improving profitability while competing against larger industrial equipment makers and lower-cost rivals.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+1.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-60.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

2.4%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~7 months

$77M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Tennant Company has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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

39.5%

Modest — 39.5% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

4.9%

Thin — 4.9% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

4.2%

Weak — 4.2% 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

-2.9%

Shrinking sales (-2.9% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

-69.1%

Earnings shrinking (-69.1% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

0/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

-79%

Weak — only -79% of profit becomes cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

-3.1%

Burning cash (-3.1%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

0.73

Moderate — manageable debt (0.73)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

3.19x

Tight — interest eats into profit (3.2x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

68.6x

no trend

Expensive — P/E 68.6

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

+57.1

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (68.6 → 11.5)

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Dividends

Dividend

Dividend Yield

1.66%

no trend

Small dividend — 1.66% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

+5.1%

no trend

Dividend growing modestly (5.1% YoY)

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