Fresnillo (FRES) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Fresnillo plc is the world’s largest silver producer and Mexico’s largest gold producer, listed on the London and Mexican stock exchanges. The Group seeks to create value for stakeholders across precious metal cycles, focusing on high-potential silver and gold projects that can be developed into low cost, world-class mines. Following a decade of consistent and successful progress, the Group is now focused on consolidating its growth and advancing its pipeline in order to deliver further growth in the years ahead.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 3,081 to 3,203
• 50-Day Range: 2,442 to 3,219
• 52-Week Range: 1,738.68 to 4,472
• Volume: 593,147 shs
• Average Volume: 16.62 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £23.36 billion
• P/E Ratio: 16.88
• Dividend Yield: 3.47%
• Price Target: GBX 3,490
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Fresnillo Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Fresnillo scored higher than 38% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Fresnillo has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Fresnillo has a consensus price target of GBX 3,490, representing about 10.1% upside from its current price of GBX 3,170.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Fresnillo has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Fresnillo is 16.88, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.22.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Fresnillo is 16.88, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 26.60.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Due to a projected decrease in earnings for Fresnillo, their PEG ratio cannot be calculated.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Fresnillo has a P/B Ratio of 5.61. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for FRES.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Fresnillo pays a meaningful dividend of 3.47%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Fresnillo does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Fresnillo is 25.10%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Fresnillo this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for FRES on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Fresnillo insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

75.00% of the stock of Fresnillo is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

13.21% of the stock of Fresnillo is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Metals & Mining
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:FRES
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.fresnilloplc.com
• Phone: +52-55-52793000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 7,231
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Fresnillo: GBX 3,490
• High Price Target: GBX 5,000
• Low Price Target: GBX 2,440
• Potential Upside/Downside: +10.1%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 187.80
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 16.88
• Forward P/E Ratio: 44.70
• P/E Growth: -1.58
• Net Income: £310.64 million
• Net Margins: 37.72%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 46.50%
• Return on Assets: 4.20%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 16.67
• Current Ratio: 6.35
• Quick Ratio: 3.28

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £6.01 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.89
• Cash Flow: GBX 579.37 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.47
• Book Value: GBX 565.50 per share
• Price / Book: 5.61

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 736,894,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £23.36 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.70