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ISS A/S

ISS.CO
49
Specialty Business Services · Industrials
Price
kr 289.40
+5.60 (+1.97%)
Market Cap
kr 45.20B
Exchange
NASDAQ Copenhagen
Winston Score
49
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

9.2% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 186.0M (2021) → 168.9M (2025)

ISS A/S is a Danish company that provides facility services to businesses and organizations around the world. Its core services include cleaning, catering, security, property maintenance, and workplace management. Customers range from large corporations and hospitals to airports and government buildings, making ISS one of the largest facility services companies globally.

ISS earns revenue through long-term service contracts, where clients pay recurring fees for ongoing facility management. The company operates in more than 30 countries, with strong presence in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Americas, and generates billions in annual revenue. Its competitive position comes from its scale and ability to bundle multiple services under one contract, which makes it convenient for large clients to consolidate vendors. The main risk ISS faces is labor cost inflation, since its business is highly people-intensive and thin operating margins leave little room for wage increases without passing costs on to customers.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-0.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+2.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.0%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$2.5B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

ISS A/S's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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

Gross Margin
91.4%
Premium pricing power — 91.4% gross margin
Operating Margin
5.5%
Thin — 5.5% operating margin
ROCE
5.0%
Weak — 5.0% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+1.1%
Nearly flat sales (1.1% YoY)
EPS YoY
+6.5%
Modest earnings growth (6.5% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
153%
Turns 153% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
3.9%
Thin free cash flow (3.9%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
1.44
Elevated debt (1.44)
Interest Cover
15.19x
Comfortably covers interest (15.2x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
18.5x
Fair value — P/E 18.5

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward
+3.9
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (18.5 → 14.6)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
1.14%
Small dividend — 1.14% yield

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

Dividend Growth
-60.5%
Dividend cut (-60.5% YoY) — warning sign

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