How to buy Big River Industries shares | A$1.47

Big River Industries Limited is a lumber & wood production business based in Australia. Big River Industries shares (BRI) are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and all prices are listed in Australian Dollars. Its last market close was $1.47 – the same closing value as a week prior. Big River Industries has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $248.9 million.

How to buy shares in Big River Industries

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 Big River Industries. Find the share by name or ticker symbol: BRI. 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 Big River Industries 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 $1.47, 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 Big River Industries. 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.

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How has coronavirus impacted Big River Industries's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Big River Industries's share price has had significant negative movement.

Its last market close was $1.47, which is 8.41% down on its pre-crash value of $1.605 and 1.38% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as $1.45.

If you had bought $1,000 worth of Big River Industries shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth $900.62 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 $913.05.

Big River Industries share price

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Big River Industries shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-20.

Latest market close	AUDA$1.47
52-week range	AUDA$1.19 - AUDA$1.72
50-day moving average	AUDA$1.4858
200-day moving average	AUDA$1.4447
Target price	AUDA$1.94
PE ratio	20.5882
Dividend yield	AUDA$0.05 (3.27%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	AUDA$0.071

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Is it a good time to buy Big River Industries stock?

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Big River Industries price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of A$1.47 on 2020-10-22

1 week (2020-10-16)	0%
1 month (2020-09-24)	-0.68%
3 months (2020-07-24)	-2.00%
6 months (2020-04-24)	18.55%

1 year (2019-10-24)	16.21%
2 years (2018-10-20)	N/A
3 years (2017-10-24)	-36.09%
5 years (2015-10-20)	N/A

Is Big River Industries under- or over-valued?

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

Big River Industries's P/E ratio

Big River Industries's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 21x. In other words, Big River Industries shares trade at around 21x 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.

Big River Industries's EBITDA

Big River Industries's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $12.2 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Big River Industries's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Big River Industries financials

Revenue TTM	$248.9 million
Operating margin TTM	3.59%
Gross profit TTM	$71.6 million
Return on assets TTM	3.61%
Return on equity TTM	6.67%
Profit margin	1.79%
Book value	1.148
Market capitalisation	$91.8 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Big River Industries share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 68.57% of net profits

Recently Big River Industries has paid out, on average, around 68.57% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 3.27% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Big River Industries shareholders could enjoy a 3.27% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Big River Industries's case, that would currently equate to about A$0.05 per share.

Big River Industries'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 September 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Big River Industries share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Big River Industries's shares have ranged in value from as little as $1.19 up to $1.72. 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 Big River Industries's is 0.5867. This would suggest that Big River Industries's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Big River Industries overview

Big River Industries Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture, distribution, and retail of timber products and building supplies in Australia and New Zealand. The company offers builders hardware products, including nails, brackets, fixings, builders plastic products and adhesives, saw blades, hardwood pegs, silicone products, and door handles and locks, as well as formwork accessories and reinforcing products; building products, pine framing, fiber cement, hardwood for structural and decorative purposes, plywood, sheet materials, particle board flooring, landscaping and fencing supplies, doors, door furniture, and external timber cladding products; LVL, I-beams, and laminated beams; timber flooring, decking, and molding products; and formwork, insulation, and other products. It also provides formwork products, such as armourform formply, LVL formwork, armourdeck steel decking, steel reinforcing, and PVC wall system, as well as formwork accessories; bridge products, including engineered plywood bridge decking, girder beams, and structural kerbing. In addition, the company offers flooring products comprising prefinished and uncoated engineered timber, and T&G and engineered oak flooring products; engineered wood panels and stair tread coverings; and flooring accessories consisting of trims/beading/scotia, foam and rubber flooring underlays, aluminum trims, floor coatings, adhesives, fixings/nails, and other products. Further, it provides plywood products, such as sound barrier, and T&G ply flooring and roofing products; V-grooved, hardwood, anti-slip, structural, structural appearance grade, and structural bridge decking plywood products; autoclaved aerated concrete flooring products; and walling panels. It serves residential, commercial, civil, and infrastructure construction industries. Big River Industries Limited was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Junction Hill, Australia.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Big River Industries is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 13.661% of Big River Industries shares are held by insiders and 80.477% by institutions.

• When does the fiscal year end for Big River Industries?

  Big River Industries's fiscal year ends in June.

• Where is Big River Industries based?

  Big River Industries's address is: Trenayr Road, Junction Hill, NSW, Australia, 2460

• What is Big River Industries's ISIN number?

  Big River Industries's international securities identification number is: AU000000BRI8