MCE 0.00% 35.5¢ matrix composites & engineering limited

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    What am I missing here.....the economics of this business seem to be appalling!

    Gross margins are tiny and in fact have been negative previously, and then the FY2023 (along with FY20-21) have the noise of impairments which hides underlying performance which have not delivered.

    2H23 they had operational expenses of $7m.....so they need a lot more revenues than the $55m order book at 12% margin to cover those costs......I'm shocked at how poor the numbers are
    Revenue breakdown FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
    1Design, Manufacture & supply composite products26,76311,06316,61936,381
    2Coatings, products, equipment and service 05,75510,4309,459
    3Others6748001,5761,364
    4Total27,43717,61828,62547,204
    5Cost of Sales-29,785-20,446-26,948-41,616
    6Gross Margin-2,348-2,8281,6775,588
    7Gross Margin %-8.6%-16.1%5.9% 11.8%

    I should have looked at this in a lot more detail before putting money down, but perhaps others who know this business and industry better can advise whey they are literally handing MCE shareholder money to their customers as they are not even recoving the cost to make the stuff they are selling (?!?!)
 
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