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u-blox Holding AG

UBXN.SW
24
Communication Equipment · Technology
Also trades as: 0QNI.L
Price
CHF 134.40
+0.20 (+0.15%)
Market Cap
CHF 1.04B
Exchange
SIX Swiss Exchange
Winston Score
24
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+6.2% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 6.9M (2020) → 7.4M (2024)

Winston Score History

The full picture

u-blox is a Swiss company that makes small chips and modules used for GPS location tracking and wireless communication. Its products are built into cars, industrial equipment, drones, and consumer devices so they can figure out where they are and send or receive data. The company is a specialist supplier in the market for positioning and connectivity components.

u-blox earns money by selling hardware — chips and modules — to manufacturers who embed them into finished products. It operates globally, with customers across Europe, Asia, and North America, and generates roughly $1 billion in annual revenue. The company's technical expertise in combining precise location with cellular and short-range wireless gives it a niche position, but the negative operating margin signals that costs are currently outpacing revenue, likely due to inventory corrections and weaker demand in key end markets. The main challenge ahead is returning to profitability as the semiconductor industry works through a prolonged downcycle.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+1.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+73.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

R&D Spend

CHF 164M/ year

Declining (-13% vs prior year)

62.5% of revenue

4.2x the sector average (15%)

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

Insider Activity

3.0%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

CHF 102M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

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

Growth context

u-blox Holding AG is growing revenue at 2% 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
58.1%
Premium pricing power — 58.1% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-6.8%
Losing money on operations — -6.8%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-27.0%
Weak — -27.0% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-27.5%
Shrinking sales (-27.5% 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
1.9%
Thin free cash flow (1.9%)

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
0.02
Conservative — low debt load (0.02)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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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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