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ISS A/S

ISS.CO
52
Specialty Business Services · Industrials
Exchange
NASDAQ Copenhagen
Winston Score
52
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Strong
Dividends
Weak

Winston Score History

The full picture

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.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-0.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+1.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

Insider Activity

0.0%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

kr 2.5B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

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

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
91.4%
Premium pricing power — 91.4% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
5.5%
Thin — 5.5% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
16.5%
Strong — 16.5% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+1.1%
Nearly flat sales (+1.1% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+5.8%
Modest earnings growth (+5.8% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
198%
Turns 198% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
5.3%
Thin free cash flow (5.3%)

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
1.44
Elevated debt (1.44)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
15.19x
Comfortably covers interest (15.2x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
18.8x
no trend
Fair value — P/E 18.8

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

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+3.8
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (18.8 → 15.0)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.11%
no trend
Small dividend — 1.11% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-60.5%
no trend
Dividend cut (-60.5% YoY) — warning sign

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