
A challenged micro-cap deep-value play with limited valuation data. Frameworks sharply disagree on it.
Mkt Cap
$7.44M
P/E
—
PEG
—
P/B
0.27
Dividend
—
ROE
-3.0%
About the business
TOR Minerals International, Inc. produces and sells specialty mineral products in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The company offers alumina trihydrate and boehmite halogen-free flame retardant and smoke suppressant fillers for plastics, rubber, and specialty applications; and beige and gray colored titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigments for use in paints, coatings, plastics, paper, and various other products. It also provides white TiO2, a pigment to add whiteness and opacity to paints and coatings, plastics, and other materials; and engineered fillers for use in plastics, paints, coatings, catalysts, and industrial products. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Who would buy TORM?
Consensus 38/100 · Polarized · Investors strongly disagree — this is where Prism is most useful.
Endorses
· 3 frameworksNet Cash Positive (NCAV proxy) $0.02 clears "> $0.00".
P/B < 1.0 (below book) 0.27× clears "< 1.00×".
Debt/Equity < 0.5 0.12 clears "< 0.50".
No Form 4 filings in the last 6 months. Insider inactivity is itself weak evidence — it usually reflects blackout windows or compensation cycles rather than a view on the stock.
Insider activity from Yahoo Finance (quoteSummary: insiderTransactions + netSharePurchaseActivity). Cached 6 hours. · Insiders hold 0.0% of shares outstanding.
Net 6M: +0 sh
Price history
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What this means: A sharp rerating has pushed the stock beyond most Graham-style value thresholds. Value frameworks now see less margin of safety than before.
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Sign in to run this simulationTORM: 50% estimated probability of outperforming over the next 12M window. 2 of 6 signal families mixed (low confidence). Strongest support: D/E 0.12. Main risk to monitor: ROE -3% (weak).
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P/B 0.27× · FCF yield 1.6%
56% below fair value
Indicative only. Probabilities are model-implied weights for stress-testing — not forecasts.
A turnaround takes hold: margin recovers toward peer averages, revenue stabilises, and the market re-prices the asset value rather than the running earnings.
No deterioration, no surprise re-acceleration. -15% operating margin and -11% top-line growth chug along; the multiple slowly converges to the central fair-value estimate.
Sector: Basic Materials. MENA-aware investors can sanity-check whether the US name is offering value relative to regional peers.
| Metric | TORM | GCC median | MENA median | Global ex-US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (TTM) | — | 13.5× | — | 12.5× |
| P/B | 0.27× | 1.90× | — | 1.50× |
| Dividend yield | — | 3.80% | — | 3.40% |
| ROE | -3.0% |
Actual EPS came in at $0.21, but no consensus estimate was available for comparison. The print should be judged against the company's own historicals.
Without consensus, judge the print against the company's own trailing trend. Look for sequential acceleration / deceleration in revenue and margin.
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P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/A
PEG Ratio
N/A
P/B Ratio
0.27
EPS Growth
N/A
Revenue Growth
-10.5%
Debt / Equity
0.12
Net Cash / Share
$0.02
Return on Equity
-3.0%
Gross Margin
12.6%
Operating Margin
-15.1%
FCF / Share
$0.03
Current Ratio
2.79
Rejects
· 3 frameworksROE > 20% is -3.0% — fails "> 20.0%".
Revenue Growth > 15% is -10.5% — fails "> 15.0%".
ROE > 20% is -3.0% — fails "> 20.0%".
Trades materially below the fair-value range — historically a tailwind for forward returns.
Returns are sub-cost-of-capital; quality bar not met.
Capital structure is conservative and well-covered.
Price action is firm and trending higher.
Behavioural read is mixed — some accumulation, some distribution.
Recent miss and / or risk patterns weigh on the catalyst path.
Among 99 historical setups with similar Prism Score and signal-agreement profiles, 51% beat the benchmark over the next 12 months, with average excess return of +0.8% / yr.
ROE -3% · Op margin -15%
D/E 0.12 · CR 2.79
Quiet
1 tracked holder · peak 9.3%
Buyback runway via FCF
90% through 52w range
EPS — · Rev -11%
Already-thin margins compress further on input-cost or pricing pressure; revenue softens; the market questions whether the current earnings power is structural or one-off. Multi-year drawdown plausible.
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| 11.0% |
Institutional Own.
0.0%
Insider Own.
0.0%
Dividend Yield
N/A
Book Value / Share
$7.79
Superinvestor ownership
Held by 1 tracked superinvestor · peak weight 9.3%
Weights reflect each investor's latest 13F or factsheet snapshot. Data lags real time by 45+ days.