Ratings BUA Cement Plc

Equities

BUACEMENT

NGBUACEMENT3

End-of-day quote Nigerian S.E. Other stock markets 06:00:00 2024-04-25 pm EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
143.2 ^NGN	0.00%		0.00%	+47.63%

Mar. 21	Transcript : BUA Cement Plc, 2023 Earnings Call, Mar 21, 2024
Feb. 29	BUA Cement Plc Reports Earnings Results for the Full Year Ended December 31, 2023	CI

Summary

The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
From a short-term investment perspective, the company presents a deteriorated fundamental situation

Strengths

The prospective high growth for the next fiscal years is among the main assets of the company
Before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, the company's margins are particularly high.
The group's activity appears highly profitable thanks to its outperforming net margins.
Over the last twelve months, the sales forecast has been frequently revised upwards.
Analysts have consistently raised their revenue expectations for the company, which provides good prospects for the current and next years in terms of revenue growth.
For the last twelve months, analysts have been gradually revising upwards their EPS forecast for the upcoming fiscal year.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been strongly revised upwards.

Weaknesses

The company's "enterprise value to sales" ratio is among the highest in the world.
Most analysts recommend that the stock should be sold or reduced.
The three month average target prices set by analysts do not offer high potential in comparison with the current prices.
Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised downwards significantly.
The overall consensus opinion of analysts has deteriorated sharply over the past four months.
The group usually releases earnings worse than estimated.

Ratings chart - Surperformance

Sector: Construction Materials

	1st Jan change	Capi.	ESG Refinitiv
BUA CEMENT PLC	+47.63%	3.65B	-
HOLCIM LTD	+19.81%	48.58B	B
JAMES HARDIE INDUSTRIES PLC	-2.89%	15.52B	D+
ANHUI CONCH CEMENT COMPANY LIMITED	-1.00%	15.46B	B+
SHREE CEMENT LIMITED	-15.75%	10.44B	B+
EAGLE MATERIALS INC.	+26.55%	8.84B	D
DANGOTE CEMENT PLC	+105.28%	8.27B	-
XINJIANGTIANSHAN CEMENT CO.,LTD	-0.30%	7.96B	C+
TAIWAN CEMENT CORP.	-8.75%	7.34B	B+
BUZZI S.P.A.	+23.60%	6.73B	B-

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