Financials AECI Ltd

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ZAE000000220

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End-of-day quote Johannesburg S.E. Other stock markets 06:00:00 2024-05-07 pm EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
94.85 ^ZAR	-0.32%		+1.00%	-13.53%

Feb. 28	Transcript : AECI Ltd, 2023 Earnings Call, Feb 28, 2024
Feb. 27	AECI Ltd Reports Earnings Results for the Full Year Ended December 31, 2023	CI

Valuation

Fiscal Period: December	2019	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Capitalization ¹	11,764	12,314	9,243	11,574	10,008	-	-
Enterprise Value (EV) ¹	11,764	12,314	14,588	11,574	11,617	9,849	7,633
P/E ratio	-	10.1 x	9.98 x	9.86 x	6.56 x	5.13 x	4.26 x
Yield	5.33%	-	8.84%	-	3.6%	6.2%	7.59%
Capitalization / Revenue	0.47 x	0.47 x	0.26 x	0.31 x	0.26 x	0.25 x	0.23 x
EV / Revenue	0.47 x	0.47 x	0.41 x	0.31 x	0.3 x	0.24 x	0.18 x
EV / EBITDA	3.54 x	-	4.09 x	3.14 x	2.9 x	2.2 x	1.52 x
EV / FCF	-	-	-6.53 x	-	4.84 x	5.37 x	3.18 x
FCF Yield	-	-	-15.3%	-	20.7%	18.6%	31.5%
Price to Book	-	-	-	-	0.73 x	0.67 x	-
Nbr of stocks (in thousands)	109,944	109,944	105,518	105,518	105,518	-	-
Reference price ²	107.0	112.0	87.60	109.7	94.85	94.85	94.85
Announcement Date	2/25/20	3/2/22	2/28/23	2/27/24	-	-	-

¹ZAR in Million²ZAR

Estimates

Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: December	2019	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Net sales ¹	24,799	26,053	35,583	37,500	38,446	40,546	42,953
EBITDA ¹	3,326	-	3,570	3,683	4,005	4,485	5,023
EBIT ¹	2,031	-	2,047	2,571	2,942	3,403	3,925
Operating Margin	8.19%	-	5.75%	6.86%	7.65%	8.39%	9.14%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) ¹	-	-	1,759	-	2,556	3,123	3,729
Net income ¹	-	-	959	-	1,561	2,002	2,423
Net margin	-	-	2.7%	-	4.06%	4.94%	5.64%
EPS ²	-	11.12	8.780	11.12	14.46	18.48	22.28
Free Cash Flow ¹	-	-	-2,235	-	2,401	1,833	2,402
FCF margin	-	-	-6.28%	-	6.25%	4.52%	5.59%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA)	-	-	-	-	59.95%	40.87%	47.82%
FCF Conversion (Net income)	-	-	-	-	153.85%	91.54%	99.1%
Dividend per Share ²	5.700	-	7.740	-	3.410	5.880	7.195
Announcement Date	2/25/20	3/2/22	2/28/23	2/27/24	-	-	-

¹ZAR in Million²ZAR

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Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: December	2023 S1
Net sales ¹	18,404
EBITDA	-
EBIT	-
Operating Margin	-
Earnings before Tax (EBT)	-
Net income	-
Net margin	-
EPS ²	5.960
Dividend per Share	-
Announcement Date	7/26/23

¹ZAR in Million²ZAR

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Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: December	2019	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Net Debt ¹	-	-	5,345	-	1,609	-	-
Net Cash position ¹	-	-	-	-	-	159	2,375
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA)	-	-	1.497 x	-	0.4017 x	-	-
Free Cash Flow ¹	-	-	-2,235	-	2,401	1,833	2,402
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity)	12.1%	-	-	-	11.1%	12.5%	13.3%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Assets ¹	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Book Value Per Share ²	-	-	-	-	129.0	142.0	-
Cash Flow per Share	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Capex ¹	833	-	1,552	-	1,319	1,373	1,428
Capex / Sales	3.36%	-	4.36%	-	3.43%	3.39%	3.32%
Announcement Date	2/25/20	3/2/22	2/28/23	2/27/24	-	-	-

¹ZAR in Million²ZAR

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Ratings for AECI Ltd

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Analysts' Consensus

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Buy

Mean consensus

BUY

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Last Close Price

94.85 ZAR

Average target price

124 ZAR

Spread / Average Target

+30.73%

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