Executive Summary
Senetas Corporation Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides network data security solutions to businesses and governments worldwide. More Details
Risk Analysis
Snowflake Analysis
Flawless balance sheet with weak fundamentals.
Share Price & News
How has Senetas's share price performed over time and what events caused price changes?
Latest Share Price and Events
Stable Share Price: SEN is less volatile than 75% of Australian stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 5% a week.
Volatility Over Time: SEN's weekly volatility has decreased from 11% to 5% over the past year.
Market Performance
7 Day Return
2.2%
SEN
0.2%
AU Communications
0.6%
AU Market
1 Year Return
11.9%
SEN
15.4%
AU Communications
32.6%
AU Market
Return vs Industry: SEN underperformed the Australian Communications industry which returned 16.2% over the past year.
Return vs Market: SEN underperformed the Australian Market which returned 30.4% over the past year.
Shareholder returns
| SEN | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Day | 2.2% | 0.2% | 0.6% |
| 30 Day | 0% | 6.4% | 4.5% |
| 90 Day | -7.8% | 6.9% | 6.9% |
| 1 Year | 11.9%11.9% | 17.4%15.4% | 37.0%32.6% |
| 3 Year | -55.2%-57.3% | 24.4%18.0% | 35.9%19.7% |
| 5 Year | -53.1%-55.2% | 55.9%43.0% | 71.3%38.1% |
Long-Term Price Volatility Vs. Market
How volatile is Senetas's share price compared to the market and industry in the last 5 years?
Simply Wall St News
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Does Senetas' (ASX:SEN) CEO Salary Compare Well With Industry Peers?Valuation
Is Senetas undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
2.73x
Price to Book (PB) ratio
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate SEN's fair value to establish if it is undervalued.
Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate SEN's fair value to establish if it is undervalued.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: SEN is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the Global Communications industry average.
PE vs Market: SEN 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 SEN's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: SEN is overvalued based on its PB Ratio (2.7x) compared to the XX Communications industry average (2.1x).
Future Growth
How is Senetas forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 0 analysts?
15.8%
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 Senetas 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 Senetas performed over the past 5 years?
-61.1%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: SEN is currently unprofitable.
Growing Profit Margin: SEN is currently unprofitable.
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: SEN is unprofitable, and losses have increased over the past 5 years at a rate of 61.1% per year.
Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare SEN's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable
Earnings vs Industry: SEN is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Communications industry (14%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: SEN has a negative Return on Equity (-28.16%), as it is currently unprofitable.
Financial Health
How is Senetas's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: SEN's short term assets (A$22.3M) exceed its short term liabilities (A$11.5M).
Long Term Liabilities: SEN's short term assets (A$22.3M) exceed its long term liabilities (A$7.9M).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: SEN is debt free.
Reducing Debt: SEN has not had any debt for past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: SEN has no debt, therefore it does not need to be covered by operating cash flow.
Interest Coverage: SEN has no debt, therefore coverage of interest payments is not a concern.
Balance Sheet
Dividend
What is Senetas's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate SEN's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate SEN'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 SEN's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if SEN's dividend payments have been increasing.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: SEN is not paying a notable dividend for the Australian market.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: No need to calculate the sustainability of SEN'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?
8.8yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Andrew Wilson (49 yo)
8.83yrs
Tenure
AU$506,736
Compensation
Mr. Andrew R. Wilson, BEcon, CA, ACIS, has been the Chief Executive Officer at Senetas Corp. Ltd. since August 15, 2012 and served as its Acting Chief Executive Officer from August 2012 to August 15, 2012 ...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Andrew's total compensation ($USD389.92K) is above average for companies of similar size in the Australian market ($USD283.14K).
Compensation vs Earnings: Andrew's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.
Leadership Team
Experienced Management: SEN's management team is seasoned and experienced (8.8 years average tenure).
Board Members
Experienced Board: SEN's board of directors are considered experienced (8.2 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 not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
Senetas Corporation Limited's company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: Senetas Corporation Limited
- Ticker: SEN
- Exchange: ASX
- Founded: 1999
- Industry: Communications Equipment
- Sector: Tech
- Market Cap: AU$50.861m
- Shares outstanding: 1.08b
- Website: https://www.senetas.com
Number of Employees
Location
- Senetas Corporation Limited
- 312 Kings Way
- Melbourne
- Victoria
- 3205
- Australia
Listings
Biography
Senetas Corporation Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides network data security solutions to businesses and governments worldwide. The company’s products include CN series hardware and CV serie...
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2021/06/15 08:11 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2021/06/11 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.