S32.AX
South32 Limited

Basic Materials · Other Industrial Metals & Mining · valued as of 2026-11-03 · statements 2026-06-30

Average Intrinsic Value

8.17B USD

Market Cap

15.55B USD

Margin of Safety

-90.4%

Intrinsic / Market Ratio

0.53×

Projections, not exact values. Intrinsic Values are projected from each company's past reports. They show which stocks look cheap compared with the others, not exactly what a stock is worth.

How Each Value Is Built

The screener's three formulas on the reported figures. Each card reads the same way: the value as a sum of numbered terms, each term's calculation opened under it, from the reported figures to the value. The list ranks companies by their plain average over the market cap.

EPV + Growth

5.06B USD

what the normal year's earnings are worth for ever, plus growth that pays

Profit

9.72B USD

15 years of cash the shareholders can take out, and the equity left at year 15

FCFF

9.72B USD

15 years of cash for shareholders and lenders, less what is owed

Intrinsic Value

8.17B USD

the plain average of the three, uncapped, as the screener averages them

Intrinsic Value

8.17B USD

from the sum above

Market Cap

15.55B USD

the price on the date above times the shares

Intrinsic Value ÷ Market Cap

0.53×

the ratio the screener ranks by; Margin of Safety -90.4% (1 − Market Cap ÷ Intrinsic Value)

Each card below builds one of the three values from the reported years.

Earnings power value plus growth: 5.06B USD
What the normal year's operating profit after tax is worth if it lasts for ever, plus what the new investment adds beyond its cost, less the net debt that comes before the shareholders (or plus the net cash).
①EPV (earnings power value)4.79B USD
+②Net Cash Today278.28M USD
+③Growth Value0 USD
=Value5.06B USD

EPV of the Operations (NOPAT over WACC)

4.79B USD

Net cash today

+278.28M USD

Growth Value

0 USD

Value

5.06B USD

①EPV (earnings power value)

4.79B USD

②Net Cash Today

278.28M USD

③Growth Value

0 USD

Market value

Market Cap15.55B USD

The price on the date above times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-207.1%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

Profit value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash it can pay them (FCFE): 9.72B USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to equity (FCFE), each brought to today at the cost of equity, plus the equity at year 15 brought to today.

The projection was not made (a profit at or below zero in the latest three years), so the value is the book value today, 9.72B USD, as the screener leaves it.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE

Not in the value

②Equity at Year 15, Today

Not in the value

Market value

Market Cap15.55B USD

The price on the date above times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-60.0%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

FCFF value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash the firm can pay its shareholders and lenders (FCFF): 9.72B USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to the firm (FCFF), each brought to today at the WACC, plus the invested capital at year 15 brought to today, less the net debt today (or plus the net cash).

The projection was not made (an FCFF at or below zero in the latest three years), so the value is the book value today, 9.72B USD, as the screener leaves it.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF

Not in the value

②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today

Not in the value

③Net Cash Today

Not in the value

Market value

Market Cap15.55B USD

The price on the date above times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-60.0%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

The Rates and the Capital the Values Read

The WACC and the cost of equity each value is discounted at, the book value and the net debt each starts from, and the seven quality metrics, from the same run.

WACC: 8.72%
Cost of Equity =Risk-Free Rate 4.50%+Beta 0.70×Market Risk Premium 6.00%= 8.71%

The yearly return the shareholders require for the risk they carry; it is the rate that brings their future cash to today.

Tax Rate for WACC =Tax Provision 308.31M USDPretax Income 1.37B USD= 22.53%

The tax the interest saves.

Interest Expense =EBIT 1,579.58M USD−Pretax Income 1,368.37M USD= 211.21M USD

The interest the company paid: EBIT is the profit before tax plus the interest.

Cost of Debt =Interest Expense 211.21M USDTotal Debt 1.85B USD×(1 − Tax Rate for WACC 22.53%)= 8.83%

What the lenders are paid a year after the tax the interest saves.

Debt Weight =Total Debt 1.85B USDMarket Cap + Total Debt 15.55B USD + 1.85B USD= 10.64%

The part of the capital the lenders put in, at market value.

