At South32's upcoming 2026 Annual General Meeting on Oct. 15, shareholders will be asked to approve the sale of its bauxite, alumina, and aluminum assets (except Mozal Aluminum) to Alcoa via an ordinary resolution.
South32 is a beneficiary of continued global population growth, urbanization, and increased demand for commodities from industrialization.
The desire to diversify earnings into base metals and the need to eventually replace depletion presents a longer-term risk for missteps, with a major acquisition the key risk to the balance sheet.
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S32
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BHP
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RIO
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Price/Earnings (Normalized) | 13.85 | 16.31 | 14.01 |
Price/Book Value | 1.57 | 4.37 | 2.78 |
Price/Sales | 2.58 | 3.67 | 2.93 |
Price/Cash Flow | 9.65 | 9.19 | 8.78 |
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Metric
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S32
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BHP
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RIO
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Quick Ratio | 1.88 | 1.44 | 0.93 |
Current Ratio | 2.44 | 1.88 | 1.42 |
Interest Coverage | 6.26 | 11.36 | 10.65 |
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Metric
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S32
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BHP
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RIO
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Return on Assets (Normalized) | 7.32% | 11.44% | 10.13% |
Return on Equity (Normalized) | 11.12% | 27.20% | 20.84% |
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized) | 9.03% | 17.58% | 15.78% |
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