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FERRO ALLOYS - GERDAU (Brazil)

FERRO ALLOYS vs GERDAU (Brazil) - Comparison Results

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FERRO ALLOYS Change

Ferro Alloys Corporation Ltd.(FACOR), manufactures charge chrome, ferro chromium and bars and rods of other alloy steel, angles, shapes and sections of other alloy steel, hollow drill bars and rods of alloy and non-alloy steel. In FY98, FACOR`s netwo... More

GERDAU (Brazil)
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Gerdau is a leading producer of long steel in the American continent and one of the largest suppliers of special steel in the world. It is also a global leader in supplying special long steel for the automotive industry. Gardau is the 14th largest st... More

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Financials

FERRO ALLOYS

GERDAU

EQUITY SHARE DATA
		FERRO ALLOYS Mar-00	GERDAU Dec-12	FERRO ALLOYS/ GERDAU	5-Yr Chart Click to enlarge
High	Rs	7	273	-
Low	Rs	2	190	-
Sales per share (Unadj.)	Rs	103.2	295.1	-
Earnings per share (Unadj.)	Rs	-25.5	11.1	-
Cash flow per share (Unadj.)	Rs	-19.2	25.3	-
Dividends per share (Unadj.)	Rs	0	3.17	-
Dividend yield (eoy)	%	0	1.4	0.0%
Book value per share (Unadj.)	Rs	-65.7	211.7	-
Shares outstanding (eoy)	m	20.35	1,700.46	-
Bonus/Rights/Conversions		-	-	-
Price / Sales ratio	x	0	0.8	5.6%
Avg P/E ratio	x	-0.2	20.9	-0.8%
P/CF ratio (eoy)	x	-0.2	9.1	-2.6%
Price / Book Value ratio	x	-0.1	1.1	-6.3%
Dividend payout	%	0	28.6	0.0%
Avg Mkt Cap	Rs m	92	392,992	0.0%
No. of employees	`000	2.6	41.3	6.3%
Total wages/salary	Rs m	272	74,074	0.4%
Avg. sales/employee	Rs Th	808.1	12,151.6	6.6%
Avg. wages/employee	Rs Th	104.6	1,794.0	5.8%
Avg. net profit/employee	Rs Th	-199.2	456.1	-43.7%

INCOME DATA
Net Sales	Rs m	2,101	501,738	0.4%
Other income	Rs m	36	2,165	1.7%
Total revenues	Rs m	2,137	503,903	0.4%
Gross profit	Rs m	-105	55,162	-0.2%
Depreciation	Rs m	127	24,141	0.5%
Interest	Rs m	322	12,585	2.6%
Profit before tax	Rs m	-518	20,601	-2.5%
Minority Interest	Rs m	0	-933	0.0%
Prior Period Items	Rs m	0	0	-
Extraordinary Inc (Exp)	Rs m	0	0	-
Tax	Rs m	0	835	0.0%
Profit after tax	Rs m	-518	18,833	-2.8%
Gross profit margin	%	-5.0	11.0	-45.5%
Effective tax rate	%	0	4.1	0.0%
Net profit margin	%	-24.7	3.8	-656.8%

BALANCE SHEET DATA
Current assets	Rs m	1,451	216,781	0.7%
Current liabilities	Rs m	1,438	103,344	1.4%
Net working cap to sales	%	0.6	22.6	2.7%
Current ratio	x	1.0	2.1	48.1%
Inventory Days	Days	136	87	156.5%
Debtors Days	Days	53	36	150.2%
Net fixed assets	Rs m	1,350	260,108	0.5%
Share capital	Rs m	204	254,282	0.1%
"Free" reserves	Rs m	-1,618	0	-
Net worth	Rs m	-1,336	359,914	-0.4%
Long term debt	Rs m	1,048	159,659	0.7%
Total assets	Rs m	2,834	672,163	0.4%
Interest coverage	x	-0.6	2.6	-23.1%
Debt to equity ratio	x	-0.8	0.4	-176.8%
Sales to assets ratio	x	0.7	0.7	99.3%
Return on assets	%	-6.9	4.7	-148.0%
Return on equity	%	38.8	5.2	741.0%
Return on capital	%	68.1	6.2	1,096.3%
Exports to sales	%	31.6	0	-
Imports to sales	%	9.6	0	-
Net fx	Rs m	422	0	-

CASH FLOW
From Operations	Rs m	0	57,386	0.0%
From Investments	Rs m	NA	-45,416	0.0%
From Financial Activity	Rs m	NA	-13,690	0.0%
Net Cashflow	Rs m	0	-1,721	0.0%

NM: Not Meaningful

Source: Company Annual Reports, Regulatory Filings, Equitymaster
The reporting currency for GERDAU (Brazil) is Brazil Reais. All data has been converted at 13.21 Rs / BRL

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