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AECI Ltd

AECI Ltd

5.35
EUR
-0.05
(-0.93%)
696.42MMarket Cap
Mar 03Next Earn
2013 Y
2014 Y
2015 Y
2016 Y
2017 Y
2018 Y
2019 Y
2020 Y
2021 Y
2022 Y
2023 Y
2024 Y
2025 Y
TTM
Revenue per Share
142.43
151.01
166.87
175.99
175.16
220.95
235.02
228.5
246.91
337.22
331.15
318.41
305
- -
Basic EPS, GAAP
8.45
9.79
9.11
7.35
9
9.38
12.23
1.26
11.25
8.79
11.13
-2.68
3.13
- -
Free Cash Flow per Basic Share
2.14
8.94
-1.45
9.53
0.93
6.13
4.31
17.98
-0.45
-21.11
14.77
7.16
12.08
- -
Dividend per Share
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Book Value per Share
65.27
73.95
85.5
90.89
94.17
91.35
99.25
96.86
103.84
110.27
116.99
113.73
108.43
110.35
Tangible Book Value per Share
53.15
59.23
67.82
73.03
76.71
50.88
61.37
66.28
73.85
79.75
86.72
95.07
93.23
98.48
Basic Weighted Avg Shares
112
112
111
106
106
106
106
106
106
106
106
106
106
105
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
15,942
16,903
18,446
18,596
18,482
23,314
24,799
24,111
26,053
35,583
34,942
33,598
32,183
- -
Operating Margin (%)
8.77
9.44
9.23
7.18
8.54
8.57
8.19
3.8
7.88
5.75
6.99
4.6
4.75
- -
Depreciation Expense
537
547
590
626
597
710
1,031
1,112
1,032
1,026
1,053
1,154
1,029
- -
Net Income, GAAP
949
1,099
1,010
780
953
993
1,294
137
1,190
930
1,178
-279
334
- -
Effective Tax Rate (%)
24.7
24.92
31.08
29.27
30.38
34
27.8
75.87
34.67
45.65
44.06
71.01
72.84
- -
Profit Margin (%)
5.95
6.5
5.48
4.19
5.16
4.26
5.22
0.57
4.57
2.61
3.37
-0.83
1.04
- -
Working Capital
2,619
3,333
2,539
3,832
3,605
5,170
5,964
5,132
5,324
2,938
7,134
8,428
8,155
8,617
LT Debt
1,099
1,459
672
1,600
1,100
5,475
5,603
3,802
3,348
1,140
5,372
5,090
3,497
3,339
Total Equity
6,877
7,803
9,042
9,046
9,356
10,205
11,084
10,823
11,589
11,822
12,511
12,170
11,601
11,807
Return on Invested Capital (%)
11.14
11.96
10.36
8.06
10.06
9.79
8.88
1.3
7.96
6.14
7.06
2.36
2.34
- -
Return on Capital (%)
11.86
12.58
10.47
8.08
9.67
9.05
9.87
1.19
8.07
6.28
7.98
-0.62
2.82
- -
Return on Common Equity (%)
15.1
15.07
12.09
8.71
10.47
10.27
12.32
1.23
10.76
8.04
9.79
-2.32
2.82
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Capital Structure

ZAR

•

in mil. unless spec.
Jun'25
Dec'25
Jun'26
ST Debt
719
940
988
LT Borrowings
4,021
3,131
2,991
LT Finance Leases
465
366
348
Preferred Equity and Hybrid Capital
6
6
6
Shares Outstanding
106
106
106
Market Capitalization
10,670
8,921
13,032

Working Capital

ZAR

•

in mil. unless spec.
Jun'25
Dec'25
Jun'26
Total Current Assets
15,011
16,605
15,794
Cash, Cash Equivalents & STI
2,888
4,709
3,451
Accounts Receivable, Net
6,090
6,810
6,399
Inventories
4,896
4,773
5,407
Total Current Liabilities
6,863
8,450
7,177
Payables & Accruals
- -
- -
- -
ST Debt
719
940
988
Deferred Revenue
- -
- -
- -

Growth Rates

ZAR

•

in mil. unless spec.

(avg. rate of change)

10 years
5 years
1 year
Total Equity
2.63%
1.5%
-4.68%
Free Cash Flow
431.22%
856.88%
68.87%
Net Income, GAAP
37.45%
86.01%
-219.71%
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
6.47%
6.95%
-4.21%
Total Cash Common Dividend
- -
- -
- -

Semi-annual Revenue

ZAR

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

H1
H2
FY
2024
- -
- -
33,598
2025
- -
- -
32,183
2026
- -
- -
- -

Semi-annual Earnings Per Share

ZAR

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

H1
H2
FY
2024
- -
- -
-2.68
2025
- -
- -
3.13
2026
- -
- -
- -

Semi-annual Dividends Per Share

ZAR

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

H1
H2
FY
2024
- -
- -
- -
2025
- -
- -
- -
2026
- -
- -
- -

Company Description

Company Profile APIChatGPT
CEO
Alan Ernest Dickson
Full Time Employees
5,459
Sector
Process industries
Industry
Industrial specialties
Address
AECI Place Sandton GT South Africa 2191
IPO Date
Jul 1, 1992
Website
aeciworld.com
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Business
AECI Ltd is a diversified chemicals and explosives solutions provider serving mining, water treatment, manufacturing, agriculture, and industrial sectors. The company operates through segments including AECI Mining, which delivers mine-to-mineral solutions encompassing commercial explosives, initiating systems, blasting services, bulk emulsions, and surfactants for explosives manufacture; AECI Chemicals, supplying industrial and specialty chemicals, water treatment chemicals, plant nutrients, and crop protection products; AECI Managed Businesses, offering products and services to agriculture, food and beverage, road infrastructure, public water, animal health, and textile customers; and AECI Property Services and Corporate, providing property leasing and management in office, industrial, and retail sectors. AECI maintains operations across South Africa, the rest of Africa, Europe, Asia, North America, South America, and Australia, with over 6,300 employees at more than 100 sites; founded in 1894, it is headquartered in Sandton, South Africa. Recent strategic changes include the divestment of non-core assets such as Much Asphalt to Old Mutual Private Equity and Sphere Investments, AECI Animal Health, Schirm USA, Baar-Ebenhausen assets in Germany, and the Food & Beverage division to Sana Partners (rebranded as Lake International), enabling debt reduction and reinvestment in core mining and chemicals growth; a R522m broad-based black economic empowerment transaction with the AECI Foundation granting it a 15.5% effective interest in AECI Mining's South African operations to enhance B-BBEE credentials; expansion into Peru and strengthened presence in Australia alongside a new streamlined operating model targeting doubled core profitability by 2026 and top-three global mining solutions status by 2030.