Investment Memo: 523537

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Our Rating: HOLD

Mehabe score: 6
G Factor: 5
Piotski Score: 6
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 6.

Description

APM Industries is engaged in the manufacturing and selling of Man Made Fibres Spun Yarn and Sewing Thread Business.Site: 523537Main Symbol: APMIN

Price Chart

Market Cap: Rs 82.9 cr Price: 38.4 Trading pe: 8.25x
Book-value: 63.0/share Div yield: 0.00 % Earning yield: 17.29%
Face-value: 2.00/share 52week high: 44.00 52week low: 12.60

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 38.4, above its 50dma 32.67. It also trades above its 200dma 25.53. The stock remains bullish on techicals
  • The 52 week high is at 44.00 and the 52week low is at 12.60

Price Chart

P/E Chart

Sales and Margin

Strengths

– has reduced debt.
-Stock is trading at 0.61 times its book value
-Debtor days have improved from 31.41 to 23.30 days.

Weakness

– Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
-The company has delivered a poor sales growth of -2.32% over past five years.
– has a low return on equity of 4.65% for last 3 years.

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 12.3x. Banswara Syntex trades at the industry’s max P/E of 33.25x. 523537 trades at a P/E of 8.25x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 5.0 while the mean Piotski score is 8.0. 523537 has a G-Factor of 5 and Piotski scoreof 6.
– Average 1 month return for industry is 45.0%. The max 1- month return was given by Sportking India: a return of 122.2 %

Quarterly Results

  • Sales for period ended Jun 2021 is Rs 48.08 cr compared to Rs 25.65 cr for period ended Jun 2020, a rise of 87.4%
  • Company reported operating profit of Rs 7.26 cr for period ended Jun 2021, operating profit margin at 15.1 %.
  • Operating profit was negative for the same period last year thus company has improved its margins this year
  • The EPS for Jun 2021 was Rs 1.22 compared to Rs 1.27 for previous quarter ended Mar 2021 and Rs -1.22 for Jun 2020

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 259.0 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 237.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2021, a growth of 8.5%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at -1.4%.
  • Operating margins expanded to 9.0% for period ended TTM vis-vis 7.0% for period ended Mar 2021, expansion of 200.0 bps.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs 10.0 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 5.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2021, rising 50.0%.
  • Company recorded a healthy Net Profit CAGR of 12.6% 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 28.0 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 had stable/constant Return on Equity (RoE) metric. The RoE on Last Year basis was 4.0% compared to 5.0% over the last 3 Years.
– The stock has given a return of 169% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of -1% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is 16% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of -5% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is 446% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of -28% over the last 3 Years.

Ratios

Shareholding Pattern

– Public shareholding has remained largely constant. The Jun 2021 public holding stood at 36.46% vis-vis 36.46% for Mar 2021

Conclusion

– has reduced debt.
-Stock is trading at 0.61 times its book value
-Debtor days have improved from 31.41 to 23.30 days. – Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
-The company has delivered a poor sales growth of -2.32% over past five years.
– has a low return on equity of 4.65% 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 above its 50 DMA 32.67 and is trading at 38.4, thus bullish price action wise.
  • Thus, overall we retain a HOLD on the stock.

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