Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. KYIV scored 72.0, TIGO scored 50.3 — KYIV leads.
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KYIV
Kyivstar Group Ltd.
Telecom Services · Quality-Growth
72
$12.10 · $2.8B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
21.7
KYIV leads
TIGO
Millicom International Cellular S.A.
Telecom Services · Quality-Growth
50.3
$79.48 · $13.3B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestKYIV17.3x
Fastest growthKYIV+25.9%
Strongest balance sheetKYIV0.39
Highest qualityTIGO75 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueKYIV-56%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
KYIV
stronger →← stronger
TIGO
67
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
75
87
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
47
73
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
36
KYIV is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
KYIV
TIGO
$311mC
FCF
$1.1bC+
+25.9%A-
Rev
+0.3%C
0.39B+
D/E
4.85D
17.3xB
P/E
20.1xB
1.21B
PEG
0.31A
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
KYIV
TIGO
56% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
32% below
~-8%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-3%/yr
+88%
1-yr DCF upside
+37%
+125%
5-yr DCF upside
+47%
+192%
10-yr DCF upside
+61%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
KYIV
Why this score
Diluting shareholders
Short track record
TIGO
Why this score
Raising its dividend
The companies
KYIVKyivstar Group Ltd.
Telecom Services · $12.10
Why now
Telecom Services · market cap $2.8b. Down 27% from 52-week high of $16.55 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +26% — in hypergrowth territory. 9 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $17.93 (implying +48% upside).
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
TIGOMillicom International Cellular S.A.
Telecom Services · $79.48 · beta 0.90
Why now
Telecom Services · market cap $13.3b. Down 26% from 52-week high of $107.13 — deep drawdown territory. PEG 0.31 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 8 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $98.39 (implying +24% upside).
Moat
Net margin 23% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 38% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which.
Risk
D/E 4.85 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
KYIV leads TIGO by 7.4 points (67.7 to 60.3), its sharpest advantage coming in D/E (grade B+). A contrarian could still prefer TIGO, which trades about 22% below our DCF fair value — a margin of safety the score doesn't reward. Note they play different roles — KYIV screens as growth, TIGO screens as value — so the model rewards different traits for each.
Our AI analyst is busy right now, so this verdict is drawn directly from the pillars, grades and DCF above.
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Where KYIV and TIGO diverge
On the headline score the gap is 21.7 points in favor of KYIV. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
GrowthKYIV 87.1 · TIGO 46.7KYIV +40.4
ValueKYIV 73.5 · TIGO 36.1KYIV +37.4
QualityKYIV 67.1 · TIGO 75.4TIGO +8.3
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is KYIV or TIGO the better stock?
KYIV scores higher: KYIV 72.0, TIGO 50.3 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do KYIV and TIGO differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where KYIV leads by 40 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are KYIV and TIGO scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.