Stock Spotlight: Metacash Ltd (ASX:MTS)
About Metacash Ltd
Metcash Limited operates as a wholesale distribution and marketing company in Australia. It operates through Food, Liquor, and Hardware segments. The Food segment distributes a range of products and services to independent supermarket, convenience retail outlets, and food service customers. The Liquor segment engages in the distribution of liquor products to independent retail outlets and hotels. The Hardware segment distributes hardware products to independent retail outlets; and operates company owned retail stores. It sells its products under the IGA, Foodland, Mitre 10, Home Hardware, Total Tools, Cellarbrations, IGA Liquor, and the Bottle-O brand names. Metcash Limited was founded in 1927 and is based in Macquarie Park, Australia.
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Source: Yahoo Finance. Data as of 15/08/25.
Price Performance
Growth Potential
- Share price is trading largely in line with our blended valuation.
- Recovery in the higher margin Hardware business and resilience in the Food & Liquor business should see MTS’ group margins improve over the forecast period.
- The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) looks to continue lowering interest rates which should be positive for consumer confidence (Food & Liquor sales) and drive an improvement in housing activity (trade & tool sales).
- Trades on an attractive dividend yield ~5.0% and growing year on year.
- Capital management initiatives - Debt leverage ratio of 1.33x at the end of FY25 – which remains comfortably within management’s target range of 1.0x to 1.75x - should decline further in FY26 as margins and earnings recover. With franking credits available on the balance sheet, an unlevered balanced sheet could be used to undertake additional capital management initiatives.
- Increases to operational efficiency through business simplification plans should see increases to bottom line performance over the coming FY.
- Synergies of Superior Foods acquisition expected to become more material over the coming period, adding to top line growth as evidenced by 4.7% increase in revenue during the first seven weeks of FY26.
Key Risks
- Competition in all segments is quite fierce. Changes in market dynamics may put pressure on margins both in the short and long-term.
- Any deterioration in balance sheet metrics due to earnings/cash flow pressure/decline. We estimate that such pressures would likely come from the exercise of put options in relation to $106.9m in Total Tools JV stores, $19.5m in other Hardware Pillar JV stores, and an estimated $255m in Ritchies Stores Pty Ltd (this is a contingent liability currently recognised at a fair value of $0).
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