Ansell Ltd, known by the ticker symbol ANSLF, is a mid cap medical instruments and supplies firm in the Healthcare Sector. This is my first report on ANSLF for my Viital stock portfolio or any of my previous six portfolios.

Ansell is a leading supplier of protective gloves for use in industrial and healthcare settings, earning approximately 55% of revenue and 65% of operating profit from the healthcare segment. The company holds a large number of patents and the majority of sales come from its key branded products. 

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Ansell has a global manufacturing and distribution footprint and distributes via key partners as well as directly across more than 100 countries.

In fiscal 2020, Ansell earned 42% of revenue in North America, 33% from Europe, Middle East, and Africa, 11% across the Asia Pacific, and the remaining 7% in Latin America.

The company was formerly known as Pacific Dunlop Limited and changed its name to Ansell Limited in 2002. 

Ansell Limited was founded in 1893 and is based in Richmond, Australia.

Three key data points gauge dividend equities or funds like Ansell Ltd (ANSLF):

(1) Price

(2) Dividends

(3) Returns

Those three basic keys best tell whether any company has made, is making, and will make money. 

ANSLF Price

Ansell's price per share was $23.46 as of yesterday's market close. One year ago its price was $26.51 So ANSLF's share price fell about 11.5% in the past year.

If Ansell's stock trades in the range of $20.00 to $30.00 this next year, its recent $23.46 price will likely rise by $1.54 by October 14, 2022. My estimate is based on the trajectory traced by the past twelve years of price data.  No brokerage analysts track the stock. And it is thinly traded. 

ANSLF Dividends

Ansell's most recent semi-annual dividend of  $0.43 was paid out on September 16 to shareholders. That annual payout of $0.86 yields 3.67% based on yesterday's $23.46 closing price. Ansell Ltd has paid regular annual dividends since March 2011. That's 10 years.

ANSLF Returns

Adding the $0.86 annual Ansell Ltd forward-looking dividend to my $1.54 price upside estimate shows a $2.40 potential gross gain, per share, to be reduced by any costs to trade ANSLF  shares.  

At yesterday's $23.46 price per share, a little over $1000 would buy 43 shares.

A $10 broker fee (if charged) would be paid half at purchase and half at sale and might cost us about $0.17 per share.

Subtract that maybe $0.17  brokerage cost from my estimated $2.40 gross gain per share results in a net gain of $2.23 X 43 shares = $95.89 for a 9.59% net gain on a $1,008.78 investment.

So it is that Ansell Ltd (ANSLF) shows a possible 9.59% net gain including a 3.67% forward estimated dividend yield. 

Over the next year at this time, a $1000 investment in Ansell Ltd (ANSLF) could generate $36.70 in cash dividends alone. And a single share bought at yesterday's closing price was $23.46! Thus, ANSLF's share price is $13.24 less than the dividend income from $1K invested. So, according to my dogcatcher ideal, now is the time to pick up ANSLF shares. The dividend from $1k invested is $13.24 greater than the single share price. Consider yourself alerted. It's a sign! 

All of the estimates above are speculation based on the past history of Ansell Ltd (ANSLF). Only time and money invested in this stock will determine its market value.