Investment Memo: 512018

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Our Rating: HOLD

Mehabe score: 3
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

Cni Research is engaged in the business of content sale, research product sale and equity.(Source : 201903 Annual Report Page No:92)Site: 512018

Market Cap: Rs 22.2 cr Price: 1.93 Trading pe: x
Book-value: 0.55/share Div yield: 0.00 % Earning yield: -16.32%
Face-value: 1.00/share 52week high: 2.75 52week low: 1.25

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 1.93, above its 50dma 1.76. It also trades above its 200dma 1.7. The stock remains bullish on techicals
  • The 52 week high is at 2.75 and the 52week low is at 1.25

Price Chart

P/E Chart

Sales and Margin

Strengths

– is almost debt free.

Weakness

– Stock is trading at 3.49 times its book value
– has low interest coverage ratio.
-The company has delivered a poor sales growth of -36.55% over past five years.
-Promoter holding is low: 37.11%
– has a low return on equity of -2.19% for last 3 years.

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 19.3x. SBI Cards trades at the industry’s max P/E of 100.72x. 512018 trades at a P/E of x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 4.5 while the mean Piotski score is 7.0. 512018 has a G-Factor of 4 and Piotski scoreof 6.
– Average 1 month return for industry is 8.1%. The max 1- month return was given by CNI Research: a return of 26.97 %

Quarterly Results

  • Sales for period ended Mar 2021 is Rs 0.5 cr compared to Rs 0.58 cr for period ended Mar 2020, a fall of 13.8%
  • Company reported negative operating profit of Rs -0.07 cr for period ended Mar 2021. For same period last year, operating profit was -0.04
  • The EPS for Mar 2021 was Rs -0.01 compared to Rs -0.04 for previous quarter ended Dec 2020 and Rs -0.02 for Mar 2020

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 1.18 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 2.33 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, a fall of 97.5%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at -35.5%.
  • Operating margins expanded to -10.17% for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis -10.73% for period ended Mar 2020, expansion of 56.0 bps.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs -3.61 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs -0.25 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, falling 0%.

Balance Sheet Statement

Cash Flow Statement

Cash Flow comments

    Sales Growth

    Profit Growth Statement

    Profit Growth Statement

    Stock Price CAGR

    Return of Equity

    General Comments

    – The stock has given a return of 25% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of -13% over the last 3 Years.
    – The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is -61% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of 9% over the last 3 Years.
    – The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is -6200% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of % over the last 3 Years.

    Ratios

    Shareholding Pattern

    – Public shareholding has remained largely constant. The Mar 2021 public holding stood at 62.89% vis-vis 62.89% for Dec 2020

    Conclusion

    – is almost debt free. – Stock is trading at 3.49 times its book value
    – has low interest coverage ratio.
    -The company has delivered a poor sales growth of -36.55% over past five years.
    -Promoter holding is low: 37.11%
    – has a low return on equity of -2.19% 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 1.76 and is trading at 1.93, thus bullish price action wise.
    • Thus, overall we retain a HOLD on the stock.

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