South32 (SOUHY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

South32 Limited is a diversified mining and metals company headquartered in Perth, Australia. The company produces commodities used in energy, infrastructure, transportation and manufacturing, including alumina, aluminum, copper, manganese, silver, lead and zinc.

South32 operates and holds interests in mining, processing and refining operations across Australia, Southern Africa, South America and North America. Its portfolio has included the Worsley Alumina and Hillside aluminum operations in Australia, the Mozal aluminum smelter in Mozambique, manganese operations in Australia and South Africa, the Cannington silver-lead-zinc mine in Australia, and copper interests in Chile. The company is also developing the Hermosa project in Arizona, which is expected to produce zinc, lead and silver.

South32 was created through a demerger from BHP Group in 2015, becoming an independently listed mining company with a portfolio of assets previously held by BHP. Its operations and development projects support a strategy focused on commodities that contribute to electrification, energy transition and broader industrial demand.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $18.01 to $18.12
• 50-Day Range: $13.52 to $18.97
• 52-Week Range: $8.24 to $19.07
• Volume: 65,411 shs
• Average Volume: 54,030 shs
• Market Capitalization: $16.19 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 2.00%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Buy

South32 Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

South32 scored higher than 34% 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: 1.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

South32 has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

South32 has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -45.45%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for South32 are expected to decrease by -45.45% in the coming year, from $0.99 to $0.54 per share.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

South32 has a P/B Ratio of 1.84. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.01% of the float of South32 has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

South32 has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.73, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in South32 has recently decreased by 43.90%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

South32 pays a meaningful dividend of 1.97%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

South32 does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, South32 will have a dividend payout ratio of 66.67% next year. This indicates that South32 will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

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

News Sentiment

South32 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 0.59 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for South32 this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

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

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, South32 insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.20% of the stock of South32 is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

0.06% of the stock of South32 is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Today: 9/12/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 6/30/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Metals & Mining
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:SOUHY
• Previous Symbol: OTC:SOUHY
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.south32.net
• Phone: (189) 324-9000
• Fax: 61-8-9324-9200
• Employees: 8,892
• Year Founded: 2014

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: 0.14
• Current Ratio: 2.71
• Quick Ratio: 1.99

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $5.82 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.78
• Cash Flow: $1.30 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 13.93
• Book Value: $9.83 per share
• Price / Book: 1.84

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 897,300,000
• Free Float: 895,502,000
• Market Cap: $16.19 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.78