World Wide Stone Corporation produces and sells marble limestone and travertine products worldwide.
The last earnings update was 6657 days ago.
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Value is all about what a company is worth versus what price it is
available for. If you went into a grocery store and all the bananas were on sale
at half price, they could be considered
undervalued.
In this section, we usually try to help investors determine whether World Wide Stone is trading at an attractive price based on the cash flow it is expected to produce in the future. But as World Wide Stone has not provided consistent financial data, and the stock also has no analyst forecast or coverage, its intrinsic value cannot be reliably calculated by extrapolating past data or using analyst consensus cash flow predictions.
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INTRINSIC VALUE BASED ON FUTURE CASH FLOWS
It is not possible to calculate the future cash flow value for
World Wide Stone. This is due to cash flow or dividend data being
unavailable. The share price is
$0.01.
PRICE RELATIVE TO MARKET
We can also value a company based on what the stock market is willing to pay for
it. This is similar to the price of fruit (e.g. Mangoes or Avocados) increasing
when they are out of season, or how much your home is worth.
The amount the stock market is willing to pay for
World Wide Stone's
earnings,
growth
and
assets
is considered below, and whether this is a fair price.
Price based on past earnings
Are
World Wide Stone's earnings available for a low price, and how does
this compare to other companies in the same industry?
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 World Wide Stone 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.
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The future performance of a company is measured in the same way as past
performance, by looking at estimated
growth
and how much profit it is expected to make.
Future estimates come from
professional analysts. Just like forecasting the weather, they don’t always get
it right!
17.1%
Expected Basic Materials industry annual growth in earnings.
Earnings growth vs Low Risk Savings
Is
World Wide Stone
expected to grow at an
attractive
rate?
Unable to compare World Wide Stone's earnings growth to the low risk savings rate as no estimate data is available.
Growth vs Market Checks
Unable to compare World Wide Stone's earnings growth to the United States of America market average as no estimate data is available.
Unable to compare World Wide Stone's revenue growth to the United States of America market average as no estimate data is available.
Unable to determine if World Wide Stone is high growth as no earnings estimate data is available.
Unable to determine if World Wide Stone is high growth as no revenue estimate data is available.
Past and Future Earnings per Share
The accuracy of the analysts who estimate the future performance data can
be gauged below. We look back 3 years and see if they were any good at
predicting what actually occurred. We also show the highest and lowest estimates
looking forward to see if there is a wide range.
All data from World Wide Stone Company Filings, last reported 18 years ago, and in
Trailing twelve months (TTM)
annual period rather than quarterly.
OTCPK:WWST Past Financials Data
Date (Data in USD Millions)
EPS *
2000-09-30
0.03
*GAAP earnings excluding extraordinary items.
Performance in 3 years
In the same way as past performance we look at the future estimated return
(profit) compared to the available
funds. We do this looking forward 3 years.
Unable to establish if World Wide Stone will efficiently use shareholders’ funds in the future without estimates of Return on Equity.
Next steps:
World Wide Stone's future outlook can be gauged by looking at industry trends and market size, and determining how well-positioned the company is compared to its competitors.
Take a look at other high-growth Materials companies here
While we do not consider unaudited financials to be a reliable enough to include in our analysis, you can access them on the OTC Markets Website. If you are looking for more of a qualitative research into the company, you can access World Wide Stone's filings and announcements here.
We assess
World Wide Stone's future performance by looking at:
Is the annual earnings growth rate expected to beat the low risk savings rate, plus a
premium to keep pace with inflation?
Is the annual earnings growth rate expected to beat the average growth rate in earnings of the United States of America market? (1 check)
Is the annual revenue growth rate expected to beat the average growth rate in revenue of the United States of America market? (1 check)
Is the annual earnings growth rate expected to be above 20%? (1 check)
Is the annual revenue growth rate expected to be above 20%? (1 check)
Is the Return on Equity in 3 years expected to be over 20%? (1 check)
Some of the above checks will fail if the company is expected to be loss making
in the relevant year.
World Wide Stone
has a total score of
0/6, see the detailed checks below.
Note 1: We use GAAP Net Income Excluding Exceptional Items for our Earnings in all our calculations.
In this section we usually display a company’s past earnings and revenues to help investors visualise the trend through time. We also gauge the company’s performance by benchmarking its returns and growth to its industry peers and the wider market. However, World Wide Stone has not provided sufficient past data to assess its track record.
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World Wide Stone's last earnings update was 6657 days ago.
The past performance of a company can be measured by how much
growth
it has experienced and how much profit it makes relative to the funds and assets
it has available.
Past earnings growth
Below we compare
World Wide Stone's growth in the last year to its industry (Basic Materials).
Past Earnings growth analysis
We also check if the company has grown in the past 5 years, and whether it
has maintained that growth in the year.
