Financial profile · FY2024

A cyclical PGM producer preserving cash through price and cost pressure

Anglo American Platinum's financial profile is highly cyclical: revenue, operating margins, and earnings expand sharply with PGM prices and contract when the basket weakens. It generates substantial operating cash but requires heavy sustaining and project capital, leaving cash returns and balance-sheet capacity sensitive to the commodity cycle.

What is developing

The 2024 results show a development rather than a new model: revenue and annual operating income declined from 2023, while operating cash flow recovered and free cash flow remained positive. Price pressure and substantial capital needs were partly absorbed by cost reductions and working-capital release, but earnings remained more fragile than cash generation.

What matters next

Whether operating cash flow continues to cover total capital expenditure without relying on inventory drawdowns or customer prepayments.

ZAR
Metric FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
5.3B 9.1B 9.2B 18.2B 19.5B 49.8B 28.3B 23.1B 24.5B 16.1B
5.3B 9.4B 9.2B 18.2B 19.5B 49.8B 28.3B 23.1B 24.5B 16.1B
— (242m) — — — — — — — —
45m 73m 276m 2.5B 5.2B 7.8B 4B 2.8B — —
3.8B 3.2B 3.1B 2.8B 4.9B 5B 5.9B 4.8B 6.4B 6.4B
1.5B 1.2B 554m 829m 1.3B 1.9B 2.9B 2.3B 1.9B 2B
2.3B 2B 2.5B 2B 3.6B 3.1B 3.1B 2.5B 4.5B 4.5B
16.4B 18.5B 22B 22.4B 45.4B 37.6B 48.9B 36.3B 24.8B 28.1B
504m 482m 646m 857m 1.2B 2.6B 2.6B 2.7B 2.7B 2B
26B 31.3B 35.1B 46.8B 76.2B 102.7B 89.7B 69.6B 58.4B 52.7B
43.5B 42B 47.5B 52B 57.1B 66.5B 79.2B 92.5B 102.2B 108.9B
43.5B 42B 47.5B 52B 57.1B 66.5B 79.2B 92.5B 102.2B 108.9B
(37.7B) (38.4B) (38.5B) (41.7B) (44.6B) (40.2B) (42B) (42.5B) (47.9B) (51.3B)
— — 397m 397m 397m 397m 397m 397m 397m 397m
686m 532m 368m 168m — — 140m 140m 0 711m
7.5B 6.3B 5.3B 3.6B 9.5B 9.4B 6.3B 5.7B 3.9B 3B
49m 674m 668m 1B 1.2B 1.2B 1.2B 903m 6B 5B
— — 397m 397m 397m 397m 397m 397m 397m 397m
77.7B 80.8B 89.4B 104B 144.4B 180.1B 176.9B 169.2B 170.9B 170.7B
7.8B 8.6B 12.1B 11.8B 18.6B 18.6B 21.7B 17.7B 13.4B 15.5B
2.6B 2.3B 2.1B 2B 1.7B 2B 2.6B 2B 1.8B 3.2B
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3.3B 1.7B 146m 206m 257m 201m 158m 7.3B 6.3B 4.3B
5B 7.7B 10.5B 14.6B 26.1B 35.7B 33.7B 20B 23.6B 21.8B
2B 4.6B 6.1B 9.4B 18.5B 26.2B 23B 11.3B 12B 12.9B
18.7B 20.4B 24.9B 28.5B 46.7B 56.5B 58.1B 46.9B 45.1B 44.9B
9.5B 9.5B 6.1B 685m 586m 411m 300m 365m 535m 384m
7.5B 7.5B 8.2B 11.1B 13.1B 15.6B 17.1B 19.1B 20.6B 23.6B
(234m) (526m) 231m 192m 184m 137m 186m 423m 374m 397m
2.2B 2.5B 2.7B 2.8B 5.4B 5.3B 4.5B 2.7B 2.5B 2.8B
37.7B 39.3B 42.2B 43.4B 66B 77.9B 80.1B 69.6B 69.2B 72.1B
27m 27m 27m 27m 26m 26m 26m 26m 26m 26m
14.8B 16.6B 21.6B 35B 51.7B 74.9B 69.5B 70.5B 72.1B 70.9B
22.5B 22.7B 22.7B 22.7B 22.6B 22.8B 22.8B 22.7B 22.4B 22.2B
334m 429m 216m 441m 1.3B 1.1B 210m (93m) 404m 491m
2.3B 1.8B 2.6B 2.5B 2.7B 3.4B 4.3B 6.5B 6.8B 4.9B
40B 41.5B 47.2B 60.7B 78.4B 102.2B 96.8B 99.6B 101.7B 98.5B
77.7B 80.8B 89.4B 104B 144.4B 180.1B 176.9B 169.2B 170.9B 170.7B
268.3m 268.5m 268.7m 268.8m 264.1m 264.6m 264.7m 264.6m 264.2m 264m