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CMC

ACHAT TOTAL: 9 620 titres (~604 467,80 $ US)

Insiders
McPherson John R, MATT PETER R
Total bought
$604,468
Total sold
Last activity
2026-08-13
Last synced
2026-08-21 23:36:53 Synced via automated research pipeline

Insider holdings as a share of total assets aren't available for this company.

Price (1 year)

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Market snapshot

Signal

Neutral signal Scored 2026-08-16

CMC presents a genuine event-driven catalyst — insider cluster buys, a $600M buyback expansion, and an ambitious $1.8B EBITDA target signal management conviction in a near-term turnaround, supported by institutional…

The first sentence of the analysis written for CMC on 2026-08-16 - a real excerpt, not a sample. The rest of it, the 0-100 score and the rating it produced are part of Plus. See plans.

Financial ratios

MetricTrend2025-08-312024-08-312023-08-312022-08-312021-08-31
Gross Profit Margin15.6%17.1%20.6%20.8%16.4%
Ebit Margin2.0%8.6%13.2%17.6%8.7%
Ebitda Margin5.6%12.2%15.7%19.5%11.2%
Operating Profit Margin6.7%8.8%13.3%14.7%8.9%
Pretax Profit Margin1.4%8.0%12.8%17.0%7.9%
Continuous Operations Profit Margin1.1%6.1%9.8%13.7%6.1%
Net Profit Margin1.1%6.1%9.8%13.7%6.1%
Bottom Line Profit Margin1.1%6.1%9.8%13.7%6.1%
Current Ratio2.7763.9443.7272.5362.791
Quick Ratio2.0342.7802.4991.6741.837
Solvency Ratio0.1240.3040.4280.4720.248
Cash Ratio0.8291.0280.7020.4960.508
Price To Earnings Ratio76.89312.7907.6694.0159.510
Price To Earnings Growth Ratio-0.937-0.298-0.2810.0210.207
Forward Price To Earnings Growth Ratio-0.937-0.298-0.2810.0210.207
Price To Earnings Diluted Ratio77.93212.9447.7644.0719.651
Price To Earnings Diluted Growth Ratio-0.949-0.302-0.2860.0210.211
Price To Book Ratio1.5541.4441.5991.4871.711
Price To Sales Ratio0.8360.7830.7490.5480.583
Price To Free Cash Flow Ratio20.86910.7898.93719.52588.592
Price To Operating Cash Flow Ratio9.1136.9004.9036.97917.181
Debt To Assets Ratio0.1890.1740.1740.2410.231
Debt To Equity Ratio0.3230.2770.2800.4570.466
Debt To Capital Ratio0.2440.2170.2190.3140.318
Long Term Debt To Capital Ratio0.2380.2110.2130.2530.307
Financial Leverage Ratio1.7101.5861.6111.8982.021
Working Capital Turnover Ratio3.3233.3314.0144.6414.173
Operating Cash Flow Ratio0.5681.0781.5930.5160.233
Operating Cash Flow Sales Ratio0.0920.1140.1530.0790.034
Free Cash Flow Operating Cash Flow Ratio0.4370.6400.5490.3570.194
Debt Service Coverage Ratio4.6349.38813.8733.2835.951
Interest Coverage Ratio11.42714.48229.11725.86211.574
Short Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio16.14623.19733.1771.8014.203
Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio0.5280.7561.1640.4660.214
Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio1.7752.7752.2161.5561.241
Dividend Paid And Capex Coverage Ratio1.4772.2321.9721.3530.944
Dividend Payout Ratio0.9620.1620.0870.0560.140
Enterprise Value Multiple15.5556.7855.1803.2845.968

Sparkline shows each ratio oldest → newest (left → right).

How the latest year compares

For each ratio: its most recent value, the change versus one year earlier, and versus its 5-year average. higher lower

MetricCurrentvs 1Y agovs 5Y avg
Gross Profit Margin 15.7% -1.5% -2.5%
Ebit Margin 2.0% -6.7% -8.1%
Ebitda Margin 5.6% -6.5% -7.2%
Operating Profit Margin 6.7% -2.1% -3.8%
Pretax Profit Margin 1.4% -6.6% -8.0%
Continuous Operations Profit Margin 1.1% -5.0% -6.3%
Net Profit Margin 1.1% -5.0% -6.3%
Bottom Line Profit Margin 1.1% -5.0% -6.3%
Current Ratio 2.776 -1.168 -0.379
Quick Ratio 2.034 -0.746 -0.131
Solvency Ratio 0.124 -0.180 -0.191
Cash Ratio 0.829 -0.199 0.116
Price To Earnings Ratio 76.893 64.103 54.718
Price To Earnings Growth Ratio -0.937 -0.639 -0.679
Forward Price To Earnings Growth Ratio -0.937 -0.639 -0.679
Price To Earnings Diluted Ratio 77.932 64.988 55.460
Price To Earnings Diluted Growth Ratio -0.949 -0.647 -0.688
Price To Book Ratio 1.554 0.110 -0.005
Price To Sales Ratio 0.836 0.052 0.136
Price To Free Cash Flow Ratio 20.869 10.081 -8.873
Price To Operating Cash Flow Ratio 9.113 2.213 0.098
Debt To Assets Ratio 0.189 0.014 -0.013
Debt To Equity Ratio 0.323 0.046 -0.038
Debt To Capital Ratio 0.244 0.027 -0.018
Long Term Debt To Capital Ratio 0.238 0.027 -0.006
Financial Leverage Ratio 1.710 0.125 -0.055
Working Capital Turnover Ratio 3.323 -0.009 -0.574
Operating Cash Flow Ratio 0.568 -0.510 -0.230
Operating Cash Flow Sales Ratio 0.092 -0.022 -0.002
Free Cash Flow Operating Cash Flow Ratio 0.437 -0.203 0.001
Debt Service Coverage Ratio 4.634 -4.755 -2.792
Interest Coverage Ratio 11.427 -3.055 -7.065
Short Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio 16.145 -7.051 0.441
Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio 0.528 -0.228 -0.098
Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio 1.775 -0.999 -0.137
Dividend Paid And Capex Coverage Ratio 1.477 -0.755 -0.119
Dividend Payout Ratio 0.962 0.799 0.680
Enterprise Value Multiple 15.555 8.771 8.201