Insufficient past earnings data to establish if World Wide Stone's year on year earnings growth rate was positive over the past 5 years.
Unable to compare World Wide Stone's 1-year growth to the 5-year average as past earnings data has not been reported.
Unable to compare World Wide Stone's 1-year growth to the US Basic Materials industry average as past earnings data has not been reported.
Earnings and Revenue History
World Wide Stone's
revenue
and
profit
over the past 5 years is shown below, any years where they have experienced a
loss will show up in red.
All data from World Wide Stone Company Filings, last reported 18 years ago, and in
Trailing twelve months (TTM)
annual period rather than quarterly.
OTCPK:WWST Past Revenue, Cash Flow and Net Income Data
Date (Data in USD Millions)
Revenue
Net Income *
G+A Expenses
R&D Expenses
2000-09-30
9.37
0.90
1.96
*GAAP earnings excluding extraordinary items.
Performance last year
We want to ensure a company is making the most of what it has available. This is
done by comparing the return (profit) to a company's available
funds,
assets
and
capital.
Unable to establish if World Wide Stone has efficiently used shareholders’ funds last year as no Return on Equity data is available.
Unable to establish if World Wide Stone has efficiently used its assets last year compared to the US Basic Materials industry average (Return on Assets) as past financial data has not been reported.
Unable to establish if World Wide Stone improved its use of capital last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed) due to insufficient past data.
Next steps:
While we do not consider unaudited financials to be a reliable enough to include in our analysis, you can access them on the OTC Markets Website. If you are looking for more of a qualitative research into the company, you can access World Wide Stone's filings and announcements here.
We assess
World Wide Stone's performance over the past 5 years by checking for:
Has earnings increased in past 5 years? (1 check)
Has the earnings growth in the last year exceeded that of the
Basic Materials
industry? (1 check)
Is the recent earnings growth over the last year higher than the average annual growth over the
past 5 years? (1 check)
Is the Return on Equity (ROE) higher than 20%? (1 check)
Is the Return on Assets (ROA) above industry average? (1 check)
Has the Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) increased from 3 years ago? (1 check)
The above checks will fail if the company has reported a loss in the most recent
earnings report. Some checks require at least 3 or 5 years worth of data.
World Wide Stone
has a total score of
0/6, see the detailed checks below.
Note: We use GAAP Net Income excluding extraordinary items in all our calculations.
In this section we usually analyse World Wide Stone's finance health to determine how well-positioned it is against times of financial distress, in particular, its ability to manage its cash and debt levels. World Wide Stone has not provided adequate balance sheet data, its financial health cannot be properly assessed as it.
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A company's financial position is much like your own financial position,
it includes everything you own
(assets)
and owe
(liabilities).
The boxes below represent the relative size of what makes up
World Wide Stone's finances.
The net worth of a company is the difference between its assets and liabilities.
Net Worth
Unable to compare short term assets to short term liabilities as World Wide Stone has not reported sufficient balance sheet data.
Unable to establish if World Wide Stone's long term commitments exceed its cash and other short term assets as World Wide Stone has not reported sufficient balance sheet data.
Balance sheet
This treemap shows a more detailed breakdown of
World Wide Stone's finances. If any of them are yellow this
indicates they may be out of proportion and red means they relate to one of the
checks below.
Assets
Liabilities and shares
The 'shares' portion represents any funds contributed by the owners (shareholders) and any profits.
Unable to establish if World Wide Stone has a high level of physical assets or inventory without balance sheet data.
Unable to verify if debt is covered by short term assets as World Wide Stone has not reported sufficient balance sheet data.
Historical Debt
Nearly all companies have debt. Debt in itself isn’t
bad,
however if the debt is too high, or the company can’t afford to pay the interest
on its debts this may have impacts in the future.
The graphic below shows equity (available funds) and debt, we ideally want to
see the red area (debt) decreasing.
If there is any debt we look at the companies capability to repay it, and
whether the level has increased over the past 5 years.
All data from World Wide Stone Company Filings, last reported 18 years ago.
OTCPK:WWST Past Debt and Equity Data
Date (Data in USD Millions)
Total Equity
Total Debt
Cash & Short Term Investments
2000-09-30
5.94
1.06
0.36
Unable to establish if World Wide Stone's level of debt is high without past debt data.
Unable to establish if World Wide Stone's debt level has increased without past 5-year debt data.
Unable to verify if debt is well covered by operating cash flow as World Wide Stone has not reported sufficient balance sheet data.
Unable to confirm if the interest payments on World Wide Stone's debt are well covered by earnings due to lack of past financial data.
Next steps:
Investors tend to look at the financial health of a company this size in order to assess the sustainability of its current operations. While we do not consider unaudited financials to be a reliable enough to include in our analysis, you can access them on the OTC Markets Website.
