SBM.AX
HoldHot AirSt Barbara Limited · Basic Materials · Australia · $692M
AUD 0.79 +1.9% · close 9 Oct · scored 10 Oct
StockRank up 1.0 since 9 Oct.
Hot Air: Rising on momentum alone: weak business, rich price.
Read our full research report on SBM.AX (Sep 2026), freeAs of 10 Oct 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for St Barbara Limited (SBM.AX) is 36/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 33, Value 33, Momentum 62, each scored against its sector).
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ABOUT ST BARBARA LIMITED
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St Barbara Limited is an Australian-based gold producer with operations spanning Canada and Papua New Guinea. The company manages a portfolio of operating mines and exploration projects, focusing on optimizing production costs and extending mine life. As a mid-tier gold miner, its performance is closely tied to global gold prices and operational efficiency.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (AUD)
| Year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2026 | CAGR | TTM | 2027E | 2028E | Fwd CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 740.2M | 680.3M | 323.9M | 223.6M | — | -32.9% | — | 342.8M | 364.5M | 13.0% |
| EPS (AUD) | -0.25 | -0.22 | -0.53 | -0.07 | 0.42 | — | -0.46 | — | — | — |
| Shares | 708.0M | 815.7M | 816.8M | 818.0M | — | +15.5% | — | — | — | — |
| Debt | 125.0M | 171.6M | 12.9M | 7.5M | — | -60.8% | 2.0M | — | — | — |
| Equity | 1.1B | 1.1B | 393.5M | 349.3M | — | -32.1% | — | — | — | — |
| Op CF | — | 87.7M | 51.9M | -57.4M | — | -40.8% | -12.9M | — | — | — |
| Inv CF | -199.3M | -170.0M | 285.9M | -36.1M | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fin CF | -293.8M | 38.4M | -197.9M | -3.5M | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Above its 200-day average and 10% below its 52-week high.
Swung more than 85% of stocks we rank over the past year (73% a year).
How this is worked out
StockRank judges the business. The price check reads only the chart: it is the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn like this one cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: day-to-day price moves over the past year, as a yearly figure, ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Basic Materials, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of SBM.AX are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | StockRank | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBM.AX | St Barbara Limited(you) | $692M | 36 | Hold |
| TCG.AX | Turaco Gold Limited | $654M | 34 | Sell |
| RXL.AX | Rox Resources Limited | $595M | 39 | Hold |
| AUC.AX | Ausgold Limited | $509M | 33 | Sell |
| BTR.AX | Brightstar Resources Limited | $437M | 31 | Sell |
| WIA.AX | WIA Gold Limited | $551M | 23 | Sell |
| BGL.AX | Bellevue Gold Limited | $1.7B | 30 | Sell |
| PNR.AX | Pantoro Gold Limited | $801M | 58 | Hold |
| BC8.AX | Black Cat Syndicate Limited | $510M | 56 | Hold |
| BM1.AX | Ballard Mining Limited | $254M | 30 | Sell |
Peer medians: ROE -7.1% · P/E 12.8x · Gross margin 100.0%
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