MAF Stock Overview

Provides various financial services in Australia. More details

MAF fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	0/6
Future Growth	3/6
Past Performance	2/6
Financial Health	2/6
Dividends	2/6

Rewards

Earnings are forecast to grow 39.57% per year

Risk Analysis

Debt is not well covered by operating cash flow

Profit margins (2.5%) are lower than last year (5.5%)

Dividend of 3.22% is not well covered by earnings

My Notes

Capture your thoughts, links and company narrative

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for MA Financial Group
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	AU$6.22
52 Week High	AU$6.97
52 Week Low	AU$3.92
Beta	2.05
1 Month Change	11.07%
3 Month Change	-0.32%
1 Year Change	7.99%
3 Year Change	-27.34%
5 Year Change	11.07%
Change since IPO	97.46%

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Oct 09

Recent updates

Revenue Downgrade: Here's What Analysts Forecast For MA Financial Group Limited (ASX:MAF)

Aug 29

MA Financial Group (ASX:MAF) Has Announced A Dividend Of A$0.06

Aug 28

MA Financial Group's (ASX:MAF) Dividend Will Be Increased To A$0.06

Aug 28

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Jun 10

MA Financial Group (ASX:MAF) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To AU$0.12

Feb 20

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Shareholder Returns

	MAF	AU Capital Markets	AU Market
7D	7.8%	-0.7%	0.1%
1Y	8.0%	22.5%	9.8%

Return vs Industry: MAF underperformed the Australian Capital Markets industry which returned 22.5% over the past year.

Return vs Market: MAF underperformed the Australian Market which returned 9.8% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is MAF's price volatile compared to industry and market?
MAF volatility
MAF Average Weekly Movement	4.9%
Capital Markets Industry Average Movement	4.3%
Market Average Movement	7.9%
10% most volatile stocks in AU Market	16.6%
10% least volatile stocks in AU Market	2.9%

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

Volatility Over Time: MAF's weekly volatility (5%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
2009	600	Julian Biggins	www.mafinancial.com

MA Financial Group Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides various financial services in Australia. It operates through Asset Management, Lending & Technology, and Corporate Advisory and Equities segments. The Asset Management segment specializes in private credit, real estate, hospitality, unique operating assets and private equity, and venture capital; and manages traditional asset classes including equities, bonds, and cash for wholesale, retail, and institutional investors.

MA Financial Group Limited Fundamentals Summary

How do MA Financial Group's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
MAF fundamental statistics
Market cap	AU$1.01b
Earnings (TTM)	AU$24.77m
Revenue (TTM)	AU$972.33m

40.9x

P/E Ratio

1.0x

P/S Ratio

Is MAF overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
MAF income statement (TTM)
Revenue	AU$972.33m
Cost of Revenue	AU$627.86m
Gross Profit	AU$344.47m
Other Expenses	AU$319.70m
Earnings	AU$24.77m

Last Reported Earnings

Jun 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.15
Gross Margin	35.43%
Net Profit Margin	2.55%
Debt/Equity Ratio	765.5%

How did MAF perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

3.2%

Current Dividend Yield

130%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/01/20 14:32
End of Day Share Price	2025/01/20 00:00
Earnings	2024/06/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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.

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Analyst Sources

MA Financial Group Limited is covered by 6 analysts. 5 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	Barclay Pearce Capital Pty Limited
Richard Coles	Morgans Financial Limited
Lafitani Sotiriou	MST Financial Services Pty Limited

MAF Stock Overview

Rewards

Risk Analysis

MA Financial Group Limited Competitors

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AU$881.2m

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AU$939.5m

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AU$725.9m

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AU$813.9m

Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

MA Financial Group Limited to Launch MA Credit Income Trust

Ma Asset Management Announces the Launch of Interval Fund Ma Specialty Credit Income Fund

Price target increased by 11% to AU$7.36

Getting In Cheap On MA Financial Group Limited (ASX:MAF) Might Be Difficult

Key Executive recently sold AU$12m worth of stock

First half dividend of AU$0.06 announced

Recent updates

MA Financial Group Limited to Launch MA Credit Income Trust

Ma Asset Management Announces the Launch of Interval Fund Ma Specialty Credit Income Fund

Price target increased by 11% to AU$7.36

Getting In Cheap On MA Financial Group Limited (ASX:MAF) Might Be Difficult

Key Executive recently sold AU$12m worth of stock

First half dividend of AU$0.06 announced

MA Financial Group Limited Announces Fully Franked Interim Dividend for the Six Months Ended 30 June 2024, Payable on 18 September 2024

First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: AU$0.084 (vs AU$0.11 in 1H 2023)

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17%

MA Financial Group Limited to Report First Half, 2024 Results on Aug 22, 2024

Now 21% overvalued

Key Executive recently sold AU$903k worth of stock

Now 20% overvalued

MA Financial Group Limited, Annual General Meeting, May 29, 2024

Now 23% overvalued

MA Financial Group (ASX:MAF) Is Paying Out A Dividend Of A$0.14

Final dividend of AU$0.14 announced

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Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: AU$0.18 (vs AU$0.28 in FY 2022)

New minor risk - Shareholder dilution

MA Financial Group Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Feb 22, 2024

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 16%

Key Executive recently sold AU$299k worth of stock

Pacific Equity Partners made an offer to acquire Healthia Limited from MA Financial Group Limited (ASX:MAF), Wilson Asset Management (International) Pty Ltd. and Regal Partners Limited (ASX:RPL) for an offer per share of AUD 1.8.

Consensus revenue estimates fall by 12%

Revenue Downgrade: Here's What Analysts Forecast For MA Financial Group Limited (ASX:MAF)

MA Financial Group (ASX:MAF) Has Announced A Dividend Of A$0.06

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: AU$0.11 (vs AU$0.13 in 1H 2022)

Ma Financial Group Limited Announces Dividend for Period of Six Months Ended June 30, 2023, Payment Date Is September 20, 2023

MA Financial Group Limited to Report First Half, 2023 Results on Aug 24, 2023

Key Executive recently sold AU$1.4m worth of stock

Independent Non-Executive Chairman recently sold AU$2.5m worth of stock

Independent Non-Executive Director recently bought AU$88k worth of stock

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 16%

Key Executive recently sold AU$5.5m worth of stock

Full year 2022 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

MA Financial Group Limited Announces CFO Changes

MA Financial Group Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Feb 23, 2023

MA Financial Group Limited Appoints Nikki Warburton as an Independent Non-Executive Director

Price target decreased to AU$6.43

Less than half of directors are independent

Ma Financial Group Limited Announces Resignation of Graham Lello as Chief Financial Officer, Effective March 31, 2023

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MA Financial Group Limited (ASX:MAF) announces an Equity Buyback for AUD 25 million worth of its shares.

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Key Executive recently sold AU$709k worth of stock

MA Financial Group's (ASX:MAF) Dividend Will Be Increased To A$0.06

First half 2022 earnings released: EPS: AU$0.13 (vs AU$0.10 in 1H 2021)

Dividend/Distribution - Mafma Financial Group Limited Announces Dividend for Period of Six Months Ended June 30, 2022, Payment Date Is September 21, 2022

MA Financial Group Limited to Report First Half, 2022 Results on Aug 25, 2022

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Is Now The Time To Put MA Financial Group (ASX:MAF) On Your Watchlist?

Independent Non-Executive Director recently bought AU$106k worth of stock

Price target increased to AU$12.50

Less than half of directors are independent

Co-Founder recently sold AU$2.3m worth of stock

MA Financial Group (ASX:MAF) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To AU$0.12

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