Zambeef Products (ZAM) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Zambeef Products PLC, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the agri-businesses in Zambia, Nigeria, and Ghana. It operates through Retailing and Cold Chain Food Products and Cropping and Milling segments. The company engages in the production, processing, distribution, and retailing of beef, chicken, pork, milk, dairy products, eggs, edible oils, stock feed, and flour. It is also involved in the row cropping operations primarily maize, soya beans, and wheat with approximately 14,530 hectares of row crops under irrigation and 7,924 hectares of rain-fed/dry-land crops. In addition, the company operates retail outlets directly to end-consumers in Zambia and West Africa. Further, it operates transport and trucking fleets. Additionally, the company produces, processes, and sells leather, shoes, meat, and poultry products ,as well as engages in the chicken breeding and stockfeed business. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is based in Lusaka, Zambia.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 3.76 to 3.80
• 50-Day Range: 3.70 to 4.30
• 52-Week Range: 3.15 to 5.80
• Volume: 22,000 shs
• Average Volume: 249,002 shs
• Market Capitalization: £401.41 million
• P/E Ratio: 3.63
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: N/A

ZAM Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have ZAM shares performed this year?

Zambeef Products' stock was trading at GBX 3.21 at the beginning of the year. Since then, ZAM stock has increased by 17.1% and is now trading at GBX 3.76.

How do I buy shares of Zambeef Products?

Shares of ZAM 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 Zambeef Products own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Zambeef Products investors own include GSK (GSK), Bristow Group (BRS), Associated British Foods (ABF), AutoZone (AZO), Carlyle Group (CG), Intel (INTC) and TJX Companies (TJX).

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Defensive
• Industry: Packaged Foods
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:ZAM
• CIK: N/A
• Web: zambeefplc.com
• Phone: +260-2-11369000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 7,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 1.04
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 3.63
• Forward P/E Ratio: 2.77
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: £3.93 billion
• Net Margins: 2.19%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 2.31%
• Return on Assets: 1.75%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 48.34
• Current Ratio: 1.08
• Quick Ratio: 0.39

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £179.19 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.00
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: GBX 1,649.77 per share
• Price / Book: 0.00

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 10,675,809,872
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £401.41 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: -0.48