Latest Ratios: P/E Ratio 7.8x · EV/EBITDA 8.4x · ROE 17.7%. (1995–2025 historical series)
Price-based multiples — how expensive the stock is relative to earnings, sales, book value, and cash flow
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market Cap | $4.7B | $4.9B | $4.5B | $5.2B | $5.2B | $4.2B | $2.0B | $1.6B | $1.6B | $1.6B | $2.3B |
| Enterprise Value | $3.0B | $-23663720660 | $-24647574818 | $-18406838328 | $-16331114000 | $3.4B | $1.6B | $1.2B | $-5325839600 | $-5659867034 | $-5203290873 |
| P/E Ratio → | 7.83 | 0.47 | 0.39 | 1.00 | 0.66 | 0.44 | 0.71 | — | 0.45 | 1.29 | 0.81 |
| P/S Ratio | 2.44 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.08 |
| P/B Ratio | 1.38 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 2.03 | 1.19 | 0.91 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.07 |
| P/FCF | — | — | 1.32 | 2.92 | 0.72 | 0.57 | 0.74 | — | 1.27 | 18.30 | 0.89 |
| P/OCF | 50.62 | 3.03 | 0.81 | 1.21 | 0.58 | 0.50 | 0.54 | 1.51 | 0.49 | 0.49 | 0.41 |
P/E links to full P/E history page with 30-year chart
Enterprise-value multiples — capital-structure-neutral measures of total business value
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Revenue | — | -0.70 | -0.73 | -0.45 | -0.30 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.03 | -0.15 | -0.20 | -0.19 |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.39 | -3.71 | -3.57 | -1.96 | -1.33 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.34 | -1.03 | -1.13 | -1.07 |
| EV / EBIT | 10.10 | -1.89 | -1.96 | -2.77 | -1.46 | 0.25 | 0.32 | 0.70 | -1.26 | -1.84 | -0.97 |
| EV / FCF | — | — | -7.20 | -10.40 | -2.25 | 0.47 | 0.59 | — | -4.33 | -66.80 | -2.00 |
Margins and return-on-capital ratios measuring operating efficiency
Full margin charts and quarterly trend are on the Earnings History page
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin | 22.7% | 22.7% | 22.7% | 25.8% | 26.7% | 28.1% | 18.6% | 12.0% | 14.3% | 16.5% | 17.2% |
| Operating Margin | 15.8% | 15.8% | 17.3% | 20.3% | 20.6% | 24.9% | 14.5% | 6.8% | 11.4% | 12.3% | 12.5% |
| Net Profit Margin | 31.2% | 31.2% | 31.2% | 12.6% | 14.5% | 17.0% | 7.8% | -4.8% | 9.9% | 4.2% | 10.5% |
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE | 17.7% | 17.7% | 19.2% | 10.6% | 31.4% | 508.3% | 165.0% | -8.9% | 10.3% | 3.6% | 9.2% |
| ROA | 14.3% | 14.3% | 14.8% | 7.7% | 22.3% | 369.8% | 118.1% | -6.5% | 7.5% | 2.8% | 7.4% |
| ROIC | 13.0% | 13.0% | 15.5% | 23.9% | 60.3% | 801.5% | 297.9% | 11.8% | 11.2% | 10.2% | 10.5% |
| ROCE | 8.4% | 8.4% | 10.0% | 15.9% | 40.8% | 665.9% | 271.2% | 11.2% | 10.4% | 9.4% | 10.1% |
Solvency and debt-coverage ratios — lower is generally safer
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debt / Equity | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Debt / EBITDA | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Net Debt / Equity | — | -0.48 | -0.49 | -0.47 | -0.45 | -0.36 | -0.23 | -0.23 | -0.20 | -0.22 | -0.23 |
| Net Debt / EBITDA | -4.48 | -4.48 | -4.23 | -2.51 | -1.75 | -0.05 | -0.06 | -0.11 | -1.34 | -1.44 | -1.55 |
| Debt / FCF | — | — | -8.52 | -13.32 | -2.97 | -0.10 | -0.14 | — | -5.61 | -85.10 | -2.89 |
| Interest Coverage | 3360.39 | 3360.39 | 3360.39 | 75.54 | 199.05 | 159.22 | 91.72 | 30.73 | 255.34 | 56.46 | 132.97 |
Net cash position: cash ($28.6B) exceeds total debt ($5M)
Short-term solvency ratios and asset-utilisation metrics
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Ratio | 5.49 | 5.49 | 4.29 | 3.07 | 2.87 | 3.28 | 2.90 | 2.62 | 3.21 | 3.79 | 4.17 |
| Quick Ratio | 4.38 | 4.38 | 3.28 | 2.32 | 2.03 | 2.20 | 1.82 | 1.74 | 2.04 | 2.60 | 2.87 |
| Cash Ratio | 3.42 | 3.42 | 2.50 | 1.73 | 1.42 | 1.39 | 0.92 | 0.80 | 0.81 | 1.06 | 1.44 |
| Asset Turnover | — | 0.47 | 0.45 | 0.62 | 0.80 | 19.75 | 15.65 | 13.97 | 0.74 | 0.63 | 0.66 |
| Inventory Turnover | 2.81 | 2.81 | 2.21 | 3.00 | 3.10 | 69.62 | 64.15 | 68.88 | 3.01 | 2.91 | 3.17 |
| Days Sales Outstanding | — | 85.45 | 93.56 | 51.25 | 51.94 | 2.37 | 3.39 | 4.50 | 49.30 | 86.57 | 42.47 |
Earnings, FCF, buyback, and dividend yields — total returns to shareholders
Full dividend history and growth charts are on the Dividend History page
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dividend Yield | — | — | — | — | — | — | 100.0% | — | — | — | — |
