Executive Summary
Beam Communications Holdings Limited designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and distributes a range of satellite communication terminals, docking units, and handheld phone accessories. More Details
Risk Analysis
Snowflake Analysis
Adequate balance sheet with weak fundamentals.
Share Price & News
How has Beam Communications Holdings's share price performed over time and what events caused price changes?
Latest Share Price and Events
Stable Share Price: BCC is not significantly more volatile than the rest of Australian stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 12% a week.
Volatility Over Time: BCC's weekly volatility (12%) has been stable over the past year.
Market Performance
7 Day Return
-3.0%
BCC
1.0%
AU Communications
-0.3%
AU Market
1 Year Return
4.8%
BCC
0.8%
AU Communications
-1.6%
AU Market
Return vs Industry: BCC exceeded the Australian Communications industry which returned 0.8% over the past year.
Return vs Market: BCC exceeded the Australian Market which returned -1.6% over the past year.
Shareholder returns
| BCC | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Day | -3.0% | 1.0% | -0.3% |
| 30 Day | 12.1% | 2.4% | 0.5% |
| 90 Day | 10.2% | 6.0% | 10.1% |
| 1 Year | 4.8%4.8% | 2.6%0.8% | 1.7%-1.6% |
| 3 Year | 80.6%80.6% | 12.7%6.8% | 26.2%10.7% |
| 5 Year | -19.8%-19.8% | 48.2%35.0% | 68.7%35.5% |
Long-Term Price Volatility Vs. Market
How volatile is Beam Communications Holdings's share price compared to the market and industry in the last 5 years?
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Could Beam Communications Holdings Limited's (ASX:BCC) Investor Composition Influence The Stock Price?Valuation
Is Beam Communications Holdings undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
2.86x
Price to Book (PB) ratio
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: BCC (A$0.33) is trading above our estimate of fair value (A$0.22)
Significantly Below Fair Value: BCC is trading above our estimate of fair value.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: BCC is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the XX Communications industry average.
PE vs Market: BCC 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 BCC's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: BCC is overvalued based on its PB Ratio (2.9x) compared to the XX Communications industry average (2x).
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Future Growth
How is Beam Communications Holdings forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 0 analysts?
18.8%
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 Beam Communications Holdings 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
- Examine Beam Communications Holdings's financial health to determine how well-positioned it is against times of financial stress by looking at its level of debt over time and how much cash it has left.
- Beam Communications Holdings 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 Beam Communications Holdings performed over the past 5 years?
-59.4%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: BCC is currently unprofitable.
Growing Profit Margin: BCC is currently unprofitable.
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: BCC is unprofitable, and losses have increased over the past 5 years at a rate of 59.4% per year.
Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare BCC's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable
Earnings vs Industry: BCC is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Communications industry (-1.7%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: BCC has a negative Return on Equity (-27.11%), as it is currently unprofitable.
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Financial Health
How is Beam Communications Holdings's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: BCC's short term assets (A$6.8M) exceed its short term liabilities (A$5.2M).
Long Term Liabilities: BCC's short term assets (A$6.8M) exceed its long term liabilities (A$1.4M).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: BCC's debt to equity ratio (29.8%) is considered satisfactory.
Reducing Debt: BCC's debt to equity ratio has increased from 8.4% to 29.8% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: BCC's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (86.8%).
Interest Coverage: BCC is unprofitable, therefore interest payments are not well covered by earnings.
Balance Sheet
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Dividend
What is Beam Communications Holdings's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate BCC's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate BCC'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 BCC's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if BCC'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 BCC's dividend in 3 years as they are not forecast to pay a notable one for the Australian market.
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Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
12.8yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Michael Capocchi (49 yo)
12.83yrs
Tenure
AU$701,320
Compensation
Mr. Michael Ian Capocchi has been the Managing Director of Beam Communications Holdings Limited (formerly known as World Reach Limited) (formerly Tele Ip Ltd) since March 20, 2008 and serves as its Chief E...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Michael's total compensation ($USD541.31K) is above average for companies of similar size in the Australian market ($USD294.44K).
Compensation vs Earnings: Michael's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
Leadership Team
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEO, MD & Executive Director | 12.83yrs | AU$701.32k | 3.35% A$ 816.2k | |
| CFO & Company Secretary | 16yrs | AU$189.16k | 0.44% A$ 106.8k | |
| Chief Technical Officer | 6.42yrs | AU$231.89k | 0.084% A$ 20.4k | |
| Manager of Marketing & Business Solutions | no data | no data | no data |
12.8yrs
Average Tenure
Experienced Management: BCC's management team is seasoned and experienced (12.8 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.
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 41.9%.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
Beam Communications Holdings Limited's company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: Beam Communications Holdings Limited
- Ticker: BCC
- Exchange: ASX
- Founded: 1985
- Industry: Communications Equipment
- Sector: Tech
- Market Cap: AU$24.392m
- Shares outstanding: 75.05m
- Website: https://www.beamcommunications.com
Number of Employees
Location
- Beam Communications Holdings Limited
- Unit 5/8 Anzed Court
- Mulgrave
- Victoria
- 3170
- Australia
Listings
| Ticker | Exchange | Primary Security | Security Type | Country | Currency | Listed on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCC | ASX (Australian Securities Exchange) | Yes | Ordinary Shares | AU | AUD | Aug 1994 |
| BCC | CHIA (Chi-X Australia) | Yes | Ordinary Shares | AU | AUD | Aug 1994 |
Biography
Beam Communications Holdings Limited designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and distributes a range of satellite communication terminals, docking units, and handheld phone accessories. It also offers push...
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2021/01/17 07:02 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2021/01/15 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2020/06/30 |
| 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.