profit from every A$100 of sales.
A$0A$100
Orica
A$23.82+4.47% today
-0.4% in 1 year
1-year low A$18.771-year high A$26.40
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay A$68.03 for every A$1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Orica sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from A$7.14 billion in 2022 to A$8.14 billion in 2025, with A$162 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Orica handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks A$417MA$267M
Free cash flow 2025A$535M
Bought back its own sharesA$417M
Paid as dividendsA$267M
Cash vs. debtA$747M vs. A$3.0B
Orica vs. similar companies
Orica grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from A$100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per A$1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orica | 68.0× · Very expensive | ||
 Linde | 34.8× · Expensive | ||
 L'Air Liquide | 35.0× · Expensive | ||
 Ecolab | 41.1× · Expensive | ||
 The Sherwin-Williams | 33.1× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Orica's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of AUD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7,136 | 7,971 | 7,691 | 8,145 | |
| 3,226 | 3,744 | 4,082 | 4,437 | |
| 510 | 692 | 737 | 895 | |
| 751 | 913 | 1,365 | 1,119 | |
| 60 | 296 | 525 | 162 | |
| 0.14 | 0.65 | 1.09 | 0.33 | |
| 45.2% | 47.0% | 53.1% | 54.5% | |
| 7.2% | 8.7% | 9.6% | 11.0% | |
| 0.8% | 3.7% | 6.8% | 2.0% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of AUD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 8,368 | 8,767 | 9,598 | 9,949 |
| Cash | 1,255 | 1,152 | 581 | 747 |
| Total debt | 2,407 | 2,372 | 2,521 | 3,005 |
| Total liabilities | 4,639 | 4,715 | 5,051 | 5,693 |
| 3,686 | 3,989 | 4,459 | 4,176 | |
| 417 | 458 | 480 | 489 | |
| 4.2% | 5.7% | 9.4% | 6.0% | |
| 1.6% | 7.4% | 11.8% | 3.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of AUD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | – | |
| 349 | 439 | 456 | 415 | |
| 13 | 460 | 351 | 535 | |
| Dividends paid | 98 | 148 | 182 | 267 |
| – | 14 | – | 417 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 68.0×
- –
- 2.12
- 2.6×
- 1.4×
- 20.7×
- 11.9×
- 4.8%
- 1.5%
- 2.4%
Profitability
- 54.5%
- 11.0%
- 2.0%
- –
- 6.0%
- 6.3%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +4.5%
- +32.1%
- –
- –
- +5.4%
Financial health
- 2.0×
- 0.72
- –
- 3.2×
- 1.22
- –
- –
How it ranks in Materials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 48%of 989
Top 49%of 954
Bottom 12%of 773
Top 49%of 933
Top 32%of 988
2.4%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$24a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
164.3% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 49.9%
News
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Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
34No pass
Benjamin Graham
38No pass
Philip Fisher
40No pass
Peter Lynch
57No pass
Joel Greenblatt
19No pass
Charlie Munger
21No pass
Terry Smith
27No pass
Questions about Orica
Is Orica a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, priced as if everything goes right. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Orica AI analysis
What does Orica do?
Orica Limited manufactures, distributes, and sells commercial blasting systems, explosives, mining and tunnelling support systems, and various chemical products and services in Australia, Canada, the United States, and internationally. It is in Specialty Chemicals, based in East Melbourne, VIC, Australia, with 14,000 employees.
Does Orica pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.4% a year, about 164% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out A$267 million in dividends.
Is Orica stock halal?
Yes. Orica passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 27% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Orica stock done over the past year?
Down 0.4% over the past twelve months, to A$23.82. It traded between A$18.77 and A$26.40 and is 9.8% below its high.
Who are Orica's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Linde, L'Air Liquide, Ecolab and The Sherwin-Williams. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Orica's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.