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Tele2 AB (publ)

TEL2-B.ST
69
Telecommunications Services · Communication Services
Price
kr 186.95
+3.70 (+2.02%)
Market Cap
kr 127.83B
Exchange
Stockholm Stock Exchange
Winston Score
69
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Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Winston Score between 40 and 70. The stock passes some quality checks but not all.

Tele2 AB is a Swedish telecommunications company that provides mobile phone service, home internet, and TV to everyday consumers and businesses. It operates mainly in Sweden and the Baltic states — Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania — and owns well-known brands in those markets. The company competes in a crowded telecom industry where a small number of players divide up most customers.

Tele2 makes money by charging monthly fees for mobile plans, broadband subscriptions, and TV packages, giving it a relatively predictable, recurring revenue stream. It is a mid-sized regional telecom with a strong position in Sweden, where it is one of the top two or three mobile operators. The company's main competitive advantage is its established network infrastructure, which is expensive for new rivals to replicate. The key risk is ongoing price competition in Sweden and the Baltic markets, where rivals regularly undercut each other on plan pricing, which can squeeze profit margins over time.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+1.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+630.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (12%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

21.5%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$5.4B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

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

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Growth context

Tele2 AB (publ) is growing revenue at 1% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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
43.9%
Healthy — 43.9% gross margin
Operating Margin
95.0%
Excellent — 95.0% operating margin
ROCE
13.3%
Good — 13.3% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+1.4%
Nearly flat sales (1.4% YoY)
EPS YoY
+159.1%
Earnings growing fast (159.1% YoY)

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

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

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
114%
Turns 114% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
26.1%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (26.1%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.80
Moderate — manageable debt (0.80)
Interest Cover
12.44x
Comfortably covers interest (12.4x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio
N/A
Data not available
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
4.82%
Healthy income — 4.82% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend Growth
+23.0%
Dividend growing fast (23.0% YoY)

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