Yahoo Finance Why I Like Bushveld Minerals Limited (LON:BMN)
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Building up an investment case requires looking at a stock holistically. Today I've chosen to put the spotlight on Bushveld Minerals Limited (LON:BMN) due to its excellent fundamentals in more than one area. BMN is a financially-robust company with a great track record and an optimistic growth outlook. Below is a brief commentary on these key aspects. If you're interested in understanding beyond my broad commentary, read the full report on Bushveld Minerals here.
Flawless balance sheet and good value
BMN is an attractive stock for growth-seeking investors, with an expected earnings growth of 31% in the upcoming year, supported by its outstanding capacity to churn out cash from operating activities, which is predicted to more than double over the next year. This indicates that earnings is driven by top-line activity rather than purely unsustainable cost-reduction initiatives. Over the past few years, BMN has demonstrated a proven ability to generate robust returns of 31% Unsurprisingly, BMN surpassed the Metals and Mining industry return of 13%, which gives us more confidence of the company's capacity to drive earnings going forward.
BMN's strong financial health means that all of its upcoming liability payments are able to be met by its current cash and short-term investment holdings. This suggests prudent control over cash and cost by management, which is an important determinant of the company’s health. Looking at BMN's capital structure, the company has no debt on its balance sheet. This implies that the company is running its operations purely on off equity funding. which is typically normal for a small-cap company. Investors’ risk associated with debt is virtually non-existent and the company has plenty of headroom to grow debt in the future, should the need arise.
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For Bushveld Minerals, I've put together three fundamental factors you should further research:
Valuation: What is BMN worth today? Is the stock undervalued, even when its growth outlook is factored into its intrinsic value? The intrinsic value infographic in our free research report helps visualize whether BMN is currently mispriced by the market.
Dividend Income vs Capital Gains: Does BMN return gains to shareholders through reinvesting in itself and growing earnings, or redistribute a decent portion of earnings as dividends? Our historical dividend yield visualization quickly tells you what your can expect from BMN as an investment.
Other Attractive Alternatives : Are there other well-rounded stocks you could be holding instead of BMN? Explore our interactive list of stocks with large potential to get an idea of what else is out there you may be missing!
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