Fresnillo (FRES) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Fresnillo plc is the world’s largest silver producer and Mexico’s largest gold producer, listed on the London and Mexican stock exchanges. The Group seeks to create value for stakeholders across precious metal cycles, focusing on high-potential silver and gold projects that can be developed into low cost, world-class mines. Following a decade of consistent and successful progress, the Group is now focused on consolidating its growth and advancing its pipeline in order to deliver further growth in the years ahead.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 636 to 641
• 50-Day Range: 623 to 778.50
• 52-Week Range: 435.20 to 782
• Volume: 118,584 shs
• Average Volume: 1.38 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £4.69 billion
• P/E Ratio: 2,652.08
• Dividend Yield: 1.26%
• Price Target: GBX 711.67
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Fresnillo Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Fresnillo scored higher than 14% 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: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Fresnillo has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on 1 buy rating, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

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

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Fresnillo is 2,652.08, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 113.19.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Fresnillo is 2,652.08, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 109.99.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Due to a projected decrease in earnings for Fresnillo, their PEG ratio cannot be calculated.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Fresnillo has a P/B Ratio of 1.22. 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 FRES.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Fresnillo pays a meaningful dividend of 1.20%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Fresnillo is 3,333.33%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 0.3 / 5
• Environmental Score: -3.18

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for FRES.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Fresnillo has a news sentiment score of 0.75. 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 0.48 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Fresnillo this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added Fresnillo to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Insiders

75.00% of the stock of Fresnillo is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 21.20% of the stock of Fresnillo is held by institutions.

FRES Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have FRES shares performed this year?

Fresnillo's stock was trading at GBX 594.40 at the beginning of the year. Since then, FRES shares have increased by 7.1% and is now trading at GBX 636.50.
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How do I buy shares of Fresnillo?

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What other stocks do shareholders of Fresnillo own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Fresnillo investors own include Anglo American (AAL), International Ferro Metals (IFL), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Barclays (BARC), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Glencore (GLEN) and Barrick Gold (GOLD).

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Other Precious Metals & Mining
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:FRES
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.fresnilloplc.com
• Phone: +52-55-52793000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 7,231
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 711.67
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 800
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 615
• Potential Upside/Downside: +11.8%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 0.24
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 2,652.08
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.97
• P/E Growth: -1.58
• Net Income: £247.83 million
• Net Margins: 8.70%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 7.86%
• Return on Assets: 4.20%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 21.66
• Current Ratio: 5.88
• Quick Ratio: 3.28

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £2.85 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.65
• Cash Flow: GBX 116.33 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.47
• Book Value: GBX 520 per share
• Price / Book: 1.22

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 736,890,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £4.69 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.15