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Zotefoams

ZTF.L
65
Chemicals - Specialty · Basic Materials
Price
435.00 GBp
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
£213.9M
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
65
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
Good
Growth
Strong
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Mixed

Share count rising — dilution

+2.3% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 49.3M (2021) → 50.5M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Zotefoams is a UK-based manufacturer that makes lightweight foam materials used in products like sports shoes, protective padding, helmets, and aerospace components. Its foams are made from plastics and other polymers, and it sells to companies in industries including footwear, transportation, and medical equipment. The company is known for using a unique high-pressure nitrogen process to create its foams, which produces a cleaner and more consistent material than many competing methods.

Zotefoams earns money by selling foam blocks, rolls, and sheets to manufacturers who then shape them into finished products. It operates primarily in the UK, Europe, and North America, and its proprietary manufacturing process acts as a meaningful barrier against competitors trying to copy its products. The main growth driver is demand for its high-performance foams in athletic footwear — particularly from brands seeking lightweight materials — but the business is small and exposed to slowdowns in consumer spending and raw material cost increases.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+23.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+20.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

£2M/ year

Rising (+53% vs prior year)

1.0% of revenue

Below sector average (3%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

12.3%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~3 years

£14M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

£14M cash & investments at current burn rate

Growth context

Zotefoams is growing revenue at 23% 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
35.5%
Modest — 35.5% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
15.4%
Healthy — 15.4% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
12.9%
Good — 12.9% 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
+14.4%
Fast-growing sales (+14.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
>+1,000%
Earnings growing fast (>+1,000% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
115%
Turns 115% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
8.7%
Modest free cash flow (8.7%)

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
0.40
Conservative — low debt load (0.40)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
11.83x
Comfortably covers interest (11.8x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
8.7x
Attractive valuation — P/E 8.7

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-0.5
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.76%
Small dividend — 1.76% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+9.7%
Dividend growing modestly (9.7% YoY)

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