Stock Research: Absa

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Absa

JNB:ABG ZAE000255915
48
  • Value
    85
  • Growth
    78
  • Safety
    Safety
    23
  • Combined
    78
  • Sentiment
    31
  • 360° View
    360° View
    48
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Company Description

Absa Group Limited is a financial services company offering retail, business, corporate, investment banking, insurance, financial services, and wealth management products. It operates in retail banking, business banking, and corporate and investment banking. The company operates mainly in South Africa. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $8728 million and 36779 employees. Revenue and profit data are unavailable.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 48 (better than 48% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Absa are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half of the metrics below and half above average for Absa. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 85, which means that the share price of Absa is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means the stock price is lower than for 85% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 78, 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. But the professional market sentiment is below average compared with other stock investment alternatives with a Sentiment Rank of 31. Professional investors are more confident in 69% other stocks. Worryingly, the company has risky financing, with a Safety rank of 23. This means 77% of comparable companies have a safer financing structure than Absa. ...read more

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
85 87 89 83
Growth
78 13 5 75
Safety
Safety
23 12 11 19
Sentiment
31 57 19 29
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48 24 3 53
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
21 55 89 92
Opinions Change
28 42 5 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 99 37 9
Market Pulse
71 15 16 20
Sentiment
31 57 19 29
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
85 87 89 83
Growth
78 13 5 75
Safety Safety
23 12 11 19
Combined
78 14 9 77
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
83 76 91 77
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
68 77 81 84
Price vs. Book (P/B)
51 56 65 60
Dividend Yield
91 88 94 84
Value
85 87 89 83
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
36 44 41 44
Profit Growth
76 19 30 90
Capital Growth
39 11 25 23
Stock Returns
83 69 9 83
Growth
78 13 5 75
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
14 34 38 30
Refinancing
49 41 50 56
Liquidity
24 18 15 32
Safety Safety
23 12 11 19

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This is a mixed bag with good value and high growth balanced by risky financing and negative sentiment. This is a risky stock that requires conviction; you should only consider it if you are willing to conduct further research into the underlying sentiment and financial risks.

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The 360° View Rank indicates a company's overall performance across all major financial and non-financial metrics tracked by Obermatt. A 360° View Rank of 75 means the company is more well-rounded than 75% of similar companies. A high score indicates that the company is strong across the board; it is attractively priced, growing sustainably, financially stable, and well-regarded by the market. Learn more.

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