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Iluka Resources Limited is an other industrial metals & mining business based in Australia. Iluka Resources shares (ILU) are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and all prices are listed in Australian Dollars. Iluka Resources has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $1.2 billion.
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Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Iluka Resources's share price has had significant positive movement.
Its last market close was $9.9, which is 3.64% up on its pre-crash value of $9.54 and 73.08% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as $5.72.
If you had bought $1,000 worth of Iluka Resources shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth $664.52 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 $1,061.08.
52-week range | $4.88 - $10.42 |
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50-day moving average | $5.9838 |
200-day moving average | $7.9481 |
Target price | $10.92 |
PE ratio | 12.861 |
Dividend yield | $0.13 (1.41%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | $0.74 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of A$9.9 on 2020-10-22
1 week (2021-01-08) | 47.32% |
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1 month (2020-12-16) | 67.23% |
3 months (2020-10-16) | 2.17% |
6 months (2020-07-16) | 9.63% |
1 year (2020-01-15) | 3.45% |
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2 years (2019-01-15) | 27.58% |
3 years (2018-01-15) | -0.80% |
5 years (2016-01-15) | 79.02% |
Valuing Iluka Resources stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Iluka Resources's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Iluka Resources's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 13x. In other words, Iluka Resources shares trade at around 13x 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.
Iluka Resources's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $749.2 million (£0.0 million).
The EBITDA is a measure of a Iluka Resources's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Revenue TTM | $1.2 billion |
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Operating margin TTM | 32.57% |
Gross profit TTM | $778.1 million |
Return on assets TTM | 11.75% |
Return on equity TTM | -32.98% |
Profit margin | -24.51% |
Book value | 1.862 |
Market capitalisation | $2.8 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
We're not expecting Iluka Resources to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Iluka Resources's shares were split on 19 March 2008.
Over the last 12 months, Iluka Resources's shares have ranged in value from as little as $4.88 up to $10.42. 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 Iluka Resources's is 1.3473. This would suggest that Iluka Resources's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Iluka Resources Limited engages in the exploration, project development, mining, processing, marketing, and rehabilitation of mineral sands. The company operates through Jacinth-Ambrosia/Mid West, Cataby/South West, Sierra Rutile, Mining Area C, and United States/Murray Basin segments. It produces zircon; titanium dioxide products of rutile and synthetic rutile; and ilmenite, as well as activated carbon and iron concentrate products. The company's products are used in home, workplace, medical, lifestyle, and industrial applications. It has operations in Australia, China, rest of Asia, Europe, the Americas, and internationally. The company was formerly known as Westralian Sands Limited and changed its name to Iluka Resources Limited in May 1999. Iluka Resources Limited was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Perth, Australia.
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