Materials

Companies that primarily produce industrial chemicals and basic chemicals. Including but not limited to plastics, synthetic fibers, films, commodity-based paints and pigments, explosives and petrochemicals. Excludes chemical companies classified in the Diversified Chemicals, Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals, Industrial Gases, or Specialty Chemicals sub-industries.

Manufacturers of a diversified range of chemical products not classified in the Industrial Gases, Commodity Chemicals, Specialty Chemicals or Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals sub-industries.

Producers of fertilizers, pesticides, potash or other agriculture-related chemicals not classified elsewhere.

Manufacturers of industrial gases.

Companies that primarily produce high value-added chemicals used in the manufacture of a wide variety of products, including but not limited to fine chemicals, additives, advanced polymers, adhesives, sealants and specialty paints, pigments and coatings.

Manufacturers of construction materials including sand, clay, gypsum, lime, aggregates, cement, concrete and bricks. Other finished or semi-finished building materials are classified in the Building Products sub-industry.

Manufacturers of metal, glass or plastic containers. Includes corks and caps.

Manufacturers of paper and cardboard containers and packaging.

Producers of aluminum and related products, including companies that mine or process bauxite and companies that recycle aluminum to produce finished or semi-finished products. Excludes companies that primarily produce aluminum building materials classified in the Building Products sub-industry.

Companies engaged in the diversified production or extraction of metals and minerals not classified elsewhere. Including, but not limited to, nonferrous metal mining (except bauxite) salt and borate mining, phosphate rock mining, and diversified mining operations. Excludes iron ore mining, classified in the Steel Sub-Industry, bauxite mining, classified in the Aluminum Sub-Industry, and coal mining, classified in either the Steel or Coal & Consumable Fuels Sub-Industries.
Companies involved primarily in copper ore mining.

Producers of gold and related products, including companies that mine or process gold and the South African finance houses which primarily invest in, but do not operate, gold mines.

Companies mining precious metals and minerals not classified in the Gold sub-industry. Includes companies primarily mining latinum.

Companies primarily mining silver. Excludes companies classified in the Gold or Precious Metals and Minerals Sub-Industries.

Producers of iron and steel and related products, including metallurgical (coking) coal mining used for steel production.

Manufacturers of timber and related wood products. Includes lumber for the building industry.

Manufacturers of all grades of paper. Excludes companies specializing in paper packaging classified in the Paper Packaging sub-industry.

Profit & Loss

$ 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Revenue 96,061,700,000 112,965,800,000 110,940,600,000 104,212,500,000 99,110,600,000 82,611,200,000 94,039,900,000 129,177,800,000 129,034,000,000 130,811,000,000
Cost of Goods Sold -24,521,000,000 -49,648,100,000 -50,443,600,000 -48,981,300,000 -47,000,900,000 -47,713,000,000 -47,363,900,000 -60,610,400,000 -61,244,000,000 -59,395,000,000
Gross Profit 71,540,700,000 63,317,700,000 60,497,000,000 55,231,200,000 52,109,700,000 34,898,200,000 46,676,000,000 68,567,400,000 67,790,000,000 71,416,000,000
Operating Costs -28,242,800,000 -23,083,300,000 -25,632,300,000 -16,805,200,000 -19,628,200,000 -32,687,100,000 -31,487,900,000 -30,457,700,000 -43,713,000,000 -46,010,000,000
Operating Profit 43,297,900,000 40,234,400,000 34,864,700,000 38,426,000,000 32,481,500,000 2,211,100,000 15,188,100,000 38,109,700,000 24,077,000,000 25,406,000,000
Financing Costs -1,852,900,000 -3,248,400,000 -2,194,100,000 -2,142,700,000 -3,902,500,000 -2,534,600,000 -6,141,500,000 -5,079,100,000 -6,422,000,000 -1,112,000,000
Profit Before Tax 41,445,000,000 36,986,000,000 32,670,600,000 36,283,300,000 28,579,000,000 -323,500,000 9,046,600,000 33,030,600,000 17,655,000,000 24,294,000,000
Income Tax -16,130,200,000 -12,303,500,000 -11,815,800,000 -12,049,200,000 -9,586,500,000 -1,158,100,000 -5,208,300,000 -10,683,100,000 -9,531,000,000 -9,025,000,000
Profit 25,314,800,000 24,682,500,000 20,854,800,000 24,234,100,000 18,992,500,000 -1,481,600,000 3,838,300,000 22,347,500,000 8,124,000,000 15,269,000,000

