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Orica

Materials

Orica is a global leader in the supply of commercial explosives and blasting systems, serving the mining and infrastructure sectors. The company is renowned for its ground support solutions in mining and tunnelling, as well as being a top supplier of sodium cyanide for gold extraction. Orica's extensive product range and innovative technologies position it as a key player in the materials industry.

Short position

short percentage0.16%
reported shorts751.4K
shares on issue463.543M

Orica (ASX:ORI) has 0.16% of its shares on issue reported as short positions as of 5 Oct 2026, or about 751,363 shares. Over the past 30 days that figure has been broadly flat, and over 90 days it has fallen 0.41 percentage points. Its highest recorded short interest was 17.23% in August 2015. ORI is classified in the Materials industry. All figures come from official ASIC short position reports, published with a four trading-day (T+4) delay.

Price & short interest

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Orica (ORI) financials

Results, ratios and statements

Latest result

12 months to 31 Mar 2026 (TTM Mar 26) vs TTM Mar 25, figures in AUD, the reporting currency

Revenue
$8.09Bvs n/a (TTM Mar 25)
Yahoo Finance, as at 29 Sep 2026
NPAT
$250.7Mvs n/a (TTM Mar 25)
Yahoo Finance, as at 29 Sep 2026
EPS (diluted)
$0.51vs $0.19 (TTM Mar 25)
Yahoo Finance, as at 29 Sep 2026
Rev YoY
+5.9%FY
EPS YoY
+173.2%TTM

Key ratios

12 months to 31 Mar 2026 (TTM); balance sheet at 30 Sep 2025, 6 months before; prices to 9 Oct 2026

Gross margin
54.0%
Operating margin
8.0%
Net margin
3.1%
FCF margin
5.8%
ROE
5.8%
ROA
2.6%
FCF conversion
1.86×
Net debt (excl. leases)
$1.92B
Net debt / EBITDA
1.6×
Current ratio
1.2×
Interest cover
3.3×
Cash dividends paid / net profit
113.8%
Market cap
n/a (no share count we can vouch for)
P/E
44.9×
P/B
n/a (no share count we can vouch for)

Ratios use the reporting currency (AUD); market cap is in AUD. Source: Yahoo Finance, as at 29 Sep 2026.

Financial statements

Figures in AUD, the reporting currency; Yahoo Finance unless marked

ORI income, newest period first, figures in AUD
Line itemTTM Mar 26FY25FY24FY23FY22
Revenue$8.09B$8.14B$7.69B$7.97B$7.14B
Gross profit$4.37B$4.44B$4.08B$3.74B$3.23B
Operating income$645.8M$894.5M$736.5M$691.8M$510.4M
EBITDA$1.17B$1.12B$1.36B$912.9M$751.0M
EBIT$666.9M$620.2M$932.8M$520.4M$365.2M
Interest expense$194.4M$192.9M$185.1M$137.2M$90.7M
Pretax income$472.5M$427.3M$747.7M$383.2M$274.5M
Tax$194.2M$237.9M$188.9M$131.8M$140.9M
NPAT$250.7M$162.3M$524.6M$295.7M$60.1M
Net interest income−$201.9M−$199.7M−$177.2M−$143.7M−$100.3M
EPS basic$0.52$0.34$1.11$0.65$0.14
EPS diluted$0.51$0.33$1.09$0.65$0.14
Sharesn/a468.5M487.0M455.5M452.8M