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MCS Services is a security & protection services business based in Australia. MCS Services shares (MSG) are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and all prices are in Australian dollars. MCS Services has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $42.6 million. If you're looking to buy shares, check out the steps below.
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| 52-week range | $0.035 - $0.078 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | $0.0421 |
| 200-day moving average | $0.0563 |
| Target price | N/A |
| PE ratio | 5.8571 |
| Dividend yield | $0 (0%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $0.007 |
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Historical closes compared with the last close of A$0.041
| 1 week (2022-06-17) | 7.89% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2022-05-25) | 2.50% |
| 3 months (2022-03-25) | -24.07% |
| 6 months (2021-12-24) | -33.87% |
| 1 year (2021-06-25) | -35.94% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2020-06-25) | 127.78% |
| 3 years (2019-06-25) | 173.33% |
| 5 years (2017-06-23) | 86.36% |
Valuing MCS Services stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of MCS Services 's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
MCS Services 's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 6x. In other words, MCS Services shares trade at around 6x 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.
MCS Services 's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.9 million (£0.0 million).
The EBITDA is a measure of a MCS Services 's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $42.6 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 4.23% |
| Gross profit TTM | $8.4 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 12.61% |
| Return on equity TTM | 56.32% |
| Profit margin | 3.44% |
| Book value | 0.018 |
| Market capitalisation | $7.7 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
We're not expecting MCS Services to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
MCS Services 's shares were split on a 1:44 basis on 22 December 2014. So if you had owned 44 shares the day before the split, the next day you would own 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your MCS Services shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 4300% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for MCS Services shares which in turn could have impacted MCS Services 's share price.
Over the last 12 months, MCS Services 's shares have ranged in value from as little as $0.035 up to $0.078. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta measures a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (AU average) beta is 1, while MCS Services 's is 1.2893. This would suggest that MCS Services 's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
MCS Services Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides guard security and related services in Australia. It offers uniformed unarmed guards at retail shopping centers, government offices, health facilities, commercial properties, sports stadia, and events in the Perth metropolitan area and Western Australia. The company also provides covert security, mobile patrol, and response vehicle services. In addition, it engages in supplying, installing, and commissioning of security alarms, CCTV, biometric, and access control systems to the commercial, industrial, and domestic sectors. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Joondalup, Australia.
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