Labat Africa Limited

JSE:LAB Stock Report

Market Cap: R62.4m

Labat Africa Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 3/6

Labat Africa has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 46.8%, while the Semiconductor industry saw earnings growing at 3.7% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 58.1% per year. Labat Africa's return on equity is 61.8%, and it has net margins of 48.8%.

Key information

46.84%

Earnings growth rate

43.50%

EPS growth rate

Semiconductor Industry Growth23.83%
Revenue growth rate58.10%
Return on equity61.77%
Net Margin48.83%
Last Earnings Update30 Nov 2025

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

It's Down 33% But Labat Africa Limited (JSE:LAB) Could Be Riskier Than It Looks

Dec 16
It's Down 33% But Labat Africa Limited (JSE:LAB) Could Be Riskier Than It Looks

Many Still Looking Away From Labat Africa Limited (JSE:LAB)

Oct 28
Many Still Looking Away From Labat Africa Limited (JSE:LAB)

We Think Labat Africa Limited's (JSE:LAB) CEO Compensation Package Needs To Be Put Under A Microscope

May 04
We Think Labat Africa Limited's (JSE:LAB) CEO Compensation Package Needs To Be Put Under A Microscope

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Labat Africa makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

JSE:LAB Revenue, expenses and earnings (ZAR Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Nov 25317155380
31 Aug 25258136440
31 May 25199118490
28 Feb 2512247480
30 Nov 2445-23470
31 Aug 2447-24470
31 May 2449-26480
30 Nov 2362-83470
31 Aug 2356-85460
31 May 2350-87450
31 May 2231-48390
28 Feb 2228-26320
30 Nov 2129-25320
31 Aug 2129-23310
28 Feb 21-158-44220
30 Nov 20-59-37230
31 Aug 2040-31230
29 Feb 20-40-15280
30 Nov 196-14340
31 Aug 1953-14390
31 May 19473-34540
28 Feb 193305390
30 Nov 182029300
31 Aug 187313210
31 May 188010190
28 Feb 18878170
30 Nov 17696160
31 Aug 17525140
31 May 17403130
28 Feb 17282120
30 Nov 16215120
31 Aug 16148120
31 Aug 1515-5170
28 Feb 1512190

Quality Earnings: LAB has a large one-off gain of ZAR55.5M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 30th November, 2025.

Growing Profit Margin: LAB became profitable in the past.


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: LAB has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by 46.8% per year.

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

Earnings vs Industry: LAB has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Semiconductor industry (7.2%).


Return on Equity

High ROE: LAB's Return on Equity (61.8%) is considered outstanding.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/01/19 07:58
End of Day Share Price 2026/01/16 00:00
Earnings2025/11/30
Annual Earnings2025/05/31

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