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Service Stream Limited

SSM.AX
39
Specialty Business Services · Industrials
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
39
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Mixed

Winston Score History

The full picture

Service Stream is an Australian company that builds and maintains essential infrastructure networks. It works on things like telecommunications cables, water pipes, gas lines, and electricity grids. Its main customers are large utility companies and government bodies across Australia, including NBN Co, which runs Australia's national broadband network.

The company earns money by winning long-term contracts to install, upgrade, and maintain these networks on behalf of its clients. It operates almost entirely within Australia and generates around $2 billion in annual revenue, making it one of the larger infrastructure services providers in the country. Its competitive position comes from its established relationships with major utilities and its ability to manage complex, large-scale field workforces. The key risk is contract concentration — a significant portion of revenue depends on a small number of large clients, so losing or renegotiating a major contract could meaningfully hurt earnings.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
7.7%
Thin — 7.7% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
2.7%
Thin — 2.7% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
10.9%
Below par — 10.9% 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
-5.4%
Shrinking sales (-5.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+1.9%
Flat earnings

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

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
218%
Turns 218% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
4.5%
Thin free cash flow (4.5%)

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
0.17
Conservative — low debt load (0.17)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
10.16x
Comfortably covers interest (10.2x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
27.3x
no trend
Growth-priced — P/E 27.3

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

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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