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: 3,198 to 3,483
• 50-Day Range: 3,038 to 4,326
• 52-Week Range: 963 to 4,472
• Volume: 1.37 million shs
• Average Volume: 8.91 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £25.33 billion
• P/E Ratio: 18.31
• Dividend Yield: 2.92%
• Price Target: GBX 3,988
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Fresnillo Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Fresnillo scored higher than 53% 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: 3.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Fresnillo has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.40, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Fresnillo has a consensus price target of GBX 3,988, representing about 14.8% upside from its current price of GBX 3,474.

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 18.50, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.36.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Fresnillo is 18.50, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 21.71.

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 6.14. 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 2.92%, 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: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.33

News Sentiment

Fresnillo has a news sentiment score of 0.33. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.56 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Fresnillo this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

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

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added Fresnillo to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 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

14.37% of the stock of Fresnillo is held by institutions.

FRES Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have FRES shares performed this year?

Fresnillo's stock was trading at GBX 3,334 at the start of the year. Since then, FRES shares have increased by 4.2% and is now trading at GBX 3,474.

How do I buy shares of Fresnillo?

Shares of FRES 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 Fresnillo own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Fresnillo investors own include Anglo American (AAL), International Ferro Metals (IFL), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Barclays (BARC), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Glencore (GLEN) and Gold.com (GOLD).

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Other Precious 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 3,988
• High Price Target: GBX 5,400
• Low Price Target: GBX 2,440
• Potential Upside/Downside: +16.0%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.40
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 187.80
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.31
• Forward P/E Ratio: 48.47
• P/E Growth: -1.58
• Net Income: £310.64 million
• Net Margins: 30.66%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 32.98%
• Return on Assets: 4.20%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 18.37
• Current Ratio: 4.35
• Quick Ratio: 3.28

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £4.56 billion
• Price / Sales: 5.55
• Cash Flow: GBX 628.29 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.47
• Book Value: GBX 565.50 per share
• Price / Book: 6.08

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 736,894,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £25.33 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.75