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Steamships Trading Company Limited

Steamships Trading Company Limited

SST.AX
Steamships Trading Company LimitedAU flagAustralian Securities Exchange
10.05
AUD
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311.63MMarket Cap
Steamships Trading Company Limited
SST.AX
(Australian Securities Exchange)

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10.05

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ROIC.AI

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
FRC
25
29.68
31.81
30.02
28.36
24.95
23.63
25.14
18.09
16.28
17.43
18.19
2.04
17.25
2.27
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Revenue per Share
3.76
5.1
6.26
3.77
2.86
3.19
2.72
1.48
2.05
1.7
2.54
2.92
1.87
1.88
1.48
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Basic EPS, GAAP
-6.13
-7.46
-6.54
-7.25
-6.49
-3.54
-3.53
-2.11
-1.81
-3.17
-2.21
-3.39
-4.17
-7.18
-7.45
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Free Cash Flow per Basic Share
1.47
1.3
2.93
2.38
2.27
1.64
1.41
1.47
1.19
1.87
0.58
1.21
1.17
1.07
1.02
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Dividend per Share
14.09
17.26
20.37
23.12
23.73
25.45
26.86
29.99
29.68
30.12
30.54
32.4
33.12
33.95
34.42
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Book Value per Share
15.41
19.98
23.98
17.83
19.25
21.5
22.96
25.26
25.39
25.52
26.15
27.99
61.08
62.73
32.52
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Tangible Book Value per Share
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
28
31
29
31
31
31
31
31
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Basic Weighted Avg Shares
775
920
986
931
879
774
733
706
561
478
540
564
63
535
70
650
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
23.19
27.25
24.8
17.84
20.84
18.59
16.81
10.57
15.27
-7.47
13.76
14.74
-726.87
-10.4
-863.18
-10.75
Operating Margin (%)
66
78
98
107
105
102
107
100
83
82
88
94
95
105
113
124
Depreciation Expense
116
158
194
117
89
99
84
42
64
50
79
91
58
58
46
67
Net Income, GAAP
29.84
27.33
27.49
13.2
28.19
27.11
28.64
46.46
79.53
28.55
- -
1.92
30.94
30.48
32.31
31.58
Effective Tax Rate (%)
15.02
17.2
19.68
12.57
10.08
12.8
11.49
5.88
11.36
10.45
14.59
16.06
91.55
10.87
65.15
10.31
Profit Margin (%)
138
123
55
109
16
-374
81
34
86
151
11
90
-366
108
28
18
Working Capital
653
661
634
981
1,120
408
856
679
364
672
469
269
97
826
398
412
LT Debt
512
654
778
740
758
828
873
869
940
903
964
1,021
2,047
2,098
1,085
1,133
Total Equity
10.47
12.86
10.89
7.95
6.82
5.33
4.7
2.31
1.12
-1.65
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5.44
-15.98
-1.37
-18.06
-2.92
Return on Invested Capital (%)
10.19
11.9
12.79
10.52
5.08
5.85
5.07
3.03
4.18
3.86
- -
6.23
3.85
3.27
3.29
4.83
Return on Capital (%)
29.54
32.56
33.28
17.36
12.2
12.98
10.38
4.96
7.23
5.54
8.61
9.28
5.71
5.59
4.32
6.15
Return on Common Equity (%)

Capital Structure

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Working Capital

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Growth Rates

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(avg. rate of change)

10 years
5 years
1 year
Total Equity
8.11%
13.02%
4.46%
Free Cash Flow
12.77%
27.93%
-12.78%
Net Income, GAAP
2.83%
0.86%
46.3%
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
136.65%
279.55%
824.4%
Total Cash Common Dividend
1.2%
12.09%
-31.51%

Quarterly Revenue

FRC

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in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2023
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- -
- -
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535
2024
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70
2025
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650

Quarterly Earnings Per Share

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in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2023
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- -
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1.88
2024
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- -
- -
- -
1.48
2025
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- -
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Dividends Per Share

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in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2023
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- -
- -
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1.07
2024
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- -
- -
- -
1.02
2025
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- -
- -
- -
- -
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Business
Steamships Trading Company Limited (SST.AX), founded in 1918 and headquartered in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, operates as a diversified conglomerate engaged in shipping, transport, property, hospitality, and joint venture businesses primarily serving the Papua New Guinea market. The company conducts operations through four major segments: Logistics, encompassing Consort Express Lines for coastal shipping and services, East West Transport for land freight and logistics, Joint Venture Port Services for stevedoring, handling and equipment hire, Gulf Maritime Services and Pacific Towing Marine Services for harbour towage, salvage and commercial diving; Property, including Pacific Palms Property as developer and manager of residential, commercial, retail and industrial properties, Raitpla Property Management for property and project management leasing services, and Portside Business Park; Hospitality, featuring Coral Sea Hotels with seven hotels and apartment complexes in PNG's major commercial centres and ENZO’s Pizza with ten outlets nationwide; and Joint Ventures such as Colgate Palmolive PNG (50%), Wonye Limited (50%), Harbourside Precinct (50%), Gulf Maritime Services (47.5%), 13 joint ventures with local landowners, Pacific Rumana Ltd. (50%) and Viva No. 31 Ltd. (50%). Recent developments include the appointment of Alan Heyns as Property Division CEO on 21 October 2025 to drive the next growth phase, a restructure benefiting PNG Marine Services Company announced on 04 June 2025, establishment of Hebamo Transport Limited as a strategic joint venture on 14 February 2025 to support the Papua LNG project, groundbreaking on the Dobel Central development with Tininga on 29 April 2025, a three-year training and employment plan recognized by the National Training Council on 03 June 2025, and amendments to club financing arrangements alongside a Notice of Special General Meeting on 13 November 2025; the company also appointed new executives including Ruth Kissam for corporate affairs on 14 May 2025 and Emmanuel Auru as Group Legal Counsel on 12 May 2025, while maintaining its listing on the Port Moresby Stock Exchange and Australian Securities Exchange with majority shareholders John Swire & Sons (PNG) Limited and Nambawan Superfund, and employing over 3700 people across PNG.