Orica (ORI) Stock Overview

Manufactures, distributes, and sells commercial blasting systems, explosives, mining and tunnelling support systems, and various chemical products and services in Australia, Peru, Canada, the United States, and internationally. More details

ORI fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	2/6
Future Growth	3/6
Past Performance	2/6
Financial Health	4/6
Dividends	1/6

Rewards

Trading at 39.4% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 38.84% per year

Risk Analysis

Has a high level of debt

Profit margins (1.2%) are lower than last year (6.7%)

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Consensus Narrative from 13 Analysts

Terra Insights And Cyanco Acquisitions, Advanced Blasting Tech, And Sustainability Efforts Will Boost Earnings Growth

Key Takeaways Strategic acquisitions and focus on advanced technology are expected to drive revenue growth and enhance earnings through integration and cross-selling opportunities. Sustainability initiatives and decarbonization efforts aim to boost profitability and capitalize on regulatory incentives, benefiting overall net margins.

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AU$20.69

7.1% undervalued

4.43%

Revenue growth p.a.

6 days ago

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Orica
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	AU$19.22
52 Week High	AU$19.32
52 Week Low	AU$14.88
Beta	0.51
1 Month Change	3.06%
3 Month Change	10.27%
1 Year Change	6.54%
3 Year Change	27.62%
5 Year Change	13.46%
Change since IPO	248.19%

Recent updates

Orica's (ASX:ORI) Dividend Will Be A$0.25

May 10

Is Orica (ASX:ORI) A Risky Investment?

Mar 25

Orica Limited (ASX:ORI) Shares Could Be 50% Below Their Intrinsic Value Estimate

Mar 05

Orica Limited's (ASX:ORI) Prospects Need A Boost To Lift Shares

Jan 28

Do Orica's (ASX:ORI) Earnings Warrant Your Attention?

Dec 21

Terra Insights And Cyanco Acquisitions, Advanced Blasting Tech, And Sustainability Efforts Will Boost Earnings Growth

Dec 06 Strategic acquisitions and focus on advanced technology are expected to drive revenue growth and enhance earnings through integration and cross-selling opportunities.

Orica (ASX:ORI) Is Increasing Its Dividend To A$0.28

Nov 18

Are Investors Undervaluing Orica Limited (ASX:ORI) By 50%?

Oct 10

These 4 Measures Indicate That Orica (ASX:ORI) Is Using Debt Reasonably Well

Sep 22

Do Orica's (ASX:ORI) Earnings Warrant Your Attention?

Sep 04

Improved Earnings Required Before Orica Limited (ASX:ORI) Shares Find Their Feet

Jul 31

Orica's (ASX:ORI) Returns Have Hit A Wall

Jun 27

Shareholder Returns

	ORI	AU Chemicals	AU Market
7D	0.4%	1.6%	0.4%
1Y	6.5%	-4.5%	9.5%

Return vs Industry: ORI exceeded the Australian Chemicals industry which returned -4.5% over the past year.

Return vs Market: ORI underperformed the Australian Market which returned 9.5% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is ORI's price volatile compared to industry and market?
ORI volatility
ORI Average Weekly Movement	4.2%
Chemicals Industry Average Movement	11.4%
Market Average Movement	9.3%
10% most volatile stocks in AU Market	17.2%
10% least volatile stocks in AU Market	3.8%

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

Volatility Over Time: ORI's weekly volatility (4%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1874	14,000	Sanjeev Kumar Gandhi	www.orica.com

Orica Limited manufactures, distributes, and sells commercial blasting systems, explosives, mining and tunnelling support systems, and various chemical products and services in Australia, Peru, Canada, the United States, and internationally. The company provides 4D bulk explosives systems, packaged explosives, initiating systems, boosters, and seismic explosive ranges; technical services; and supplementary services. It also offers automation solutions, including Avatel, a machine equipped with underground development charging system; and secondary breakage and hang up blasting, a tele-remote blasting solution.

Orica Limited Fundamentals Summary

How do Orica's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
ORI fundamental statistics
Market cap	AU$9.21b
Earnings (TTM)	AU$98.10m
Revenue (TTM)	AU$7.95b

94.6x

P/E Ratio

1.2x

P/S Ratio

Is ORI overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
ORI income statement (TTM)
Revenue	AU$7.95b
Cost of Revenue	AU$4.64b
Gross Profit	AU$3.31b
Other Expenses	AU$3.21b
Earnings	AU$98.10m

Last Reported Earnings

Mar 31, 2025

Next Earnings Date

Nov 13, 2025

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.20
Gross Margin	41.62%
Net Profit Margin	1.23%
Debt/Equity Ratio	56.2%

How did ORI perform over the long term?

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Dividends

2.4%

Current Dividend Yield

263%

Payout Ratio

Does ORI pay a reliable dividends?

