Capital (CAPD) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Capital Limited is a leading mining services company providing a complete range of drilling, mining, maintenance and geochemical laboratory solutions to customers within the global minerals industry. The Company’s services include exploration, delineation and production drilling; load and haul services; maintenance; and geochemical analysis. The Group’s corporate headquarters are in the United Kingdom and it has established operations in Côte d’Ivoire, Canada, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania and United States of America. Our brands include Capital Drilling, Capital Mining, MSALABS and Well Force International. Capital Drilling provides a complete range of drilling solutions for projects across the mining cycle from exploration to production. Capital Mining provides Load and Haul services for clients from development to fully operational mine sites. MSALABS are a global provider of geochemical laboratory services for the exploration and mining industries and have an exclusive agreement with Chrysos Corporation to deploy their revolutionary PhotonAssay technology globally. PhotonAssay delivers faster, safer and more environmentally friendly samples analysis. Well Force International provides our customers within the global mineral exploration market with a complete rig site solution including equipment rental, on-site surveying and geophysical logging services, and HiTT, a unique software solution for borehole management.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 117.30 to 124
• 50-Day Range: 89 to 124
• 52-Week Range: 58.20 to 127
• Volume: 292,150 shs
• Average Volume: 262,035 shs
• Market Capitalization: £243.94 million
• P/E Ratio: 1,055.32
• Dividend Yield: 0.02%
• Price Target: GBX 90
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Capital Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Capital 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: 1.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Capital has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Downside Risk

Capital has a consensus price target of GBX 90, representing about 27.4% downside from its current price of GBX 124.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Capital has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Capital is 1,055.32, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 225.16.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Capital is 1,055.32, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 157.12.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Capital has a PEG Ratio of 0.64. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Capital has a P/B Ratio of 0.87. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued 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 CAPD.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Capital pays a meaningful dividend of 1.84%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Capital is 22.13%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for CAPD.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.75

News Sentiment

Capital has a news sentiment score of 0.75. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.44 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 13 news articles for Capital this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Capital insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought GBX 0 in company stock and sold £1,030,000 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

30.59% of the stock of Capital is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 32.53% of the stock of Capital is held by institutions.

CAPD Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have CAPD shares performed this year?

Capital's stock was trading at GBX 81 at the start of the year. Since then, CAPD stock has increased by 53.1% and is now trading at GBX 124.

How do I buy shares of Capital?

Shares of CAPD stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

What other stocks do shareholders of Capital own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Capital investors own include Lockheed Martin (LMT), Chaarat Gold (CGH), Ecora Resources (ECOR), Pfizer (PFE), Philip Morris International (PM), AbbVie (ABBV) and Alamos Gold (AGI).

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Other Industrial Metals & Mining
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:CAPD
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.capdrill.com
• Phone: +230-464-3250
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,739
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Capital: GBX 90
• High Price Target: GBX 120
• Low Price Target: GBX 60
• Potential Upside/Downside: -27.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 0.12
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 1,055.32
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.52
• P/E Growth: 0.64
• Net Income: £36.18 million
• Net Margins: 8.69%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 10.91%
• Return on Assets: 7.53%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 58.81
• Current Ratio: 1.98
• Quick Ratio: 1.36

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £337.77 million
• Price / Sales: 0.72
• Cash Flow: GBX 46.82 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 2.65
• Book Value: GBX 142.10 per share
• Price / Book: 0.87

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 196,722,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £243.94 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.60