GFIGold Fields Limited

$47.68

Is the business good?

How good a business is GFI?

Gold Fields Limited earns 26% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.

26%

Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 17 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value

Operating margin
44%

Operating margin · Gold median 39% · fiscal year to FY2024

Cash conversion
0.34×

Cash conversion · 0.20× a year ago · some of the reported profit has not turned into cash yet

Share count, year on year
+0.05%

Share count, year on year · flat: no meaningful dilution

Operating margin by fiscal year
YearOperating margin
FY201929%
FY202044%
FY202142%
FY202239%
FY202338%
FY202444%
Details
Gross marginfiscal year to FY2024
45%
Operating marginfiscal year to FY2024
44%
Net marginfiscal year to FY2024
24%
Free cash flow margin
8.1%
Revenue, trailing twelve months
$5.20B
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$424M
Net income, trailing twelve months
$1.25B
Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
26%

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.