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Investment Memo: 519457

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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

Virat Crane Industries is engaged in the business of procurement and processing of Milk and Milk Products like Ghee, Curd and Butter Milk etc.(Source : 201903 Annual Report Page No: 58)Site: 519457

Market Cap: Rs 63.2 cr Price: 31.0 Trading pe: 12.4x
Book-value: 23.9/share Div yield: 0.00 % Earning yield: 13.04%
Face-value: 10.0/share 52week high: 39.80 52week low: 14.70

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 31.0, above its 50dma 27.53. It also trades above its 200dma 23.52. The stock remains bullish on techicals
  • The 52 week high is at 39.80 and the 52week low is at 14.70

Price Chart

P/E Chart

Sales and Margin

Strengths

– has reduced debt.
– is almost debt free.

Weakness

– Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
-The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 6.38% over past five years.

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 43.1x. Hindustan Foods trades at the industry’s max P/E of 117.75x. 519457 trades at a P/E of 12.4x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 4.1 while the mean Piotski score is 8.0. 519457 has a G-Factor of 4 and Piotski scoreof 6.
– Average 1 month return for industry is 5.9%. The max 1- month return was given by Virat Crane Inds: a return of 33.12 %

Quarterly Results

  • Sales for period ended Mar 2021 is Rs 23.31 cr compared to Rs 23.24 cr for period ended Mar 2020, a rise of 0.3%
  • Operating Profits reported at Rs 3.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis 1.95 for period ended Mar 2020 .
  • Operating Margins expanded 447.9 bps for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis Mar 2020 .
  • The EPS for Mar 2021 was Rs 1.03 compared to Rs 0.65 for previous quarter ended Dec 2020 and Rs 0.56 for Mar 2020

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 84.98 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 85.43 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, a fall of 0.5%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at -1.1%.
  • Operating margins shrank to 10.25% for period ended TTM vis-vis 10.55% for period ended Mar 2020, contraction of 30.0 bps.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs 6.06 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 6.19 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, falling 2.1%.
  • Company reported a poor Net Profit CAGR of -0.8% over the last 3 years

Balance Sheet Statement

Cash Flow Statement

Cash Flow comments

  • CashFlow from operating activities was positive.

Sales Growth

Profit Growth Statement

Profit Growth Statement

Stock Price CAGR

Return of Equity

General Comments

– The stock has given a return of 52% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of -10% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is 2% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of 6% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is -13% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of 38% over the last 3 Years.

Ratios

Shareholding Pattern

– Public shareholding has remained largely constant. The Mar 2021 public holding stood at 26.56% vis-vis 26.49% for Dec 2020

Conclusion

– has reduced debt.
– is almost debt free. – Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
-The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 6.38% over past five 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 27.53 and is trading at 31.0, thus bullish price action wise.
  • Thus, overall we retain a HOLD on the stock.

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