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Investment Memo: 540686

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Our Rating: HOLD

Mehabe score: 5
G Factor: 5
Piotski Score: 7
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 7.

Description

Smruthi Organics is engaged in the manufacture of Active Pharmaceutical ingredients (API’s) i.e. Bulk Drugs and Drug Intermediates unless otherwise stated.Site: 540686Main Symbol: SMRUTHIORG

Price Chart

Market Cap: Rs 457 cr Price: 399.0 Trading pe: 26.7x
Book-value: 52.9/share Div yield: 0.75 % Earning yield: 5.58%
Face-value: 10.0/share 52week high: 399.40 52week low: 42.03

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 399.0, above its 50dma 303.55. It also trades above its 200dma 216.96. The stock remains bullish on techicals
  • The 52 week high is at 399.40 and the 52week low is at 42.03

Price Chart

P/E Chart

Sales and Margin

Strengths

– has reduced debt.
– has delivered good profit growth of 88.44% CAGR over last 5 years
– has a good return on equity (ROE) track record: 3 Years ROE 26.22%

Weakness

– Stock is trading at 7.56 times its book value
-The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 11.39% over past five years.

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 22.6x. Sequent Scien. trades at the industry’s max P/E of 70.54x. 540686 trades at a P/E of 26.7x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 4.2 while the mean Piotski score is 8.0. 540686 has a G-Factor of 5 and Piotski scoreof 7.
– Average 1 month return for industry is 8.0%. The max 1- month return was given by Smruthi Organic: a return of 27.79 %

Quarterly Results

  • Sales for period ended Jun 2021 is Rs 30.9 cr compared to Rs 29.35 cr for period ended Jun 2020, a rise of 5.3%
  • Operating Profits reported at Rs 4.44 cr for period ended Jun 2021 vis-vis 5.65 for period ended Jun 2020 .
  • Operating Margins contracted -488.1 bps for period ended Jun 2021 vis-vis Jun 2020 .
  • The EPS for Jun 2021 was Rs 2.21 compared to Rs 2.77 for previous quarter ended Mar 2021 and Rs 2.62 for Jun 2020

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 128.0 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 126.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2021, a growth of 1.6%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at -2.2%.
  • Operating margins shrank to 21.0% for period ended TTM vis-vis 23.0% for period ended Mar 2021, contraction of 200.0 bps.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs 17.0 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 17.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2021,
  • Company recorded a healthy Net Profit CAGR of 34.4% over the last 3 years

Balance Sheet Statement

Cash Flow Statement

Cash Flow comments

  • CashFlow from operating activities was positive.
  • CashFlow from operating activities: Rs 23.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis Rs 21.0 cr for period ended Mar 2020

Sales Growth

Profit Growth Statement

Profit Growth Statement

Stock Price CAGR

Return of Equity

General Comments

– The company has improved its Return on Equity (RoE) metric. The RoE on Last Year basis was 33.0% compared to 26.0% over the last 3 Years.
– The stock has given a return of 850% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of 125% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is -3% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of 9% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is 102% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of 94% over the last 3 Years.

Ratios

Shareholding Pattern

– Public shareholding has remained largely constant. The Jun 2021 public holding stood at 36.61% vis-vis 36.61% for Mar 2021

Conclusion

– has reduced debt.
– has delivered good profit growth of 88.44% CAGR over last 5 years
– has a good return on equity (ROE) track record: 3 Years ROE 26.22% – Stock is trading at 7.56 times its book value
-The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 11.39% over past five 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 303.55 and is trading at 399.0, thus bullish price action wise.
  • Thus, overall we retain a HOLD on the stock.

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