South32 Limited
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2026 – 2027)

20262027
Price/Earnings ratio
6.605.99
Price/Sales ratio
N/AN/A
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$1.42$1.57

Historical Multiples (2015 – 2024)

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
-4.98-3.878.8710.3128.62-104.91-292.094.70-66.38-87.19889.0828.62
Price/Sales ratio
1.131.021.511.771.481.361.921.351.543.232.941.48
Price/Book Value ratio
0.410.661.061.281.090.711.171.161.221.975.251.09
Price/Cash Flow ratio
6.886.065.128.006.124.997.484.089.6415.81232.126.12
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
22.399.856.1011.0210.2011.5112.915.0748.25-8.85K-23.0911.51
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
0.00-0.30-0.050.92-0.410.896.75-0.000.623.31-0.780.89
Dividend Yield
N/AN/A2.23%5.15%5.89%3.60%1.09%5.25%8.76%0.92%1.66%3.60%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
51.62%51.80%57.88%57.11%57.30%11.47%18.37%41.24%20.00%34.02%2.62%11.47%
Operating Profit Margin
5.84%3.26%20.72%15.45%12.58%4.51%12.43%37.45%16.89%-13.41%2.59%4.51%
Pretax Profit Margin
-9.77%-25.24%22.57%20.90%10.67%5.01%-1.80%36.90%-0.44%-13.61%2.06%5.01%
Net Profit Margin
-22.74%-26.39%17.10%17.20%5.17%-1.29%-0.65%28.79%-2.32%-3.70%1.65%-1.29%
Effective Tax Rate
-132.66%-4.53%24.19%17.72%51.55%74.10%101.01%29.93%-1169.69%14.20%19.69%74.10%
Return on Assets
-5.97%-12.07%8.35%8.80%2.64%-0.47%-0.27%16.33%-1.18%-1.42%0.37%-0.47%
Return On Equity
-8.39%-17.13%12.02%12.43%3.82%-0.67%-0.40%24.75%-1.84%-2.26%0.58%-0.67%
Return on Capital Employed
1.72%1.66%11.47%8.88%7.26%1.81%5.78%24.04%9.65%-5.92%0.66%1.81%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A2.38N/A
Quick Ratio
1.121.412.032.361.451.511.501.711.361.851.851.45
Cash ratio
0.370.881.531.780.831.031.101.240.800.450.451.03
Days of Sales Outstanding
111.0540.5037.7939.3043.4427.6128.8625.3219.4026.5145.4843.44
Days of Inventory outstanding
176.5788.3794.0897.37108.2460.4958.4665.8167.6899.45115.60108.24
Operating Cycle
287.63128.87131.87136.68151.6988.1087.3291.1387.08125.96161.08151.69
Days of Payables Outstanding
141.1871.4183.9681.6690.7345.9254.1354.4852.4467.1478.0478.04
Cash Conversion Cycle
146.4457.4547.9155.0260.9542.1733.1836.6434.6358.8283.0360.95
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.020.020.020.020.020.020.030.070.070.060.060.02
Debt Equity Ratio
0.030.030.040.030.030.030.050.100.110.090.090.03
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.000.000.000.000.000.000.010.070.070.070.070.00
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.030.030.030.030.030.030.050.090.100.090.090.03
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
1.613.315.054.785.033.722.702.601.111.250.223.72
Company Equity Multiplier
1.401.411.431.411.441.431.471.511.551.581.581.44
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.160.160.290.220.240.270.250.330.160.200.060.27
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.300.610.830.720.600.430.570.800.19-0.00-2.000.43
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
1.613.315.054.785.033.722.702.601.111.250.223.72
Short Term Coverage Ratio
1.883.785.615.346.034.363.788.483.796.781.234.36
Dividend Payout Ratio
N/AN/A19.82%53.15%168.89%-378.46%-319.44%24.72%-582.08%-80.29%273.58%168.89%