Executive Summary
Carlson Investments S.A. provides concrete elements and blocks, and brick and concrete brick blocks in Poland and rest Europe. More Details
Snowflake Analysis
Excellent balance sheet with questionable track record.
Share Price & News
How has Carlson Investments's share price performed over time and what events caused price changes?
Latest Share Price and Events
Stable Share Price: CAI is more volatile than 90% of Polish stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 20% a week.
Volatility Over Time: CAI's weekly volatility (20%) has been stable over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of Polish stocks.
Market Performance
7 Day Return
-3.2%
CAI
10.3%
PL Basic Materials
-0.9%
PL Market
1 Year Return
334.0%
CAI
150.5%
PL Basic Materials
0.4%
PL Market
Return vs Industry: CAI exceeded the Polish Basic Materials industry which returned 145.3% over the past year.
Return vs Market: CAI exceeded the Polish Market which returned 0.3% over the past year.
Shareholder returns
| CAI | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Day | -3.2% | 10.3% | -0.9% |
| 30 Day | -8.0% | 11.7% | 2.5% |
| 90 Day | 157.3% | 56.9% | 16.0% |
| 1 Year | 335.5%334.0% | 156.8%150.5% | 1.3%0.4% |
| 3 Year | 361.6%360.0% | 98.0%86.8% | -13.3%-18.6% |
| 5 Year | 515.5%513.3% | 147.9%120.1% | 21.6%7.8% |
Long-Term Price Volatility Vs. Market
How volatile is Carlson Investments's share price compared to the market and industry in the last 5 years?
Simply Wall St News
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Carlson Investments S.A.'s (WSE:CAI) Stock Is Going Strong: Have Financials A Role To Play?3 months ago | Simply Wall St
Carlson Investments S.A.'s (WSE:CAI) Stock On An Uptrend: Could Fundamentals Be Driving The Momentum?7 months ago | Simply Wall St
Carlson Investments S.A.'s (WSE:CAI) Stock On An Uptrend: Could Fundamentals Be Driving The Momentum?Valuation
Is Carlson Investments undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
316.56x
Price to Earnings (PE) ratio
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate CAI's fair value to establish if it is undervalued.
Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate CAI's fair value to establish if it is undervalued.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: CAI is poor value based on its PE Ratio (316.6x) compared to the PL Basic Materials industry average (9.5x).
PE vs Market: CAI is poor value based on its PE Ratio (316.6x) compared to the Polish market (13.7x).
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate CAI's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: CAI is overvalued based on its PB Ratio (5.6x) compared to the PL Basic Materials industry average (1.1x).
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Future Growth
How is Carlson Investments forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 0 analysts?
22.0%
Forecasted Materials 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 Carlson Investments 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 Carlson Investments'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.
- Carlson Investments competitive advantages and company strategy can generally be found in its financial reports archived here.
- Explore growth companies in the Materials industry.
Past Performance
How has Carlson Investments performed over the past 5 years?
61.7%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: CAI has a high level of non-cash earnings.
Growing Profit Margin: CAI became profitable in the past.
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: CAI has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by 61.7% per year.
Accelerating Growth: CAI has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.
Earnings vs Industry: CAI has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Basic Materials industry (-7.8%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: CAI's Return on Equity (1.8%) is considered low.
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Financial Health
How is Carlson Investments's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: CAI's short term assets (PLN4.6M) exceed its short term liabilities (PLN146.6K).
Long Term Liabilities: CAI's short term assets (PLN4.6M) exceed its long term liabilities (PLN623.0K).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: CAI's debt to equity ratio (0.8%) is considered satisfactory.
Reducing Debt: CAI's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 1346% to 0.8% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: CAI's operating cash flow is negative, therefore debt is not well covered.
Interest Coverage: CAI earns more interest than it pays, so coverage of interest payments is not a concern.
Balance Sheet
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Dividend
What is Carlson Investments's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate CAI's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate CAI'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 CAI's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if CAI'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 CAI's dividend in 3 years as they are not forecast to pay a notable one for the Polish market.
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Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
1.3yrs
Average board tenure
CEO
Carlson Investments has no CEO, or we have no data on them.
Board Members
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the Supervisory Board | 1.25yrs | no data | no data | |
| Member of the Supervisory Board | no data | no data | no data | |
| Member of the Supervisory Board | no data | no data | no data | |
| Supervisory Board Member | 2yrs | no data | no data | |
| Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board | 1.25yrs | no data | no data |
1.3yrs
Average Tenure
Experienced Board: CAI's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 1.3 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.
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 substantially diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 99.3%.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
Carlson Investments S.A.'s company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: Carlson Investments S.A.
- Ticker: CAI
- Exchange: WSE
- Founded: 2000
- Industry: Construction Materials
- Sector: Materials
- Market Cap: zł100.466m
- Shares outstanding: 5.52m
- Website: https://www.hotblok.pl
Number of Employees
Location
- Carlson Investments S.A.
- ul. Emilii Plater 49
- Warsaw
- 00-125
- Poland
Listings
| Ticker | Exchange | Primary Security | Security Type | Country | Currency | Listed on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAI | WSE (Warsaw Stock Exchange) | Yes | Bearer Shares | PL | PLN | May 2009 |
Biography
Carlson Investments S.A. provides concrete elements and blocks, and brick and concrete brick blocks in Poland and rest Europe. The company's products are used in the building of energy-saving and passive h...
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2021/01/22 18:07 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2021/01/22 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2020/09/30 |
| Annual Earnings | 2019/12/31 |
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.