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When do you need to buy ORI by to receive an upcoming dividend?
Orica dividend dates
Ex Dividend Date	May 22 2025
Dividend Pay Date	Jul 02 2025
Days until Ex dividend	27 days
Days until Dividend pay date	14 days

Does ORI pay a reliable dividends?

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/06/17 15:57
End of Day Share Price	2025/06/17 00:00
Earnings	2025/03/31
Annual Earnings	2024/09/30

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.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Orica Limited is covered by 37 analysts. 12 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
Dennis Hulme	APP Securities Pty Ltd.
Brook Campbell-Crawford	Barrenjoey Markets Pty Limited
Benjamin Brayshaw	Barrenjoey Markets Pty Limited

Orica (ORI) Stock Overview

Rewards

Risk Analysis

Terra Insights And Cyanco Acquisitions, Advanced Blasting Tech, And Sustainability Efforts Will Boost Earnings Growth

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Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 47%, revenue downgraded

Orica's (ASX:ORI) Dividend Will Be A$0.25

First half dividend increased to AU$0.25

First half 2025 earnings released: AU$0.18 loss per share (vs AU$0.73 profit in 1H 2024)

Is Orica (ASX:ORI) A Risky Investment?

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 15%

Recent updates

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 47%, revenue downgraded

Orica's (ASX:ORI) Dividend Will Be A$0.25

First half dividend increased to AU$0.25

First half 2025 earnings released: AU$0.18 loss per share (vs AU$0.73 profit in 1H 2024)

Is Orica (ASX:ORI) A Risky Investment?

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 15%

Orica Limited (ASX:ORI) announces an Equity Buyback for AUD 400 million worth of its shares.

Orica Limited (ASX:ORI) Shares Could Be 50% Below Their Intrinsic Value Estimate

Orica Limited Announces Executive Changes

Orica Limited's (ASX:ORI) Prospects Need A Boost To Lift Shares

Orica Limited, Annual General Meeting, Dec 16, 2025

Do Orica's (ASX:ORI) Earnings Warrant Your Attention?

Terra Insights And Cyanco Acquisitions, Advanced Blasting Tech, And Sustainability Efforts Will Boost Earnings Growth

Orica (ASX:ORI) Is Increasing Its Dividend To A$0.28

Final dividend increased to AU$0.28

Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: AU$1.11 (vs AU$0.65 in FY 2023)

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

Are Investors Undervaluing Orica Limited (ASX:ORI) By 50%?

These 4 Measures Indicate That Orica (ASX:ORI) Is Using Debt Reasonably Well

Do Orica's (ASX:ORI) Earnings Warrant Your Attention?

Improved Earnings Required Before Orica Limited (ASX:ORI) Shares Find Their Feet

Orica's (ASX:ORI) Returns Have Hit A Wall

Price target increased by 9.1% to AU$20.05

First half dividend increased to AU$0.19

First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: AU$0.73 (vs AU$0.27 in 1H 2023)

Orica Limited Announces Retirement of Gene Tilbrook from the Board of Directors

New minor risk - Shareholder dilution

Orica Limited has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of AUD 400.000012 million.

Orica Limited (ASX:ORI) entered into a binding agreement to acquire Cyanco Corporation from Cerberus Capital Management, L.P for the enterprise value of approximately $640 million.

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 10%

Orica Limited has filed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of AUD 400.000012 million.

Orica Limited to Report First Half, 2024 Results on May 09, 2024

Orica Limited Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2024

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues miss analyst expectations

CF Industries Files a Separate Lawsuit in the United States Against Orica

Upcoming dividend of AU$0.18 per share at 2.2% yield

Orica Limited Announces Distribution for the Six Months Ended March 31, 2023, Payable on July 3, 2023

First half 2023 earnings released

Orica Limited Announces Vanessa Guthrie AO as Independent, Non-Executive, Effective 1 February 2023

Orica Limited, Annual General Meeting, Feb 13, 2023

Orica Announces the Appointment of Mark Garrett as Independent, Non-Executive Director, to the Board

Orica Limited Announces Board Retirements

Consensus revenue estimates increase by 14%

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

Orica Limited Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2023

Orica Announces Change of Chief Financial Officer Effective October 11, 2022

Orica Limited (ASX:ORI) entered into an agreement to acquire Axis Mining Technology for AUD 350 million.

Orica Limited Announces Distribution for the Period of Six Months Ended 31 March 2022, Payable on July 08, 2022

Upcoming dividend of AU$0.13 per share

Price target increased to AU$16.87

Shareholder Returns

Price Volatility

About the Company

Orica Limited Fundamentals Summary

Earnings & Revenue

Dividends

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data Sources

Analysis Model and Snowflake

Industry and Sector Metrics

Analyst Sources