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
62B 65.7B 74.6B 99.6B 137.8B 214.6B 164.1B 124.6B 116.3B
(56.1B) (56.6B) (63.3B) (72.7B) (98.1B) (109.5B) (93.6B) (103.6B) (90.8B) (87.8B)
5.9B 9.1B 11.3B 26.8B 39.7B 105.1B 70.5B 21B 18.2B 28.6B
(918m) (394m) (388m) (976m) 514m 894m (1.7B) (2.4B) (2.2B) (3.2B)
(683m) (813m) (796m) (788m) (871m) (966m) (1.3B) (1.8B) (1.3B) (1.2B)
(235m) 419m 408m (188m) 1.4B 1.9B (320m) (580m) (814m) (2B)
4.9B 8.7B 10.9B 25.8B 40.2B 106B 68.9B 18.6B 25.3B
(1B) (1.5B) 936m 7m 2B 3.3B (1.9B) 1B (2.1B) (1.7B)
1.1B 1B 615m 378m 247m 224m 301m 512m 964m 1.1B
(2.5B) (4.5B) (2B) (346m) (1.2B) (745m) (256m) (1.4B) (4.1B) (672m)
— 1.1B — — — — — — — —
(387m) (215m) (123m) (194m) (244m) (258m) 114m (150m) (208m) (689m)
1.1B 3.5B 9.7B 25.3B 40.9B 108.3B 66.8B 18.1B 9.7B 22.3B
(364m) (1.6B) (2.6B) (6.7B) (10.5B) (29.3B) (17.5B) (4.7B) (2.3B) (6.5B)
696m 1.9B 7.1B 18.6B 30.4B 79B 49.3B 13.4B 7.4B 15.8B
(64m) 20m (176m) (72m) (61m) (43m) (143m) (406m) (334m) (393m)
632m 1.9B 6.9B 18.5B 30.3B 79B 49.2B 13B 15.4B
2.40 7.39 26.22 70.21 115.19 299.76 186.49 49.47 58.44