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Zambia Metal Fabricators (LUS:ZAMEFA) Profitability Rank : 2 (As of . 20)


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What is Zambia Metal Fabricators Profitability Rank?

Zambia Metal Fabricators has the Profitability Rank of 2. It has had trouble to make a profit.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

Zambia Metal Fabricators's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in . 20 was %. As of today, Zambia Metal Fabricators's Piotroski F-Score is 9999.


Competitive Comparison of Zambia Metal Fabricators's Profitability Rank

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Zambia Metal Fabricators's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Zambia Metal Fabricators's Profitability Rank Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Zambia Metal Fabricators's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Zambia Metal Fabricators's Profitability Rank falls into.



Zambia Metal Fabricators Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Zambia Metal Fabricators has the Profitability Rank of 2. It has had trouble to make a profit.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Zambia Metal Fabricators's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in . 20 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: . 20 ) / Revenue (Q: . 20 )
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* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

2. Piotroski F-Score

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Zambia Metal Fabricators has an F-score of 9999. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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Zambia Metal Fabricators (LUS:ZAMEFA) Business Description

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Address
Cha Cha Cha Road, P.O. Box 90295, Luanshya, ZMB
Zambia Metal Fabricators Ltd is engaged in the manufacture of copper rods and copper and aluminum electrical conductors for sale to customers in the domestic and foreign markets. It also sells telecommunications cables which are sourced from within the Reunert group of companies. Its products include Low Voltage Cables (600/1000V), Building Wire, Bare Copper, Earth Wire, Flexible Cables and Wires, Aluminum Overhead Conductors, Aerial Bundle Conductors, Copper Rod, and Copper Shapes.

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