Investment Memo: 539217

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Our Rating: HOLD

Mehabe score: 4
G Factor: 5
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 5 and Piotski score of 5.

Description

Srestha Finvest is a Non-Banking Financial Company (‘NBFC’) engaged in providing Loans, Finance and Investments.(Source : 201903 Annual Report Page No:36)Site: 539217Main Symbol: SRESTHA

Price Chart

Market Cap: Rs 17.7 cr Price: 2.14 Trading pe: x
Book-value: 2.04/share Div yield: 0.00 % Earning yield: 5.44%
Face-value: 2.00/share 52week high: 5.78 52week low: 1.41

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 2.14, below its 50dma 2.15 and below its 200dma 3.33. The stock remains bearish on technicals
  • The 52 week high is at 5.78 and the 52week low is at 1.41

Price Chart

P/E Chart

Sales and Margin

Strengths

– Stock is trading at 1.05 times its book value

Weakness

– has low interest coverage ratio.
– has a low return on equity of -2.24% for last 3 years.

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 24.5x. SBI Cards trades at the industry’s max P/E of 93.15x. 539217 trades at a P/E of x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 4.6 while the mean Piotski score is 6.0. 539217 has a G-Factor of 5 and Piotski scoreof 5.
– Average 1 month return for industry is -1.3%. The max 1- month return was given by Bajaj Finserv: a return of 7.18 %

Quarterly Results

  • Sales for period ended Mar 2021 is Rs 1.08 cr compared to Rs 0.8 cr for period ended Mar 2020, a rise of 35.0%
  • The EPS for Mar 2021 was Rs 0.04 compared to Rs 0.04 for previous quarter ended Dec 2020 and Rs -0.11 for Mar 2020

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 4.7 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 4.16 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, a healthy growth of 11.5%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at 15.3%.
  • Operating margins shrank to 50.64% for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis 53.37% for period ended Mar 2020, contraction of 273.0 bps.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs -0.54 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs -0.21 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, falling 0%.

Balance Sheet Statement

Cash Flow Statement

Cash Flow comments

  • CashFlow from operating activities was positive.
  • CashFlow from operating activities: Rs 1.16 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis Rs -1.78 cr for period ended Mar 2020

Sales Growth

Profit Growth Statement

Profit Growth Statement

Stock Price CAGR

Return of Equity

General Comments

– The stock has given a return of -63% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of -39% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is 13% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of 15% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is -157% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of % over the last 3 Years.

Ratios

Shareholding Pattern

Conclusion

– Stock is trading at 1.05 times its book value – has low interest coverage ratio.
– has a low return on equity of -2.24% for 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 below its 50 DMA 2.15 and is trading at 2.14. Shows a near term lack of buying interest.
  • Thus, overall we retain a HOLD on the stock.

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