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African Rainbow Minerals

JNB:ARI · ZAE000054045
Metals & MiningSmall

360

64
EV / EBIT91
Price / Owner Earnings91
Owner Earnings Yield1
Dividend Yield83
Price/Sales34
EV / Gross Profit45
Price/Book97
Return on Capital49
Cash Return on Capital57
Return on Equity56
EBIT Margin69
Gross Profitability23
Cash Conversion96
Accruals68
Owner Earnings Margin46
Sales growth74
Profit growth33
Reinvestment40
Price momentum21
Debt load89
Refinancing58
Debt Payback1
Liquidity59
Analyst ratings60
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside65
Market mood55
Value Creation10/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

African Rainbow Minerals clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountrySouth Africa
IndustryMetals & Mining
SizeSmall
TypePublic Company
ExchangeJSE
Founded1933
Employees770
Websitearm.co.za
ISINZAE000054045
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Themes
Mining Technology

Description

African Rainbow Minerals Limited operates as a diversified mining and minerals company. The company explores for platinum group metals (PGMs), ferrous metals, and coal. Business Segments The company operates through ARM Platinum, ARM Ferrous, and A…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

African Rainbow Minerals Limited sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.

Valuation data is not available for this company.

Growth is moderate; the safety picture is adequate. The company scores 10/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
76
2023202420252026

All-time high

92

Apr 2024

All-time low

57

Jan 2023

Average rank

80

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
34
23
22
21
Price/Earnings
55
80
93
85
Price/Book
97
87
84
72
Dividend Yield
83
88
94
96
Value (overall)
77
77
79
77

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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