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AFI.AU Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited
AU AUD Financial Services
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As of 30 Oct 2026
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Market facts
- Market cap
- 8B
- P/E ratio
- 29.17
- Analyst target
- 6.01
- Dividend yield
- 4.0%
- Beta
- 0.41
Profile
Instrument facts
- Exchange
- AU
- Currency
- AUD
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- ISIN
- AU000000AFI5
- Market cap
- 8B
- P/E ratio
- 29.17
- Analyst target
- 6.01
- Dividend yield
- 4.0%
- Beta
- 0.41
About
About Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited
Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm invests in the public equity markets of Australia and New Zealand. It invests in value stocks of companies. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index. It invests in companies across diversified industries. The firm employs fundamental analysis with a focus on bottom-up research to make its investments. The firm conducts in-house research to make its investments. Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited was founded in 1928 and is based in Melbourne, Australia.
Research context
Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited appears in PyInvesting’s Australia Stock catalogue. The price history above describes this recorded instrument; it does not by itself identify a company’s business or establish a continuous investment return.
- Currency
- AUD
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
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5 years, 6 months ago
Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited is currently in a long term uptrend where the price is trading 8.2% above its 200 day moving average.
From a valuation standpoint, the stock is 16.0% cheaper than other stocks from the Financial Services sector with a price to sales ratio of 44.5.
Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited's total revenue sank by 42.0% to $95M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Its net income has dropped by 42.6% to $84M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Finally, its free cash flow fell by 48.2% to $43M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Based on the above factors, Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited gets an overall score of 2/5.