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Spark New Zealand Limited is a telecom services business based in Australia. Spark New Zealand shares (SPK) are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and all prices are listed in Australian Dollars. Spark New Zealand has a market cap (total outstanding shares value) of $8.1 billion.
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52-week range | $3.2637 - $4.62 |
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50-day moving average | $4.3915 |
200-day moving average | $4.3989 |
Target price | $3.73 |
PE ratio | 30.7639 |
Dividend yield | $0.23 (5.23%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | $0.144 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of A$4.32 on 2020-10-22
1 week (2021-01-13) | -5.68% |
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1 month (2020-12-21) | -0.92% |
3 months (2020-10-21) | -0.23% |
6 months (2020-07-21) | -4.64% |
1 year (2020-01-20) | -0.69% |
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2 years (2019-01-18) | 13.39% |
3 years (2018-01-19) | 32.92% |
5 years (2016-01-20) | 41.18% |
Valuing Spark New Zealand stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Spark New Zealand's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Spark New Zealand's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 31x. In other words, Spark New Zealand shares trade at around 31x recent earnings.
That's comparable to, say, the P/E ratio for the ASX over the 12 months to December 2019 (32.14).
Gross profit TTM | $1.2 billion |
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Return on assets TTM | 9.42% |
Return on equity TTM | 28.87% |
Profit margin | 11.79% |
Book value | 0.575 |
Market capitalisation | $8.1 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 109.45% of net profits
Recently Spark New Zealand has paid out, on average, around 109.45% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 5.23% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Spark New Zealand shareholders could enjoy a 5.23% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Spark New Zealand's case, that would currently equate to about A$0.23 per share.
Spark New Zealand'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 17 September 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").
Spark New Zealand's shares were split on 17 September 2007.
Over the last 12 months, Spark New Zealand's shares have ranged in value from as little as $3.2637 up to $4.62. 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 Spark New Zealand's is 0.2574. This would suggest that Spark New Zealand's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Spark New Zealand Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides telecommunications and digital services in New Zealand. It offers telecommunications, information technology, media, and other digital products and services, including mobile services; voice services; broadband services; Internet TV; cloud, security, and service management services; procurement and partner services; and managed data and networks services. The company also offers IT infrastructure, business and outsourced telecommunications, subscription video-on-demand, big data analytics and marketing automation, data center, and international wholesale telecommunications services. In addition, it provides local, national, and international telephone and data services; group insurance products; and mobile phone repair services. Further, the company retails telecommunications products and services; and distributes equipment. The company was formerly known as Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited and changed its name to Spark New Zealand Limited in August 2014. Spark New Zealand Limited was founded in 1987 and is based in Auckland, New Zealand.
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