Orica (OCLDF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Orica Limited manufactures, distributes, and sells commercial blasting systems, mining and tunnelling support systems, and various chemical products and services in Australia, Peru, the United States, and internationally. The company provides 4D bulk explosives systems, packaged explosives, initiating systems, boosters, and seismic explosive ranges; technical services and solutions; and supplementary services. It also offers automation solutions, including Avatel, a machine equipped with underground development charging system; and secondary breakage and hang up blasting, a tele-remote blasting solution. In addition, the company provides mining chemical products, such as cyanide sparges, emulsifiers, and sodium cyanide, as well as PRO services; digitally enabled benchmarks and insights at various stages of the blasting process; and nitrogen fertilizers, which includes urea ammonium nitrate and ammonia. Further, it offers resources to explore the use of chemical energy in blasting, blasting fundamentals, and properties of explosives and blasting principles; training courses; and geotechnical deformation and convergence monitoring solutions. Additionally, the company provides digital solutions, including MonitorIQ, an advanced processing and analytic software; BlastIQ, BlastVision, FRAGTrack, GroundProbe, RGR-Velox, LOADPlus, RHINO, DRILLMax, DRILLHub, WIREBmr, Axis mining technology, SHOTPlus, OREPro 3D Predict, Fortis Protect, Senatel, Exel Neo, Cyclo, and Bulkmaster. The company serves surface coal, surface metal, iron ore, quarrying, underground mining and construction, construction, civil infrastructure, oil and gas, and agriculture markets. Orica Limited was founded in 1874 and is headquartered in East Melbourne, Australia.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $10.49 to $10.49
• 50-Day Range: $9.68 to $10.49
• 52-Week Range: $9.68 to $10.60
• Volume: N/A
• Average Volume: 1,250 shs
• Market Capitalization: N/A
• P/E Ratio: 6.42
• Dividend Yield: 1.53%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: N/A

Orica Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Orica scored higher than 15% 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: N/A
• Analyst Rating: N/A

Consensus Rating

There is not enough analysis data for Orica.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Orica is 6.42, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 23.34.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Orica is 6.42, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 99.58.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Orica has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Orica has recently increased by 4.41%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Orica is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.07%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Orica is 9.79%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Sustainability and ESG

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

Percentage of Shares Shorted

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Orica has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Orica has recently increased by 4.41%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

News and Social Media

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.64

News Sentiment

Orica has a news sentiment score of -0.64. 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 0.54 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Orica this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 37.53% of the stock of Orica is held by institutions.

OCLDF Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have OCLDF shares performed this year?

Orica's stock was trading at $9.68 at the beginning of the year. Since then, OCLDF shares have increased by 8.4% and is now trading at $10.49.
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How do I buy shares of Orica?

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Company Calendar

• Today: 3/12/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 5/08/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Specialty Chemicals
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:OCLDF
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.orica.com
• Phone: (139) 665-7111
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 12,500
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 6.42
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

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Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: N/A
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: N/A
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: N/A