Steppe Cement (STCM)

Steppe Cement Key Figures

(at previous day's close)
Market Cap.	51.47	m
Shares In Issue	219.00	m
Prev. Close	22.50
PE Ratio	6.99
Dividend Yield	-	%
EPS - basic	3.36	p
Dividend PS	-	p
Dividend Cover	-
Cash Flow PS	6.81	p
Return On Equity (ROE)	15.44	%
Operating Margin	15.69	%
PEG Factor	0.95
EPS Growth Rate	7.32	%
Dividends PS Growth Rate	-	%
Net Debt	16.73	m
Gross Gearing	33.17	%
Quick Assets	14.25	m
Net Working Capital	9.69	m
Intangibles / Fixed Assets	9.54	%
Turnover PS	27.52	p
Pre-Tax Profit PS	4.32	p
Retained Profit PS	0.45	p
Cash PS	3.10	p
Net Cash PS	-2.70	p
Net Tangible Asset Value PS *	19.53	p
Net Asset Value PS	21.65	p
Spread	1.00 (4.17%)
* Calculation based on Ordinary Capital figure as contained in last annual report, and the most recent shares in issue figure. Therefore the ratio might be exposed to inaccuracies.

Period ^†	Open	Change	%	Open Avg.	Avg. Daily Vol [m]	Total Vol [m]	VWAP
1 week	22.50	1.00	4.44	22.50	0.09		22.50
4 weeks	24.50	-1.00	-4.08	21.50	0.38		24.51
12 weeks	21.00	2.50	11.90	20.50	0.34		24.29
26 weeks	32.50	-9.00	-27.69	17.50	0.28		24.22
1 year	31.00	-7.50	-24.19	17.50	0.20		26.57
3 years	14.00	9.50	67.86	13.50	0.28		28.25
5 years	21.00	2.50	11.90	11.75	0.28		24.85
† periods calculated are whole weeks rather than calendar months

(Market value analysis) at previous day's close
PQ Ratio	1.35
PE Ratio	6.99
Tobin's Q Ratio	0.58
Tobin's Q Ratio (excl. intangibles)	0.61
Dividend Yield	-	%
Market-to-Book Ratio	1.09
Price-to-Pre-Tax Profit PS	5.44
Price-to-Retained Profit PS	51.82
Price-to-Cash Flow PS	3.45
Price-to-Sales PS	0.85
Price-to-Net Tangible Asset Value PS	1.20
Price-to-Cash PS	7.57
Net Working Capital PS	4.42
Price Pct to Working Capital PS	5.31	%
Earnings Yield	14.32	%
Average PE	57.97
Years in average	4
PE to PE average	12.05	%

(Leverage Ratios)
Debt Ratio	18.58	%
Debt-to-Equity Ratio	0.23
Debt-to-Equity Ratio (excl. Intgbl)	0.25
Debt-to-Equity Market Value	0.21
Net Gearing	23.59	%
Net Gearing (excl. Intangibles)	25.24	%
Gross Gearing	33.17	%
Gross Gearing (excl. Intangibles)	35.49	%
Gearing Under 1 Year	17.92	%
Gearing Under 1 Year (excl. Intgbl)	19.17	%
Assets/Equity	1.50
Cash/Equity	14.34
(Liquidity Ratios)
Net Working Capital to Total Assets	13.66	%
Current Ratio	1.76
Quick Ratio (Acid Test)	1.12
Liquidity Ratio	0.53
Cash & Equiv/Current Assets	30.34	%
(Solvency Ratios)
Enterprise Value	55.49	m
CFO/Sales	0.25
CFO/Attributable Profit	2.04
CFO/Assets	0.21
CFO/Debt	0.63
Total Debt/Equity Market Value	0.46
Total Debt/Sales	0.39
Total Debt/Pre-Tax Profit	2.49
Total Debt	23.53	m
Total Debt/Net Current Assets	2.43	%
(Dodds - Graham Ratios)
3 yr Compound Earnings Growth	94.28	%
5 yr Compound Earnings Growth	-	%
10 yr Compound Earnings Growth	-	%
Earn drops > 5% in 10yrs	3

Beta (60-Mnth)	Beta (36-Mnth)
0.0076	0.0035

(Profitability Ratios)
Return On Capital Employed (ROCE)	16.24	%
Return On Assets (ROA)	8.31	%
Net Profit Margin	12.14	%
Assets Turnover	0.68
Return On Equity (ROE)	15.44	%
Return On Investment (ROI)	10.20	%
Dividend Payout Ratio	-	%
Plowback Ratio	100.00	%
Growth from Plowback Ratio	12.32	%
Net Income Of Revenues	1.65	%
(Asset Utilisation Multiples)
Shareholders Equity Turnover	1.01
Fixed Assets Turnover	0.99
Current Assets Turnover	2.19
Net Working Capital Turnover
Inventory Turnover	4.98
(Other Operating Ratios)
Total Assets-to-Sales	1.46
Debtors-to-Sales	13.33	%
Debt Collection Period	48.64	Days

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