Mehabe score: 3 G Factor: 2 Piotski Score: 2 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 2 and Piotski score of 2.
Description
Prithvi Exchange (India) is engaged in all Tradeable Foreign Curencies, Traveller cheques, Drafts and Swift Transfer.Site:531688
Market Cap:
Rs 18.5 cr
Price:
22.4
Trading pe:
x
Book-value:
33.3/share
Div yield:
1.12 %
Earning yield:
-16.65%
Face-value:
10.0/share
52week high:
28.50
52week low:
16.30
Technical Analysis
Stock trades at 22.4, above its 50dma 19.79. It also trades above its 200dma 20.58. The stock remains bullish on techicals
The 52 week high is at 28.50 and the 52week low is at 16.30
Price Chart
P/E Chart
Sales and Margin
Strengths
– is almost debt free.
-Stock is trading at 0.67 times its book value
Weakness
– has low interest coverage ratio.
-The company has delivered a poor sales growth of -10.12% over past five years.
– has a low return on equity of 3.18% for last 3 years.
– has high debtors of 179.09 days.
Competition
– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 26.2x. Jubilant Ingrevia trades at the industry’s max P/E of 137.98x. 531688 trades at a P/E of x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 4.0 while the mean Piotski score is 9.0. 531688 has a G-Factor of 2 and Piotski scoreof 2.
– Average 1 month return for industry is 8.7%. The max 1- month return was given by Gujarat Gas: a return of 25.46 %
Quarterly Results
Sales for period ended Mar 2021 is Rs 1.43 cr compared to Rs 2.35 cr for period ended Mar 2020, a fall of 39.1%
Company reported negative operating profit of Rs -0.33 cr for period ended Mar 2021. For same period last year, operating profit was 0.24
The EPS for Mar 2021 was Rs 0.24 compared to Rs -0.65 for previous quarter ended Dec 2020 and Rs 0.01 for Mar 2020
Profit & Loss Statement
Profit&Loss Comments
Company reported sales of Rs 4.81 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 10.01 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, a fall of 108.1%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at -18.8%.
Operating margins shrank to -44.07% for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis 22.48% for period ended Mar 2020, contraction of 6655.0 bps.
Net Profit reported at Rs -1.89 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 2.06 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, falling 0%.
Balance Sheet Statement
Cash Flow Statement
Cash Flow comments
CashFlow from operating activities: Rs 0.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis Rs -4.75 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 -7.0% compared to 3.0% over the last 3 Years. – The stock has given a return of -7% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of -4% over the last 3 Years. – The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is -52% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of -19% over the last 3 Years. – The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is -192% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of % over the last 3 Years.
Ratios
Shareholding Pattern
– Public shareholding has remained largely constant. The Mar 2021 public holding stood at 28.05% vis-vis 28.05% for Dec 2020
Conclusion
– is almost debt free.
-Stock is trading at 0.67 times its book value – has low interest coverage ratio.
-The company has delivered a poor sales growth of -10.12% over past five years.
– has a low return on equity of 3.18% for last 3 years.
– has high debtors of 179.09 days.
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 19.79 and is trading at 22.4 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
