Investment Memo: 526433

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Our Rating: HOLD

Mehabe score: 5
G Factor: 4
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 4 and Piotski score of 6.

Description

Established in 1992 & With over two decades of experience, ASM has been providing world class consulting and product development services in the areas of Engineering Services and Product R&D with successful Offshore Development & Support Centers in India and Overseas for its global clients. Having global presence in USA, Singapore, UK, Canada, Mexico and Japan. #Site: 526433Main Symbol: ASMTEC

Price Chart

Market Cap: Rs 283 cr Price: 283.0 Trading pe: 34.7x
Book-value: 56.8/share Div yield: 1.77 % Earning yield: 5.14%
Face-value: 10.0/share 52week high: 306.85 52week low: 41.78

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 283.0, above its 50dma 219.52. It also trades above its 200dma 144.86. The stock remains bullish on techicals
  • The 52 week high is at 306.85 and the 52week low is at 41.78

Price Chart

P/E Chart

Sales and Margin

Strengths

– is expected to give good quarter
– has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 75.39%

Weakness

– Stock is trading at 4.98 times its book value
– has a low return on equity of 9.72% for last 3 years.

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 35.3x. Happiest Minds trades at the industry’s max P/E of 137.18x. 526433 trades at a P/E of 34.7x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 3.5 while the mean Piotski score is 9.0. 526433 has a G-Factor of 4 and Piotski scoreof 6.
– Average 1 month return for industry is 15.1%. The max 1- month return was given by L&T Technology: a return of 24.75 %

Quarterly Results

  • Sales for period ended Jun 2021 is Rs 41.64 cr compared to Rs 27.36 cr for period ended Jun 2020, a rise of 52.2%
  • Operating Profits reported at Rs 4.94 cr for period ended Jun 2021 vis-vis 5.33 for period ended Jun 2020 .
  • Operating Margins contracted -761.7 bps for period ended Jun 2021 vis-vis Jun 2020 .
  • The EPS for Jun 2021 was Rs 3.29 compared to Rs 1.38 for previous quarter ended Mar 2021 and Rs 3.8 for Jun 2020

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 152.0 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 137.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2021, a growth of 9.9%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at 20.0%.
  • Operating margins shrank to 11.0% for period ended TTM vis-vis 12.0% for period ended Mar 2021, contraction of 100.0 bps.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs 8.0 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 9.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2021, falling 12.5%.
  • Company recorded a Net Profit CAGR of 4.6% 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 4.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis Rs -8.0 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 15.0% compared to 10.0% over the last 3 Years.
– The stock has given a return of 545% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of 67% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is 49% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of 18% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is 558% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of 170% over the last 3 Years.

Ratios

Shareholding Pattern

– Public shareholding has remained largely constant. The Jun 2021 public holding stood at 38.14% vis-vis 38.14% for Mar 2021

Conclusion

– is expected to give good quarter
– has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 75.39% – Stock is trading at 4.98 times its book value
– has a low return on equity of 9.72% 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 219.52 and is trading at 283.0, thus bullish price action wise.
  • Thus, overall we retain a HOLD on the stock.

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