Italtile (ITE.JO)
Consumer · JSE · South Africa
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Italtile trades at R9.47, close to the R9.77 our discounted cash flow model puts on the business. On this measure the market and the model broadly agree, so the interesting question is which of them is wrong.
Our moat model scores it 56 out of 100, which is a moat, but not a deep one. 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 8.6 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 Italtile
Italtile Limited manufactures, retails, and franchises tiles, bathroom ware, and related home-finishing products in South Africa, rest of Africa, and Australia. The company imports, distributes, and retails brassware and accessories, laminate and vinyl floor boards, bathroom furniture, shower enclosures, sanitaryware, décor, and other home finishing products; tiles, and bathware and related products; taps, shower enclosures, and bathroom furniture and accessories; and paint, ceiling décor, lighting, laminate flooring, window blinds, and tile adhesives. It also manufactures and sells glazed porcelain floor tiles, ceramic wall and floor tiles, vitreous China sanitary ware, acrylic baths, adhesives, shower trays, grout, adhesives, paints, and related products. In addition, the company provides logistics and warehousing services. It sells its products under the Italtile Retail, CTM, and TopT brands through retail stores and online. The company was incorporated in 1955 and is headquartered in Bryanston, South Africa. Italtile Limited operates as a subsidiary of Rallen Proprietary Limited.
ITE.JO passes 6 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Common questions
Is Italtile (ITE.JO) undervalued?
Against our discounted cash flow estimate of R9.77, ITE.JO at R9.47 is 3% below 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 ITE.JO's P/E ratio?
ITE.JO trades at 8.6 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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