How does BCU's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

BCU is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.6x) compared to the peer average (0.6x).

How does BCU's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Basic Materials Industry?

BCU is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.6x) compared to the European Basic Materials industry average (1x).

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

Insufficient data to calculate BCU's Price-To-Sales Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

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

BCU (€14.94) is trading above our estimate of [[fair value]] (€12.49)

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

Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

BCU Stock Overview

Engages in the manufacture, sale, and distribution of building products for the residential and commercial markets in Australia and North America. More details

BCU fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	0/6
Future Growth	3/6
Past Performance	0/6
Financial Health	2/6
Dividends	3/6

Rewards

Earnings are forecast to grow 40.01% per year

Risk Analysis

Dividend of 2.62% is not well covered by earnings or free cash flows

My Notes

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LANXESS

XTRA:LXS

€2.2b

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Brickworks
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	AU$14.94
52 Week High	AU$18.00
52 Week Low	AU$14.70
Beta	0.76
1 Month Change	-1.16%
3 Month Change	-7.09%
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	-4.45%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	BCU	DE Basic Materials	DE Market
7D	-1.6%	1.1%	1.9%
1Y	n/a	32.6%	14.1%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how BCU performed against the German Basic Materials industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how BCU performed against the German Market.

Price Volatility

Is BCU's price volatile compared to industry and market?
BCU volatility
BCU Average Weekly Movement	3.1%
Basic Materials Industry Average Movement	3.9%
Market Average Movement	4.8%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market	11.0%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market	2.5%

Stable Share Price: BCU has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the German market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine BCU's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1930	1,852	Mark Ellenor	www.brickworks.com.au

Brickworks Limited engages in the manufacture, sale, and distribution of building products for the residential and commercial markets in Australia and North America. The company operates through Building Products Australia, Building Products North America, Property, and Investments segments. Its building products comprise vitrified clay and concrete products, as well as clay bricks and pavers, masonry blocks, retaining walls, paving, concrete and terracotta roof tiles, specialized building systems, cement, and timber battens.

Brickworks Limited Fundamentals Summary

How do Brickworks's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
BCU fundamental statistics
Market cap	€2.34b
Earnings (TTM)	-€70.12m
Revenue (TTM)	€651.60m

3.6x

P/S Ratio

-33.3x

P/E Ratio

Is BCU overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
BCU income statement (TTM)
Revenue	AU$1.09b
Cost of Revenue	AU$748.71m
Gross Profit	AU$340.71m
Other Expenses	AU$457.94m
Earnings	-AU$117.23m

Last Reported Earnings

Jul 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	-0.77
Gross Margin	31.27%
Net Profit Margin	-10.76%
Debt/Equity Ratio	21.7%

How did BCU perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

2.6%

Current Dividend Yield

-77%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/01/29 18:03
End of Day Share Price	2025/01/29 00:00
Earnings	2024/07/31
Annual Earnings	2024/07/31

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.

Analysis Model and Snowflake

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Brickworks Limited is covered by 17 analysts. 9 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
Russell Wright	APP Securities Pty Ltd.
Sam Brandwood	Bell Potter
Suraj Nebhani	Citigroup Inc

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