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Santos Limited is an oil & gas e&p business based in Australia. Santos shares (STO) are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and all prices are in Australian Dollars. Santos 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 | $4.5377 - $7.7397 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | $6.2249 |
| 200-day moving average | $6.8888 |
| Target price | $5.04 |
| PE ratio | 33.6702 |
| Dividend yield | $0.105 (1.64%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $0.188 |
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Historical closes compared with the last close of A$6.61
| 1 week (2021-09-17) | 4.42% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2021-08-25) | 7.31% |
| 3 months (2021-06-25) | -8.19% |
| 6 months (2021-03-25) | -6.64% |
| 1 year (2020-09-25) | 29.10% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2019-09-25) | -15.36% |
| 3 years (2018-09-25) | -9.82% |
| 5 years (2016-09-23) | 82.09% |
Valuing Santos stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Santos's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Santos's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 34x. In other words, Santos shares trade at around 34x recent earnings.
That's comparable to, say, the P/E ratio for the ASX over the 12 months to December 2019 (32.14).
Santos's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.35. 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 Santos's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Santos's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.8 billion (£0.0 million).
The EBITDA is a measure of a Santos's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $3.8 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 18.52% |
| Gross profit TTM | $745 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 2.42% |
| Return on equity TTM | 3.92% |
| Profit margin | 7.61% |
| Book value | 3.518 |
| Market capitalisation | $13.2 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
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 Santos.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 45.54
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Santos's overall score of 45.54 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty weak – landing it in it in the 89th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Santos 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.).
Environmental score: 25.24/100
Santos's environmental score of 25.24 puts it squarely in the 9th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Santos is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 16.87/100
Santos's social score of 16.87 puts it squarely in the 9th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Santos is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 15.94/100
Santos's governance score puts it squarely in the 9th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Santos is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Santos scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Santos has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
Santos Limited was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 45.54 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 89.06 |
| Environmental score | 25.24 |
| Environmental score percentile | 9 |
| Social score | 16.87 |
| Social score percentile | 9 |
| Governance score | 15.94 |
| Governance score percentile | 9 |
| Level of controversy | 2 |
Dividend payout ratio: 51.16% of net profits
Recently Santos has paid out, on average, around 51.16% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.4% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Santos shareholders could enjoy a 2.4% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Santos's case, that would currently equate to about A$0.105 per share.
Santos'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 19 August 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
Santos's shares were split on 12 March 2009.
Over the last 12 months, Santos's shares have ranged in value from as little as $4.5377 up to $7.7397. 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 Santos's is 1.9265. This would suggest that Santos's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Santos Limited explores for, develops, produces, transports, and markets hydrocarbons for homes and businesses in Australia and Asia. Its five principal assets are located in the Cooper Basin, Queensland and NSW, Papua New Guinea, Northern Australia and Timor-Leste, and Western Australia. The company produces natural gas, such as liquefied petroleum gas, ethane, methane, coal seam gas, liquefied natural gas, shale gas, and condensate, as well as oil. Its proved plus probable reserves include 933 million barrels of oil equivalent. The company was incorporated in 1954 and is headquartered in Adelaide, Australia.
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