Communication Services
Live Price
Offline$1.11
+1.83% today
1Y Change
-3.48%
Window
Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026
Coverage: 249 bars · Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Spark New Zealand Limited (NZTCF) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $3.91B and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $1.11 and down 3.5% across the available one-year price window (Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -3.6%, EPS growth of -17.6%, a dividend yield of 10.2%. What stands out right now is revenue -3.6%, EPS -17.6%, free cash flow +46.3% with operating margin 10.7% and ROIC 7.3%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 10.2%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 13.5 and price/sales 1.1. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines NZTCF price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
NZTCF
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
NZTCF Max Drawdown
-37.97%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for NZTCF and SPY.
Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$3.6B
-3.5% YoY
FY Net Income
$384.0M
-6.3% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$461.0M
+13.0% YoY
Revenue Growth
-3.6%
EPS Growth
-17.6%
Gross Margin
18.5%
Net Margin
8.1%
Income statement
NZD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 3.6B | 3.8B | 3.9B | 3.7B | 3.6B |
| Gross Profit | 1.8B | 1.9B | 2.0B | 1.9B | 1.9B |
| Operating Income | 361M | 559M | 1.2B | 621M | 593M |
| EBITDA | 1.0B | 1.1B | 1.8B | 1.2B | 908M |
| Net Income | 260M | 316M | 1.1B | 410M | 384M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
NZD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 34M | 59M | 100M | 71M | 72M |
| Total Assets | 4.5B | 4.6B | 4.5B | 4.2B | 4.1B |
| Total Liabilities | 3.0B | 3.0B | 2.5B | 2.7B | 2.6B |
| Shareholder Equity | 1.5B | 1.6B | 1.9B | 1.5B | 1.5B |
| Total Debt | 2.3B | 2.4B | 1.9B | 1.9B | 1.9B |
| Net Debt | 2.3B | 2.3B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 1.8B |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
847M
+1.7% YoY
Capital Expenditures
386M
+9.2% YoY
Free Cash Flow
461M
+13.0% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
18.5%
Operating Margin
10.7%
Net Margin
8.1%
ROE
20.1%
Debt / Equity
2.25x
Next Step
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