How does IMYS.Y's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

IMYS.Y is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.8x) compared to the peer average (4x).

How does IMYS.Y's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the North American Basic Materials Industry?

IMYS.Y is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.8x) compared to the Global Basic Materials industry average (1.2x).

What is IMYS.Y'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 IMYS.Y's Price-To-Sales Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

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

IMYS.Y ($6.32) is trading below our estimate of [[fair value]] ($8.1)

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.

IMYS.Y Stock Overview

Provides mineral-based specialty solutions for various industries worldwide. More details

IMYS.Y fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	4/6
Future Growth	3/6
Past Performance	1/6
Financial Health	5/6
Dividends	2/6

Rewards

Trading at 22% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 53.56% per year

Risk Analysis

Shares are highly illiquid

Profit margins (0.4%) are lower than last year (4.1%)

Large one-off items impacting financial results

Dividend of 4.03% is not well covered by earnings

My Notes

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Imerys S.A. Competitors

United States Lime & Minerals

NasdaqGS:USLM

US$3.9b

Knife River

NYSE:KNF

US$5.8b

Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima

NYSE:LOMA

US$1.4b

Eagle Materials

NYSE:EXP

US$8.4b

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Imerys
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	€6.32
52 Week High	€7.94
52 Week Low	€6.00
Beta	1.38
1 Month Change	0%
3 Month Change	-10.35%
1 Year Change	-16.51%
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	-21.69%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	IMYS.Y	US Basic Materials	US Market
7D	0%	-0.2%	0.6%
1Y	-16.5%	25.2%	23.7%

Return vs Industry: IMYS.Y underperformed the US Basic Materials industry which returned 30.4% over the past year.

Return vs Market: IMYS.Y underperformed the US Market which returned 17.3% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is IMYS.Y's price volatile compared to industry and market?
IMYS.Y volatility
IMYS.Y Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Basic Materials Industry Average Movement	4.3%
Market Average Movement	6.3%
10% most volatile stocks in US Market	17.5%
10% least volatile stocks in US Market	3.1%

Stable Share Price: IMYS.Y has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months.

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

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1880	15,828	Alessandro Dazza	www.imerys.com

Imerys S.A. provides mineral-based specialty solutions for various industries worldwide. The company provides additives for paints, coatings, adhesives, caulks, sealants, and rubber; minerals for technical ceramics and traditional ceramics; functional additives for plastics and thermoset; high-performance binders for dry mix mortars and floor screeds; fillers and coatings for paper, board, and packaging applications; filtration agents for liquids and blood plasma; pharmaceutical diluents, coloring agents, processing aids, glidants, and lubricants for tablet production; engineered minerals for cosmetic industry; food additives to preserve flavor; coating agents to improve fertilizer fow; mineral-based cat litters; alumina for high-performance abrasives and graphite in brake pads; and carbon black for conductivity in onboard data systems. The company also offers minerals used to produce high purity silicon metal for electronics and solar panels; graphite and carbon-based solutions for industrial applications; mineral solutions for batteries and energy storage; refractory minerals and solutions for high-temperature processes; and alumina and zirconia for abrasives.

Imerys S.A. Fundamentals Summary

How do Imerys's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
IMYS.Y fundamental statistics
Market cap	US$3.07b
Earnings (TTM)	US$15.85m
Revenue (TTM)	US$4.04b

193.7x

P/E Ratio

0.8x

P/S Ratio

Is IMYS.Y overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
IMYS.Y income statement (TTM)
Revenue	€3.72b
Cost of Revenue	€1.46b
Gross Profit	€2.26b
Other Expenses	€2.25b
Earnings	€14.60m

Last Reported Earnings

Mar 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

Jul 29, 2024

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.17
Gross Margin	60.75%
Net Profit Margin	0.39%
Debt/Equity Ratio	75.3%

How did IMYS.Y perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

4.0%

Current Dividend Yield

1,502%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/07/27 16:52
End of Day Share Price	2024/04/29 00:00
Earnings	2024/03/31
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

Imerys S.A. is covered by 18 analysts. 5 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
Félix Brunotte	AlphaValue
Eric Lemarie	Aurel BGC
Adrien Tamagno	Berenberg