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Loomis (LOOMIS.ST)
Industri · Kontanthantering & betalningar (Loomis) · LTM Q1 2026
Analysis date: 2026-06-04
Price at analysis: SEK 448.20
Method: mttssn_streamlined_v1
Conviction: MEDIUM
HOLD
Conviction: MEDIUM
ROIC 8.9% barely clears the 8% WACC (EP +SEK 196M), yet the price embeds ~7% perpetual growth the secular decline in cash use makes hard to deliver. Loomis Pay/SafePoint diversification is the offset. Reverse-DCF says full; HOLD with a bearish lean.
Adj. ROIC
9.2%
WACC 8% → spread +1.2pp
Economic Profit
+SEK 273M
Thin — ROIC ≈ WACC
FCF Yield
6.8%
≈4.7%; funds dividend
Price / Target
SEK 448 → SEK 420
-6% base; HOLD
Revenue (LTM)
SEK 30.3B
LTM; CIT + automation + Pay
EBIT Margin
10.6%
GAAP; route-based
EV / IC
1.73×
Enterprise value / invested capital
Net Debt
SEK 10.3B
SEK 10.7B; elevated
Thesis

Loomis is the global leader in cash-in-transit and cash-management outsourcing, expanding into cash-automation (SafePoint) and digital payments (Loomis Pay). The core is a scale, route-density business with high barriers, but it faces the secular decline of physical cash usage in developed markets.

Adjusted ROIC of 8.9% only just exceeds the 8% WACC, so economic profit is modestly positive (+SEK 196M). The reverse-DCF implies the SEK 459 price embeds ~7% perpetual growth — a demanding assumption for a business whose core volume base is in structural, if slow, decline.

Valuation · reverse-DCF & scenarios

Capitalising adjusted NOPAT of SEK 2,012M and bridging through SEK 10,699M net debt, the reverse-DCF fair value sits well below the SEK 459 price across growth scenarios — the market is paying for growth (Loomis Pay scaling, cash-cycle resilience) that the secular trend works against. With ROIC barely above WACC, that implied growth is the crux.

Base SEK 420 (−8%, modest de-rate toward through-cycle economics); bull SEK 540 (Loomis Pay reaches scale and re-rates the growth profile); bear SEK 330 (accelerated cash decline + leverage pressure).

Market-implied growth
≥8.7%
model ceiling — EV implies more than constant-ROIC sustains
No-growth value / share
SEK 268
60% of price; rest = priced-in growth
ROIC − WACC
+1.2 pp
ROIC 9.2% vs WACC 8.0% — positive = value creation
CAP (priced-in)
30.0 yrs
years of excess returns the price implies (fades to WACC)

At today’s enterprise value the constant-ROIC reverse-DCF maxes out: even at its sustainable-growth ceiling (~8.7%, limited by ROIC 9% ≈ WACC 8%) it cannot reach the current EV. No-growth value is SEK 268/share (60% of price); the market prices in growth and/or a higher ROIC than booked — richly valued on this lens. Read the sensitivity grid.

Scenario24m targetImpl. gUpsideProb.Driver
BullSEK 540≥9%+20%30%Loomis Pay reaches scale, re-rates growth
BaseSEK 420≥9%-6%40%Modest de-rate; thin economic spread
BearSEK 330≥9%-26%30%Accelerated cash decline + leverage pressure
Prob-weightedSEK 429-4%100%Scenario-weighted expected value

Sensitivity — fair value / share at WACC × growth

WACC \ g0%3%5%8%10%15%
6.50%413447470505529591
7.25%329350365385399430
8.00% (base)268281288299305315
8.75%221228231234234229
9.50%184186186183179162

Green = fair value above the current price of SEK 448.20. The reverse-DCF conclusion is dominated by WACC and growth — see the whole surface, not a single fair value.

Method & data. NOPAT SEK 2,136, invested capital and ROIC 9.2% are observed (adjustments.json); WACC 8.0% and terminal g 2.5% are assumptions. EV→equity uses net debt SEK 10,322. The model holds ROIC constant (no fade) over the explicit horizon; the CAP figure instead fades excess returns to WACC.

⤓ Download the full model (.xlsx) — formula-driven sheets; flex the blue input cells and the model cascades in Excel.

Key drivers

1. Route-density moat

Scale and network density in cash logistics create high barriers and pricing power.

2. SafePoint / automation

Cash-automation services raise customer stickiness and margins per route.

3. Loomis Pay optionality

A digital-payments platform that, if it scales, re-rates the growth story — the bull case.

4. Cash resilience

Cash usage declines slowly and is counter-cyclically resilient in stress periods.

5. Capital returns

Steady free cash flow funds a dividend and buyback while the model transitions.

Key risks
Conclusion

Loomis is a moaty cash-logistics leader whose price already discounts a growth profile the secular cash trend makes hard to achieve. We rate it HOLD with a bearish lean, medium conviction; base target SEK 420 (−8%).

Evidence that Loomis Pay is scaling profitably would change the thesis; absent that, the implied growth looks too high for a business whose core is in slow decline.