Capital (CAPD) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Capital Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides various drilling solutions to customers in the minerals industry. It offers exploration drilling services, including air core, reverse circulation, diamond core, deep hole diamond, directional, and underground diamond drilling; mineral geochemical analysis laboratory services; and grade control drilling services, such as advanced/deep grade control, shallow grade control, reverse circulation, and underground diamond drilling. The company provides blast hole drilling services that include pre-splits, down the hole, and rotary top hammer services; load and haul, rehandling, equipment hire and maintenance, and management services; and hydraulic, general maintenance and fabrication, mining supplies, asset rentals, and asset and component rebuild services. In addition, it offers core orientation, rig alignment, borehole management, geophysical logging, and equipment rental and IT support services. The company was formerly known as Capital Drilling Limited and changed its name to Capital Limited in June 2020. Capital Limited was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 84.46 to 86
• 50-Day Range: 81 to 88.20
• 52-Week Range: 77 to 105.61
• Volume: 36,452 shs
• Average Volume: 164,031 shs
• Market Capitalization: £168.78 million
• P/E Ratio: 781.82
• Dividend Yield: 3.49%
• Price Target: GBX 130
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Capital Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Capital scored higher than 78% 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

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

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Capital has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Capital is 781.82, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 120.51.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Capital is 781.82, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 113.37.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Capital has a PEG Ratio of 0.64. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Capital has a P/B Ratio of 0.63. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued 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 CAPD.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Capital is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.65%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Capital is 2,727.27%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for CAPD.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Capital has a news sentiment score of 0.83. 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 0.56 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

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

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Insiders

21.92% of the stock of Capital is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

51.36% of the stock of Capital is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

CAPD Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have CAPD shares performed this year?

Capital's stock was trading at GBX 90 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, CAPD shares have decreased by 4.4% and is now trading at GBX 86.
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How do I buy shares of Capital?

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What other stocks do shareholders of Capital own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Capital investors own include Lockheed Martin (LMT), Chaarat Gold (CGH), Ecora Resources (ECOR), Pfizer (PFE), Philip Morris International (PM), AbbVie (ABBV) and Alamos Gold (AGI).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 10/3 Dividend: 8/29/2024
• Dividend Payable: 10/03/2024
• Today: 11/24/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Other Industrial Metals & Mining
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:CAPD
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.capdrill.com
• Phone: +230-464-3250
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,739
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 130
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 130
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 130
• Potential Upside/Downside: +51.2%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 0.11
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 781.82
• Forward P/E Ratio: 5.91
• P/E Growth: 0.64
• Net Income: £29 million
• Net Margins: 8.69%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 11.50%
• Return on Assets: 7.53%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 56.60
• Current Ratio: 1.98
• Quick Ratio: 1.36

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £333.59 million
• Price / Sales: 0.51
• Cash Flow: GBX 32.47 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 2.65
• Book Value: GBX 137 per share
• Price / Book: 0.63

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 196,260,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £168.78 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.60