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Neste Oyj

NESTE.HE
53
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing · Energy
Exchange
NASDAQ Helsinki
Winston Score
53
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Weak

Winston Score History

The full picture

Neste is a Finnish energy company that refines and sells fuels, with a strong focus on renewable products. Its main products include renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), and traditional petroleum-based fuels. It sells to airlines, trucking companies, fuel distributors, and industrial customers across Europe, North America, and Asia.

Neste makes money by refining raw materials — including waste fats, vegetable oils, and used cooking oil — into cleaner-burning fuels and selling them at a premium over conventional diesel. Headquartered in Espoo, Finland, it is one of the world's largest producers of renewable diesel and SAF, which gives it a meaningful head start over competitors still building similar capacity. The key growth driver is rising demand for SAF as airlines face pressure to cut carbon emissions, but the main risk is that feedstock costs — the raw materials used to make renewable fuels — can be volatile and squeeze profit margins significantly.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
21.4%
Thin — 21.4% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
15.2%
Healthy — 15.2% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
17.2%
Strong — 17.2% 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
-0.4%
Shrinking sales (-0.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
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
149%
Turns 149% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
6.9%
Modest free cash flow (6.9%)

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
0.44
Conservative — low debt load (0.44)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
12.56x
Comfortably covers interest (12.6x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
15.6x
no trend
Fair value — P/E 15.6

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
+1.5
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow — slightly cheaper on forward P/E

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
0.64%
no trend
Small dividend — 0.64% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-31.6%
no trend
Dividend cut (-31.6% YoY) — warning sign

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