Uganda Clays Limited

UGSE:UCL Stock Report

Market Cap: USh5.0b

Uganda Clays Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 1/6

Uganda Clays's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -56.6%, while the Basic Materials industry saw earnings growing at 27.1% annually. Revenues have been declining at an average rate of 0.4% per year. Uganda Clays's return on equity is 0.4%, and it has net margins of 0.4%.

Key information

-56.61%

Earnings growth rate

-56.62%

EPS growth rate

Basic Materials Industry Growth8.23%
Revenue growth rate-0.39%
Return on equity0.37%
Net Margin0.41%
Last Earnings Update31 Dec 2025

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Uganda Clays makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

UGSE:UCL Revenue, expenses and earnings (UGX Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
31 Dec 2534,81014210,4040
30 Sep 2533,073-3,36110,6090
30 Jun 2531,336-3,99510,6280
31 Mar 2531,469-4,47310,6100
31 Dec 2431,602-4,95010,5920
30 Sep 2432,037-3,28811,2890
30 Jun 2432,472-3,05911,5110
31 Mar 2431,461-2,95511,5570
31 Dec 2330,450-2,85112,1710
31 Dec 2236,6162,44212,6780
31 Dec 2136,6865,92110,2310
31 Dec 2029,6634,8747,6240
31 Dec 1930,737-889,7040
30 Sep 1930,670-4710,7330
30 Jun 1930,603-54,1370
31 Mar 1930,3349913,9390
31 Dec 1830,0641,9877,6180
30 Sep 1829,4251,7424,7060
30 Jun 1828,7861,4973,7210
31 Mar 1827,9941,9463,7210
31 Dec 1727,2022,3953,7210
30 Sep 1726,8592,8322,7410
30 Jun 1726,5163,2691,7230
31 Mar 1726,2772,8212,2360
31 Dec 1626,0372,3732,7490
30 Sep 1625,5811,8722,4050
30 Jun 1625,1241,3712,0990
31 Mar 1624,618822,4140
31 Dec 1524,112-1,2072,7300

Quality Earnings: UCL has a large one-off loss of UGX351.9M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 31st December, 2025.

Growing Profit Margin: UCL became profitable in the past.


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: UCL's earnings have declined by 56.6% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: UCL has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: UCL has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Basic Materials industry (42.4%).


Return on Equity

High ROE: UCL's Return on Equity (0.4%) is considered low.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/05/13 17:11
End of Day Share Price 2026/05/13 00:00
Earnings2025/12/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

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