| Payout Ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | 71.1% | — | — | — | — |
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings Yield | 12.8% | 213.1% | 254.8% | 100.3% | 150.9% | 226.8% | 141.6% | — | 224.4% | 77.6% | 124.0% |
| FCF Yield | — | — | 76.0% | 34.2% | 139.2% | 175.8% | 135.7% | — | 78.5% | 5.5% | 112.0% |
| Buyback Yield | 0.1% | 2.2% | 2.8% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 9.9% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Total Shareholder Yield | 0.1% | 2.2% | 2.8% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 100.0% | 9.9% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Shares Outstanding | — | $166M | $166M | $166M | $154M | $154M | $154M | $155M | $163M | $166M | $162M |
Non-operating income dependency
According to current market data, SIM trades at a P/E of 8.21, which appears artificially compressed by the company's massive cash position, as reported in recent filings, suggesting that investors are failing to distinguish between the core steelmaking business and the underlying interest-bearing financial assets.
The forward P/E of 0.89 implies that the market is heavily discounting the company's future earnings potential, likely due to the lack of clarity regarding capital deployment. This valuation anomaly warrants further investigation, as the company's P/S ratio of 2.56 suggests a premium that is inconsistent with its cyclical industrial peers.
Based on reported figures, SIM's ROIC has fluctuated significantly, reaching a low of -11.2% in 2024Q4, which suggests that the company's massive cash accumulation is diluting returns on invested capital rather than acting as a productive engine for long-term shareholder value creation.
The persistent gap between ROE and ROIC indicates that the company's capital structure is not optimized for growth, as the lack of debt prevents the use of leverage to amplify returns. Investors should monitor whether management intends to deploy this idle capital, as current trends suggest a decay in capital efficiency compared to historical performance.
As reported in quarterly financial statements, the cash conversion cycle has shown extreme volatility, peaking at 233 days in 2025Q2, which indicates significant operational friction in managing inventory and receivables compared to the more streamlined efficiency observed in regional steel peers like Ternium.
The wide swings in DIO and DSO suggest that the company's working capital management is highly sensitive to cyclical demand shifts in the automotive sector. This lack of consistency in the cash conversion cycle may imply that the company is struggling to balance production output with fluctuating customer payment terms.
Based on the company's reported 0.00 debt-to-equity ratio, traditional leverage metrics are fundamentally misapplied to SIM, as they obscure the reality that the company's primary risk is not insolvency, but rather the inefficient allocation of its massive, non-productive cash reserves.
Analysts often rely on D/E ratios to assess risk, but for SIM, this metric provides a false sense of security by ignoring the opportunity cost of capital. A more appropriate analytical framework would involve adjusting the balance sheet to exclude excess cash, thereby revealing the true operational leverage and risk profile of the underlying steel manufacturing business.
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Grupo Simec, S.A.B. de C.V.'s current P/E ratio is 7.8x. The historical average is 0.9x. This places it at the 100th percentile of its historical range.
Grupo Simec, S.A.B. de C.V.'s current EV/EBITDA is 8.4x. This enterprise value multiple compares the company's total value (equity + debt - cash) to its EBITDA. The historical average is 3.0x.
Grupo Simec, S.A.B. de C.V.'s return on equity (ROE) is 17.7%. The historical average is 15.2%.
Based on historical data, Grupo Simec, S.A.B. de C.V. is trading at a P/E of 7.8x. This is at the 100th percentile of its historical P/E range. Compare with industry peers and growth rates for a complete picture.
Grupo Simec, S.A.B. de C.V. has 22.7% gross margin and 15.8% operating margin. Operating margin between 10-20% is typical for established companies.
Grupo Simec, S.A.B. de C.V.'s Debt/EBITDA ratio is 0.0x, indicating low leverage. A ratio below 2x is generally considered financially healthy.