Central Asia Metals
CAML · AIM · Basic Resources · mcap £261m · 153.8p
The company runs the Kounrad copper recovery operation in Kazakhstan and the Sasa zinc and lead mine in North Macedonia. It also holds exploration interests in Scotland, Kazakhstan and Quebec.
Financials · LTM to 30 Jun 26
Source: results 26 Aug 26 ↗
- Revenue
- £206m
- Operating profit
- −£15.0m
- Net income
- −£35.4m
- Free cash flow
- £54.1m
- Net cash
- £72.7m
- Market cap
- £273m
- EV / EBIT
- –
- FCF yield
- +19.8%
- Price / book
- 1.2×
Latest half-year · H1 26 vs H1 25
results 26 Aug 26 ↗
- Revenue
- £108m +41%
- Operating profit
- £41.7m +118%
- Net income
- £28.4m +312%
- Cash from operations
- £38.3m +177%
Extracted automatically from the company's results announcements; check the source before relying on a figure. Not investment advice.
Latest report: H1 26 (six months to 30 Jun 26), published 26 Aug 26 · read the results ↗
£m unless stated · newest first · italic = calculated (LTM, H2 = FY − H1) · hover a value for its source
| LTM Jun 26 | FY 25 | FY 24 | FY 23 | FY 22 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 205.9 | 174.5 | 167.8 | 157.1 | 188.0 |
| Gross profit | 104.1 | 78.6 | 81.4 | 80.1 | 111.9 |
| Adjusted EBITDA | – | – | – | 77.6 | 112.0 |
| Operating profit | (15.0) | (37.6) | 63.5 | 52.3 | 47.8 |
| Finance costs | (2.2) | (2.0) | (1.7) | (1.5) | (1.8) |
| Profit before tax | (15.4) | (44.4) | 60.4 | 52.4 | 46.5 |
| Tax | (20.0) | (12.3) | (20.3) | (22.3) | (17.5) |
| Net income (owners) | (35.4) | (57.0) | 40.2 | 30.0 | 28.8 |
| Discontinued operations | 0.0 | (0.4) | (0.1) | (0.1) | (0.2) |
| EPS basic | (18.6p) | (31.6p) | 23.2p | 16.1p | 15.8p |
| EPS diluted | (22.7p) | (31.6p) | 21.6p | 15.4p | 15.2p |
| Dividend per share | – | – | – | 14.1p | 16.6p |
| H1 26 | vs H1 25 | H2 25 | H1 25 | H2 24 | H1 24 | H2 23 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 108.2 | +41% | 97.7 | 76.8 | 87.3 | 80.5 | 81.2 |
| Gross profit | 56.1 | +83% | 47.9 | 30.7 | 42.2 | 39.2 | 41.5 |
| Adjusted EBITDA | 56.2 | +82% | – | 30.8 | – | 38.8 | 38.0 |
| EBITDA | – | – | – | 30.8 | – | 40.8 | – |
| Operating profit | 41.7 | +118% | (56.7) | 19.1 | 32.6 | 30.9 | 25.6 |
| Share-based payments | – | – | – | – | – | 1.9 | – |
| Finance costs | (1.2) | +22% | (1.0) | (1.0) | (0.8) | (1.0) | (0.7) |
| Profit before tax | 44.1 | +192% | (59.5) | 15.1 | 33.0 | 27.5 | 25.7 |
| Tax | (15.8) | +97% | (4.3) | (8.0) | (10.2) | (10.1) | (12.5) |
| Net income (owners) | 28.4 | +312% | (63.9) | 6.9 | 22.9 | 17.3 | 13.0 |
| Discontinued operations | 0.0 | n/m | 0.0 | (0.4) | (0.1) | (0.1) | (0.3) |
| EPS basic | 16.7p | – | (35.3p) | 3.7p | 13.7p | 9.5p | (899.5p) |
| EPS diluted | 13.2p | – | (35.9p) | 4.3p | 11.8p | 9.9p | (861.4p) |
| Dividend per share | 6.0p | – | – | 3.3p | – | 711.7p | (699.3p) |
| LTM Jun 26 | FY 25 | FY 24 | FY 23 | FY 22 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 72.8 | 48.3 | 58.1 | 53.4 | 85.0 |
| Interest paid | (0.1) | (0.1) | (0.1) | (0.1) | (0.5) |
| Tax paid | (21.8) | (19.7) | (15.3) | (22.1) | (18.9) |
| Capex (PP&E) | (15.8) | (14.4) | (16.3) | (22.4) | (14.8) |
| Capex (intangibles) | (2.3) | (1.3) | (0.4) | (0.0) | (0.1) |
| Lease principal paid | (0.6) | (0.4) | (0.0) | – | – |
| Dividends paid | (20.8) | (23.8) | (32.0) | (33.4) | (41.0) |
| Share buybacks | (7.5) | (3.9) | – | – | – |
| Shares issued | – | – | – | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| H1 26 | vs H1 25 | H2 25 | H1 25 | H2 24 | H1 24 | H2 23 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 38.3 | +177% | 34.5 | 13.8 | 34.2 | 23.9 | 33.8 |
