Glencore (CHIX:GLENL) Risk Assessment

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CHIX:GLENL Glencore PLC CHIX:GLENL
77 GF Score
Price £5.12
GF Value £4.60
Valuation Modestly Overvalued
! 7 Warning Signs
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What is Glencore Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of Glencore is: Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock.

Glencore  (CHIX:GLENl) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our Risk Assessment filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab and set your own criteria.

Glencore Risk Assessment Related Terms

Glencore Risk Assessment Competitor Comparison

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Glencore's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment 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.

Glencore Risk Assessment vs Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Glencore's Risk Assessment distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Glencore's Risk Assessment falls into.


CHIX:GLENL
77GF Score
Glencore PLC CHIX:GLENL
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Is Glencore (CHIX:GLENL) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Glencore stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of £5.12 is trading 11.3% above its estimated GF Value™ of £4.60. GuruFocus considers Glencore to be Modestly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for CHIX:GLENL:

  • Risk Assessment:
  • GF Value™: £4.60 vs. price of £5.12 (11.3% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 77/100 with 7 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the CHIX:GLENL stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Glencore Business Description

Address Baarermattstrasse 3, Baar, CHE, CH-6340
Glencore is one of the world's largest commodities traders, active in markets for metals and minerals, and energy products. Its marketing business provides sourcing, logistics, transportation, storage, and financing services to commodity producers and consumers around the globe. Its mining or industrials business produces thermal coal, coking coal, copper, zinc, nickel, cobalt, and ferroalloys. Unlike other major miners who are generally reducing their exposure to coal, it plans to produce thermal coal until its mines exhaust, arguing that it is better for listed, western companies to own these assets and then rehabilitate them consistent with western standards. We agree. It also expanded its coking coal exposure via the purchase of 77% of Teck's metallurgical coal business in July 2024.
77GF Score

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£5.12
Price
£4.60
GF Value