Vaisala Oyj

VAIAF

Hardware, Equipment & Parts · Technology

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Winston Score

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

Strong

Growth

Mixed

Cash Flow

Exceptional

Stability

Strong

Valuation

Strong

Dividends

Good

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Winston Score History

The full picture

Vaisala is a Finnish company that makes sensors and measurement instruments used to track weather, humidity, temperature, and other environmental conditions. Its main products include weather stations, radiosondes (devices carried by weather balloons), and industrial sensors. Customers include national weather agencies, airports, renewable energy companies, and industrial manufacturers around the world.

The company earns revenue by selling hardware instruments and related software, services, and calibration support. Vaisala operates globally, with strong presence in Europe, North America, and Asia, and generates roughly €600 million in annual revenue. Its competitive edge comes from decades of specialized expertise and high customer switching costs — once a weather agency or industrial facility builds its operations around Vaisala equipment, replacing it is costly and disruptive. The key growth driver is rising demand for accurate weather data tied to wind and solar energy projects, though the business faces risk from larger industrial technology companies expanding into environmental sensing.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+4.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+36.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

45.1%ownership

↓ Declining

Insider ownership declining — could be dilution or selling

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$87M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

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

Growth context

Vaisala Oyj is growing revenue at 4% 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

57.2%

Premium pricing power — 57.2% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

13.3%

Healthy — 13.3% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

22.2%

Exceptional — 22.2% 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

+3.5%

Slow sales growth (+3.5% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

+2.9%

Flat earnings

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

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

163%

Turns 163% of profit into real cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

14.7%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (14.7%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

0.22

Conservative — low debt load (0.22)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

6.34x

Adequate interest coverage (6.3x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

29.9x

no trend

Growth-priced — P/E 29.9

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

+6.9

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (29.9 → 23.1)

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Dividends

Dividend

Dividend Yield

1.51%

no trend

Small dividend — 1.51% yield

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

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

+24.2%

no trend

Dividend growing fast (24.2% YoY)

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