Mineral Resources Ltd

This report is an updated version of the report published on 13 December 2023 at 2:45­ PM AEDT.

Section 1: Company Overview and Fundamentals Insights

1.1 Company Overview: Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX: MIN) is an Australian listed diversified resources entity with extensive operations in lithium, iron ore, energy, and mining services across Western Australia. The Company has been providing safe, high-quality, low-cost mining, mining construction and mining infrastructure services in Australia. Kalkine’s Resources Report covers the Investment Highlights, Key Financial Metrics, Risks, Technical Analysis along with the Valuation, Target Price, and Recommendation on the stock.

1.2 The Key Positives, Negatives, Investment Highlights, and Management Insights

1.3 Top 10 Shareholders:

The top 10 shareholders together form ~29.01% of the total shareholding. Ellison (Christopher James) and State Street Global Advisors Australia Ltd. and are holding maximum stakes of 11.51% and 2.85%, respectively.

1.4 Key Metrics: Since listing, MIN has delivered a 24% per annum of consistent fully franked dividend growth. Below is captured other metrics for the past 5 years:

Section 2: Business Updates, Financial Highlights, and Historical Financial Trend

2.1 Recent Business Updates:

2.2 Results Highlights: Below mentioned are some key financial highlights:   

2.3 Historical Financial Trend

Section 3: Key Risks and Outlook:

Section 4: Stock Recommendation Summary

4.1 Price Performance and Technical Summary

The stock price fell by over 14% in the last 6 months and over the last 1 year, it has shed around 28%. The stock has a 52-week low and 52-week high of AUD 56.200 and AUD 96.970, respectively, and is currently trading around the 52-week high-low average. MIN was previously covered in a report dated ’15 November 2023’.

 (Source: REFINITIV, Analysis by Kalkine Group)

4.2 Fundamental Valuation

Markets are trading in a highly volatile zone currently due to certain macro-economic issues and geopolitical tensions prevailing. Therefore, it is prudent to follow a cautious approach while investing.

Note 1: Past performance is neither an indicator nor a guarantee of future performance.

Note 2: The reference date for all price data, currency, technical indicators, support, and resistance levels is 13 December 2023. The reference data in this report has been partly sourced from REFINITIV.

Note 3: Investment decisions should be made depending on an individual's appetite for upside potential, risks, holding duration, and any previous holdings. An 'Exit' from the stock can be considered if the Target Price mentioned as per the Valuation and or the technical levels provided has been achieved and is subject to the factors discussed above.

Note 4: Dividend Yield may vary as per the stock price movement.

Technical Indicators Defined: -

Support: A level at which the stock prices tend to find support if they are falling, and a downtrend may take a pause backed by demand or buying interest. Support 1 refers to the nearby support level for the stock and if the price breaches the level, then Support 2 may act as the crucial support level for the stock.

Resistance: A level at which the stock prices tend to find resistance when they are rising, and an uptrend may take a pause due to profit booking or selling interest. Resistance 1 refers to the nearby resistance level for the stock and if the price surpasses the level, then Resistance 2 may act as the crucial resistance level for the stock.

Stop-loss: It is a level to protect further losses in case of unfavourable movement in the stock prices.

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