Financial health is measured at one point in time, so the latest financial report is the best representation of the company’s current financial status. Check when World Wide Stone's financial data was last updated here.
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We assess
World Wide Stone's financial health by checking for:
Are short term assets greater than short term liabilities? (1 check)
Are short term assets greater than long term liabilities? (1 check)
Has the debt to equity ratio increased in the past 5 years? (1 check)
Is the debt to equity ratio over 40%? (1 check)
Is the debt covered by operating cash flow? (1 check)
Are earnings greater than 5x the interest on debt (if company pays interest
at all)? (1 check)
World Wide Stone
has a total score of
0/6, see the detailed checks below.
For companies that are loss making and have been so on average in the past we replace the last 2 checks with:
Does cash and short term investments cover stable operating expenses (recurring G&A and R&D) for more than 3 years? (1 check)
Does cash and short term investments cover growing operating expenses (recurring G&A and R&D) for more than 3 years? (1 check)
Dividends are regular cash payments to you from the company, similar to a
bank paying you interest on a savings account.
Annual Dividend Income
0%
Current annual income from
World Wide Stone
dividends.
If you bought
$2,000 of
World Wide Stone
shares you are expected to receive
$0
in your first year as a dividend.
Dividend Amount
Here we look how much dividend is being paid, if any. Is it above what you
can get in a
savings account?
It is up there with the
best dividend paying companies?
Unable to evaluate World Wide Stone's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers as the company has not reported any payouts.
Unable to evaluate World Wide Stone's dividend against the top 25% market benchmark as the company has not reported any payouts.
Annualized Historical and Future Dividends
It is important to see if the dividend for a company is stable, and not
wildly increasing/decreasing each year. This graph shows you the historical rate
to count toward your assessment of the stock.
We also check to see if the dividend has increased in the past 10 years.
Management is one of the most important areas of a company. We look at
unreasonable CEO compensation, how long the team and board of directors have
been around for and insider trading.
CEO
FranklinCunningham
COMPENSATION
$100,962
AGE
65
TENURE AS CEO
29.5 years
CEO Bio
Mr. Franklin E. Cunningham founded and has been World Wide Stone Corporation's President and Chief Executive Officer since August 1989 and as Chairman of the Board since November 1991 and serves as Director of World Wide Stone Corporation. Mr. Cunningham served as World Wide Stone Corporation's Treasurer from August 1989 to March 1998. From 1983 to 1989, Mr. Cunningham served as a consultant and agent to various architectural stone and ceramic tile materials and equipment suppliers, manufacturers, manufacturer representatives, distributors, architects, and designers in the United States, Italy, Germany, Taiwan, Spain, Portugal, India, Turkey, and Indonesia. Mr. Cunningham has been involved in various aspects of the architectural stone and ceramic tile industry since 1973. Mr. Cunningham is the brother of Spencer W. Cunningham and the former spouse of Lee M. Cunningham.
CEO Compensation
Insufficient data for Franklin to compare compensation growth.
Insufficient data for Franklin to establish whether their remuneration is reasonable compared to companies of similar size in United States of America.
Management Team Tenure
Average tenure of the
World Wide Stone
management team in years:
2.6
Average Tenure
The tenure for the World Wide Stone management team is about average.
World Wide Stone Corporation produces and sells marble limestone and travertine products worldwide. The company offers tiles and pavers; slabs; and decorative stones, including trims, strips, liner bars, Mosaic Meshmounts, accents, and custom design treatments. It also provides architectural features, such as fireplaces, vanity and counter tops, vessels, bowls, sinks, archways, moldings, columns, balustrades, etc. The company markets and distributes its products through Authentic Durango Stone dealers, interior designers, custom home and commercial builders, architects, contracts, tile installers, pool builders, landscape architects, and homeowners. Its products are used in office buildings and banks, luxury resorts and hotels, museums, churches and temples, apartments and condos, and shopping centers. The company is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.
World Wide Stone Corporation
7946 East McClain Drive,
Scottsdale,
Arizona, 85260,
United States
Listings
Exchange Symbol
Ticker Symbol
Security
Exchange
Country
Currency
Listed on
OTCPK
WWST
Common Stock
Pink Sheets LLC
US
USD
26. Aug 1996
Number of employees
Current staff
0
World Wide Stone
employees.
Industry
Construction Materials
Materials
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Area
Date (UTC time)
Company Analysis updated:
2019/02/05 23:44
End of day share price update:
2018/11/08 00:00
Last earnings filing:
2000/11/14
Last earnings reported:
2000/09/30
Last annual earnings reported:
1999/12/31
All dates and times in UTC. All financial data provided by Standard & Poor’s Capital IQ.
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.