BIRKBirkenstock Holding plc

$33.66-29% 1Y

Is the business good?

Mixed

Mostly cash-backed earnings (0.9×). That is the only one of 4 checks this filer's data supports, so take it as a single data point rather than a settled answer.

1 neutral, 3 without data
Profits arrive as cash0.86×derived · Dec 31, 2025

Operating profit is mostly backed by cash. Conversion is worsening vs a year ago.

Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.

How good a business is BIRK?

Birkenstock Holding plc earns 12% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.

12%

Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 3.1 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value

Cash conversion
0.86×

Cash conversion · 1.57× a year ago · most of the operating profit arrived as cash, working capital took the rest

Share count, year on year
−2.1%

Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company

Operating margin by fiscal year
YearOperating margin
FY202229%
FY202317%
FY202423%
FY202526%
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Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$268M
Net income, trailing twelve months
$379M
Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
12%

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.