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Austal

ASX:ASB AU000000ASB3
54
  • Value
    42
  • Growth
    63
  • Safety
    Safety
    68
  • Combined
    70
  • Sentiment
    28
  • 360° View
    360° View
    54
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Company Description

Austal Limited is a global shipbuilder and defense contractor offering naval, government, and commercial vessels and support. It operates in the shipbuilding industry, constructing passenger ferries, offshore and windfarm vessels, and providing maritime technologies for defense and commercial operators. It operates worldwide, contracting vessels in 59 countries. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $1,621 million, profits of $112 million, and revenue of $979 million, with 4258 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 54 (better than 54% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Austal are above average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half of the metrics below and half above average for Austal. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 63, which means that the company experiences above-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. This means that growth is higher than for 63% of competitors in the same industry. In addition, the consolidated Safety Rank has a safer rank of 68 which means that the company has a financing structure that is safer than 68% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. But the consolidated Value Rank has a less desirable rank of 42 which means that the share price of Austal is on the higher side compared with typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is higher than for 58% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Sentiment Rank also has a low rank of 28, which means that professional investors are more pessimistic about the stock than for 72% of alternative investment opportunities. ...read more

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Strongest Rank Analyst Opinions
Weakest Rank Capital Growth
Country Australia
Industry Aerospace & Defense
Size Medium
Website austal.com
Index
ASX 200
ASX 300
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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 13-Mar-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
42 29 87 87
Growth
63 76 65 55
Safety
Safety
68 33 61 81
Sentiment
28 24 18 72
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54 29 76 99
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
9 37 45 62
Opinions Change
15 50 50 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 26 19 80
Market Pulse
66 30 31 36
Sentiment
28 24 18 72
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
42 29 87 87
Growth
63 76 65 55
Safety Safety
68 33 61 81
Combined
70 48 91 100
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
55 54 76 74
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
29 5 34 67
Price vs. Book (P/B)
46 54 92 84
Dividend Yield
39 15 73 68
Value
42 29 87 87
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
89 96 73 96
Profit Growth
23 4 98 15
Capital Growth
95 82 68 97
Stock Returns
43 83 3 13
Growth
63 76 65 55
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
70 66 74 72
Refinancing
40 15 57 61
Liquidity
57 12 15 63
Safety Safety
68 33 61 81

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The company has high growth and safe financing but is expensive (low Value Rank) and has low market sentiment. This is a warning that the stock may be too expensive. This is for an experienced growth investor willing to risk overpaying, but only after conducting thorough research on future growth potential.

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