How does 8KT's PB Ratio compare to its peers?

8KT is expensive based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (3.3x) compared to the peer average (1.5x).

How does 8KT's PB Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Chemicals Industry?

8KT is expensive based on its Price-To-Book Ratio (3.3x) compared to the European Chemicals industry average (1.3x).

What is 8KT's PB Ratio compared to its Fair PB Ratio? This is the expected PB Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

Insufficient data to calculate 8KT's Price-To-Book Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

What is the Fair Price of 8KT when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

8KT (€0.43) is trading above our estimate of [[fair value]] (€0.18)

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Insufficient data to show price forecast.

8KT Stock Overview

Provides climate-smart agri-tech solutions to combat desertification, soil degradation, and water scarcity in sandy soil regions in the United Arab Emirates and the United States. More details

8KT fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	0/6
Future Growth	2/6
Past Performance	0/6
Financial Health	6/6
Dividends	0/6

Rewards

Revenue is forecast to grow 93.53% per year

Risk Analysis

Makes less than USD$1m in revenue (NOK2M)

Highly volatile share price over the past 3 months compared to the German market

Currently unprofitable and not forecast to become profitable over the next 3 years

Does not have a meaningful market cap (€285M)

My Notes

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Desert Control
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	NOK 0.43
52 Week High	NOK 0.77
52 Week Low	NOK 0.39
Beta	1.21
1 Month Change	0.23%
3 Month Change	-27.25%
1 Year Change	-40.15%
3 Year Change	-87.76%
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	-77.84%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	8KT	DE Chemicals	DE Market
7D	-5.0%	0.4%	0.5%
1Y	-40.2%	-8.9%	7.2%

Return vs Industry: 8KT underperformed the German Chemicals industry which returned -9% over the past year.

Return vs Market: 8KT underperformed the German Market which returned 7% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is 8KT's price volatile compared to industry and market?
8KT volatility
8KT Average Weekly Movement	12.0%
Chemicals Industry Average Movement	3.7%
Market Average Movement	4.9%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market	11.5%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market	2.4%

Stable Share Price: 8KT's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the German market.

Volatility Over Time: 8KT's weekly volatility (12%) has been stable over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of German stocks.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
2017	20	Ole Sivertsen	www.desertcontrol.com

Desert Control AS provides climate-smart agri-tech solutions to combat desertification, soil degradation, and water scarcity in sandy soil regions in the United Arab Emirates and the United States. The company offers liquid natural clay (LNC) technology that enables sustainable ecosystem management by restoring and protecting soil’s ability to preserve water and enhance yields for agriculture, forests, and green landscapes. Desert Control AS was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Sandnes, Norway.

Desert Control AS Fundamentals Summary

How do Desert Control's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
8KT fundamental statistics
Market cap	€24.10m
Earnings (TTM)	-€5.33m
Revenue (TTM)	€164.87k

146.2x

P/S Ratio

-4.5x

P/E Ratio

Is 8KT overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
8KT income statement (TTM)
Revenue	NOK 1.95m
Cost of Revenue	NOK 255.00k
Gross Profit	NOK 1.70m
Other Expenses	NOK 64.83m
Earnings	-NOK 63.14m

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

Feb 12, 2025

Earnings per share (EPS)	-1.18
Gross Margin	86.94%
Net Profit Margin	-3,234.43%
Debt/Equity Ratio	0%

How did 8KT perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/27 05:41
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/27 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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.

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Analyst Sources

Desert Control AS is covered by 4 analysts. 1 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Magnus Solheim	Fearnley Securities
Eva Christensen	Fearnley Securities
Lars Christensen	Fearnley Securities

Desert Control DB:8KT Stock Report