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Incitec Pivot Limited is a specialty chemicals business based in Australia. Incitec Pivot shares (IPL) are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and all prices are in Australian Dollars. Incitec Pivot has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $3.8 billion. If you're looking to buy shares, check out the steps below.
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| 52-week range | $1.8918 - $3.2 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | $2.8683 |
| 200-day moving average | $2.6528 |
| Target price | $3.1 |
| PE ratio | 60.8 |
| Dividend yield | $0.01 (0.33%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $0.05 |
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Historical closes compared with the last close of A$3.04
| 1 week (2021-10-07) | -0.65% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2021-09-17) | 5.19% |
| 3 months (2021-07-17) | 23.58% |
| 6 months (2021-04-16) | 10.55% |
| 1 year (2020-10-16) | 43.40% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2019-10-17) | -10.32% |
| 3 years (2018-10-17) | -23.23% |
| 5 years (2016-10-17) | 4.47% |
Valuing Incitec Pivot stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Incitec Pivot's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Incitec Pivot's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 61x. In other words, Incitec Pivot shares trade at around 61x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the P/E ratio for the ASX over the 12 months to December 2019 (32.14). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Incitec Pivot's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.77. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Incitec Pivot's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Incitec Pivot's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $565.4 million (£0.0 million).
The EBITDA is a measure of a Incitec Pivot's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $3.8 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 6.74% |
| Gross profit TTM | $1.8 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 1.73% |
| Return on equity TTM | 1.91% |
| Profit margin | 2.47% |
| Book value | 2.654 |
| Market capitalisation | $5.9 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 20% of net profits
Recently Incitec Pivot has paid out, on average, around 20% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.33% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Incitec Pivot shareholders could enjoy a 0.33% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Incitec Pivot's case, that would currently equate to about A$0.01 per share.
While Incitec Pivot's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Incitec Pivot is investing more in its future growth.
The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 30 May 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
Incitec Pivot's shares were split on 13 November 2008.
Over the last 12 months, Incitec Pivot's shares have ranged in value from as little as $1.8918 up to $3.2. 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 Incitec Pivot's is 0.9837. This would suggest that Incitec Pivot's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Incitec Pivot Limited manufactures and distributes industrial explosives, industrial chemicals, and fertilizers in Australia, the United States, Canada, Turkey, and internationally. The company manufactures and distributes fertilizers, including di/mono-ammonium phosphate, ammonia, granulated ammonium sulphate, urea, and single super phosphate, as well as imports and sells fertilizers; and manufactures and sells industrial explosives, and related products and services to the mining, quarrying, and construction industries. It also manufactures and sells industrial chemicals to the agriculture and specialist industries. The company was founded in 1831 and is headquartered in Southbank, Australia.
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