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SGH Limited

SGH.AX
53
Engineering & Construction · Industrials
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
53
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Good
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

SGH Limited is an Australian industrial conglomerate that owns and operates businesses across engineering, construction, and services. Its best-known subsidiary is Boral, one of Australia's largest building materials companies, which makes concrete, asphalt, and quarry products used in roads, homes, and infrastructure projects. SGH also has interests in media and other industrial assets across Australia and internationally.

The company earns money by selling building materials, delivering construction services, and collecting revenue from its various operating businesses. It is primarily based in Australia, with some international exposure, and its scale in quarrying and construction materials gives it a geographic advantage that is hard for smaller competitors to replicate. The key growth driver is Australia's ongoing infrastructure spending and housing demand, but the main risk is that rising input costs — like fuel and raw materials — can squeeze margins when the company cannot pass those costs on to customers quickly enough.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
20.8%
Thin — 20.8% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
12.5%
Healthy — 12.5% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
15.2%
Strong — 15.2% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
N/A
Data not available
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
216%
Turns 216% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
6.7%
Modest free cash flow (6.7%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.77
Moderate — manageable debt (0.77)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
4.71x
Adequate interest coverage (4.7x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
23.7x
no trend
Growth-priced — P/E 23.7

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+5.2
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (23.7 → 18.5)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.40%
no trend
Small dividend — 1.40% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+34.8%
no trend
Dividend growing fast (34.8% YoY)

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