Executive Summary
Papyrus Australia Limited develops a technology that converts the waste trunk of the banana palm into forest wood products. More Details
Snowflake Analysis
Flawless balance sheet with questionable track record.
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Share Price & News
How has Papyrus Australia's share price performed over time and what events caused price changes?
Latest Share Price and Events
Stable Share Price: PPY is not significantly more volatile than the rest of Australian stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 8% a week.
Volatility Over Time: PPY's weekly volatility has decreased from 38% to 8% over the past year.
Market Performance
7 Day Return
6.5%
PPY
1.0%
AU Forestry
-2.2%
AU Market
1 Year Return
n/a
PPY
55.0%
AU Forestry
33.8%
AU Market
Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how PPY performed against the Australian Forestry industry.
Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how PPY performed against the Australian Market.
Shareholder returns
| PPY | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Day | 6.5% | 1.0% | -2.2% |
| 30 Day | -19.5% | 5.0% | -1.0% |
| 90 Day | -36.5% | 7.9% | 1.0% |
| 1 Year | n/a | 59.2%55.0% | 38.1%33.8% |
| 3 Year | 200.0%200.0% | -34.3%-37.5% | 30.2%14.7% |
| 5 Year | 200.0%200.0% | 77.4%39.3% | 63.5%31.9% |
Long-Term Price Volatility Vs. Market
How volatile is Papyrus Australia's share price compared to the market and industry in the last 5 years?
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Is Papyrus Australia undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
62.86x
Price to Earnings (PE) ratio
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate PPY's fair value to establish if it is undervalued.
Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate PPY's fair value to establish if it is undervalued.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: PPY is poor value based on its PE Ratio (62.9x) compared to the Global Forestry industry average (16.6x).
PE vs Market: PPY is poor value based on its PE Ratio (62.9x) compared to the Australian market (19.9x).
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate PPY's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: PPY is overvalued based on its PB Ratio (3.5x) compared to the XO Forestry industry average (0.7x).
Future Growth
How is Papyrus Australia forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 0 analysts?
6.1%
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 Papyrus Australia 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 Papyrus Australia performed over the past 5 years?
20.1%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: PPY has a large one-off gain of A$340.1K impacting its December 31 2020 financial results.
Growing Profit Margin: PPY became profitable in the past.
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: PPY has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by 20.1% per year.
Accelerating Growth: PPY has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.
Earnings vs Industry: PPY has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Forestry industry (14.5%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: PPY's Return on Equity (3.7%) is considered low.
Financial Health
How is Papyrus Australia's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: PPY's short term assets (A$3.6M) exceed its short term liabilities (A$118.2K).
Long Term Liabilities: PPY has no long term liabilities.
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: PPY is debt free.
Reducing Debt: PPY currently has no debt however we can't compare to 5 years ago as we have no data for that period.
Debt Coverage: PPY has no debt, therefore it does not need to be covered by operating cash flow.
Interest Coverage: PPY has no debt, therefore coverage of interest payments is not a concern.
Balance Sheet
Dividend
What is Papyrus Australia current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate PPY's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate PPY'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 PPY's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if PPY'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 PPY's dividend in 3 years as they are not forecast to pay a notable one for the Australian market.
Next Steps
Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
9.7yrs
Average board tenure
CEO
Ramy Azer
16.33yrs
Tenure
Mr. Ramy Abraham Azer, MSTC, MSc (Eng), Grad Dip Bus, B Eng (Mech), serves as Managing Director of Papyrus Australia Ltd. since 2005. He had served as Executive Director of Technology at Papyrus Australia ...
Board Members
Experienced Board: PPY's board of directors are considered experienced (9.7 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 been substantially diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 53.1%.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
Papyrus Australia Limited's company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: Papyrus Australia Limited
- Ticker: PPY
- Exchange: ASX
- Founded: 1995
- Industry: Paper Products
- Sector: Materials
- Market Cap: AU$13.259m
- Shares outstanding: 427.71m
- Website: https://www.papyrusaustralia.com.au
Location
- Papyrus Australia Limited
- Torrensville Plaza
- Mile End
- Adelaide
- South Australia
- 5031
- Australia
Listings
Biography
Papyrus Australia Limited develops a technology that converts the waste trunk of the banana palm into forest wood products. Its products include panels, hardboards, and veneers for use in the paper, packag...
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2021/05/18 08:03 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2021/05/18 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2020/12/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2020/06/30 |
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.