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Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima is a building materials business based in the US. Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima shares (LOMA) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.
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52-week range | $2.95 - $6.69 |
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50-day moving average | $5.97 |
200-day moving average | $5.49 |
Wall St. target price | $6.83 |
PE ratio | 5.6348 |
Dividend yield | $0.26 (4.36%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | $1.02 |
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Valuing Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 6x. In other words, Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima shares trade at around 6x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $12.7 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Revenue TTM | $41.6 billion |
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Operating margin TTM | 21.31% |
Gross profit TTM | $12.6 billion |
Return on assets TTM | 7.56% |
Return on equity TTM | 14.66% |
Profit margin | 27.27% |
Book value | $378.50 |
Market capitalisation | $1.1 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
There are currently 538,932 Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima shares held short by investors – that's known as Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's "short interest". This figure is 76.6% up from 305,241 last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima shares can be evaluated.
Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima shares traded daily (recently around 452884.03361345). Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's SIR currently stands at 1.19. In other words for every 100,000 Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1190 shares are currently held short.
However Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima shares, or, against the total number of tradable Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima shares, roughly 0 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima.
Find out more about how you can short Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima stock.
Dividend payout ratio: 36.59% of net profits
Recently Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima has paid out, on average, around 36.59% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 4.36% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima shareholders could enjoy a 4.36% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's case, that would currently equate to about $0.26 per share.
While Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's most recent dividend payout was on 19 October 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 8 October 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's shares have ranged in value from as little as $2.9523 up to $6.69. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's is 1.5998. This would suggest that Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells cement and its derivatives in Argentina and Paraguay. The company operates through Cement, Masonry Cement and Lime; Concrete; Railroad; Aggregates; and Others segments. It offers masonry cement, aggregates, ready-mix concrete, and lime to wholesale distributors, concrete producers, industrial customers, and others for use in the construction. The company also provides railroad transport services; and treats and recycles industrial waste for use as fuel or raw materials. It markets its products under the Loma Negra, San MartÃn, Plasticor, Cacique Max, Loma Negra Plus, and Lomax brands. The company was founded in 1926 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Loma Negra CompañÃa Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima operates as a subsidiary of Caue Austria Holding GMBH.
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