Executive Summary
Marmota Limited engages in the exploration of mineral properties in Australia.
Risk Analysis
Currently unprofitable and not forecast to become profitable over the next 3 years
+ 1 more risk
Snowflake Analysis
Flawless balance sheet with weak fundamentals.
Share Price & News
How has Marmota's share price performed over time and what events caused price changes?
Latest Share Price and Events
Stable Share Price: MEU's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months.
Market Performance
7 Day Return
16.7%
MEU
8.5%
AU Oil and Gas
7.1%
AU Market
1 Year Return
64.7%
MEU
-46.9%
AU Oil and Gas
-19.4%
AU Market
Return vs Industry: MEU exceeded the Australian Oil and Gas industry which returned -46.7% over the past year.
Return vs Market: MEU exceeded the Australian Market which returned -18.8% over the past year.
Shareholder returns
| MEU | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Day | 16.7% | 8.5% | 7.1% |
| 30 Day | -20.0% | -34.9% | -21.3% |
| 90 Day | 12.0% | -46.5% | -24.8% |
| 1 Year | 64.7%64.7% | -44.8%-46.9% | -15.8%-19.4% |
| 3 Year | 64.7%64.7% | -37.4%-45.0% | -2.4%-15.8% |
| 5 Year | 180.0%180.0% | -38.5%-49.5% | 8.4%-16.0% |
Price Volatility Vs. Market
How volatile is Marmota's share price compared to the market and industry in the last 5 years?
Simply Wall St News
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Is Marmota (ASX:MEU) In A Good Position To Deliver On Growth Plans?Valuation
Is Marmota undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
2.59x
Price to Book (PB) ratio
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate MEU's fair value to establish if it is undervalued.
Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate MEU's fair value to establish if it is undervalued.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: MEU is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the Oil and Gas industry average.
PE vs Market: MEU is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the Australian market.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate MEU's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: MEU is overvalued based on its PB Ratio (2.6x) compared to the AU Oil and Gas industry average (0.7x).
Next Steps
Future Growth
How is Marmota forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 0 analysts?
14.5%
Forecasted Energy industry annual growth in earnings
In this section we usually present revenue and earnings growth projections based on the consensus estimates of professional analysts to help investors understand the company’s ability to generate profit. But as Marmota has not provided enough past data and has no analyst forecast, its future earnings cannot be reliably calculated by extrapolating past data or using analyst predictions.
This is quite a rare situation as 97% of companies covered by SimplyWall St do have past financial data.
Next Steps
- Examine Marmota's financial health to determine how well-positioned it is against times of financial stress by looking at its level of debt over time and how much cash it has left.
- Marmota competitive advantages and company strategy can generally be found in its financial reports archived here.
- Explore growth companies in the Energy industry.
Past Performance
How has Marmota performed over the past 5 years?
41.7%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: MEU is currently unprofitable.
Growing Profit Margin: MEU is currently unprofitable.
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: MEU is unprofitable, but has reduced losses over the past 5 years at a rate of 41.7% per year.
Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare MEU's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable
Earnings vs Industry: MEU is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Oil and Gas industry (-16%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: MEU has a negative Return on Equity (-25.74%), as it is currently unprofitable.
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Financial Health
How is Marmota's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: MEU's short term assets (A$3.2M) exceed its short term liabilities (A$263.8K).
Long Term Liabilities: MEU's short term assets (A$3.2M) exceed its long term liabilities (A$13.8K).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: MEU is debt free.
Reducing Debt: MEU has not had any debt for past 5 years.
Balance Sheet
Inventory Level: MEU has a high level of physical assets or inventory.
Debt Coverage by Assets: Insufficient data to determine if MEU's debt is covered by short term assets.
Cash Runway Analysis
For companies that have on average been loss making in the past we assess whether they have at least 1 year of cash runway.
Stable Cash Runway: MEU has sufficient cash runway for more than a year based on its current free cash flow.
Forecast Cash Runway: MEU has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years if free cash flow continues to grow at historical rates of 7.1% each year
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Dividend
What is Marmota's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate MEU's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate MEU's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any payouts.
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if MEU's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if MEU's dividend payments have been increasing.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: No need to calculate the sustainability of MEU's dividend in 3 years as they are not forecast to pay a notable one for the Australian market.
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Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
2.7yrs
Average board tenure
CEO
Marmota has no CEO, or we have no data on them.
Board Members
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive Chairman | 4.83yrs | AU$85.00k | 10.89% A$2.5m | |
| Executive Director of Production & Executive Director | 0.42yr | no data | 0.044% A$10.0k | |
| Head of Exploration & Director | 2.67yrs | AU$69.38k | 0.11% A$25.1k |
2.7yrs
Average Tenure
Experienced Board: MEU's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2.7 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: MEU insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 7.3%.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
Marmota Limited's company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: Marmota Limited
- Ticker: MEU
- Exchange: ASX
- Founded:
- Industry: Coal and Consumable Fuels
- Sector: Energy
- Market Cap: AU$22.826m
- Shares outstanding: 845.39m
- Website: https://www.marmota.com.au
Location
- Marmota Limited
- 79-81 Brighton Road
- Unit 6
- Glenelg
- South Australia
- 5045
- Australia
Listings
| Ticker | Exchange | Primary Security | Security Type | Country | Currency | Listed on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEU | ASX (Australian Securities Exchange) | Yes | Ordinary Shares | AU | AUD | Nov 2007 |
| 43M | DB (Deutsche Boerse AG) | Yes | Ordinary Shares | DE | EUR | Nov 2007 |
| MEU | CHIA (Chi-X Australia) | Yes | Ordinary Shares | AU | AUD | Nov 2007 |
Biography
Marmota Limited engages in the exploration of mineral properties in Australia. It explores for uranium, copper, and gold deposits. The company’s flagship project is the Junction Dam uranium project covering an area of 341 square kilometers located to the west of Broken Hill, Australia. It also holds interest in the Gawler Craton gold project that comprises approximately 6,000 square kilometers in the Woomera prohibited area; and Champion copper prospect on the Copper Coast of the Yorke Peninsula. The company was formerly known as Marmota Energy Limited and changed its name to Marmota Limited in November 2016. Marmota Limited is based in Glenelg, Australia.
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2020/03/31 10:40 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2020/03/31 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2019/12/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2019/06/30 |
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.