How does GWA's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

GWA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.2x) compared to the peer average (30.9x).

How does GWA's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Building Industry?

GWA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.2x) compared to the Global Building industry average (18.7x).

What is GWA's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

GWA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.5x).

What is the Fair Price of GWA when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

GWA (A$2.36) is trading below our estimate of [[fair value]] (A$4.07)

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

GWA Stock Overview

Researches, designs, manufactures, imports, and markets building fixtures and fittings to residential and commercial premises in Australia, New Zealand, and internationally. More details

GWA fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	6/6
Future Growth	1/6
Past Performance	1/6
Financial Health	5/6
Dividends	4/6

Rewards

Trading at 41.9% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 9.9% per year

Trading at good value compared to peers and industry

Analysts in good agreement that stock price will rise by 20.8%

Risk Analysis

Dividend of 6.78% is not well covered by earnings

My Notes

Capture your thoughts, links and company narrative

GWA Group Limited Competitors

Reliance Worldwide

ASX:RWC

AU$3.9b

Embelton

ASX:EMB

AU$18.2m

Symal Group

ASX:SYL

AU$401.5m

Austal

ASX:ASB

AU$1.1b

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for GWA Group
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	AU$2.36
52 Week High	AU$2.87
52 Week Low	AU$2.18
Beta	0.87
1 Month Change	-1.26%
3 Month Change	1.72%
1 Year Change	6.31%
3 Year Change	-6.72%
5 Year Change	-30.59%
Change since IPO	70.45%

GWA Group (ASX:GWA) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To A$0.08

Aug 21

Recent updates

GWA Group (ASX:GWA) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To A$0.08

Aug 21

Do Its Financials Have Any Role To Play In Driving GWA Group Limited's (ASX:GWA) Stock Up Recently?

Dec 04

Is GWA Group Limited (ASX:GWA) An Attractive Dividend Stock?

Nov 20

How Does GWA Group Limited (ASX:GWA) Fare As A Dividend Stock?

Aug 08

Did You Participate In Any Of GWA Group's (ASX:GWA) Respectable 55% Return?

Aug 08

Here's What GWA Group Limited's (ASX:GWA) Shareholder Ownership Structure Looks Like

Jul 24

There's Reason For Concern Over GWA Group Limited's (ASX:GWA) Price

Jul 09

Estimating The Intrinsic Value Of GWA Group Limited (ASX:GWA)

Jun 24

Shareholder Returns

	GWA	AU Building	AU Market
7D	-0.4%	-1.9%	-2.0%
1Y	6.3%	-16.0%	7.8%

Return vs Industry: GWA exceeded the Australian Building industry which returned -16% over the past year.

Return vs Market: GWA underperformed the Australian Market which returned 7.8% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is GWA's price volatile compared to industry and market?
GWA volatility
GWA Average Weekly Movement	3.3%
Building Industry Average Movement	5.1%
Market Average Movement	8.0%
10% most volatile stocks in AU Market	16.8%
10% least volatile stocks in AU Market	3.1%

Stable Share Price: GWA has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the Australian market.

Volatility Over Time: GWA's weekly volatility (3%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1992	n/a	Urs Meyerhans	www.gwagroup.com.au

GWA Group Limited researches, designs, manufactures, imports, and markets building fixtures and fittings to residential and commercial premises in Australia, New Zealand, and internationally. It offers vitreous China toilet suites, basins, plastic cisterns, taps and showers, kitchen sinks, baths, laundry tubs, smart products, and bathroom accessories, as well as domestic water control valves under the Caroma, Methven, Dorf, and Clark brands. The company also distributes and installs various products through a range of distribution and customer channels.

GWA Group Limited Fundamentals Summary

How do GWA Group's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
GWA fundamental statistics
Market cap	AU$633.84m
Earnings (TTM)	AU$38.63m
Revenue (TTM)	AU$413.49m

16.2x

P/E Ratio

1.5x

P/S Ratio

Is GWA overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
GWA income statement (TTM)
Revenue	AU$413.49m
Cost of Revenue	AU$251.14m
Gross Profit	AU$162.35m
Other Expenses	AU$123.72m
Earnings	AU$38.63m

Last Reported Earnings

Jun 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.15
Gross Margin	39.26%
Net Profit Margin	9.34%
Debt/Equity Ratio	45.2%

How did GWA perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

6.8%

Current Dividend Yield

103%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/20 16:22
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings	2024/06/30
Annual Earnings	2024/06/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

Analysis Model and Snowflake

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

GWA Group Limited is covered by 23 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Russell Wright	APP Securities Pty Ltd.
Jonathan Snape	Bell Potter
Shaurya Visen	BofA Global Research

GWA Stock Overview

Rewards

Risk Analysis

GWA Group Limited Competitors

ASX:RWC

AU$3.9b

ASX:EMB

AU$18.2m

ASX:SYL

AU$401.5m

ASX:ASB

AU$1.1b

Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

GWA Group Limited Announces Retirement of Mcdonough to Its Board

MD, CEO & Executive Director exercised options to buy AU$644k worth of stock.

