Ansell (ANSLY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Ansell Limited is an Australia-based manufacturer and distributor of personal protection equipment (PPE). The company develops products designed to protect workers and healthcare professionals from mechanical, chemical, biological and other workplace hazards.

Its product portfolio includes industrial and medical gloves, chemical-protection clothing, protective sleeves, footwear and other safety equipment. Ansell’s brands include AlphaTec, HyFlex, ActivArmr, Ringers, TouchNTuff, MICROFLEX and GAMMEX, serving industries such as healthcare, manufacturing, automotive, chemical processing, food processing, construction and life sciences.

Ansell has roots dating to the late 19th century and became associated with the manufacture of rubber products before expanding into specialized protective equipment. The company serves customers across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region through manufacturing, distribution and sales operations around the world.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $124.00 to $124.00
• 50-Day Range: $84.09 to $124.00
• 52-Week Range: $74.38 to $124.00
• Volume: N/A
• Average Volume: 183 shs
• Market Capitalization: N/A
• P/E Ratio: 100.36
• Dividend Yield: 0.57%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Ansell Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Ansell scored higher than 24% 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: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Ansell has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

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

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Ansell is 100.36, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 35.98.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Ansell is 100.36, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Healthcare sector average P/E ratio of about 211.42.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Ansell has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.08, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Ansell has recently decreased by 97.80%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Ansell pays a meaningful dividend of 1.96%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Ansell is 56.91%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.40

News Sentiment

Ansell has a news sentiment score of 0.40. 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 0.71 average news sentiment score of Healthcare companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Ansell this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Institutions

0.60% of the stock of Ansell is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Healthcare
• Industry: Healthcare Equipment & Supplies
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:ANSLY
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.ansell.com
• Phone: (139) 270-7270
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 14,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 100.36
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: N/A
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: N/A
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: N/A