Overall NWGL gets a fundamental rating of 1 out of 10. We evaluated NWGL against 9 industry peers in the Paper & Forest Products industry. NWGL has a bad profitability rating. Also its financial health evaluation is rather negative. NWGL does not seem to be growing, but still is valued expensively.

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1. Profitability

2. Health

3. Growth

4. Valuation

5. Dividend

1. Profitability

1.1 Basic Checks

In the past year NWGL has reported negative net income.
In the past year NWGL had a positive cash flow from operations.
The reported net income has been mixed in the past 5 years: NWGL reported negative net income in multiple years.
In multiple years NWGL reported negative operating cash flow during the last 5 years.

1.2 Ratios

NWGL has a Return On Assets of -21.39%. This is amonst the worse of the industry: NWGL underperforms 88.89% of its industry peers.
NWGL's Return On Equity of -95.83% is on the low side compared to the rest of the industry. NWGL is outperformed by 88.89% of its industry peers.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
ROA	-21.39%
ROE	-95.83%
ROIC	N/A

ROA(3y)-12.11%

ROA(5y)-7.24%

ROE(3y)-41.07%

ROE(5y)-24.76%

ROIC(3y)N/A

ROIC(5y)N/A

1.3 Margins

NWGL has a Gross Margin of 24.41%. This is in the better half of the industry: NWGL outperforms 77.78% of its industry peers.
In the last couple of years the Gross Margin of NWGL has declined.
The Profit Margin and Operating Margin are not available for NWGL so they could not be analyzed.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
OM	N/A
PM (TTM)	N/A
GM	24.41%

OM growth 3YN/A

OM growth 5YN/A

PM growth 3YN/A

PM growth 5YN/A

GM growth 3Y-10.82%

GM growth 5YN/A

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2. Health

2.1 Basic Checks

NWGL does not have a ROIC to compare to the WACC, probably because it is not profitable.
NWGL has about the same amout of shares outstanding than it did 1 year ago.
Compared to 1 year ago, NWGL has a worse debt to assets ratio.

2.2 Solvency

Based on the Altman-Z score of 1.75, we must say that NWGL is in the distress zone and has some risk of bankruptcy.
NWGL has a Altman-Z score (1.75) which is comparable to the rest of the industry.
The Debt to FCF ratio of NWGL is 16.31, which is on the high side as it means it would take NWGL, 16.31 years of fcf income to pay off all of its debts.
Looking at the Debt to FCF ratio, with a value of 16.31, NWGL is in the better half of the industry, outperforming 66.67% of the companies in the same industry.
NWGL has a Debt/Equity ratio of 1.53. This is a high value indicating a heavy dependency on external financing.
The Debt to Equity ratio of NWGL (1.53) is comparable to the rest of the industry.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Debt/Equity	1.53
Debt/FCF	16.31
Altman-Z	1.75

ROIC/WACCN/A

WACC5.67%

2.3 Liquidity

A Current Ratio of 1.11 indicates that NWGL should not have too much problems paying its short term obligations.
NWGL has a worse Current ratio (1.11) than 88.89% of its industry peers.
A Quick Ratio of 0.77 indicates that NWGL may have some problems paying its short term obligations.
The Quick ratio of NWGL (0.77) is worse than 88.89% of its industry peers.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Current Ratio	1.11
Quick Ratio	0.77

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3. Growth

3.1 Past

The Earnings Per Share has grown by an impressive 38.18% over the past year.
Looking at the last year, NWGL shows a very negative growth in Revenue. The Revenue has decreased by -15.39% in the last year.
NWGL shows a very negative growth in Revenue. Measured over the last years, the Revenue has been decreasing by -23.27% yearly.

EPS 1Y (TTM)38.18%

EPS 3YN/A

EPS 5YN/A

EPS Q2Q%33.99%

Revenue 1Y (TTM)-15.39%

Revenue growth 3Y-23.27%

Revenue growth 5YN/A

Sales Q2Q%-1.71%

3.2 Future

No EPS estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future EPS growth and evolution.
No Revenue estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future revenue growth and evolution.

EPS Next YN/A

EPS Next 2YN/A

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EPS Next 5YN/A

Revenue Next YearN/A

Revenue Next 2YN/A

Revenue Next 3YN/A

Revenue Next 5YN/A

3.3 Evolution

No EPS estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future EPS growth and evolution.
No Revenue estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future revenue growth and evolution.

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4. Valuation

4.1 Price/Earnings Ratio

NWGL reported negative earnings for the last year, which makes the Price/Earnings Ratio negative.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
PE	N/A
Fwd PE	N/A

4.2 Price Multiples

Based on the Price/Free Cash Flow ratio, NWGL is valued a bit cheaper than the industry average as 66.67% of the companies are valued more expensively.