Tharisa (THA.JO)
Materials · JSE · South Africa
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Tharisa trades at R24.50, which is 131% below the R56.54 our discounted cash flow model puts on the business. On that measure alone it screens as undervalued, though a DCF is an argument rather than a measurement, and the market is frequently right about why something is cheap.
Our moat model scores it 63 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 4.0 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 Tharisa
Tharisa plc, an investment holding company, engages in the mining, processing, sale, and logistics of platinum group metals (PGMs) and chrome concentrates in South Africa, China, Singapore, Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates, and internationally. It operates through four segments: PGM, Chrome, Agency and Trading, and Manufacturing. The company sells PGM concentrates, including platinum, palladium, rhodium, gold, ruthenium, iridium, nickel, and copper. It also produces metallurgical chrome concentrate and specialty chrome concentrates; operates a third-party chrome plant, as well as markets and sells the chrome concentrate produced at the plant; and manufactures and sells mining and mineral processing equipment. In addition, the company owns and operates the Tharisa mine, a PGM and chrome mine located on the Bushveld Complex of South Africa. Further, it engages in the research, development, and beneficiation chrome and PGM output, as well as trading of chrome concentrate. Tharisa plc was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Paphos, Cyprus.
THA.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 Tharisa (THA.JO) undervalued?
Against our discounted cash flow estimate of R56.54, THA.JO at R24.50 is 131% 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 THA.JO's P/E ratio?
THA.JO trades at 4.0 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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