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STU · NZX

Steel & Tube Holdings (STU)

Construction & Materials / Steel distribution•Covered: FY23 - HY26•6 published briefings

Steel & Tube Holdings is an NZX-listed construction & materials / steel distribution company with FY23 - HY26 of published result briefings.

Latest briefing

HY26 · Released 25 February 2026

Net cash of $17.5m flipped to $43.0m net debt as losses widened 19.7%

Operating cash flow fell 75.9% to $5.6m and base-business margins squeezed even as the Perry galvanizing acquisition lifted reported revenue 8.1%.

Market data

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Price
NZD 0.36
Mkt cap
$66.1m
Yield
0%

Quote as of 05-06-2026 3:30pm NZT

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Snapshot

Latest metrics

HY26, released 25 February 2026

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STU latest metrics
MetricValueChange
Revenue$211.9m↑ +8.1%
EBITDA$1.2m↑ +113.9%
NPAT-$12.4m↓ -19.2%
Operating cash flow$5.6m↓ -75.9%
OCF / EBITDA %464.8%↓ -3661.4pp
Net debt$43m↑ +345.7%
Net debt / EBITDA35.86x↑ +214.9%
ROE %-7.3%↓ -1.7pp
PBT-$17.1m↓ -19.6%
FCF pre-lease$1.8m↓ -90.6%

Source: latest published briefing (HY26, released 25 February 2026). Change compares against the prior equivalent period: HY25, released 24 February 2025.

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Performance over time

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STU metric history
MetricHY266 MONTHS25 February 2026FY2512 MONTHS25 August 2025HY256 MONTHS24 February 2025FY2412 MONTHS26 August 2024HY246 MONTHS20 February 2024FY2312 MONTHS21 August 2023Trend
Revenue$211.9m$385.4m$196m$479.1m$261.8m$589.1m
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Revenue growth %8.1%-19.6%-25.1%-18.7%-17.0%-1.7%
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EBITDA$1.2m-$2.5m$0.56m$31.4m$21.2m$51.9m
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EBITDA margin %0.6%-0.6%0.3%6.6%8.1%8.8%
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PBT-$17.1m-$33.1m-$14.3m$3.8m$7.5m$23.8m
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PBT growth %———-84.0%-54.5%-43.2%
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NPAT-$12.4m-$24.4m-$10.4m$2.6m$5.3m$17m
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NPAT growth %———-84.7%-55.1%-43.7%
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Operating cash flow$5.6m$10.4m$23.1m$42.2m$38.7m$98.3m
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OCF / EBITDA %464.8%-417.7%n/m134.4%182.9%189.5%
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FCF pre-lease$1.8m$3.6m$19.3m$32.7m$34.3m$92m
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DPS———2.0c4.0c4.0c
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Payout ratio vs NPAT %———375.0%125.0%77.7%
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Annual payout ratio vs EPS %———375.0%—77.7%
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ROE %-7.3%-12.8%-5.6%1.3%2.6%8.2%
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Net debt$43m$36.3m-$17.5m-$8.7m-$26.3m-$6.5m
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Net debt / EBITDA35.86x-14.53x-31.22x-0.28x-1.24x-0.12x
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Debtor days475239423843
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Inventory days100108102929086
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Total assets$393.2m$402.6m$334.3m$353.8m$350.2m$364.1m
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Reference: annolyse.ai/companies/stu

Note: Figures are shown as reported. Half-year and full-year absolute values are not directly comparable. Growth rates and ratios are the meaningful comparison across mixed periods.

Operating working-capital movement

Per-period working-capital absorption or release, from the same published history. Positive values are working-capital build; negative values are release.

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The setup & the reality

FY25 → HY26 Follow-through

The latest result is checked against what the prior briefing said to watch.

Current result now available

HY26 · Released 25 February 2026

Net cash of $17.5m flipped to $43.0m net debt as losses widened 19.7%

Operating cash flow fell 75.9% to $5.6m and base-business margins squeezed even as the Perry galvanizing acquisition lifted reported revenue 8.1%.

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Historical setup

What FY25 said to watch

From Revenue fell 19.6% and EBITDA swung to a $2.5m loss as net debt hit $36.3m

No quantitative targets were supplied. Management points to "some activity lift in 2H25" and expects improvement through FY26, supported by a ~$7m annualised cost-out programme and the Perry integration tracking ahead of plan.

The release does not support a clean recovery read. 2H25 EBITDA (-$3.1m implied) and 2H25 NPAT (-$14.0m implied) were both worse than 1H25, and 2H operating cash was negative. So any FY26 improvement starts from a deeper exit run-rate than the headline full-year numbers suggest. The market commentary in the release also describes conditions as "highly competitive", which limits pricing recovery as a lever.

Open questions

Open questions from FY25

  • Why did 2H25 operating cash flow turn negative ($12.7m outflow implied) when management describes activity as building?
  • What revenue and earnings contribution did Perry Metal Protection add in FY25, and is the integration "ahead of expectations" claim measurable against deal economics?
  • How does the board view debt-funded M&A capacity now that the facility is half-drawn against negative EBITDA?
  • What level of activity recovery is required to return group EBITDA to break-even, and is that supported by current 2H exit volumes?
  • When does the board expect dividends to resume, and against what coverage test?

This briefing cannot assess Perry Metal Protection's standalone contribution, organic versus acquired revenue split, or order-book/forward-work position because none were disclosed in the supplied materials.

Archive

Briefing archive

Every published Annolyse briefing for this company appears here in reverse chronological order.

HY26 · Released 25 February 2026

Net cash of $17.5m flipped to $43.0m net debt as losses widened 19.7%

Operating cash flow fell 75.9% to $5.6m and base-business margins squeezed even as the Perry galvanizing acquisition lifted reported revenue 8.1%.

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FY25 · Released 25 August 2025

Revenue fell 19.6% and EBITDA swung to a $2.5m loss as net debt hit $36.3m

A new $50.0m facility funded acquisitions at the cycle bottom even as 2H operating cash flow turned negative and the final dividend was suspended.

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HY25 · Released 24 February 2025

Steel & Tube swung to $14.3m loss as EBITDA collapsed 97.4%

Revenue fell 25.1% and the dividend was pulled, while $23.1m of operating cash flow leaned on a $28.4m working-capital release.

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FY24 · Released 26 August 2024

PBT collapsed 84% as second half slid into NPAT loss

A $36.3m working-capital release flattered operating cash while the 6c full-year dividend ran at 375% of NPAT and ROE fell to 1.3%.

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HY24 · Released 20 February 2024

Distribution profit fell 70% as inventory drawdown cleared all bank debt

Revenue declined 17.0% and NPAT 55.1%, but a $46.4m inventory release funded zero gross borrowings and $26.3m of cash.

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FY23 · Released 21 August 2023

NPAT down 43.7% as super-cycle unwound; $51m debt cleared on inventory release

Operating cash flow swung to $98.3m on working-capital normalisation, but EBITDA fell 22.1% pointing to a reset earnings base.

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Cash conversion quality

This result converted 464.8% of EBITDA to operating cash flow, -3393.3pp versus the prior comparable period.

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Leverage and balance-sheet risk

Net debt / EBITDA is 35.86x, +65.05x versus the prior comparable period.

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Earnings quality and statutory distortions

PBT and NPAT growth diverged by 0.4pp, with a distortion flag in the result.

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Revenue growth context

Revenue growth was 8.1% for this reporting period.

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