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XP Power Limited

XPP.L
27
Electrical Equipment & Parts · Industrials
Price
1,764.00 GBp
-6.00 (-0.34%)
Market Cap
£494.5M
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
27
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
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Mixed
Valuation
Data not available
Dividends
Good

Share count rising — dilution

+36.6% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 19.9M (2021) → 27.1M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

XP Power designs and sells power supplies — devices that convert electricity from a wall outlet into the precise voltage and current that electronic equipment needs to function. Its main customers are companies that make industrial machinery, medical devices, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment. XP Power sells its products under its own brand and competes globally in the specialized power conversion market.

The company earns revenue by selling hardware directly to equipment manufacturers, typically through long-term design partnerships where its power supplies are built into a customer's product for years. XP Power operates mainly in Europe, North America, and Asia, and generates roughly $300–350 million in annual revenue. Its moat comes from the high cost and complexity of switching power supply vendors once a design is locked in, but the company is currently under significant financial pressure — its near-zero operating margin and very low return on capital reflect weak demand from semiconductor equipment customers and a heavy debt load that it is working to reduce.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-1.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+149.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

£21M/ year

Rising (+8% vs prior year)

9.3% of revenue

2.3x the sector average (4%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

0.6%ownership

Declining

Insider ownership declining — could be dilution or selling

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

£17M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

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

Revenue declining

XP Power Limited's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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
45.8%
Healthy — 45.8% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
6.0%
Modest — 6.0% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
1.9%
Weak — 1.9% 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
-1.2%
Shrinking sales (-1.2% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
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
11.3%
Modest free cash flow (11.3%)

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
0.38
Conservative — low debt load (0.38)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
0.64x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.6x)

Interest coverage below 1. Their profits don't cover the interest bill.

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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

Dividend
Dividend Yield
4.31%
Healthy income — 4.31% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+0.0%
Dividend flat

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