Balance Sheet

$ 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Current Assets 42,352,600,000 54,566,400,000 50,825,100,000 65,017,600,000 49,046,100,000 39,261,300,000 37,360,000,000 49,824,100,000 47,155,000,000 45,758,000,000
Non-Current Assets 127,002,400,000 202,011,900,000 188,116,500,000 184,737,400,000 211,129,600,000 214,886,100,000 217,556,500,000 247,800,900,000 240,031,000,000 236,660,000,000
Total Assets 169,355,000,000 256,578,300,000 238,941,600,000 249,755,000,000 260,175,700,000 254,147,400,000 254,916,500,000 297,625,000,000 287,186,000,000 282,418,000,000
Current Liabilities 23,597,100,000 31,825,000,000 29,093,000,000 28,802,600,000 27,753,800,000 25,820,800,000 25,738,900,000 35,111,300,000 38,090,000,000 40,397,000,000
Non-Current Liabilities 52,279,100,000 88,150,000,000 83,408,200,000 82,777,900,000 91,290,100,000 98,472,800,000 98,111,200,000 107,446,700,000 108,185,000,000 98,059,000,000
Total Liabilities 75,876,200,000 119,975,000,000 112,501,200,000 111,580,500,000 119,043,900,000 124,293,600,000 123,850,100,000 142,558,000,000 146,275,000,000 138,456,000,000
Total Equity 93,478,800,000 136,603,300,000 126,440,400,000 138,174,500,000 141,131,800,000 129,853,800,000 131,066,400,000 155,067,000,000 140,911,000,000 143,962,000,000

Cash Flow

$ 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Cash Flow from Operating Activities 44,321,900,000 41,283,200,000 40,747,600,000 35,336,000,000 38,835,100,000 24,644,400,000 32,484,500,000 47,257,800,000 37,041,000,000 38,286,000,000
Cash Flow from Investing Activities -13,398,400,000 -19,308,800,000 -7,720,000,000 -6,909,000,000 -8,375,000,000 -10,520,600,000 -19,260,900,000 -24,751,800,000 -37,107,000,000 -58,955,000,000
Cash Flow from Financing Activities -26,541,200,000 -18,441,000,000 -36,002,800,000 -26,666,400,000 -22,461,700,000 -11,881,400,000 -18,171,600,000 -16,776,300,000 4,113,000,000 12,717,000,000
Net Change in Cash 4,382,300,000 3,533,400,000 -2,975,200,000 1,760,600,000 7,998,400,000 2,242,400,000 -4,948,000,000 5,729,700,000 4,047,000,000 -7,952,000,000
Cash at Beginning 21,232,800,000 28,623,600,000 31,801,200,000 29,852,800,000 21,433,100,000 19,257,000,000 23,858,500,000 18,256,700,000 14,738,000,000 22,582,000,000
Exchange Fluctuations 365,300,000 -543,200,000 -202,400,000 187,800,000 307,400,000 -66,300,000 -237,500,000 -127,900,000 -299,000,000 58,000,000
Cash at End of Period 25,980,400,000 31,613,800,000 28,623,600,000 31,801,200,000 29,738,900,000 21,433,100,000 18,673,000,000 23,858,500,000 18,486,000,000 14,688,000,000

Profitability

  2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Gross Margin 74.5% 56.1% 54.5% 53.0% 52.6% 42.2% 49.6% 53.1% 52.5% 54.6%
Operating Margin 45.1% 35.6% 31.4% 36.9% 32.8% 2.7% 16.2% 29.5% 18.7% 19.4%
Profit Margin 26.4% 21.8% 18.8% 23.3% 19.2% -1.8% 4.1% 17.3% 6.3% 11.7%

Management Effectiveness

  2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Return on Assets 14.9% 9.6% 8.7% 9.7% 7.3% -0.6% 1.5% 7.5% 2.8% 5.4%
Return on Equity 27.1% 18.1% 16.5% 17.5% 13.5% -1.1% 2.9% 14.4% 5.8% 10.6%
Current Ratio 1.79 1.71 1.75 2.26 1.77 1.52 1.45 1.42 1.24 1.13
Debt to Equity Ratio 0.81 0.88 0.89 0.81 0.84 0.96 0.94 0.92 1.04 0.96

Valuation

  2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Share Price ($) 26.26 28.54 28.04 22.51 18.79 15.03 21.61 27.34 27.11 28.19
Shares on Issue 14,073,004,687 15,869,338,625 15,983,691,979 16,425,611,759 16,627,452,753 16,781,761,601 11,458,429,696 11,534,357,183 11,088,418,759 11,087,372,187
Market Capitalisation ($) 369,584,319,056 452,840,186,444 448,157,170,248 369,687,241,407 312,438,606,826 252,313,325,683 247,602,149,523 315,353,310,010 300,661,070,557 312,572,025,364
Revenue per Share ($) 6.83 7.12 6.94 6.34 5.96 4.92 8.21 11.20 11.64 11.80
Earnings per Share ($) 1.80 1.56 1.30 1.48 1.14 -0.09 0.33 1.94 0.73 1.38
Dividends per Share ($) 0.99 0.98 1.56 0.67 0.51 0.43 0.99 0.94 0.89 0.86
Dividend Yield 3.8% 3.4% 5.6% 3.0% 2.7% 2.9% 4.6% 3.5% 3.3% 3.1%
Price to Sales Ratio 3.8 4.0 4.0 3.5 3.2 3.1 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.4
Price to Earnings Ratio 14.6 18.3 21.5 15.3 16.5 -170.3 64.5 14.1 37.0 20.5
Price to Book Ratio 4.0 3.3 3.5 2.7 2.2 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2

All Companies in the Materials Sector

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