Valuation
55
AUSTINLAZ · Austin Laz & Company Plc
Illiquid Neutral Quality 1/5Distress proxy: -150.77 (Distress concern)
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Composite score
45.4
Tier: Illiquid
Last close
₦3
As of latest snapshot
30-day ADV
₦813.6K
Liquidity signal
Market cap
₦3.14B
Industrial Goods
Financials
32
Technical
48
AI bottom line
Austin Laz presents a distressed quality signal, with a -148.1% net margin and negative ROE of -1.1%—well below sector median—despite a cheaper valuation (P/B 2.7x vs 5.8x sector). The critical watch is cash burn sustainability: negative FCF margin of -24.2% combined with illiquid trading (₦813k daily volume) creates execution risk if losses persist.
Stock Snowflake 5-axis radar
Blue = AUSTINLAZ. Gold dash = Industrial Goods median. Bigger area = better across the five research dimensions.
What the model is seeing
- ROE of -1.1% — well below sector median of 31.6%. Capital is underperforming.
- Below both 50-day (-12.2%) and 200-day (-7.3%) moving averages — sustained downtrend.
Risk flags
Thin liquidity — 30d ADV ≈ ₦0.8M
Negative net margin (-148.1%) — currently loss-making
Cash burn — FCF margin -24.2%
Price & trend
Close price with 50-day and 200-day moving averages, last 12 months.
Composite score history
How the model has rated this stock over the available history. Tier changes happen at 75 / 60 / 40.
Key metrics
Valuation
P/E ratio—
P/B ratio2.7x
P/S ratio353.6x
EV/EBITDA—
FCF yield—
Financials
ROE-1.1%
ROA-1.1%
Net margin-148.1%
FCF margin-24.2%
Debt / Equity0.0x
Technical
Last close₦3
Above 50d MA-12.2%
Above 200d MA-7.3%
ADX (trend)75.8
RSI31.7
Dividend history
No cash or share dividends recorded in the historical dataset.
Peers in Industrial Goods
Closest names by composite score within the same sector. Click a symbol to open its detail page.
| Symbol | Composite | P/E | P/B | ROE | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUTIX | 39.0 | — | 5.4x | -1.4% | Avoid |
| BUACEMENT | 51.9 | 28.4x | 13.6x | 53.1% | Neutral |
| MEYER | 58.9 | 21.5x | 4.5x | 19.1% | Stale |
| DANGCEM | 61.0 | 13.5x | 5.8x | 39.2% | Accumulate |
| BERGER | 61.6 | 22.4x | 7.9x | 31.6% | Accumulate |
| BETAGLAS | 62.0 | 9.8x | 3.2x | 29.9% | Accumulate |
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NGX corporate disclosures AUSTINLAZ · last 1
Plain-English summaries of every NGX filing for AUSTINLAZ, generated from the underlying PDFs by Claude Haiku. Click "Read the filing" to open the official document.
Other Disclosure
filed 23 Jun 2026
AUSTINLAZ shareholders approved a capital raise of up to ₦2.1 billion through private placement, business combination, or merger, with new shares priced at ₦5.00 each. The Board has broad discretion to finalize terms, select investors, and execute necessary agreements, subject to SEC and NGX regulatory approval. Existing shareholders' positions will be diluted unless they participate in the placement.