Foraco International (FAR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Foraco International SA is the business of providing mineral and water drilling services and hydraulic drilling. It specializes in drilling in harsh environments and isolated locations including desert, and mountainous regions. The principal sources of revenue consist of drilling contracts for companies involved in mining and water exploration. The group has its operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, North America, South America and the Asia Pacific.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$2.34 to C$2.59
• 50-Day Range: C$2.20 to C$3.12
• 52-Week Range: C$1.65 to C$3.54
• Volume: 89,940 shs
• Average Volume: 198,423 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$253.69 million
• P/E Ratio: 20.77
• Dividend Yield: 2.52%
• Price Target: C$4.50
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Foraco International Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Foraco International scored higher than 61% 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: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

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

Upside Potential

Foraco International has a consensus price target of C$4.50, representing about 73.7% upside from its current price of C$2.59.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Foraco International has received no research coverage 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 Foraco International is 20.77, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.49.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Foraco International is 20.77, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 21.07.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Foraco International has a P/B Ratio of 2.38. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for FAR.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Foraco International pays a meaningful dividend of 2.52%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Foraco International does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.43

News Sentiment

Foraco International has a news sentiment score of 0.43. 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 0.58 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Foraco International this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Foraco International insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought C$0.00 in company stock and sold C$12,080,000.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

35.74% of the stock of Foraco International is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

11.99% of the stock of Foraco International is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Metals & Mining
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: TSE:FAR
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.foraco.com
• Phone: +33-4-96151360
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Foraco International: C$4.50
• High Price Target: C$4.50
• Low Price Target: C$4.50
• Potential Upside/Downside: +73.7%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$0.12
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 20.77
• Forward P/E Ratio: 4.33
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: C$19.15 million
• Net Margins: 4.35%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 12.49%
• Return on Assets: 13.19%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 100.98
• Current Ratio: 1.20
• Quick Ratio: 0.88

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$284.89 million
• Price / Sales: 0.89
• Cash Flow: C$0.47 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.54
• Book Value: C$1.09 per share
• Price / Book: 2.38

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 97,951,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$253.69 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.24