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TPG Telecom Limited

TPG.AX
45
Telecommunications Services · Communication Services
Price
A$3.81
+0.28 (+7.93%)
Market Cap
A$7.48B
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
45
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Good
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Exceptional

Winston Score History

The full picture

TPG Telecom Limited is an Australian telecommunications company that provides mobile, broadband internet, and home phone services to everyday consumers and businesses. It owns well-known brands including TPG, Vodafone Australia, and iiNet, making it one of Australia's largest telcos by subscriber count. The company competes in a market dominated by three main players: Telstra, Optus, and TPG itself.

TPG earns money by charging customers monthly fees for mobile plans and internet subscriptions, with additional revenue from business networking and data services. It operates entirely within Australia and has built a nationwide 4G and 5G mobile network after merging with Vodafone Hutchison Australia in 2020, giving it greater scale to compete. The key challenge ahead is managing heavy capital spending on network upgrades while keeping prices competitive enough to grow its subscriber base in a crowded, price-sensitive market.

Share count broadly stable

+0.7% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 1.86B (2021) → 1.87B (2025)

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
16.3%
Thin — 16.3% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
8.2%
Modest — 8.2% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
3.8%
Weak — 3.8% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-4.6%
Shrinking sales (-4.6% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
3/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
1971%
Turns 1971% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
30.6%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (30.6%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.19
Conservative — low debt load (0.19)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
1.08x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.1x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
72.3x
Expensive — P/E 72.3

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+40.9
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (72.3 → 31.4)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
50.00%
Healthy income — 50.00% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+422.2%
Dividend growing fast (422.2% YoY)

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