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Flight Centre Travel Group Limited

FLT.AX
49
Travel Services · Consumer Cyclical
Price
A$12.51
-0.13 (-1.03%)
Market Cap
A$2.56B
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
49
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Mixed
Valuation
Strong
Dividends
Mixed

Share count rising — dilution

+12.2% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 199.2M (2021) → 223.4M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Flight Centre Travel Group is an Australian company that helps people and businesses book travel. It runs retail travel agencies under the Flight Centre brand, where everyday customers can book flights, hotels, and holiday packages. It also owns a large corporate travel division called FCM Travel, which manages business travel for companies around the world.

The company earns money mainly through commissions and service fees on travel bookings, rather than owning planes or hotels itself. Flight Centre operates in over 20 countries, with its biggest markets in Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, making it one of the largest travel agency groups in the world. Its main competitive advantage is its scale and long-standing relationships with airlines and corporate clients, though the business is exposed to economic downturns and shifts toward direct online booking, which could pressure both leisure and corporate travel volumes over time.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+6.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+3.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

A$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

22.5%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~3 years

A$825M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

A$825M cash & investments at current burn rate

Growth context

Flight Centre Travel Group Limited is growing revenue at 6% 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

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
36.9%
Modest — 36.9% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
6.5%
Modest — 6.5% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
9.0%
Below par — 9.0% 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 growth
Sales YoY
+4.2%
Slow sales growth (+4.2% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-2.0%
Earnings shrinking (-2.0% YoY)

Slight earnings drop. Typical near a cyclical low.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
225%
Turns 225% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
7.3%
Modest free cash flow (7.3%)

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

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
1.08
Elevated debt (1.08)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
3.32x
Tight — interest eats into profit (3.3x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
25.0x
Growth-priced — P/E 25.0

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+13.0
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (25.0 → 12.1)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
3.01%
Moderate income — 3.01% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-62.5%
Dividend cut (-62.5% YoY) — warning sign

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