ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd ICL

What the company does

ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd is a mid-cap company in the Basic Materials sector (Agricultural Inputs), with a market value of $6.5B, based in the USA.

It employs about 12,000 people and has been listed since Sep 24, 2014.

ICL Group Ltd, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty minerals and chemicals company worldwide. The company operates in four segments: Industrial Products, Potash, Phosphate Solutions, and Growing Solutions. The Industrial Products segment produces bromine out of a solution that is a by-product of the potash production process, as well as bromine-based compounds; sells various grades of potash, salt, magnesium chloride, and magnesia products; and produces and markets phosphorous-based flame retardants and other phosphorus-based products.

Cheap or expensive? no comparison basis

Price-to-earnings (p/e): 20.9. We have no good comparison group for this stock, so the number stands alone.

Revenue is growing 16% versus the same quarter last year.

On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple rises to 55.6 — they expect lower earnings.

The average analyst price target is 5.81, 16% above the current price (their view, not ours).

The stock sits at 18% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).

The risks

• No risk flags were detected from the data we have.

Strengths

• ✅ Profitable — 6 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
• ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
• ✅ Revenue is growing 16% a year.
• ✅ Pays a dividend (4.1% a year).

What changed this week

Over the past week the stock fell 0.4% (for comparison: S&P 500 +1.2%, sector ETF XLB +1.2%).

No notable news about the company was found in the past week.

What changed since last week

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