Cashbuild (CSB.JO)
Consumer · JSE · South Africa
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Cashbuild trades at R119.00, which is 24% above the R90.32 our discounted cash flow model puts on the business. On that measure it screens as expensive, which is not the same as saying it will fall.
Our moat model scores it 31 out of 100, which is little in the way of a moat. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 12.2 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
About Cashbuild
Cashbuild Limited engages in the retailing of building materials and associated products in South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, Zambia, and Malawi. It operates through Cashbuild, P&L Hardware, Cashbuild Common Monetary Operations, and Cashbuild Non-Common Monetary Operations segments. The company offers builder, hand, and garden tools; safety equipment and workwear, tanks, field toilets, drain covers, and wheel barrows; and aggregates, plastic sheeting, and steel products. It also provides brickwork; concrete; cement; electrical, and bathroom and kitchen products; doors, putty, and windows; roofing and ceiling products; tools and hardware; inverters, petrol generators, lighting, and gas solutions; soft drinks and snacks; and outdoor and decorative products. It serves contractors, homebuilders and improvers, farmers, traders, and other customers. The company operates through the Cashbuild model and P&L Hardware stores. Cashbuild Limited was founded in 1978 and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
CSB.JO passes 5 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Common questions
Is Cashbuild (CSB.JO) undervalued?
Against our discounted cash flow estimate of R90.32, CSB.JO at R119.00 is 24% above fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation, and most of a DCF's output sits in a terminal value nobody can forecast.
What is CSB.JO's P/E ratio?
CSB.JO trades at 12.2 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
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