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    How Bond Refinancing Will Impact Loma Negra (LOMA) Investors

    Simply Wall St·11/03/2026 13:22:51
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    • Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima recently issued Class 7 negotiable bonds maturing in October 2029 at a 6.25% fixed annual rate and used in kind subscriptions of its higher coupon Class 5 bonds to support a partial cancellation of that earlier US$8.00% issue.
    • The refinancing leaves US$105,958,495 of Class 5 paper outstanding while extending part of the debt stack at a lower nominal cost. This matters for interest expenses, cash flow visibility and the level of financial flexibility Loma Negra can maintain for operations and investment.
    • The focus now turns to how Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's debt refinancing, especially the 6.25% Class 7 bond, reshapes its investment narrative.

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    Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima Investment Narrative Recap

    To own Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima, you generally need to believe cement demand in Argentina holds up well enough for volumes and mix to support healthier margins over time. The near term story is still about margin repair after weaker profitability, so the Class 7 bond issue mainly matters as a background enabler rather than a direct earnings driver.

    The recent refinancing looks incremental, not transformative. It adjusts interest costs and extends part of the maturity profile, which can support cash flow planning around projects such as bulk cement growth and the 25kg bagging roll out. The biggest short term risk remains pressure on pricing and costs that could keep EBITDA margins subdued.

    The most relevant prior move to set beside the new Class 7 bonds is Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima’s earlier Class 6 issue of US$60m at 6.5% and the related removal of 2026 structured dollar maturities. That earlier step already pushed out a portion of near term repayments and helped keep net debt to adjusted EBITDA around 1.3x.

    Taken together, the Class 6 and Class 7 instruments suggest a pattern of lengthening maturities at fixed coupons while keeping leverage relatively contained. For shareholders, the link back to potential catalysts is that more predictable financing can make it easier for management to continue funding capacity expansions, cost efficiency projects and mix initiatives without crowding those priorities with near term refinancing risk.

    Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's current analyst narrative points to ARS 1,160.3b in revenue and ARS 222.8b in earnings by 2029, which is based on an assumed 10.7% annual top line growth rate and requires earnings to rise from ARS 43.9b today to ARS 222.8b, roughly a fivefold increase.

    Discover why Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's fair value indicates a 57% potential upside to its current price, which could materialize sooner than many investors expect.

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    The Simply Wall St Community has only two fair value estimates for Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima, stretching from about US$6.86 to US$14.30, so opinions already span a wide price band. When you layer those views against margin pressure risks and Argentina’s uneven macro backdrop, you have plenty of reasons to compare several alternative angles before forming your own stance.

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