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Hacksaw ABHACK.STCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Sweden · SEK·Information Technology›Packaged Software

Swedish developer of online casino slot games licensed to gambling operators worldwide.

≈ A slot-game content studio like a smaller NetEnt/Play'n GO peerMomentum laggard 3
Mkt cap
$1.71B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
4%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$11.3M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
8.1×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 7.2%
Hurdle
-96 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
102 days
16 Feb 2027
Close · SEKSEK 57.85
1D+2.8%
1W+4.0%
1M-29.0%
3M-22.9%
6M-22.4%
YTD-8.8%
1Y-21.0%
ATR %4.5%
52w lowhigh38.7% off high

What Hacksaw does

Swedish developer of online casino slot games licensed to gambling operators worldwide.

In one line: A slot-game content studio like a smaller NetEnt/Play'n GO peer.

Products and services

  • Online slot games
  • Game licensing to casino operators

Customers

  • Online casino/gambling operators

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Consumer Discretionary
  • Online gambling content
  • Casino slot-game development and…

What could go right

  • Online casino market growth
  • New market licensing (regulated US states, Latam)

What could go wrong

  • Regulatory licensing/compliance costs by market
  • Hit-driven, competitive game-content cycle

Moat: narrow (IP / patents, brand, distribution). Portfolio of proprietary, popular slot titles licensed broadly, but game-studio competition is intense with frequent new entrants.

Headquarters: Stockholm, Sweden · Founded: 2018 · Employees: 254

Named competitors

Hacksaw at a glance

Size Hacksaw (HACK.ST) is a Sweden Information Technology company (Packaged Software) with a market value of $1.71B, the 95th largest of 221 Sweden companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at SEK 57.85 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 22.4%, against -4.7% for the median peer and +8.2% for the Sweden market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 20.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +17.3%); the operating margin is 81.8% (peer median 9.2%).

Valuation It trades at 8.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 30.3× (2nd cheapest of 19).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -10% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +86%, so the hurdle is -96 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Next results Next results expected around 16 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 94HACK.ST 75
Six months, rebased to 100: Hacksaw against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Hacksaw financials

Reported figures in SEK; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueSEK 2.51BSEK 2.18BSEK 1.56BSEK 766MSEK 340M
Revenue growth—+40%+104%+125%—
Gross profitSEK 2.05BSEK 1.79BSEK 1.32BSEK 634MSEK 271M
EBITDASEK 2.11BSEK 1.84BSEK 1.35BSEK 653MSEK 281M
Net incomeSEK 1.95BSEK 1.48BSEK 1.06BSEK 571MSEK 152M
Free cash flowSEK 2.06BSEK 1.68BSEK 1.15BSEK 584MSEK 260M
Capital expenditureSEK 121MSEK 80.4MSEK 46.6MSEK 23.7MSEK 27.4M
Total debtSEK 62.9MSEK 29.0MSEK 33.3MSEK 18.8MSEK 4.30M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Hacksaw competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%0%+50%+100%-25%0%+25%ADEA3002293001134478KFINTECH68869227064443WLTHPRGSDFINSHADOWFAX9911NAZARA002174CERTHACK.ST6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Hacksaw is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-25%0%+25%+50%+75%0×100×200×ADEA3001134478KFINTECH27064443603927PRGSNYAXDFINSHADOWFAX9911NAZARA002174HACK.STRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Hacksaw is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+25%+50%+75%0%50%ADEA3001136886924443603927PRGSNYAXDFINSHADOWFAX9911603039CERTHACK.STGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Hacksaw is the large dot.

Hacksaw competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (HACK.ST vs EVO.ST)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Hacksaw HACK.ST$1.71B-22%+21%82%8.1×-10.2%
Evolution EVO.ST$15.8B+33%-3%57%14.4×-0.3%

How Hacksaw compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Hacksaw against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureHACK.STPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-29.0%+5.6%2nd lowest of 21
6-month return-22.4%-4.7%7th lowest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-38.7%-26.6%7th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+20.6%+17.3%10th highest of 21
Operating margin81.8%9.2%highest of 21
Forward P/E8.1×30.3×2nd cheapest of 19
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-10.2%15.8%least demanding of 14
Growth delivered (Del g)+85.9%+14.3%highest of 13
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-96.1 pp+0.8 ppleast demanding of 13
EV / EBITDA7.2×21.0×cheapest of 11
Net debt / EBITDA-0.8×-1.1×6th most indebted of 12

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Hacksaw HACK.STSweden$1.71B-22%+21%82%8.1×-10.2%+85.9%
Adeia ADEAUnited States$1.71B-47%+22%44%11.8×2.7%-13.0%
TRS Information Technology 300229.SZChina$1.71B-27%-23%-76%n/an/an/a
Hangzhou Shunwang Technology 300113.SZChina$1.70B-32%-36%26%27.1×26.2%+11.0%
freee K.K 4478.TJapan$1.72B+100%+28%3%79.1×n/an/a
Lyntris LYNXUnited States$1.69Bn/a+16%9%n/an/an/a
Kfin Technologies KFINTECH.NSIndia$1.67B-1%+27%32%40.6×n/an/a
Wuhan Dameng Database 688692.SSChina$1.75B-28%+28%28%33.4×12.7%+23.2%
Beijing Haizhi Technology 2706.HKHong Kong$1.75B-31%+23%-9%208.5×n/an/a
Sansan 4443.TJapan$1.67B+65%+22%18%27.4×20.3%+27.1%
Wealthfront WLTHUnited States$1.66B-7%+18%-41%26.7×-4.2%n/a
Sinosoft 603927.SSChina$1.77B-14%-24%2%44.3×23.0%+0.9%
Progress Software PRGSUnited States$1.78B+46%+6%19%6.7×1.8%+17.2%
Nayax NYAXUnited States$1.78B-34%+28%5%59.1×26.9%+38.7%
Donnelley Financial Solutions DFINUnited States$1.63B+56%+5%20%12.3×-4.7%-3.0%
Shadowfax Technologies SHADOWFAX.NSIndia$1.79B+70%+69%10%60.0×47.0%+43.7%
Newborn Town 9911.HKHong Kong$1.63B-5%+36%12%8.8×-3.5%+41.3%
Nazara Technologies NAZARA.NSIndia$1.62B+50%-2%3%138.0×n/an/a
YOOZOO Interactive 002174.SZChina$1.61B+9%-1%-20%24.7×n/an/a
Weaver Network Technology 603039.SSChina$1.59B-8%+2%12%29.1×15.8%+9.0%
Certara CERTUnited States$1.84B+91%+1%5%31.4×40.7%+11.5%

Questions

Who are Hacksaw's main competitors?
Named competitors: Evolution AB (EVO.ST), Play'n GO (private) (private or unlisted), Pragmatic Play (private) (private or unlisted), NetEnt (Evolution) (EVO.ST). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Adeia (ADEA), TRS Information Technology (300229.SZ), Hangzhou Shunwang Technology (300113.SZ), freee K.K (4478.T), Lyntris (LYNX), Kfin Technologies (KFINTECH.NS).
Is Hacksaw expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 8.1× against a peer median of 30.3×, 2nd cheapest of 19 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -10% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +86%, so the hurdle is -96 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Hacksaw stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -22.4% against -4.7% for the median peer; over one year -21.0%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.