Executive Summary
Ambertech Limited provides various technologies for the professional and consumer audio/visual markets in Australia and New Zealand.
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Fundamentals
Mediocre balance sheet and overvalued.
Share Price & News
How has Ambertech's share price performed over time and what events caused price changes?
Latest Share Price and Events
Stable Share Price: AMO has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months.
Market Performance
7 Day Return
-4.3%
AMO
1.1%
AU Electronic
0.03%
AU Market
1 Year Return
n/a
AMO
82.2%
AU Electronic
15.3%
AU Market
Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how AMO performed against the Australian Electronic industry.
Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how AMO performed against the Australian Market.
Shareholder returns
| AMO | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Day | -4.3% | 1.1% | 0.03% |
| 30 Day | 0% | 3.7% | 0.5% |
| 90 Day | 10.0% | 24.3% | 4.7% |
| 1 Year | n/a | 86.9%82.2% | 22.0%15.3% |
| 3 Year | -24.1%-24.1% | 59.5%50.7% | 40.8%21.6% |
| 5 Year | -15.4%-15.4% | 145.1%119.9% | 56.1%20.7% |
Price Volatility Vs. Market
How volatile is Ambertech's share price compared to the market and industry in the last 5 years?
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How Financially Strong Is Ambertech Limited (ASX:AMO)?Valuation
Is Ambertech undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
0.38x
Price to Book (PB) ratio
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate AMO's fair value to establish if it is undervalued.
Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate AMO's fair value to establish if it is undervalued.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: AMO is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the Electronic industry average.
PE vs Market: AMO 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 AMO's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: AMO is good value based on its PB Ratio (0.4x) compared to the AU Electronic industry average (3.5x).
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Future Growth
How is Ambertech forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 0 analysts?
17.4%
Forecasted Tech 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 Ambertech 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
- Take a look at our analysis of AMO’s management and see if the CEO’s compensation is within a reasonable range, who is on the board and if insiders have been trading lately.
- Ambertech competitive advantages and company strategy can generally be found in its financial reports archived here.
- Explore growth companies in the Tech industry.
Past Performance
How has Ambertech performed over the past 5 years?
21.3%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: AMO has high quality earnings.
Growing Profit Margin: AMO's current net profit margins (-2.3%) are lower than last year (-0.3%).
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: AMO is unprofitable, but has reduced losses over the past 5 years at a rate of 21.3% per year.
Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare AMO's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable
Earnings vs Industry: AMO is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Electronic industry (-66.4%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: AMO has a negative Return on Equity (-15.21%), as it is currently unprofitable.
Return on Assets
Return on Capital Employed
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Financial Health
How is Ambertech's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: AMO's short term assets (A$26.1M) exceeds its short term liabilities (A$19.4M)
Long Term Liabilities: AMO's short term assets (26.1M) exceeds its long term liabilities (107.0K)
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: AMO's debt to equity ratio (64%) is considered high
Reducing Debt: AMO's debt to equity ratio has increased from 32.7% to 64% over the past 5 years.
Balance Sheet
Inventory Level: AMO has a high level of physical assets or inventory.
Debt Coverage by Assets: AMO's debt is covered by short term assets (assets are 4.7x debt).
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: AMO has sufficient cash runway for more than a year based on its current free cash flow.
Forecast Cash Runway: AMO has less than a year of cash runway if free cash flow continues to reduce at historical rates of -52.2% each year
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Dividend
What is Ambertech's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Yield vs Market
Current dividend yield vs market & industry
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate AMO's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate AMO'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 AMO's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if AMO's dividend payments have been increasing.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: AMO is not paying a notable dividend for the Australian market.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: No need to calculate the sustainability of AMO's dividend in 3 years as they are not forecast to pay a notable one for the Australian market.
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Management
What is the CEO of Ambertech's salary, the management and board of directors tenure and is there insider trading?
17.3yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Peter Amos (62yo)
24.8yrs
Tenure
AU$391,600
Compensation
Mr. Peter Andrew Amos has been the Managing Director of Ambertech Limited since 1995. Mr. Amos joined Rank Electronics, Ambertech Limited from which Ambertech was formed via a management buyout, as a techn ...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Peter's total compensation ($USD267.47K) is about average for companies of similar size in the Australian market ($USD255.99K).
Compensation vs Earnings: Peter's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
Management Age and Tenure
17.3yrs
Average Tenure
Experienced Management: AMO's management team is seasoned and experienced (17.3 years average tenure).
Board Age and Tenure
22.4yrs
Average Tenure
68yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: AMO's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 22.4 years average tenure).
Insider Trading
Insider Buying: AMO insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Chairman of the Board Non-Executive Chairman |
| Shares | 125,000 |
| Max Price | AU$0.11 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Chairman of the Board Non-Executive Chairman |
| Shares | 125,000 |
| Max Price | AU$0.11 |
| Entity | Company |
| Shares | 757,507 |
| Max Price | AU$0.14 |
| Entity | Company |
| Shares | 171,019 |
| Max Price | AU$0.15 |
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.
Management Team
Peter Amos (62yo)
Group MD & Director
- Tenure: 24.8yrs
- Compensation: AU$391.60k
Robert Glasson
Group COO & Company Secretary
- Tenure: 17.3yrs
- Compensation: AU$210.39k
Ross Caston
General Manager of Broadcast & Professional
- Tenure: 0yrs
- Compensation: AU$257.48k
R. Neale
General Manager of Lifestyle Entertainment
- Tenure: 4yrs
- Compensation: AU$301.96k
Board Members
Peter Wallace (59yo)
Non-Executive Chairman
- Tenure: 17.1yrs
- Compensation: AU$60.28k
Ed Goodwin (71yo)
Non-Executive Director
- Tenure: 22.4yrs
- Compensation: AU$35.16k
Tom Amos (68yo)
Non-Executive Director
- Tenure: 22.4yrs
- Compensation: AU$35.16k
David Swift (72yo)
Non-Executive Director
- Tenure: 22.4yrs
- Compensation: AU$35.08k
Peter Amos (62yo)
Group MD & Director
- Tenure: 24.8yrs
- Compensation: AU$391.60k
Company Information
Ambertech Limited's company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: Ambertech Limited
- Ticker: AMO
- Exchange: ASX
- Founded: 1987
- Industry: Technology Distributors
- Sector: Tech
- Market Cap: AU$3.822m
- Shares outstanding: 30.57m
- Website: https://www.ambertech.com.au
Number of Employees
Location
- Ambertech Limited
- 2 Daydream Street
- Unit 1
- Warriewood
- New South Wales
- 2102
- Australia
Listings
| Ticker | Exchange | Primary Security | Security Type | Country | Currency | Listed on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMO | ASX (Australian Securities Exchange) | Yes | Ordinary Shares | AU | AUD | Dec 2004 |
Biography
Ambertech Limited provides various technologies for the professional and consumer audio/visual markets in Australia and New Zealand. It operates through Professional, Lifestyle Entertainment, and New Zeala ...
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2019/11/14 10:33 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2019/11/13 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2019/06/30 |
| 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.