Luotea Oyj

0F29.L

Specialty Business Services · Industrials

Price

1.88 GBp

-0.03 (-1.47%)

Market Cap

£71.7M

Exchange

London Stock Exchange

Winston Score

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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Data as of Aug 13, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Weak

Growth

Mixed

Cash Flow

Strong

Stability

Strong

Valuation

Good

Dividends

Mixed

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Winston Score History

The full picture

Luotea Oyj is a Finnish company that provides outsourced business support services, primarily to organizations in Finland. Its core offerings include personnel administration, payroll processing, and related back-office functions, serving businesses that prefer to hand these tasks to an outside specialist rather than handle them in-house.

The company earns revenue by charging clients fees for ongoing service contracts, making its income relatively predictable month to month. Luotea operates mainly in Finland and is a small-cap business with a market capitalization of roughly $0.1 billion, competing in a fragmented market where local expertise and client relationships act as modest competitive advantages. The main risk the company faces is its limited geographic footprint, which leaves it exposed to slowdowns in the Finnish economy and makes it harder to grow without expanding into new markets or service lines.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-55.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-95.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

34.7%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~3 months

$4M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Luotea Oyj has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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.

Share count broadly stable

+0.3% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 38.1M (2021) → 38.2M (2025)

Score breakdown

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Quality

Gross Margin

11.5%

Thin — 11.5% gross margin

Operating Margin

2.3%

Thin — 2.3% operating margin

ROCE

4.6%

Weak — 4.6% 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

-39.7%

Shrinking sales (-39.7% YoY)

EPS YoY

+342.5%

Earnings growing fast (+342.5% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency

3/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

236%

Turns 236% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

9.5%

Modest free cash flow (9.5%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.15

Conservative — low debt load (0.15)

Interest Cover

7.44x

Adequate interest coverage (7.4x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

0.0x

Attractive valuation — P/E 0.0

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward

-6.6

SLOWING

Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

3.63%

Moderate income — 3.63% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend Growth

-43.3%

Dividend cut (-43.3% YoY) — warning sign

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