EML Payments Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 2/6

EML Payments has a total shareholder equity of A$178.6M and total debt of A$46.5M, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 26%. Its total assets and total liabilities are A$2.8B and A$2.7B respectively. EML Payments's EBIT is A$8.5M making its interest coverage ratio 1.6. It has cash and short-term investments of A$50.6M.

Key information

26.0%

Debt to equity ratio

AU$46.45m

Debt

Interest coverage ratio	1.6x
Cash	AU$50.58m
Equity	AU$178.60m
Total liabilities	AU$2.65b
Total assets	AU$2.83b

Recent financial health updates

Recent updates

EML Payments Limited (ASX:EML) Just Reported Earnings, And Analysts Cut Their Target Price

Aug 29

EML Payments Limited (ASX:EML) Half-Year Results Just Came Out: Here's What Analysts Are Forecasting For This Year

Feb 29

Is There An Opportunity With EML Payments Limited's (ASX:EML) 43% Undervaluation?

Aug 24

These 4 Measures Indicate That EML Payments (ASX:EML) Is Using Debt Extensively

Jun 20

When Should You Buy EML Payments Limited (ASX:EML)?

Apr 27

EML Payments (ASX:EML) Use Of Debt Could Be Considered Risky

Mar 17

Is EML Payments Limited (ASX:EML) Potentially Undervalued?

Oct 08

A Look At The Fair Value Of EML Payments Limited (ASX:EML)

Aug 23

Is EML Payments (ASX:EML) A Risky Investment?

May 15

Should You Think About Buying EML Payments Limited (ASX:EML) Now?

Mar 07

EML Payments Limited Reported A Surprise Loss, And Analysts Have Updated Their Forecasts

Feb 18

What Kind Of Investors Own Most Of EML Payments Limited (ASX:EML)?

Jan 30

Did EML Payments Limited (ASX:EML) Insiders Sell Shares?

Jan 12

Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: EML's short term assets (A$2.2B) do not cover its short term liabilities (A$2.6B).

Long Term Liabilities: EML's short term assets (A$2.2B) exceed its long term liabilities (A$44.4M).

Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Debt Level: EML has more cash than its total debt.

Reducing Debt: EML's debt to equity ratio has increased from 0% to 26% over the past 5 years.

Debt Coverage: EML's debt is not well covered by operating cash flow (8.7%).

Interest Coverage: EML's interest payments on its debt are not well covered by EBIT (1.6x coverage).

Balance Sheet

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/03/23 22:23
End of Day Share Price	2025/03/21 00:00
Earnings	2024/12/31
Annual Earnings	2024/06/30

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Analyst Sources

EML Payments Limited is covered by 10 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
Owen Humphries	Canaccord Genuity
Edmund Anthony Henning	CLSA
Katherine Thompson	Edison Investment Research

EML Payments Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 2/6

Key information

Recent financial health updates

These 4 Measures Indicate That EML Payments (ASX:EML) Is Using Debt Extensively

EML Payments (ASX:EML) Use Of Debt Could Be Considered Risky

Is EML Payments (ASX:EML) A Risky Investment?

Recent updates

Executive Chairman recently bought AU$2.9m worth of stock

First half 2025 earnings released: EPS: AU$0.025 (vs AU$0.013 loss in 1H 2024)

Jeremy Raper Says EML Payments 'Should Be Sold'

Jeremy Raper Says EML Payments 'Should Be Sold'

New minor risk - Share price stability

Price target increased by 9.5% to AU$1.15

Independent Chairman recently bought AU$518k worth of stock

EML Payments Limited, Annual General Meeting, Nov 26, 2024

GoCardless Ltd. completed the acquisition of Sentenial Ltd from EML Payments Limited (ASX:EML) for an enterprise value of €32.8 million.

EML Payments Limited (ASX:EML) Just Reported Earnings, And Analysts Cut Their Target Price

Full year 2024 earnings released: AU$0.026 loss per share (vs AU$0.76 loss in FY 2023)

EML Payments Limited Announces Board Changes

EML Payments Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2024 Results on Aug 28, 2024

High number of new and inexperienced directors

Price target increased by 12% to AU$1.16

GoCardless Ltd. has signed an agreement to acquire Sentenial Ltd from EML Payments Limited (ASX:EML) for €32.8 million.

Now 26% overvalued after recent price rise

First half 2024 earnings released: AU$0.033 loss per share (vs AU$0.35 loss in 1H 2023)

Forecast breakeven date pushed back to 2025

EML Payments Limited (ASX:EML) Half-Year Results Just Came Out: Here's What Analysts Are Forecasting For This Year

Forecast breakeven date pushed back to 2025

New minor risk - Share price stability

Price target increased by 13% to AU$1.07

EML Payments Limited, Annual General Meeting, Nov 29, 2023

Forecast to breakeven in 2024

EML Payments Limited Appoints Mr. Peter Lang as Chief Corporate Development Officer, Effective on September 1, 2023

EML Payments Limited Announces CFO Changes, Effective on September 1, 2023

EML Payments Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Aug 29, 2023

New minor risk - Profitability

No longer forecast to breakeven

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 64%

Price target decreased by 18% to AU$0.82

Less than half of directors are independent

First half 2023 earnings released: AU$0.35 loss per share (vs AU$0.033 loss in 1H 2022)

Consensus EPS estimates upgraded to AU$0.0093 loss

EML Payments Limited Announces Board Resignations

EML Payments Limited to Report First Half, 2023 Results on Feb 22, 2023

EML Payments Limited Announces Executive Changes, Effective 16 April 2023

Price target decreased to AU$1.07

Consensus forecasts updated

EML Payments Limited Appoints Manoj Kheerbat as an Independent Non-Executive Director, Effective 5 December 2022

EML Payments Limited Elects Brent Cubis as Director

Price target decreased to AU$1.24

Is There An Opportunity With EML Payments Limited's (ASX:EML) 43% Undervaluation?

Price target decreased to AU$1.61

EML Payments Limited (ASX:EML) announces an Equity Buyback for AUD 20 million worth of its shares.

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Consensus forecasts updated

Price target decreased to AU$2.04

EML Payments Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Aug 22, 2022

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Price target decreased to AU$2.36

EML Payments Limited Announces Managing Director Changes

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

These 4 Measures Indicate That EML Payments (ASX:EML) Is Using Debt Extensively

EML Commissioned Research Finds 1 in 4 U.K. Merchants Predict Open Banking Payments Will Become the Most Popular Payment Method in the Next 5 Years

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 42%

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

When Should You Buy EML Payments Limited (ASX:EML)?

Price target decreased to AU$3.30

Consensus forecasts updated

Independent Non-Executive Chairman recently sold AU$548k worth of stock

EML Payments (ASX:EML) Use Of Debt Could Be Considered Risky

Consensus forecasts updated

EML Payments Limited Launches Radically Simple Digital Payout Platform Seamless

First half 2022 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations while revenues lag behind

EML Payments to Launch A Cryptocurrency-to-GBP Debit Mastercard

EML Payments Limited Reaffirms Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2022

EML Payments Limited to Report First Half, 2022 Results on Feb 16, 2022

Is EML Payments Limited (ASX:EML) Potentially Undervalued?

A Look At The Fair Value Of EML Payments Limited (ASX:EML)

Full year 2021 earnings released: AU$0.08 loss per share (vs AU$0.019 loss in FY 2020)