Wesfarmers (WFAFY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Wesfarmers Limited is an Australian diversified company with operations spanning retail, industrial, and health-related businesses. Its principal retail brands include Bunnings, a supplier of home improvement and outdoor living products; Kmart, which sells apparel, homewares, toys, and general merchandise; and Target, which offers clothing, homewares, and other consumer products. Wesfarmers also operates Officeworks, a retailer of stationery, office supplies, technology, and related services.

The company’s industrial businesses include WesCEF, which manufactures and distributes chemicals, fertilizers, explosives, and related products, as well as Kleenheat, which supplies liquefied petroleum gas and other energy products. Wesfarmers has also developed businesses in health, including pharmacy and related healthcare services. Its operations are concentrated primarily in Australia and New Zealand, with some industrial products serving international markets through exports.

Wesfarmers traces its origins to 1914, when it was established as a cooperative to provide services and supplies to farmers in Western Australia. It later expanded beyond its original agricultural focus through acquisitions and the development of major retail and industrial operations. Wesfarmers is headquartered in Perth, Western Australia, and its managing director is Rob Scott.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $27.16 to $28.29
• 50-Day Range: $25.37 to $32.21
• 52-Week Range: $24.50 to $33.31
• Volume: 44,635 shs
• Average Volume: 105,489 shs
• Market Capitalization: N/A
• P/E Ratio: 22.83
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $73.00
• Consensus Rating: Strong Sell

Wesfarmers Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Wesfarmers scored higher than 35% 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: 2.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Strong Sell

Consensus Rating

Wesfarmers has received a consensus rating of Strong Sell. The company's average rating score is 1.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 3 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Wesfarmers has a consensus price target of $73.00, representing about 168.5% upside from its current price of $27.19.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Wesfarmers has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

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

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Wesfarmers is 22.82, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.75.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Wesfarmers is 22.82, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.60.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Wesfarmers has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.15, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Wesfarmers has recently increased by 2,007.80%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Wesfarmers does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Wesfarmers is 37.01%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.09

News Sentiment

Wesfarmers has a news sentiment score of -0.09. 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 0.66 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Wesfarmers 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, Wesfarmers insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

0.01% of the stock of Wesfarmers is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Financial Services
• Sub-Industry: Diversified Financial Services
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:WFAFY
• CIK: 1436381
• Web: www.wesfarmers.com.au
• Phone: (189) 327-4211
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 100,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Wesfarmers: $73.00
• High Price Target: $73.00
• Low Price Target: $73.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +168.7%
• Consensus Rating: Strong Sell
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.00
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 22.80
• 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