Cadeler A/S earns about 4% on invested capital, but has diluted owners by 168% over 5 years — worth asking whether the growth reaches owners. The applicable estimate puts fair value near €1.01 a share. Whether it’s worth owning at today’s price is the last question — and yours to answer, below.
| Figure | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | €60.9M1 | €106.4M2 | €108.6M3 | €248.7M3 | €620.4M3 |
| Net income | €7.45M4 | €35.5M5 | €11.5M6 | €65.1M6 | €280.2M6 |
| Operating cash flow | €30.2M7 | €29M8 | €63.4M9 | €93.1M9 | €394.2M9 |
| Capital expenditure | €162.9M10 | €224.6M11 | €66.9M12 | €615.5M12 | €1.24B12 |
| Free cash flow (derived) | −€132.7M7,10 | −€195.6M8,11 | −€3.52M9,12 | −€522.4M9,12 | −€841.5M9,12 |
| Total debt | — | — | — | €5.97B13 | €1.7B14 |
| Cash & equivalents | €2.31M15 | €19M16 | €96.6M16 | €51.3M16 | €151.7M16 |
| Diluted shares | 131.2M | 163.2M | 311.4M | 351.0M | 351.0M |
Superscripts are receipts. Each links to the SEC filing the number came from (full list at the bottom). A derived or summed figure cites every filing line it was built from.
10 shares is a claim on €42.84 of net worth that earned you €7.98 and generated −€23.98 of cash last year, against €48.32 of debt.
It earned an average 4% on invested capital over 5 years. Compare that to what it costs to fund the business.
seeing a moat in the numbers →Share count is up 168% over 5 years — owners have been diluted. Worth asking what they got for it. Total debt has fallen 72% — deleveraging.
reading capital allocation →Signals, not verdicts — read from the filings above. Numbers don’t prove a moat; they show its footprint. You decide.
assumptions (8)
- Risk-free rate (10Y Treasury)5.00%
- Equity risk premium5.00%
- Beta (β)1.00
- Equity share of capital85.0%
- Debt spread over risk-free1.50%
- Tax rate21.0%
- Normalized earnings€35.5M
- Growth assumed0.0%
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