Australia United Mining (ASX:AYM) - Share price, News & Analysis

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

AYM Overview

Australia United Mining Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration and development of mineral properties in New South Wales and Queensland.

Rewards

Became profitable this year

Risk Analysis

Highly volatile share price over the past 3 months

High level of non-cash earnings

Makes less than USD$1m in revenue (A$0)

Does not have a meaningful market cap (A$20M)

Price History & Performance

Summary of all time highs, changes and price drops for Australia United Mining
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	AU$0.011
52 Week High	AU$0.007
52 Week Low	AU$0.06
Beta	-0.30
1 Month Change	22.22%
3 Month Change	22.22%
1 Year Change	-45.00%
3 Year Change	266.67%
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	-87.50%

Shareholder Returns

	AYM	AU Metals and Mining	AU Market
7D	10.0%	-0.3%	0.7%
1Y	-45.0%	12.5%	21.4%

Return vs Industry: AYM underperformed the Australian Metals and Mining industry which returned 11.3% over the past year.

Return vs Market: AYM underperformed the Australian Market which returned 21.1% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is AYM's price volatile compared to industry and market?
AYM volatility
AYM Beta	-0.30
Industry Beta	0.97
Market Beta	1

Stable Share Price: AYM is more volatile than 90% of Australian stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 22% a week.

Volatility Over Time: AYM's weekly volatility has decreased from 29% to 22% over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of Australian stocks.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
2007	n/a	Xiao Wang	https://australiaunitedmining.com.au

Australia United Mining Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration and development of mineral properties in New South Wales and Queensland. It primarily explores for gold, copper, silver, nickel, cobalt, scandium, and platinum deposits. The company holds interests in the Forsayth project located in Queensland; the Karangi project located in north Sydney; the Sofala Project located in New South Wales; and the Honeybugle Project located in New South Wales.

Australia United Mining Fundamentals Summary

How do Australia United Mining's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
AYM fundamental statistics
Market Cap	AU$20.27m
Earnings (TTM)	AU$594.85k
Revenue (TTM)	n/a

34.4x

P/E Ratio

0x

P/S Ratio

Is AYM overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report
AYM income statement (TTM)
Revenue	AU$0
Cost of Revenue	AU$0
Gross Profit	AU$0
Expenses	-AU$594.85k
Earnings	AU$594.85k

Last Reported Earnings

Jun 30, 2021

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.00032
Gross Margin	0.00%
Net Profit Margin	0.00%
Debt/Equity Ratio	34.6%

How did AYM perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Valuation

Is Australia United Mining undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?

34.38x

Price to Earnings (PE) ratio

Share Price vs. Fair Value

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate AYM's fair value to establish if it is undervalued.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate AYM's fair value to establish if it is undervalued.

Price To Earnings Ratio

PE vs Industry: AYM is poor value based on its PE Ratio (34.4x) compared to the Australian Metals and Mining industry average (14.3x).

PE vs Market: AYM is poor value based on its PE Ratio (34.4x) compared to the Australian market (19.7x).

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate AYM's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.

Price to Book Ratio

PB vs Industry: AYM is overvalued based on its PB Ratio (5.6x) compared to the AU Metals and Mining industry average (2.6x).

Future Growth

How is Australia United Mining forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 0 analysts?

-0.07%

Forecasted Materials 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 Australia United Mining 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.

Past Performance

How has Australia United Mining performed over the past 5 years?

93.4%

Historical annual earnings growth

Earnings and Revenue History

Quality Earnings: AYM has a high level of non-cash earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: AYM became profitable in the past.

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: AYM has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by 93.4% per year.

Accelerating Growth: AYM has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: AYM has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Metals and Mining industry (35.3%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: AYM's Return on Equity (16.4%) is considered low.

Financial Health

How is Australia United Mining's financial position?

Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: AYM's short term assets (A$1.1M) exceed its short term liabilities (A$66.9K).

Long Term Liabilities: AYM's short term assets (A$1.1M) do not cover its long term liabilities (A$1.3M).

Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Debt Level: AYM's debt to equity ratio (34.6%) is considered satisfactory.

Reducing Debt: AYM's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 220.4% to 34.6% over the past 5 years.

Debt Coverage: AYM's operating cash flow is negative, therefore debt is not well covered.

Interest Coverage: Insufficient data to determine if AYM's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT.

Balance Sheet

Dividend

What is Australia United Mining current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?

Dividend Yield vs Market

Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate AYM's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.

High Dividend: Unable to evaluate AYM's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.

Stability and Growth of Payments

Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if AYM's dividends per share have been stable in the past.

Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if AYM'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 AYM's dividend in 3 years as they are not forecast to pay a notable one for the Australian market.

Next Steps

Explore strong dividend paying companies in the Materials industry.

Management

How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?

9.4yrs

Average board tenure

CEO

Xiao Wang (57 yo)

3.67yrs

Tenure

AU$109,500

Compensation

Mr. Xiao Jing Wang serves as Executive Chairman of Australia United Mining Limited since May 2, 2012, has been its Chief Executive Officer since February 2018 and serves as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr....

CEO Compensation Analysis

Compensation vs Market: Xiao's total compensation ($USD82.27K) is below average for companies of similar size in the Australian market ($USD303.55K).

Compensation vs Earnings: Xiao's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

Board Members

Experienced Board: AYM's board of directors are considered experienced (9.4 years average tenure).

Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Recent Insider Transactions

Ownership Breakdown

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2021/10/21 07:03
End of Day Share Price	2021/10/20 00:00
Earnings	2021/06/30
Annual Earnings	2021/06/30

Market Cap

7D

1Y

Updated

Data