Equity Brief · Industrials2026-09-01
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Prefab

I · AI Analysis

The brief

Prefab manufactures prefabricated concrete elements for residential, industrial, and infrastructure projects—including electrical poles, highway components, bridge beams, and sewerage pipes [Yahoo Finance]. The company also operates a cogeneration plant for electricity and steam, extracts mineral aggregates, and provides cargo transport services [Yahoo Finance].

Prefab S.A. is a Romanian concrete products manufacturer serving construction markets across Romania, Bulgaria, and Moldova [Yahoo Finance]. The company recently won a first-instance court case and reported positive cash flow in H1 2026 [Agenda Constructiilor], but its financial health is fragile: trailing net margin is deeply negative at -70.2% and the Altman Z-score of 1.4 signals elevated distress risk [Sentinellis calculation].

Revenue is growing but profitability is severely impaired, with negative EBITDA and a net margin of -70.2% flagging serious operational or non-recurring losses.

The brief AI analysisConfidence 4/10

Sentinellis health

Significant risks

3.5/10

7.5+ strong · 4.5–7.5 moderate · under 4.5 weak

Profitability

18% of score0.0/10
Net margin-70.2%· need > 5%Gross margin+19.9%· need > 35%

Returns on capital

18% of score0.0/10
ROIC+0.9%· need > 10%Return on equity-24.6%· need > 12%

Growth & momentum

12% of score10.0/10
Revenue growth+15.4%Operating margin trend· no data

Balance sheet

24% of score2.5/10
Current ratio1.1x· need > 1.2xNet debt / EBITDA· no dataInterest coverage1.7x· need > 3.0xDebt / equity0.24

Cash generation

18% of score10.0/10
Free cash flowRON 2.3MCash vs reported profitRON 11.7M vs RON -43.4M

Value creation

12% of score0.0/10
ROIC vs cost of capital-3.0pp· need ROIC above WACC

Sentinellis calculation from the published statements — not a score reported by any data source. Each category is scored on the checks that had data; missing inputs are excluded rather than counted as failures.

Market capitalisation

RON 80.5M

Revenue (TTM)

RON 61.8M

II · Recent news

What moved

1 stories · ranked by relevance

  • company2026-08-25

    PREFAB S1 2026: Litigiu câștigat în primă instanță, cash-flow pozitiv și modernizare - Agenda Constructiilor

    Agenda Constructiilor

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Net margin of -70.2% indicates the company lost more than twice its trailing revenue in net income, pointing to either large one-off charges or severe operational losses that dwarf gross profit [Yahoo Finance].

1 of 5 risks in this report

Risks

5

Opportunities

4

Red flags

4

Leadership

4

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Produced 01 Sept 2026, 08:57 UTC

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