Price target increased by 15% to AU$2.93

GWA Group (ASX:GWA) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To A$0.08

GWA Group Limited Announces Dividend for Six Months Ended June 30, 2024, Payable on September 6, 2024

Final dividend of AU$0.08 announced

Recent updates

GWA Group Limited Announces Retirement of Mcdonough to Its Board

MD, CEO & Executive Director exercised options to buy AU$644k worth of stock.

Price target increased by 15% to AU$2.93

GWA Group (ASX:GWA) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To A$0.08

GWA Group Limited Announces Dividend for Six Months Ended June 30, 2024, Payable on September 6, 2024

Final dividend of AU$0.08 announced

Full year 2024 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

Now 21% undervalued

GWA Group's (ASX:GWA) Returns On Capital Not Reflecting Well On The Business

First half dividend of AU$0.07 announced

First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: AU$0.088 (vs AU$0.08 in 1H 2023)

Now 20% undervalued

Price target increased by 7.3% to AU$2.40

GWA Group Limited, Annual General Meeting, Oct 25, 2024

Now 21% undervalued

GWA Group Limited's (ASX:GWA) Earnings Are Not Doing Enough For Some Investors

Is GWA Group Limited (ASX:GWA) Trading At A 34% Discount?

GWA Group Limited Announces Retirement of Ms Jane Mckellar from the Board

GWA Group (ASX:GWA) Is Reducing Its Dividend To A$0.07

Independent Non-Executive Chairman recently bought AU$63k worth of stock

Now 22% undervalued

MD, CEO & Director recently bought AU$147k worth of stock

Price target decreased by 7.8% to AU$2.03

Non-Executive Director recently bought AU$91k worth of stock

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: AU$0.08 (vs AU$0.07 in 1H 2022)

GWA Group Limited Announces Ordinary Franked Distribution for the Period of Six Months Ended December 31, 2022, Payable on March 7, 2023

GWA Group Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Aug 14, 2023

Now 21% undervalued

GWA Group Limited Announces Appointment of Patria Mann as Independent Non-Executive Director, Effective 1 January 2023

Now 21% undervalued

GWA Group Limited Announces the Appointment of Bernadette Inglis to Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director

GWA Group Limited Announces Stephen Roche Has Accepted an Invitation to Join the Board of GWA as an Independent Non-Executive Director

Full year 2022 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

GWA Group Limited Declares Fully-Franked Final Dividend for the Year Ended June 30, 2022, Payable on 6 September 2022

Price target decreased to AU$2.91

Insufficient new directors

GWA Group Limited Announces Retirement of Peter Birtles as Non-Executive Director

GWA Group Limited Announces Executive Director and Company Secretary Changes

GWA Group (ASX:GWA) Has A Pretty Healthy Balance Sheet

MD, CEO & Director recently bought AU$155k worth of stock

Company Secretary & Executive Director recently bought AU$69k worth of stock

First half 2022 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

GWA Group Limited Declares Ordinary Distribution for the Six Months Ended December 31, 2021, Payable of March 4, 2022

Consensus forecasts updated

Upcoming dividend of AU$0.065 per share

GWA Group (ASX:GWA) Is Paying Out A Larger Dividend Than Last Year

A Look At The Intrinsic Value Of GWA Group Limited (ASX:GWA)

Does GWA Group Limited (ASX:GWA) Have A Place In Your Dividend Portfolio?

These 4 Measures Indicate That GWA Group (ASX:GWA) Is Using Debt Extensively

Four Days Left Until GWA Group Limited (ASX:GWA) Trades Ex-Dividend

Upcoming Dividend of AU$0.06 Per Share

New 90-day low: AU$2.98

MD & CEO Timothy Salt has left the company

Shareholders Of GWA Group (ASX:GWA) Must Be Happy With Their 64% Return

GWA Group Limited Announces Resignation of Tim Salt as Managing Director

GWA Group Limited, Annual General Meeting, Oct 29, 2021

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

First half 2021 earnings released: EPS AU$0.07 (vs AU$0.089 in 1H 2020)

GWA Group Limited Just Missed Earnings - But Analysts Have Updated Their Models