Investment Memo: 524542

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Our Rating: HOLD

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

Description

Sukhjit Starch & Chemicals is an Agro-Processing Industry manufacturing starch & its derivatives i.e Liquid Glucose, Dextrose Monohydrate, Dextrose Anhydrous, Sorbitol, Modified Starches and by-products.Site: 524542Main Symbol: SUKHJITS

Price Chart

Market Cap: Rs 391 cr Price: 265.0 Trading pe: 18.7x
Book-value: 225/share Div yield: 0.75 % Earning yield: 7.66%
Face-value: 10.0/share 52week high: 289.00 52week low: 152.10

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 265.0, above its 50dma 237.01. It also trades above its 200dma 206.46. The stock remains bullish on techicals
  • The 52 week high is at 289.00 and the 52week low is at 152.10

Price Chart

P/E Chart

Sales and Margin

Strengths

– Stock is trading at 1.18 times its book value
– has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 18.90%

Weakness

– The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 4.34% over past five years.
– has a low return on equity of 10.14% for last 3 years.
– might be capitalizing the interest cost

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 26.1x. Jubilant Ingrevia trades at the industry’s max P/E of 141.5x. 524542 trades at a P/E of 18.7x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 4.4 while the mean Piotski score is 9.0. 524542 has a G-Factor of 5 and Piotski scoreof 6.
– Average 1 month return for industry is 3.6%. The max 1- month return was given by Sukhjit Starch: a return of 15.27 %

Quarterly Results

  • Sales for period ended Mar 2021 is Rs 233.82 cr compared to Rs 179.25 cr for period ended Mar 2020, a rise of 30.4%
  • Operating Profits reported at Rs 24.01 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis 13.12 for period ended Mar 2020 .
  • Operating Margins expanded 294.9 bps for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis Mar 2020 .
  • The EPS for Mar 2021 was Rs 6.02 compared to Rs 7.01 for previous quarter ended Dec 2020 and Rs 3.17 for Mar 2020

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 699.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 799.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, a fall of 14.3%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at -0.1%.
  • Operating margins expanded to 9.0% for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis 7.0% for period ended Mar 2020, expansion of 200.0 bps.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs 21.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 33.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, falling 57.1%.
  • Company reported a poor Net Profit CAGR of -3.0% 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 116.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis Rs -61.0 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 worsened on its Return on Equity (RoE) metric. The RoE on Last Year basis was 6.0% compared to 10.0% over the last 3 Years.
– The stock has given a return of 53% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of 3% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is -13% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of -0% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is -26% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of 0% over the last 3 Years.

Ratios

Shareholding Pattern

– FII shareholding has remained largely constant. The Mar 2021 fii holding stood at 0.0% vis-vis 0.0% for Dec 2020
– Public shareholding has remained largely constant. The Mar 2021 public holding stood at 35.99% vis-vis 36.24% for Dec 2020

Conclusion

– Stock is trading at 1.18 times its book value
– has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 18.90% – The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 4.34% over past five years.
– has a low return on equity of 10.14% for last 3 years.
– might be capitalizing the interest cost

  • 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 237.01 and is trading at 265.0, thus bullish price action wise.
  • Thus, overall we retain a HOLD on the stock.

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