How to buy Austral Gold shares | A$0.25

Austral Gold Limited is an other precious metals & mining business based in Australia. Austral Gold shares (AGD) are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and all prices are listed in Australian Dollars. Its last market close was $0.25 – an increase of 6.38% over the previous week. Austral Gold has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $97.3 million.

How to buy shares in Austral Gold

1. Compare share trading platforms. To buy shares listed in Australia, you'll need to sign up to a broker with access to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Our table below can help you choose.
2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and tax file number. Fund your account with a bank transfer, PayPal or debit card.
3. Search for Austral Gold. Find the share by name or ticker symbol: AGD. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Austral Gold reaches your desired price. To spread out your risk, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At today's price of $0.25, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimise risk through the market's ups and downs.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Austral Gold. Optimise your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

How has coronavirus impacted Austral Gold's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Austral Gold's share price has had significant positive movement.

Its last market close was $0.25, which is 38.00% up on its pre-crash value of $0.155 and 168.82% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as $0.093.

If you had bought $1,000 worth of Austral Gold shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth $1,684.21 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth $2,631.58.

Austral Gold share price

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Austral Gold shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-09-25.

Latest market close	AUDA$0.25
52-week range	AUDA$0.065 - AUDA$0.41
50-day moving average	AUDA$0.2872
200-day moving average	AUDA$0.1881
Target price	N/A
PE ratio	9.14
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	AUDA$0.025

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Is it a good time to buy Austral Gold stock?

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Austral Gold price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of A$0.25 on 2020-09-29

1 week (2020-09-22)	-5.66%
1 month (2020-08-28)	-5.66%
3 months (2020-06-29)	85.19%
6 months (2020-03-27)	56.25%

1 year (2019-09-27)	212.50%
2 years (2018-09-28)	262.84%
3 years (2017-09-29)	75.07%
5 years (2015-09-29)	69.26%

Is Austral Gold under- or over-valued?

Valuing Austral Gold stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Austral Gold's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Austral Gold's P/E ratio

Austral Gold'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, Austral Gold 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.

Austral Gold's EBITDA

Austral Gold's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $44.2 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Austral Gold's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Austral Gold financials

Revenue TTM	$97.3 million
Operating margin TTM	31.46%
Gross profit TTM	$47.9 million
Return on assets TTM	19.13%
Return on equity TTM	26.53%
Profit margin	14.86%
Book value	0.103
Market capitalisation	$130.2 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Austral Gold share dividends

We're not expecting Austral Gold to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Austral Gold's shares ever split?

Austral Gold's shares were split on a 1:10 basis on 23 May 2007. So if you had owned 10 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Austral Gold shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 900% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Austral Gold shares which in turn could have impacted Austral Gold's share price.

Austral Gold share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Austral Gold's shares have ranged in value from as little as $0.065 up to $0.41. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (AU average) beta is 1, while Austral Gold's is 0.4343. This would suggest that Austral Gold's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Austral Gold overview

Austral Gold Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration and development of precious metals in South America. The company explores for gold and silver deposits. Its flagship project is the 100% owned Guanaco/Amancaya gold and silver mine located to the south east of Antofagasta in Northern Chile. The company also holds a 100% interest in the Pingüino project located in Santa Cruz and Casposo mine located in San Juan, Argentina. Austral Gold Limited is based in Sydney, Australia. Austral Gold Limited is a subsidiary of Inversiones Financieras Del Sur SA.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Austral Gold is owned by insiders?

  Currently 90.395% of Austral Gold shares are held by insiders.

• When does the fiscal year end for Austral Gold?

  Austral Gold's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Austral Gold based?

  Austral Gold's address is: 126 Phillip Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2000

• What is Austral Gold's ISIN number?

  Austral Gold's international securities identification number is: AU000000AGD4