Investment Memo: 517437

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Our Rating: HOLD

Mehabe score: 3
G Factor: 4
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 4 and Piotski score of 7.

Description

Dutron Polymers is engaged in Manufacture of Plastic Products.Site: 517437

Market Cap: Rs 158 cr Price: 264.0 Trading pe: 83.2x
Book-value: 34.0/share Div yield: 0.46 % Earning yield: 2.32%
Face-value: 10.0/share 52week high: 263.65 52week low: 95.10

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 264.0, above its 50dma 172.21. It also trades above its 200dma 142.8. The stock remains bullish on techicals
  • The 52 week high is at 263.65 and the 52week low is at 95.10

Price Chart

P/E Chart

Sales and Margin

Strengths

– has reduced debt.
– has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 40.90%
-Debtor days have improved from 57.71 to 41.83 days.

Weakness

– Stock is trading at 7.76 times its book value
-The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 0.27% over past five years.
– has a low return on equity of 10.23% for last 3 years.

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 24.4x. Astral trades at the industry’s max P/E of 95.39x. 517437 trades at a P/E of 83.2x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 4.8 while the mean Piotski score is 9.0. 517437 has a G-Factor of 4 and Piotski scoreof 7.
– Average 1 month return for industry is 11.5%. The max 1- month return was given by Dutron Polymers: a return of 73.94 %

Quarterly Results

  • Sales for period ended Mar 2021 is Rs 27.76 cr compared to Rs 17.49 cr for period ended Mar 2020, a rise of 58.7%
  • Operating Profits reported at Rs 1.16 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis 0.74 for period ended Mar 2020 .
  • Operating Margins contracted -5.2 bps for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis Mar 2020 .
  • The EPS for Mar 2021 was Rs 0.92 compared to Rs 0.97 for previous quarter ended Dec 2020 and Rs 0.28 for Mar 2020

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 94.38 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 89.18 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, a growth of 5.5%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at -0.9%.
  • Operating margins expanded to 5.44% for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis 5.23% for period ended Mar 2020, expansion of 21.0 bps.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs 2.28 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 1.97 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, rising 13.6%.
  • Company recorded a Net Profit CAGR of 7.8% over the last 3 years

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 company has had stable/constant Return on Equity (RoE) metric. The RoE on Last Year basis was 9.0% compared to 10.0% over the last 3 Years.
    – The stock has given a return of 163% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of 26% over the last 3 Years.
    – The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is -12% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of 1% over the last 3 Years.
    – The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is 12% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of -2% over the last 3 Years.

    Ratios

    Shareholding Pattern

    – Public shareholding has remained largely constant. The Mar 2021 public holding stood at 26.17% vis-vis 26.36% for Dec 2020

    Conclusion

    – has reduced debt.
    – has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 40.90%
    -Debtor days have improved from 57.71 to 41.83 days. – Stock is trading at 7.76 times its book value
    -The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 0.27% over past five years.
    – has a low return on equity of 10.23% 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 172.21 and is trading at 264.0, thus bullish price action wise.
    • Thus, overall we retain a HOLD on the stock.

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