Investment Memo: 526269

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Our Rating:

Mehabe score: 4
G Factor: 4
Piotski Score: 8
The stock has a rating . 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 8.

Description

Crestchem is primarily involved in manufacturing of Nutrition- Chemical Products.Site: 526269

Market Cap: Rs 11.8 cr Price: 39.2 Trading pe: 20.6x
Book-value: 3.07/share Div yield: 0.00 % Earning yield: 5.77%
Face-value: 10.0/share 52week high: 74.75 52week low: 10.47

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 39.2, above its 50dma 36.17. It also trades above its 200dma 34.02. The stock remains bullish on techicals
  • The 52 week high is at 74.75 and the 52week low is at 10.47

Price Chart

P/E Chart

Sales and Margin

Strengths

– is almost debt free.
– has a good return on equity (ROE) track record: 3 Years ROE 38.71%

Weakness

– Stock is trading at 12.77 times its book value
-Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
-Promoter holding is low: 31.59%

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 28.4x. Pidilite Inds. trades at the industry’s max P/E of 95.82x. 526269 trades at a P/E of 20.6x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 3.6 while the mean Piotski score is 8.0. 526269 has a G-Factor of 4 and Piotski scoreof 8.
– Average 1 month return for industry is 4.0%. The max 1- month return was given by Crestchem: a return of 17.57 %

Quarterly Results

  • Sales for period ended Mar 2021 is Rs 2.54 cr compared to Rs 2.3 cr for period ended Mar 2020, a rise of 10.4%
  • Operating Profits reported at Rs 0.3 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis 0.19 for period ended Mar 2020 .
  • Operating Margins expanded 355.0 bps for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis Mar 2020 .
  • The EPS for Mar 2021 was Rs 0.93 compared to Rs 0.17 for previous quarter ended Dec 2020 and Rs 0.6 for Mar 2020

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 7.64 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 6.15 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, a healthy growth of 19.5%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at 434.6%.
  • Operating margins shrank to 8.77% for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis 9.11% for period ended Mar 2020, contraction of 34.0 bps.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs 0.57 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 0.44 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, rising 0%.

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Cash Flow Statement

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    Return of Equity

    General Comments

    – The company has improved its Return on Equity (RoE) metric. The RoE on Last Year basis was 62.0% compared to 39.0% over the last 3 Years.
    – The stock has given a return of 273% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of 48% over the last 3 Years.
    – The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is 24% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of 435% over the last 3 Years.
    – The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is 30% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of 71% over the last 3 Years.

    Ratios

    Shareholding Pattern

    – Public shareholding has remained largely constant. The Mar 2021 public holding stood at 68.28% vis-vis 68.88% for Dec 2020

    Conclusion

    – is almost debt free.
    – has a good return on equity (ROE) track record: 3 Years ROE 38.71% – Stock is trading at 12.77 times its book value
    -Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
    -Promoter holding is low: 31.59%

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