Austal (AUTLF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Austal Limited is an Australian shipbuilder that designs, constructs and supports aluminum and steel vessels for commercial, defense and government customers. Its products include high-speed passenger and vehicle ferries, patrol boats, offshore vessels, naval ships and other specialized craft, along with related maintenance, repair and sustainment services.

Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Henderson, Western Australia, Austal has expanded from its Australian operations into international shipbuilding markets. The company operates facilities in Australia, the United States and the Philippines, serving customers across the Asia-Pacific region, North America and other global markets.

Through Austal USA, the company has built vessels for the U.S. Navy and other U.S. government agencies, including Independence-class littoral combat ships and Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transports. Austal is also involved in vessel design, engineering, construction and lifecycle support, with its operations led by an executive management team overseeing its international shipbuilding and service businesses.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $2.85 to $2.85
• 50-Day Range: $2.46 to $3.45
• 52-Week Range: $2.40 to $6.35
• Volume: 2,366 shs
• Average Volume: 7,666 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.20 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Austal Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Austal scored higher than 13% 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: 1.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Austal 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

Austal has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Austal are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.16) to $0.18 per share.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.18% of the float of Austal has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Austal has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 28.77, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Austal has recently increased by 39.19%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Austal does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

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

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.83

News Sentiment

Austal has a news sentiment score of 0.83. 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 0.47 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Austal this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: N/A
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Institutions

Austal has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Today: 10/07/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 6/30/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Aerospace & Defense
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:AUTLF
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.austal.com
• Phone: (189) 410-1111
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 4,400
• Year Founded: 1988

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• 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: 421,180,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $1.20 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: N/A