ALS Limited engages in the provision of professional technical services and analytical services primarily in the areas of testing, measurement, and inspection in Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and the United States. It operates in two segments: Commodities and Life Sciences. The Commodities segment offers assaying and analytical testing, and metallurgical services for mining and mineral exploration companies. Its testing and consulting services cover the resource life cycle, including exploration, feasibility, optimization, production, design, development, trade, and rehabilitation. This segment also provides the coal industry, such as sampling, analysis and certification, formation evaluation services, tribology testing services, and related analytical testing. The Life Sciences segment offers analytical testing and sampling, and remote monitoring services for the environmental, food, pharmaceutical, and consumer products markets; and microbiological, physical, and chemical testing services. This segment provides analytical testing data to assist consulting and engineering firms, industries, and governments. ALS Limited was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in Brisbane, Australia.
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5 years, 6 months ago
ALS Limited is currently in a long term uptrend where the price is trading 21.4% above its 200 day moving average.
From a valuation standpoint, the stock is 97.9% cheaper than other stocks from the Industrials sector with a price to sales ratio of 2.7.
ALS Limited's total revenue sank by 8.7% to $839M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Its net income has dropped by 48.2% to $70M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Finally, its free cash flow fell by 32.6% to $26M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Based on the above factors, ALS Limited gets an overall score of 2/5.