How to buy Fortescue Metals Group shares | A$16.23

Fortescue Metals Group Limited is an other industrial metals & mining business based in Australia. Fortescue Metals Group shares (FMG) are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and all prices are listed in Australian Dollars. Its last market close was $16.23 – a decrease of 6.4% over the previous week. Fortescue Metals Group has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $12.8 billion.

How to buy shares in Fortescue Metals Group

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3. Search for Fortescue Metals Group. Find the share by name or ticker symbol: FMG. 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 Fortescue Metals Group 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 $16.23, 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 Fortescue Metals Group. 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 Fortescue Metals Group's share price?

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

Its last market close was $16.23, which is 30.99% up on its pre-crash value of $11.2 and 97.93% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as $8.2.

If you had bought $1,000 worth of Fortescue Metals Group shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth $868.19 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 $1,475.47.

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Fortescue Metals Group shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-09-13.

Latest market close	AUDA$16.23
52-week range	AUDA$8.13 - AUDA$19.56
50-day moving average	AUDA$17.9817
200-day moving average	AUDA$13.8738
Target price	AUDA$3.43
PE ratio	7.7678
Dividend yield	AUDA$2 (11.53%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	AUDA$1.532

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Is it a good time to buy Fortescue Metals Group stock?

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Fortescue Metals Group price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the last close of A$16.23

1 week (2020-09-10)	-9.28%
1 month (2020-08-20)	-9.13%
3 months (2020-06-19)	17.69%
6 months (2020-03-20)	56.81%

1 year (2019-09-20)	81.95%
2 years (2018-09-20)	328.23%
3 years (2017-09-20)	204.50%
5 years (2015-09-18)	687.86%

Is Fortescue Metals Group under- or over-valued?

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

Fortescue Metals Group's P/E ratio

Fortescue Metals 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 8x. In other words, Fortescue Metals Group shares trade at around 8x 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.

Fortescue Metals Group's EBITDA

Fortescue Metals Group's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $8.2 billion (£4.6 billion).

The EBITDA is a measure of a Fortescue Metals Group's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Fortescue Metals Group financials

Revenue TTM	$12.8 billion
Operating margin TTM	53.7%
Gross profit TTM	$7.1 billion
Return on assets TTM	19.97%
Return on equity TTM	39.72%
Profit margin	36.93%
Book value	4.299
Market capitalisation	$53.4 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Fortescue Metals Group's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Fortescue Metals Group.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

Fortescue Metals Group's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 28.87

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Fortescue Metals Group's overall score of 28.87 (as at 07/31/2020) is nothing to write home about – landing it in it in the 50th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Fortescue Metals Group is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

Fortescue Metals Group's environmental score

Environmental score: 14.49/100

Fortescue Metals Group's environmental score of 14.49 puts it squarely in the 5th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Fortescue Metals Group is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Fortescue Metals Group's social score

Social score: 7.58/100

Fortescue Metals Group's social score of 7.58 puts it squarely in the 5th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Fortescue Metals Group is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

Fortescue Metals Group's governance score

Governance score: 7.8/100

Fortescue Metals Group's governance score puts it squarely in the 5th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Fortescue Metals Group is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Fortescue Metals Group's controversy score

Controversy score: 2/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Fortescue Metals Group scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Fortescue Metals Group has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Fortescue Metals Group Limited was last rated for ESG on: 2020-08-01.

Total ESG score	28.87
Total ESG percentile	50.02
Environmental score	14.49
Environmental score percentile	5
Social score	7.58
Social score percentile	5
Governance score	7.8
Governance score percentile	5
Level of controversy	2

Fortescue Metals Group share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 44.8% of net profits

Recently Fortescue Metals Group has paid out, on average, around 44.8% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 11.53% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Fortescue Metals Group shareholders could enjoy a 11.53% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Fortescue Metals Group's case, that would currently equate to about A$2 per share.

While Fortescue Metals Group's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Fortescue Metals Group may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 30 August 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Fortescue Metals Group's shares ever split?

Fortescue Metals Group's shares were split on a 10:1 basis on 18 December 2007. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 10 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Fortescue Metals Group shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 90% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Fortescue Metals Group shares which in turn could have impacted Fortescue Metals Group's share price.

Fortescue Metals Group share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Fortescue Metals Group's shares have ranged in value from as little as $8.13 up to $19.56. 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 Fortescue Metals Group's is 1.0669. This would suggest that Fortescue Metals 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).

Fortescue Metals Group overview

Fortescue Metals Group Limited engages in the exploration, development, production, processing, and sale of iron ore in Australia, China, and internationally. It also explores for copper and gold deposits. The company owns and operates the Chichester Hub that includes the Cloudbreak and Christmas Creek mines located in the Chichester ranges; and the Solomon Hub comprising the Firetail and Kings Valley mines located in the Hamersley ranges of Pilbara, Western Australia. It is also developing the Eliwana mine situated in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. In addition, the company holds a portfolio of properties situated in Ecuador and Argentina. Further, it provides port towage services. Fortescue Metals Group Limited was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in East Perth, Australia.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Fortescue Metals Group is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 51.879% of Fortescue Metals Group shares are held by insiders and 16.676% by institutions.

• When does the fiscal year end for Fortescue Metals Group?

  Fortescue Metals Group's fiscal year ends in June.

• Where is Fortescue Metals Group based?

  Fortescue Metals Group's address is: 87 Adelaide Terrace, East Perth, WA, Australia, 6004

• What is Fortescue Metals Group's ISIN number?

  Fortescue Metals Group's international securities identification number is: AU000000FMG4