Metcash (MCSHF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Metcash Limited operates as a wholesale distribution and marketing company in Australia. It operates through Food, Liquor, and Hardware segments. The Food segment distributes a range of products and services to independent supermarket and convenience retail outlets. The Hardware segment distributes hardware products to independent retail outlets; and operates company owned retail stores. The Liquor segment engages in the distribution of liquor products to independent retail outlets and hotels. It sells its products under the IGA, Foodland, Mitre 10, Home Hardware, Total Tools, Cellarbrations, IGA Liquor, and the Bottle-O brand names. Metcash Limited was founded in 1927 and is based in Macquarie Park, Australia.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $1.48 to $1.48
• 50-Day Range: $1.48 to $1.48
• 52-Week Range: $1.48 to $2.32
• Volume: N/A
• Average Volume: 2,750 shs
• Market Capitalization: N/A
• P/E Ratio: 7.71
• Dividend Yield: 17.57%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: N/A

Metcash Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Metcash scored higher than 44% 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: N/A
• Analyst Rating: N/A

Consensus Rating

There is not enough analysis data for Metcash.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Metcash is 7.71, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.21.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Metcash is 7.71, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Defensive sector average P/E ratio of about 888.54.

Short Interest

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

Percentage of Shares Shorted

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Metcash has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Metcash has recently decreased by 55.09%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Metcash is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 11.25%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Metcash is 135.42%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Metcash has a news sentiment score of 1.00. 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 0.36 average news sentiment score of Consumer Defensive companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Metcash this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Institutions

29.00% of the stock of Metcash is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Consumer Defensive
• Industry: Food Distribution
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:MCSHF
• Previous Symbol: OTC:MCSHF
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.metcash.com
• Phone: 61 2 9741 3000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 9,000
• Year Founded: 1927

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 7.71
• 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