WACC =Equity Weight 89.36%×Cost of Equity 8.71%+Debt Weight 10.64%×Cost of Debt 8.83%= 8.72%

Weighted average cost of capital: the yearly return the shareholders and the lenders together require, weighted by what each puts in; the rate that brings the firm's future cash to today.

Book value and net debt today
Both from the balance sheet of the newest quarter, 2026-06-30.

Total Assets 14.51B USD − Total Liabilities 4.78B USD = Book Value Today 9.72B USD

Total Debt 1.85B USD − Cash and Short-Term Investments 2.13B USD = Net Debt Today -278.28M USD

The book value is what Profit starts from and what stands when a projection is not made; the book value plus the net debt is what FCFF starts from; the net debt comes off Greenwald's and FCFF's values before the shareholders.

Quality metrics
Read beside the value, never a condition for it: every company is valued, and a filter in the list is the reader's choice.
MetricFrom
Share dilutionShares Today ÷ Shares Two Years Back − 1-0.7%at most 5%passes4,481,425,781 / 4,513,571,104
Accrual quality(Operating Cash Flow − Net Income) ÷ Total Assets3.8%at least -10.0%passes(1.64B USD − 1.09B USD) ÷ 14.51B USD
Price to bookMarket Cap ÷ Book Value Today1.60×at most 3×passes15.55B USD ÷ 9.72B USD
Operating marginOperating Income ÷ Revenue15.3%above 10.0%passes887.89M USD ÷ 5.82B USD
Revenue growthRevenue ÷ Revenue a Year Before − 10.6%above 10.0%does not pass5.82B USD / 5.79B USD
Net cash(Cash − Total Debt) ÷ Market Cap1.8%above -30%passes(2.13B USD − 1.85B USD) ÷ 15.55B USD
Operating efficiencyOperating Income ÷ Gross Profit34.9%above 25.0%passes887.89M USD ÷ 2.55B USD

Market Data

The provider's ratios and the analysts' consensus beside the argument; none of them enters a value.

Share price

4.93 AUD

Enterprise value

21.85B AUD

the provider's own figure

EV / EBITDA

17.71×

Price / book

1.65×

the provider's book

Price / earnings

14.50×

Return on equity

11.4%

the provider's figure, not this page's

Profit margin

18.3%

Revenue growth

1.1%

Analyst target, mean

5.15 AUD

Analysts

12

opinions in the consensus

Financial Statements

The annual lines the screener holds, year by year, in USD at each period's rate; the figures this valuation read are in its calculation above.

USD2023202420252026
Income statement

Revenue

5.65B4.93B5.79B5.82B

Gross profit

1.94B1.66B2.52B2.55B

Operating income

597.60M126.13M943.94M887.89M

EBITDA

operating income before depreciation and amortisation

416.42M352.35M1.34B2.01B

Pretax income

-444.44M-527.53M619.62M1.37B

Net income

-173.17M-203.20M213.21M1.09B

Normalized income

net income without one-off items, as the data provider prints it; Profit's line when printed

254.49M-101.55M657.46M800.11M

R&D

————
Balance sheet, year end

Total assets

14.58B14.26B13.74B14.51B

Total liabilities

5.19B5.28B4.87B4.78B

Shareholders' equity

the equity the parent's shareholders own, as printed, without minority interest; the book value the values read is total assets less total liabilities, in Book Value and Net Debt above

9.39B8.97B8.85B9.71B

Total debt

1.74B1.57B1.64B1.85B

Cash and equivalents

1.25B840.84M1.68B2.13B

Net PP&E

fixed assets after depreciation

8.06B6.51B6.44B7.05B

Working capital

current assets less current liabilities

1.68B2.56B2.24B2.28B
Cash flow

Operating cash flow

1.19B1.12B1.34B1.64B

Capital expenditure

paid out, so below zero

-953.95M-1.12B-1.00B-1.14B

Depreciation and amortisation

653.65M643.64M511.51M434.43M

Free cash flow

operating cash flow plus capital expenditure

238.24M-2.00M332.33M500.50M