Mehabe score: 5 G Factor: 3 Piotski Score: 5 The stock has a rating OBSERVE & 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 3 and Piotski score of 5.
Description
Garnet International is engaged in the business of Trading in Shares.Site:512493Main Symbol:GARNETINT
Stock trades at 54.8, above its 50dma 25.06. It also trades above its 200dma 27.04. The stock remains bullish on techicals
The 52 week high is at 44.65 and the 52week low is at 15.35
Price Chart
P/E Chart
Sales and Margin
Strengths
– has reduced debt.
– is almost debt free.
– is expected to give good quarter
Weakness
– Stock is trading at 3.68 times its book value
– has low interest coverage ratio.
-The company has delivered a poor sales growth of -13.79% over past five years.
– has a low return on equity of -53.08% for last 3 years.
-Promoters have pledged 26.32% of their holding.
– has high debtors of 213.70 days.
-‘s cost of borrowing seems high
Competition
– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 9.0x. Indbank Merchant trades at the industry’s max P/E of 20.27x. 512493 trades at a P/E of x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 3.7 while the mean Piotski score is 8.0. 512493 has a G-Factor of 3 and Piotski scoreof 5.
– Average 1 month return for industry is 11.7%. The max 1- month return was given by Garnet Intl.: a return of 72.87 %
Quarterly Results
Sales for period ended Sep 2021 is Rs 14.45 cr compared to Rs 4.17 cr for period ended Sep 2020, a rise of 246.5%
Company reported operating profit of Rs 0.5 cr for period ended Sep 2021, operating profit margin at 3.5 %.
Operating profit was negative for the same period last year thus company has improved its margins this year
The EPS for Sep 2021 was Rs 0.01 compared to Rs -0.83 for previous quarter ended Jun 2021 and Rs -0.56 for Sep 2020
Profit & Loss Statement
Profit&Loss Comments
Company reported sales of Rs 35.8 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 17.78 cr for the period ended Mar 2021, a healthy growth of 50.3%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at -24.5%.
Operating margins expanded to -5.14% for period ended TTM vis-vis -7.42% for period ended Mar 2021, expansion of 228.0 bps.
Net Profit reported at Rs -4.5 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs -3.73 cr for the period ended Mar 2021, falling 0%.
Balance Sheet Statement
Cash Flow Statement
Cash Flow comments
CashFlow from operating activities: Rs -3.72 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis Rs -11.22 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 -11.0% compared to -53.0% over the last 3 Years. – The stock has given a return of 140% 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 83% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of -64% over the last 3 Years. – The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is 1% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of % over the last 3 Years.
Ratios
Shareholding Pattern
– Public shareholding has remained largely constant. The Sep 2021 public holding stood at 43.88% vis-vis 43.91% for Jun 2021
Conclusion
– has reduced debt.
– is almost debt free.
– is expected to give good quarter – Stock is trading at 3.68 times its book value
– has low interest coverage ratio.
-The company has delivered a poor sales growth of -13.79% over past five years.
– has a low return on equity of -53.08% for last 3 years.
-Promoters have pledged 26.32% of their holding.
– has high debtors of 213.70 days.
-‘s cost of borrowing seems high
Fundamentally, the stock remains weak on business fundamentals. Weak near term results have dampened and questioned business drivers. We suggest to wait for a upturn in business performance.
Technically, the stock trades above its 50 DMA 25.06 and is trading at 54.8 It has shown near term bullish momentum contrary to business fundamentals. We suggest to observe price action. However as investors, who like to avoid timing the markets, we suggest to avoid the stock
