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Trimble

TRMB
39
Hardware, Equipment & Parts · Technology
Price
$60.25
+0.57 (+0.96%)
Market Cap
$14.04B
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
39
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jul 3, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Data not available

Share count falling — buybacks

5.7% over 5y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 254.3M (2021) → 239.8M (2026)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Trimble makes technology tools that help people work more precisely in the physical world. Its products include GPS devices, sensors, and software used by construction crews, farmers, surveyors, and transportation companies to track locations and manage projects. Trimble is one of the largest providers of positioning and workflow technology for industries like agriculture, construction, and geospatial mapping.

Trimble earns money through a mix of hardware sales, software subscriptions, and data services — and it has been steadily shifting toward recurring software revenue, which now drives much of its high gross margin. The company operates globally, with significant revenue from North America and Europe, and competes through deep integration between its hardware and software platforms, making it costly for customers to switch. The key growth driver is continued adoption of its cloud-based construction and agriculture software, though slowing construction activity or delays in infrastructure spending could weigh on demand.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue data limited

EPS Growth

YoY Growth Rate

EPS data limited

R&D Spend

$631M/ year

Flat (-5% vs prior year)

17.6% of revenue

In line with sector average (15%)

Steady R&D investment year-over-year

Insider Activity

0.5%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$864M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

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
69.4%
Premium pricing power — 69.4% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
13.6%
Healthy — 13.6% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
10.1%
Below par — 10.1% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+5.8%
Slow sales growth (+5.8% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-139.8%
Earnings shrinking (-139.8% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
6.7%
Modest free cash flow (6.7%)

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
0.29
Conservative — low debt load (0.29)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
8.28x
Comfortably covers interest (8.3x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
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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