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Ferrexpo (FRA:FEX) Profitability Rank : 7 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Ferrexpo Profitability Rank?

Ferrexpo has the Profitability Rank of 7.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

Ferrexpo's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.92%. As of today, Ferrexpo's Piotroski F-Score is 3.


Competitive Comparison of Ferrexpo's Profitability Rank

For the Steel subindustry, Ferrexpo's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Ferrexpo's Profitability Rank Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Ferrexpo's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ferrexpo's Profitability Rank falls into.



Ferrexpo Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Ferrexpo has the Profitability Rank of 7.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Ferrexpo's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=5.597 / 291.409
=1.92 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

2. Piotroski F-Score

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 3 is low, which usually implies poor business operation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Ferrexpo has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

Warning Sign:

Ferrexpo PLC operating margin has been in a 5-year decline. The average rate of decline per year is -33.5%.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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Ferrexpo (FRA:FEX) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
55 St. James’s Street, London, GBR, SW1A 1LA
Ferrexpo PLC is engaged in the mining, processing, and selling of iron ore pellets to the steel industry. It produces blast furnace pellets with iron grade. The company exports all its production to countries in Europe and Asia including Austria, Japan, Germany, South Korea, Slovakia, Turkey, China, as well as other European and Asian countries. It generates the maximum revenue from the Central Europe region.