Ratings South32 Limited

Equities

S32

AU000000S320

Market Closed - Australian S.E. Other stock markets 02:10:37 2024-05-17 am EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
3.76 ^AUD	+0.27%		+3.01%	+12.91%

May. 15	BHP's options for Anglo American deal narrow as deadline looms	RE
May. 14	Anglo-BHP takeover saga is full of twists and turns

Summary

On the basis of various fundamental qualitative criteria, the company appears to be particularly poorly ranked from a medium and long-term investment perspective.
The company presents an interesting fundamental situation from a short-term investment perspective.
According to Refinitiv, the company's ESG score for its industry is good.

Strengths

The company's earnings per share (EPS) are expected to grow significantly over the next few years according to the consensus of analysts covering the stock.
Before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, the company's margins are particularly high.
For the last 4 months, the company has been enjoying highly positive EPS revisions, which were frequently and significantly raised.
Analysts have a positive opinion on this stock. Average consensus recommends overweighting or purchasing the stock.
The opinion of analysts covering the stock has improved over the past four months.

Weaknesses

According to Standard & Poor's' forecast, revenue growth prospects are expected to be very low for the next fiscal years.
For the last twelve months, sales expectations have been significantly downgraded, which means that less important sales volumes are expected for the current fiscal year over the previous period.
For the last 12 months, analysts have been regularly downgrading their EPS expectations. Analysts predict worse results for the company against their predictions a year ago.
Prospects from analysts covering the stock are not consistent. Such dispersed sales estimates confirm the poor visibility into the group's activity.
Financial statements have repeatedly disappointed market stakeholders. Most often, they were below expectations.

Ratings chart - Surperformance

Chart ESG Refinitiv

Sector: Diversified Mining

	1st Jan change	Capi.	ESG Refinitiv
SOUTH32 LIMITED	+12.91%	11.34B	C+
BHP GROUP LIMITED	-10.95%	152B	C+
RIO TINTO PLC	-0.98%	125B	C
GLENCORE PLC	+5.27%	76.75B	C+
GRUPO MÉXICO, S.A.B. DE C.V.	+19.27%	49.6B	B
SAUDI ARABIAN MINING COMPANY (MA'ADEN)	+2.78%	49.11B	B+
ANGLO AMERICAN PLC	+35.87%	41.27B	C+
HINDUSTAN ZINC LIMITED	+94.59%	29.89B	A-
TECK RESOURCES LIMITED	+30.73%	27.93B	B-
VEDANTA LIMITED	+77.37%	19.73B	C+

Investor Rating

Trading Rating

ESG Refinitiv

Financials

Sales growth

Earnings Growth

EBITDA / Sales

Profitability

Finances

Valuation

P/E ratio

EV / Sales

Price to Book

Price to Free Cash Flow

Yield

Momentum

1 year Revenue revision

4 months Revenue revision

7 days Revenue revision

1 year EPS revision

4 months EPS revision

Consensus

Analyst Opinion

Potential Price Target

4m Target Price Revision

4m Revision of opinion

12m Revision of opinion

Business Predictability

Analyst Coverage

Divergence of Estimates

Divergence of analysts' opinions

Divergence of Target Price

Earnings quality

Environment

Emissions

Innovation

Use of resources

Governance

CSR Strategy

Management

Shareholders

Controversy

Technical analysis

ST Timing

MT Timing

LT Timing

RSI

Bollinger Spread

Unusual volumes