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Waystream Holding AB (publ)

WAYS.ST
41
Communication Equipment · Technology
Price
kr 37.80
-0.90 (-2.33%)
Market Cap
kr 331.5M
Exchange
Stockholm Stock Exchange
Winston Score
41
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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

Waystream Holding AB is a Swedish company that makes networking equipment for internet service providers. Its core products are fiber-based switches and routers that help telecom operators and broadband providers deliver fast internet connections to homes and businesses. The company focuses on the Nordic and European markets, where governments and private operators are actively building out fiber infrastructure.

Waystream earns money by selling hardware and related software to network operators, with some recurring revenue from software licenses and support contracts. It is a small company with a market cap around $0.3 billion, competing against much larger global players like Cisco and Nokia, which creates real pricing pressure. The main growth driver is continued fiber network expansion across Europe, but the key risk is that Waystream's small scale makes it difficult to compete on price or R&D spending against larger, better-resourced rivals.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+5.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-137.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

kr 0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

51.8%ownership

Rising

Insiders increasing their stake — aligned with shareholders

Cash Runway

~6 months

kr 22M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Waystream Holding AB (publ) 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.

Share count broadly stable

+0.1% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 8.1M (2021) → 8.1M (2025)

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
-0.4%
Thin — -0.4% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-0.4%
Losing money on operations — -0.4%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
5.5%
Weak — 5.5% 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
+11.9%
Steady sales growth (+11.9% 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
1134%
Turns 1134% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
0.3%
Thin free cash flow (0.3%)

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
0.07
Conservative — low debt load (0.07)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
5.60x
Adequate interest coverage (5.6x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
180.0x
Expensive — P/E 180.0

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

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+138.7
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (180.0 → 41.3)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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