Key metrics

MetricTrend20252024202320222021
Market cap$6.52B$6.21B$6.59B$4.89B$3.93B
Enterprise value$6.83B$6.54B$7.15B$5.72B$4.50B
EV / Sales0.88x0.82x0.81x0.64x0.67x
EV / Op. cash flow9.55x7.27x5.32x8.16x19.68x
EV / Free cash flow21.86x11.37x9.70x22.84x101.50x
EV / EBITDA15.55x6.79x5.18x3.28x5.97x
Net debt / EBITDA0.71x0.34x0.41x0.48x0.76x
Current ratio2.78x3.94x3.73x2.54x2.79x
Income quality8.45x1.85x1.56x0.57x0.55x
Graham number$25$59$76$79$38
Graham net-net-$5-$3-$4-$6-$5
Tax burden78.7%76.4%76.6%80.3%77.3%
Interest burden70.3%93.0%96.5%96.8%91.1%
Working capital$2.24B$2.46B$2.30B$2.08B$1.76B
Invested capital$5.58B$5.66B$5.35B$4.50B$3.40B
Return on assets1.2%7.1%12.9%19.5%8.9%
Operating ROA7.4%10.3%18.1%24.1%13.8%
Return on tangible assets1.3%7.8%14.3%21.2%9.0%
Return on equity2.0%11.3%20.9%37.0%18.0%
Return on invested capital6.9%8.8%15.3%20.0%12.5%
Return on capital employed8.8%11.6%20.2%26.9%16.4%
Earnings yield1.3%7.8%13.0%24.9%10.5%
Free cash flow yield4.8%9.3%11.2%5.1%1.1%
Capex / Op. cash flow56.3%36.0%45.1%64.3%80.6%
Capex / Depreciation140.9%115.7%277.2%257.1%109.9%
Capex / Sales5.2%4.1%6.9%5.0%2.7%
SG&A / Sales9.0%8.4%7.3%6.1%7.5%
R&D / Sales0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Stock comp / Sales0.5%0.6%0.7%0.5%0.6%
Intangibles / Total assets8.3%9.1%9.7%8.1%1.6%
Days sales outstanding56d53d51d56d60d
Days payables outstanding20d19d19d22d29d
Operating cycle108d107d106d116d121d
Cash conversion cycle88d88d87d94d91d

Change by theme

Grouped by what each metric measures. Each figure is the change over the period shown — up down versus then.

Change over 1 year

Valuation
Market cap ▲+5.0%EV / Sales ▲+6.1%EV / EBITDA ▲+129.3%EV / Op. cash flow ▲+2.279Earnings yield ▼-0.065Graham number ▼-34.147
Profitability
Return on equity ▼-0.093Return on assets ▼-0.059Return on invested capital ▼-0.019Return on capital employed ▼-0.028Operating ROA ▼-0.029Income quality ▲+6.593Tax burden ▲+0.023
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding ▲+2.873Days payables outstanding ▲+0.401Operating cycle ▲+0.704Cash conversion cycle ▲+0.303Capex / Sales ▲+0.011R&D / Sales n/a
Balance-sheet strength
Current ratio ▼-1.168Net debt / EBITDA ▲+0.365Working capital ▼-221913000.000Invested capital ▼-79114000.000Intangibles / Total assets ▼-0.008

Change over 5 years

Valuation
Market cap ▲+66.0%EV / Sales ▲+31.0%EV / EBITDA ▲+160.6%EV / Op. cash flow ▼-10.137Earnings yield ▼-0.092Graham number ▼-13.356
Profitability
Return on equity ▼-0.160Return on assets ▼-0.077Return on invested capital ▼-0.056Return on capital employed ▼-0.076Operating ROA ▼-0.063Income quality ▲+7.893Tax burden ▲+0.014
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding ▼-3.720Days payables outstanding ▼-9.368Operating cycle ▼-12.587Cash conversion cycle ▼-3.219Capex / Sales ▲+0.024R&D / Sales n/a
Balance-sheet strength
Current ratio ▼-0.015Net debt / EBITDA ▼-0.050Working capital ▲+479650000.000Invested capital ▲+2177723000.000Intangibles / Total assets ▲+0.067

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