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Employees: 1,073
Size Central Asia Metals (CAML.L) is a United Kingdom Materials company (Other Metals/Minerals) with a market value of $430M, the 313th largest of 363 United Kingdom companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at £128.40 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 16.9%, against -38.6% for the median peer and +3.6% for the United Kingdom market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 22.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +19.9%); the operating margin is 38.7% (peer median 7.6%).
Valuation It trades at 4.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 13.9× (cheapest of 9).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -10% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +7%, so the hurdle is -16 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 24.1 points above its cost of capital (15.2% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 30 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | £206M | £174M | £168M | £164M | £179M |
| Revenue growth | — | +4% | +3% | -9% | — |
| Gross profit | £104M | £76.1M | £79.2M | £78.1M | £105M |
| EBITDA | £104M | £77.2M | £80.1M | £81.3M | £107M |
| Net income | -£34.3M | -£56.6M | £40.2M | £29.8M | £27.4M |
| Free cash flow | £57.7M | £35.3M | £43.7M | £31.5M | £67.4M |
| Capital expenditure | £17.8M | £15.7M | £16.6M | £22.4M | £14.2M |
| Total debt | n/a | £1.61M | £1.37M | £1.43M | £1.41M |
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| Measure | CAML.L | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -15.1% | -14.8% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -16.9% | -38.6% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -47.4% | -58.0% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +22.9% | +19.9% | 7th highest of 16 |
| Operating margin | 38.7% | 7.6% | 2nd highest of 16 |
| Forward P/E | 4.3× | 13.9× | cheapest of 9 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -9.5% | 13.3% | 2nd least demanding of 8 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +6.9% | +9.7% | 3rd lowest of 7 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -16.4 pp | +3.5 pp | 3rd least demanding of 7 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +24.1 pp | -8.9 pp | 2nd highest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 2.4× | 8.7× | cheapest of 9 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.7× | 1.1× | 3rd least indebted of 9 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Asia Metals CAML.L | United Kingdom | $430M | -17% | +23% | 39% | 4.3× | -9.5% | +6.9% |
| Chongqing Changjiang River Moulding Material (Group) 001296.SZ | China | $430M | -16% | -1% | 7% | n/a | 14.0% | +4.2% |
| Magna Mining NICU.TO | Canada | $429M | -15% | +299% | -34% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| PMET Resources PMET.TO | Canada | $431M | -56% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Re.fine Environment Sci-tech 001396.SZ | China | $433M | -42% | +4% | 12% | n/a | 27.1% | +10.6% |
| REalloys ALOY | United States | $427M | -38% | +21% | -4,460% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Xiamen Zhongchuang Environmental Technology 300056.SZ | China | $434M | -32% | -12% | -41% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Group 6 Metals G6M.AX | Australia | $424M | -9% | +508% | 50% | 6.2× | -9.7% | n/a |
| NioCorp Developments NB | United States | $423M | -52% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| United States Antimony UAMY | United States | $422M | -74% | +36% | -65% | 82.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Ashapura Minechem ASHAPURMIN.NS | India | $421M | -37% | +63% | 8% | n/a | 13.3% | +35.5% |
| Intrepid Potash IPI | United States | $443M | -13% | +5% | 6% | 11.8× | 9.9% | +8.7% |
| Elevra Lithium ELV.AX | Australia | $445M | -74% | -8% | -34% | 29.4× | n/a | n/a |
| WA1 Resources WA1.AX | Australia | $410M | -51% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| People & Technology 137400.KS | South Korea | $408M | -57% | -18% | 11% | 6.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Xinjiang Xinxin Mining Industry 3833.HK | Hong Kong | $457M | -39% | +20% | 17% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Boss Energy BOE.AX | Australia | $403M | 0% | +100% | 8% | 16.1× | 18.7% | +99.8% |
| Regulus Resources REG.V | Canada | $402M | +15% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Aclara Resources ARA.TO | Canada | $402M | -50% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ximei Resources 9936.HK | Hong Kong | $461M | -40% | +52% | 14% | 9.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Luxfer LXFR | United States | $463M | +11% | -9% | 10% | 16.6× | 9.1% | +3.4% |