iQSTEL

IQST

Telecommunications Services · Communication Services

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NASDAQ Capital Market

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Weak

Growth

Mixed

Cash Flow

Weak

Stability

Data not available

Valuation

Data not available

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Winston Score History

The full picture

iQSTEL Inc. is a telecommunications company that provides mobile phone services, messaging, and data connectivity to customers in multiple countries. Its main products include wholesale voice and SMS services sold to other telecom carriers, as well as mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) services for end users. The company also has smaller divisions working on fintech and IoT (Internet of Things) connectivity solutions.

iQSTEL earns money primarily by reselling telecom capacity — buying bulk minutes and messaging routes from large carriers and selling them to other businesses at a markup. It operates across Latin America, Europe, and parts of the Middle East, and remains a small-cap company with very thin profit margins, as its 2.6% gross margin shows. The main risk is that wholesale telecom is a highly competitive, low-margin business, and the company has yet to consistently generate operating profits, making its path to sustainable profitability the key challenge investors watch closely.

Growth Profile

For growth stock investors

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

+51.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+53.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Cash Runway

~4 months

$2M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Revenue accelerating

iQSTEL grew revenue 51% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

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

2.5%

Thin — 2.5% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

-1.0%

Losing money on operations — -1.0%

Return on the money invested

ROCE

-16.0%

Weak — -16.0% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

+39.3%

Fast-growing sales (+39.3% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

N/A

—

Data not available

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

1/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

-1.0%

Burning cash (-1.0%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

N/A

Data not available

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

N/A

Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

no trend

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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