Basic Materials
Live Price
Offline$11.07
+0.00% today
Window Change
-23.66%
Window
May 29, 2026 → Jun 19, 2026
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Coverage: 16 bars · May 29, 2026 → Jun 19, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
African Rainbow Minerals Limited (AFBOF) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $42.61B and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $11.07 and down 23.7% across the available one-year price window (May 29, 2026 → Jun 19, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +2.1%, EPS growth of -89.5%, a dividend yield of 5.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +2.1%, EPS -89.5%, free cash flow -116.1% with operating margin 12.4% and ROIC 1.4%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 5.0%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 33.1 and price/sales 3.1. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines AFBOF price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
AFBOF
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
AFBOF Max Drawdown
-23.66%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for AFBOF and SPY.
Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$19.7B
+16.2% YoY
FY Net Income
$12.6B
+1.6% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$3.7B
-58.2% YoY
Revenue Growth
+2.1%
EPS Growth
-89.5%
Gross Margin
18.4%
Net Margin
9.3%
Income statement
ZAR
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 11.7B | 11.4B | 14.7B | 16.9B | 19.7B |
| Gross Profit | -190M | 877M | 5.8B | 9.3B | 11.8B |
| Operating Income | -567M | 76M | 5.0B | 8.0B | 11.4B |
| EBITDA | 1.4B | 3.4B | 5.6B | 10.6B | 12.6B |
| Net Income | 330M | 3.1B | 8.1B | 12.4B | 12.6B |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
ZAR
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 8.6B | 7.6B | 9.2B | 11.1B | 8.9B |
| Total Assets | 74.3B | 70.7B | 64.1B | 59.2B | 53.1B |
| Total Liabilities | 14.2B | 12.6B | 10.0B | 8.8B | 9.3B |
| Shareholder Equity | 55.9B | 54.0B | 49.2B | 46.2B | 40.2B |
| Total Debt | 2.0B | 1.1B | 348M | 484M | 1.5B |
| Net Debt | -6.6B | -6.5B | -8.9B | -10.6B | -7.4B |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
5.4B
-51.5% YoY
Capital Expenditures
1.7B
+24.8% YoY
Free Cash Flow
3.7B
-58.2% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
18.4%
Operating Margin
12.4%
Net Margin
9.3%
ROE
2.2%
Debt / Equity
0.02x
Next Step
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