Ratings Qassim Cement Company

Equities

3040

SA0007879493

End-of-day quote Saudi Arabian S.E. Other stock markets 06:00:00 2024-04-24 pm EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
56.9 ^SAR	-0.87%		-2.40%	-10.68%

Mar. 03	Qassim Cement Company Reports Earnings Results for the Full Year Ended December 31, 2023	CI
Jan. 04	Saudi Arabian companies warn Aramco fuel price hike may curb earnings	RE

Summary

Overall, the company has poor fundamentals for a medium to long-term investment strategy.
The company has a poor ESG score according to Refinitiv, which ranks companies by sector.

Strengths

The company's EBITDA/Sales ratio is relatively high and results in high margins before depreciation, amortization and taxes.
Margins returned by the company are among the highest on the stock exchange list. Its core activity clears big profits.
The company is one of the best yield companies with high dividend expectations.
For the last 4 months, the company has been enjoying highly positive EPS revisions, which were frequently and significantly raised.

Weaknesses

For the last twelve months, the trend in sales revisions has been clearly going down, which emphasizes downgraded expectations from the analysts.
For the last 12 months, analysts have been regularly downgrading their EPS expectations. Analysts predict worse results for the company against their predictions a year ago.
Most analysts agree on a negative opinion with regard to the stock. Indeed, the average consensus issues recommendations to underperform or sell.
The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been significantly revised downwards over the last four months.

Ratings chart - Surperformance

Chart ESG Refinitiv

Sector: Construction Materials

	1st Jan change	Capi.	ESG Refinitiv
QASSIM CEMENT COMPANY	-10.68%	1.37B	D-
HOLCIM LTD	+19.81%	48.58B	B
JAMES HARDIE INDUSTRIES PLC	-2.89%	15.52B	D+
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-
ACC LTD	+14.55%	5.7B	B

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