| Interest paid | (0.0) | n/m | (0.1) | (0.0) | (0.0) | (0.0) | (0.0) |
| Tax paid | (14.7) | +17% | (7.1) | (12.6) | (8.8) | (6.5) | (7.1) |
| Capex (PP&E) | (7.1) | +23% | (8.7) | (5.7) | (9.7) | (6.5) | (13.2) |
| Capex (intangibles) | (1.4) | +262% | (0.9) | (0.4) | (0.2) | (0.2) | (0.0) |
| Lease principal paid | (0.2) | n/m | (0.4) | 0.0 | – | – | – |
| Dividends paid | (12.9) | −19% | (7.9) | (15.9) | (16.1) | (15.9) | (15.8) |
| Share buybacks | (3.5) | n/m | (3.9) | 0.0 | – | – | – |
| Shares issued | – | – | – | – | – | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Latest Jun 26 | FY 25 | FY 24 | FY 23 | FY 22 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other intangibles | 18.3 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 |
| Property, plant & equipment | 170.7 | 177.3 | 254.0 | 265.5 | 267.2 |
| Associates & JVs | 3.5 | 2.7 | 3.0 | – | – |
| Other investments | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | – | – |
| Inventories | 13.3 | 15.3 | 12.8 | 11.7 | 10.9 |
| Trade receivables | 9.3 | 7.7 | 6.2 | 9.6 | 7.2 |
| Cash | 73.3 | 59.2 | 53.6 | 44.6 | 50.0 |
| Current assets | 96.5 | 83.4 | 73.7 | 66.2 | 68.4 |
| Total assets | 295.4 | 285.7 | 353.7 | 363.0 | 367.5 |
| Trade payables | 15.7 | 17.6 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 13.8 |
| Borrowings, current | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
| Lease liabilities, current | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Current liabilities | 28.3 | 28.5 | 22.0 | 14.9 | 16.4 |
| Lease liabilities, non-current | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Total liabilities | 71.0 | 74.7 | 70.6 | 64.5 | 62.1 |
| Non-controlling interests | (0.3) | (0.3) | (1.2) | (1.0) | (1.1) |
| Total equity | 224.4 | 211.1 | 283.1 | 298.5 | 305.3 |
| Treasury shares | -13.9m | -13.9m | -13.9m | -15.4m | – |
| H1 26 | H2 25 | H1 25 | H2 24 | H1 24 | H2 23 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other intangibles | 18.3 | 17.0 | 16.2 | 17.0 | 18.9 | 20.0 |
| Property, plant & equipment | 170.7 | 177.3 | 254.8 | 254.0 | 257.9 | 265.5 |
| Associates & JVs | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 | – |
| Other investments | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 0.3 | 0.4 | – |
| Inventories | 13.3 | 15.3 | 11.0 | 12.8 | 11.8 | 11.7 |
| Trade receivables | 9.3 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 6.2 | 10.5 | 9.6 |
| Cash | 73.3 | 59.2 | 34.5 | 53.6 | 44.3 | 44.6 |
| Current assets | 96.5 | 83.4 | 55.6 | 73.7 | 67.0 | 66.2 |
| Total assets | 295.4 | 285.7 | 350.0 | 353.7 | 354.6 | 363.0 |
| Trade payables | 15.7 | 17.6 | 14.2 | 13.7 | 11.5 | 13.6 |
| Borrowings, current | 0.7 | 0.7 | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Lease liabilities, current | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Current liabilities | 28.3 | 28.5 | 29.5 | 22.0 | 13.0 | 14.9 |
| Lease liabilities, non-current | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Total liabilities | 71.0 | 74.7 | 76.7 | 70.6 | 62.0 | 64.5 |
| Non-controlling interests | (0.3) | (0.3) | (0.3) | (1.2) | (1.0) | (1.0) |
| Total equity | 224.4 | 211.1 | 273.3 | 283.1 | 292.6 | 298.5 |
| Treasury shares | -13.9m | -13.9m | -13.9m | -13.9m | -13.9m | -15.4m |
Line items extracted automatically from each results announcement; when a later report restates a period, the later figure is shown. LTM and H2 are calculated from reported periods. Check the source before relying on a figure.
Company filings. Not investment advice.