Orica Limited stock analysis
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Orica Limited (ORI) Share Price & Analysis
ORI Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- AUD 23.15 - AUD 24.10
- 52-Week Range
- AUD 18.58 - AUD 26.47
- Previous Close
- AUD 23.82
- Volume
- N/A
- Average Volume (3M)
- 1.41M
- Market Cap
- AUD 11.04B
- Enterprise Value
- AUD 13.58B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- AUD 768.70M
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- AUD 3.24B
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 41.4
- Beta
- 0.81
- Next Earnings
- May 13, 2027 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- 0.6
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- Nov 17, 2026
- Dividend Yield
- 2.57%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Diversified Growth
Growth across all regions and segments reduces reliance on any single market and supports a more resilient earnings base. Digital Solutions and Specialty Mining Chemicals are expanding faster than the group, adding higher-growth contributors alongside the established blasting business.
Digital Recurring Growth
Digital Solutions combines strong earnings growth with expanding margins, rising recurring revenue and lower churn. Those trends indicate improving customer retention and monetization, while broader solution adoption can deepen relationships and support a more durable earnings stream.
Cost Savings Potential
The planned cost savings provide a tangible multi-year lever for protecting margins and supporting earnings growth even when operating conditions are uneven. Management expects benefits to materially exceed inflation, strengthening the potential contribution from internal efficiency.
Bears Say
Thin Profit Consistency
Modest revenue growth and volatile, relatively thin net profitability make earnings less dependable than the recent EBIT performance suggests. Lower conversion of sales into bottom-line profit can constrain reinvestment, shareholder returns and resilience when operating costs or volumes move adversely.
Uneven Free Cash Flow
The sharp decline in free cash flow highlights uneven conversion of operating performance into funds available for debt reduction, investment and distributions. If higher capital spending or working-capital needs persist, cash returns may remain less predictable despite solid operating cash flow.
Volume And Supply Pressure
Lower Indonesian coal activity and planned shutdown-related volume losses create a continuing demand and production burden for the near-term outlook. These pressures can dilute operating leverage and limit growth in the core blasting business, even with pricing and cost actions.
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Company Description
Orica Limited
Orica Limited, established in 1874 and headquartered in East Melbourne, Australia, is a global leader in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of commercial blasting systems, essential mining and tunneling support solutions, and a diverse array of chemical products and services. Its international footprint spans Australia, Peru, the United States, and numerous other countries. The company's core offerings encompass advanced 4D bulk explosive systems, packaged explosives, initiating devices, boosters, and specialized seismic explosive ranges. Alongside these products, Orica provides crucial technical expertise and supplementary services. Innovation is key, with solutions like Avatel, an automated system for underground development charging, and tele-remote blasting for secondary breakage and hang-up operations. In the chemicals sector, Orica supplies vital mining compounds such as cyanide sparges, emulsifiers, and sodium cyanide, complemented by PRO services. It also empowers clients with digital tools that deliver performance benchmarks and insights across every stage of the blasting process. Beyond mining, the company contributes to agriculture by producing nitrogen fertilizers, including urea ammonium nitrate and ammonia. Additionally, Orica offers comprehensive resources exploring the principles of chemical energy in blasting, fundamental explosives properties, and provides specialized training courses. Its portfolio also includes geotechnical solutions for deformation and convergence monitoring. Orica's extensive client base covers a wide range of industries, including surface (coal, metal, iron ore) and underground mining, quarrying, general construction, civil infrastructure, oil and gas, and agriculture.
- Sector
- Basicmaterials
- Industry
- Chemicals - Specialty
- CEO
- Sanjeev Kumar Gulab Gandhi
- Employees
- 14,000
- Website
- www.orica.com
- Address
- 1 Nicholson Street, East Melbourne, VIC, 3002, AU
Orica Limited (ORI) Earnings & Revenues
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ORI Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call was strongly positive overall. Orica reported record earnings, higher margins, improved cash conversion and returns, broad-based segment and regional growth, strong demand in Digital Solutions and Specialty Mining Chemicals, a resilient supply network, and a favorable FY 2027 outlook. The main negative factors were the North American fatality, significant litigation and restructuring items, lower Indonesian and group volumes, supplier disruptions, planned shutdowns, and higher U.S. sourcing costs. Management nevertheless stated that these challenges were being actively managed and did not expect the North American sourcing disruption to create a material FY 2027 margin headwind.
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Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 16 | 2 | 4 |
| Technical Analysis | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Moving Averages | 12 | 0 | 0 |
