Papyrus Australia (ASX:PPY) - Share price, News & Analysis

PPY fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	0/6
Future Growth	0/6
Past Performance	0/6
Financial Health	6/6
Dividends	0/6

PPY Stock Overview

Papyrus Australia Limited develops a technology that converts the waste trunk of the banana palm into wood-based fibre products.

Risk Analysis

Earnings have declined by 26.3% per year over past 5 years

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

Shareholders have been diluted in the past year

Does not have a meaningful market cap (A$28M)

Papyrus Australia Competitors

Midway

ASX:MWY

AU$83.0m

Laneway Resources

ASX:LNY

AU$31.5m

Okapi Resources

ASX:OKR

AU$26.9m

Conico

ASX:CNJ

AU$50.6m

Price History & Performance

Summary of all time highs, changes and price drops for Papyrus Australia
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	AU$0.059
52 Week High	AU$0.09
52 Week Low	AU$0.019
Beta	1.64
1 Month Change	-3.28%
3 Month Change	22.92%
1 Year Change	78.79%
3 Year Change	1,080.00%
5 Year Change	1,080.00%
Change since IPO	-68.95%

Shareholder Returns

	PPY	AU Forestry	AU Market
7D	-1.7%	1.0%	-1.2%
1Y	78.8%	19.9%	-0.009%

Return vs Industry: PPY exceeded the Australian Forestry industry which returned 19.9% over the past year.

Return vs Market: PPY exceeded the Australian Market which returned -0% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is PPY's price volatile compared to industry and market?
PPY volatility
PPY Average Weekly Movement	11.7%
Forestry Industry Average Movement	6.5%
Market Average Movement	9.3%
10% most volatile stocks in AU Market	16.3%
10% least volatile stocks in AU Market	4.2%

Stable Share Price: PPY is not significantly more volatile than the rest of Australian stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 12% a week.

Volatility Over Time: PPY's weekly volatility (12%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1995	n/a	Ramy Azer	https://papyrusaustralia.com.au

Papyrus Australia Limited develops a technology that converts the waste trunk of the banana palm into wood-based fibre products. Its products include fine ply sheets, veneered tabletops, seedling in cairo peat, cairo peat, liquid fertilizers, peat moss, and handmade products. The company serves paper, packaging, furniture, building, construction, and other industries.

Papyrus Australia Fundamentals Summary

How do Papyrus Australia's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
PPY fundamental statistics
Market Cap	AU$27.71m
Earnings (TTM)	-AU$894.86k
Revenue (TTM)	n/a

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P/S Ratio

-31.1x

P/E Ratio

Is PPY overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report
PPY income statement (TTM)
Revenue	AU$0
Cost of Revenue	AU$0
Gross Profit	AU$0
Other Expenses	AU$894.86k
Earnings	-AU$894.86k

Last Reported Earnings

Dec 31, 2021

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	-0.0019
Gross Margin	0.00%
Net Profit Margin	0.00%
Debt/Equity Ratio	0.0%

How did PPY perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

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Future Growth

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

Future Growth Score

0/6

Future Growth Score 0/6

Earnings vs Savings Rate
Earnings vs Market
High Growth Earnings
Revenue vs Market
High Growth Revenue
Future ROE

-4.1%

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?

Past Performance Score

0/6

Past Performance Score 0/6

Quality Earnings
Growing Profit Margin
Earnings Trend
Accelerating Growth
Earnings vs Industry
High ROE

-26.3%

Historical annual earnings growth

Earnings and Revenue History

Quality Earnings: PPY is currently unprofitable.

Growing Profit Margin: PPY is currently unprofitable.

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: PPY is unprofitable, and losses have increased over the past 5 years at a rate of 26.3% per year.

Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare PPY's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable

Earnings vs Industry: PPY is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Forestry industry (43.9%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: PPY has a negative Return on Equity (-27.41%), as it is currently unprofitable.

Financial Health

How is Papyrus Australia's financial position?

Financial Health Score

6/6

Financial Health Score 6/6

Short Term Liabilities
Long Term Liabilities
Debt Level
Reducing Debt
Stable Cash Runway
Forecast Cash Runway

Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: PPY's short term assets (A$2.2M) exceed its short term liabilities (A$114.3K).

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.

Balance Sheet

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: PPY has sufficient cash runway for more than a year based on its current free cash flow.

Forecast Cash Runway: PPY has sufficient cash runway for 2.1 years if free cash flow continues to reduce at historical rates of 18.2% each year.

Dividend

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

Dividend Score

0/6

Dividend Score 0/6

Notable Dividend
High Dividend
Stable Dividend
Growing Dividend
Earnings Coverage
Future Dividend Coverage

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.

Earnings Payout to Shareholders

Earnings Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.

Cash Payout to Shareholders

Cash Flow Coverage: Unable to calculate sustainability of dividends as PPY has not reported any payouts.

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Management

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

3.9yrs

Average management tenure

CEO

Ramy Azer

17.33yrs

Tenure

AU$145,833

Compensation

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...

CEO Compensation Analysis

Compensation vs Market: Ramy's total compensation ($USD103.09K) is below average for companies of similar size in the Australian market ($USD291.26K).

Compensation vs Earnings: Insufficient data to compare Ramy's compensation with company performance.

Leadership Team

Experienced Management: PPY's management team is considered experienced (3.9 years average tenure).

Board Members

Experienced Board: PPY's board of directors are considered experienced (8.5 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 diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 9.8%.

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2022/05/25 00:00
End of Day Share Price	2022/05/25 00:00
Earnings	2021/12/31
Annual Earnings	2021/06/30