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Ashley Services Group is a staffing & employment services business based in Australia. Ashley Services Group shares (ASH) are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and all prices are in Australian dollars. Ashley Services Group has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $417.5 million. If you're looking to buy shares, check out the steps below.
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| 52-week range | $0.3803 - $0.765 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | $0.703 |
| 200-day moving average | $0.6384 |
| Target price | $0.23 |
| PE ratio | 8.8312 |
| Dividend yield | $0.054 (7.88%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $0.077 |
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Historical closes compared with the last close of A$0.675
| 1 week (2022-06-27) | -2.17% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2022-06-03) | -6.90% |
| 3 months (2022-04-04) | -2.88% |
| 6 months (2022-01-04) | 10.66% |
| 1 year (2021-07-02) | 35.00% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2020-07-03) | 159.62% |
| 3 years (2019-07-04) | 150.00% |
| 5 years (2017-07-04) | 954.69% |
Valuing Ashley Services Group stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Ashley Services Group's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Ashley Services Group's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 9x. In other words, Ashley Services Group shares trade at around 9x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the P/E ratio for the ASX over the 12 months to December 2019 (32.14). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Ashley Services Group's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $17.2 million (£0.0 million).
The EBITDA is a measure of a Ashley Services Group's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $417.5 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 3.98% |
| Gross profit TTM | $22.7 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 13.59% |
| Return on equity TTM | 40.25% |
| Profit margin | 2.67% |
| Book value | 0.211 |
| Market capitalisation | $97.9 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 67.5% of net profits
Recently Ashley Services Group has paid out, on average, around 67.5% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 7.88% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Ashley Services Group shareholders could enjoy a 7.88% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Ashley Services Group's case, that would currently equate to about A$0.054 per share.
Ashley Services Group's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.
The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 2 March 2022 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, Ashley Services Group's shares have ranged in value from as little as $0.3803 up to $0.765. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta measures a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (AU average) beta is 1, while Ashley Services Group's is 1.1958. This would suggest that Ashley Services Group's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Ashley Services Group Limited provides labor hire, recruitment, and training services in Australia. It operates through two segments, Labor Hire and Training. The company offers white-collar recruitment services, including permanent, temporary, and contract placements through multi-specialist providers under the Blackadder and Concept Recruitment Specialists brand name; and labor hire and workforce solutions under the Action Workforce and Concept Engineering brands. It also provides nationally accredited qualifications training and assessment services under the Ashley Institute of Training, Integracom, Australian Institute of Vocational Development, National Institute of Training, Tracmin, and Qualitas Education brands. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.
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