Investment Memo: BIRLACABLE

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Our Rating: HOLD

Mehabe score: 3
G Factor: 4
Piotski Score: 5
The stock has a rating HOLD. The mehabe team score is reflective of its fundamental and technical merits. A rating above 8 is considered good buy. The stock has a G-Factor of 4 and Piotski score of 5.

Description

Birla Cable is engaged in the Business of Optical Fibre Cable , Copper Cable.Site: BIRLACABLE

Market Cap: Rs 268 cr Price: 89.5 Trading pe: 136.0x
Book-value: 53.7/share Div yield: 0.00 % Earning yield: 2.47%
Face-value: 10.0/share 52week high: 95.00 52week low: 45.20

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 89.5, above its 50dma 72.88. It also trades above its 200dma 63.07. The stock remains bullish on techicals
  • The 52 week high is at 95.00 and the 52week low is at 45.20

Price Chart

P/E Chart

Sales and Margin

Strengths

Weakness

– has low interest coverage ratio.
-The company has delivered a poor sales growth of -3.31% over past five years.
-Dividend payout has been low at 10.45% of profits over last 3 years

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 60.3x. Sterlite Tech. trades at the industry’s max P/E of 38.17x. BIRLACABLE trades at a P/E of 136.0x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 2.2 while the mean Piotski score is 8.0. BIRLACABLE has a G-Factor of 4 and Piotski scoreof 5.
– Average 1 month return for industry is 10.5%. The max 1- month return was given by T N Telecom.: a return of 41.35 %

Quarterly Results

  • Sales for period ended Mar 2021 is Rs 118.96 cr compared to Rs 58.93 cr for period ended Mar 2020, a rise of 101.9%
  • Operating Profits reported at Rs 11.84 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis 3.71 for period ended Mar 2020 .
  • Operating Margins expanded 365.7 bps for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis Mar 2020 .
  • The EPS for Mar 2021 was Rs 2.11 compared to Rs 0.1 for previous quarter ended Dec 2020 and Rs 0.03 for Mar 2020

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 329.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 223.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, a healthy growth of 32.2%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at 0.4%.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs 8.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 1.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, rising 87.5%.
  • Company reported a poor Net Profit CAGR of -20.6% over the last 3 years

Balance Sheet Statement

Cash Flow Statement

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    Sales Growth

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    Stock Price CAGR

    Return of Equity

    General Comments

    – The company has worsened on its Return on Equity (RoE) metric. The RoE on Last Year basis was 1.0% compared to 15.0% over the last 3 Years.
    – The stock has given a return of 67% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of 2% over the last 3 Years.
    – The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is 2% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of 2% over the last 3 Years.
    – The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is -67% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of -33% over the last 3 Years.

    Ratios

    Shareholding Pattern

    – FII shareholding has remained largely constant. The Mar 2021 fii holding stood at 0.0% vis-vis 0.0% for Dec 2020
    – Public shareholding has remained largely constant. The Mar 2021 public holding stood at 33.64% vis-vis 33.64% for Dec 2020

    Conclusion

    – – has low interest coverage ratio.
    -The company has delivered a poor sales growth of -3.31% over past five years.
    -Dividend payout has been low at 10.45% of profits over last 3 years

    • The business fundamentals of the stock remain stable. Stronger near term results will build interest in the stock. We suggest to wait for a upturn in business performance.
    • Technically, the stock remains above its 50 DMA 72.88 and is trading at 89.5, thus bullish price action wise.
    • Thus, overall we retain a HOLD on the stock.

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