Analysis of Boral Limited's Share Price Performance (Finance)

This report analyzes the share price performance of Boral Limited from 2007 to 2017, examining its fluctuations and underlying factors. The analysis reveals the impact of the 2007 financial crisis on Boral's share value, highlighting a decline followed by a recovery driven by improved financial performance and market stability. The report references various sources to support its findings, including Yahoo Finance and Boral's annual reports, and discusses the influence of market conditions and investor sentiment on the company's stock valuation. It notes a significant return over the decade and identifies the rising trend in share price, suggesting positive investment potential for shareholders. The report also references academic papers to support the analysis.

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Figure 1: Depicting the share price moment of Boral limited from 2007 to 2017
(Source: Au.finance.yahoo.com 2017)
From the overall evaluation of figure 1 could directly help in identifying the overall
share price momentum of Boral Limited for past 10 years. The above figure mainly helps in
depicting the rising trend, which is attained by the organisation since 2011. The evaluation
also helps and affecting the overall decline in share value of Bora Limited from 2007 to 2012
due to decline in market condition and financial position of the company. Kushner (2014)
mentioned that the overall identification of share price trend could eventually help in
detecting the performance of the organisation in previous financial years. On the other hand,
Kehinde et al. (2017) argued that fundamental problems situated with companies and not

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detected in share price movement until and unless relevant has been disclosed into the
market.
From the peak of $5 the relevant share price Boral Limited mainly decline to $2.20
during 2008, due to weak financial projection provided by the organisation in the annual
report (Boral.com 2017). The overall tenure from 2007 to 2012 the whole market was
declining due to the financial crisis augmented in 2007. This financial crisis mainly crumbled
maximum of the financial position of the organisations, which took adequate time to increase
performance of the entire organisation. Hence, the performance of Boral Limited from the
time of financial crises to 2012 was relatively declining in value. However, after 2012
relevant financial report of the organisation was declared with higher profits, which allowed
the organisation to increase boost the share price. In this context, Paramitha, Hartoyo and
Maulana (2014) stated that financial crisis mainly forced maximum of the organisations
around the world to the brink of insolvency, which was relatively seen in sharp decline
conducted in Capital market during the financial crisis.
However, the overall share price performance Of Boral Limited from 2007 to 2017
mainly depicts overall return of 9.62%, which is relatively higher as the company is obtaining
higher highs every day. This relevant increment in the overall financial position of the
organisation was mainly due to the changing market conditions and increasing profitability
obtained by Boral Limited. Nevertheless, the inclination that was taken by Boral Limited
from the price of 2.20 to 7.25 is relatively adequate in 10 years, where the company has
provided an adequate return of 230% over the past 10 years. Furthermore, from the
evaluation it could also be understood that the share price of Boral Limited is continuing to
rise from 2012 till date due to the improvement in financial performance and stability in
capital market. Andriosopoulos and Lasfer (2015) mentioned that share price of the

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organisation relatively increases in value if the shareholders see relative growth in the
company's dividends and returns.
Moreover, Boral limited has relatively stayed in a rising trend, which could be
identified from figure 1. This rising trend mainly indicates that the overall Performance of the
organisation has a relatively increased over the time. However, relative decline in share value
could be seen, which is mainly due to the client performance of the organisation and not
fulfilling the requirements of investors. The current scenario after the announcement of
annual report the share price of the company has relatively touched a new peak, which
directly indicates the relevant profits that was portrayed by the organisation. In addition, this
relevant achievement of the company is mainly detecting a new bullish uptrend, which could
increase the share price much further than recorded in the past 10 years. Therefore, it could
be detected that both financial position and share price valuation of the company is relatively
adequate for past 10 years. This could eventually help shareholders to identify the investment
opportunity in Boral Limited.

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