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South32 (LSE:S32) Asset Turnover : 0.22 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is South32 Asset Turnover?

Asset Turnover measures how quickly a company turns over its asset through sales. It is calculated as Revenue divided by Total Assets. South32's Revenue for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £2,475 Mil. South32's Total Assets for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £11,455 Mil. Therefore, South32's Asset Turnover for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.22.

Asset Turnover is linked to ROE % through Du Pont Formula. South32's annualized ROE % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.14%. It is also linked to ROA % through Du Pont Formula. South32's annualized ROA % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.73%.


South32 Asset Turnover Historical Data

The historical data trend for South32's Asset Turnover can be seen below:

* 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.

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South32 Asset Turnover Chart

South32 Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Asset Turnover
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.50 0.35 0.38 0.66 0.48

South32 Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Asset Turnover Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.30 0.36 0.23 0.24 0.22

Competitive Comparison of South32's Asset Turnover

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, South32's Asset Turnover, along with its competitors' market caps and Asset Turnover 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.


South32's Asset Turnover Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, South32's Asset Turnover distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where South32's Asset Turnover falls into.



South32 Asset Turnover Calculation

Asset Turnover measures how quickly a company turns over its asset through sales.

South32's Asset Turnover for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Asset Turnover
=Revenue/Average Total Assets
=Revenue (A: Jun. 2023 )/( (Total Assets (A: Jun. 2022 )+Total Assets (A: Jun. 2023 ))/ count )
=5883.768/( (13264.832+11534.688)/ 2 )
=5883.768/12399.76
=0.47

South32's Asset Turnover for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Asset Turnover
=Revenue/Average Total Assets
=Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )/( (Total Assets (Q: Jun. 2023 )+Total Assets (Q: Dec. 2023 ))/ count )
=2475.07/( (11534.688+11374.42)/ 2 )
=2475.07/11454.554
=0.22

* 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.

Companies with low profit margins tend to have high Asset Turnover, while those with high profit margins have low Asset Turnover. Companies in the retail industry tend to have a very high turnover ratio.


South32  (LSE:S32) Asset Turnover Explanation

Asset Turnover is linked to ROE % through Du Pont Formula.

South32's annulized ROE % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

ROE %**(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=Net Income/Total Stockholders Equity
=83.74/7357.561
=(Net Income / Revenue)*(Revenue / Total Assets)*(Total Assets / Total Stockholders Equity)
=(83.74 / 4950.14)*(4950.14 / 11454.554)*(11454.554/ 7357.561)
=Net Margin %*Asset Turnover*Equity Multiplier
=1.69 %*0.4322*1.5568
=ROA %*Equity Multiplier
=0.73 %*1.5568
=1.14 %

Note: The Net Income data used here is two times the semi-annual (Dec. 2023) net income data. The Revenue data used here is two times the semi-annual (Dec. 2023) revenue data.

* 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.

** The ROE % used above is for Du Pont Analysis only. It is different from the defined ROE % page on our website, as here it uses Net Income instead of Net Income attributable to Common Stockholders in the calculation.

It is also linked to ROA % through Du Pont Formula:

South32's annulized ROA % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

ROA %(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=Net Income/Total Assets
=83.74/11454.554
=(Net Income / Revenue)*(Revenue / Total Assets)
=(83.74 / 4950.14)*(4950.14 / 11454.554)
=Net Margin %*Asset Turnover
=1.69 %*0.4322
=0.73 %

Note: The Net Income data used here is two times the semi-annual (Dec. 2023) net income data. The Revenue data used here is two times the semi-annual (Dec. 2023) revenue data.

* 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.


Be Aware

In the article Joining The Dark Side: Pirates, Spies and Short Sellers, James Montier reported that In their US sample covering the period 1968-2003, Cooper et al find that firms with low asset growth outperformed firms with high asset growth by an astounding 20% p.a. equally weighted. Even when controlling for market, size and style, low asset growth firms outperformed high asset growth firms by 13% p.a. Therefore a company with fast asset growth may underperform.

Therefore, it is a good sign if a company's Asset Turnover is consistent or even increases. If a company's asset grows faster than sales, its Asset Turnover will decline, which can be a warning sign.


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South32 (LSE:S32) Business Description

Address
108 St Georges Terrace, Level 35, Perth, WA, AUS, 6000
South32 was born of the demerger of noncore assets from BHP in 2015. South32's major operations include alumina businesses in Australia and Brazil, aluminium in Brazil, South Africa, and Mozambique, manganese businesses in Australia and South Africa, and New South Wales metallurgical coal. It also owns the Cannington silver/lead/zinc mine in northwest Queensland and the Cerro Matoso nickel mine in Colombia. Cannington silver mine and manganese operations deliver high returns, but have relatively short reserve life. The company acquired Arizona Mining, which brings with it the high-grade and likely low-cost Taylor deposit in the U.S., and also entered the copper business in 2022 via the purchase of a 45% stake in the Sierra Gorda mine in Chile.

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