Investment Memo: 531930

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Our Rating: HOLD

Mehabe score: 5
G Factor: 4
Piotski Score: 5
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 5.

Description

Sarthak Industries is engaged in manufacturing of LPG Cylinders.(Source : 201903 Annual Report Page No:51)Site: 531930

Market Cap: Rs 25.6 cr Price: 36.8 Trading pe: 12.2x
Book-value: 54.0/share Div yield: 0.00 % Earning yield: 18.22%
Face-value: 10.0/share 52week high: 36.05 52week low: 7.55

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 36.8, above its 50dma 23.6. It also trades above its 200dma 17.84. The stock remains bullish on techicals
  • The 52 week high is at 36.05 and the 52week low is at 7.55

Price Chart

P/E Chart

Sales and Margin

Strengths

– is almost debt free.
-Stock is trading at 0.68 times its book value
– is expected to give good quarter
-Debtor days have improved from 61.25 to 37.61 days.

Weakness

– Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
-The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 6.43% over past five years.
-Promoter holding is low: 36.36%
– has a low return on equity of 2.89% for last 3 years.
-Contingent liabilities of Rs.8.48 Cr.
-Earnings include an other income of Rs.1.77 Cr.
-‘s cost of borrowing seems high

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 52.2x. 3M India trades at the industry’s max P/E of 183.67x. 531930 trades at a P/E of 12.2x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 4.4 while the mean Piotski score is 7.0. 531930 has a G-Factor of 4 and Piotski scoreof 5.
– Average 1 month return for industry is 10.1%. The max 1- month return was given by Sarthak Industri: a return of 51.8 %

Quarterly Results

  • Sales for period ended Mar 2021 is Rs 34.51 cr compared to Rs 27.01 cr for period ended Mar 2020, a rise of 27.8%
  • Operating Profits reported at Rs 0.52 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis 0.72 for period ended Mar 2020 .
  • Operating Margins contracted -115.9 bps for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis Mar 2020 .
  • The EPS for Mar 2021 was Rs 0.36 compared to Rs 0.82 for previous quarter ended Dec 2020 and Rs 0.1 for Mar 2020

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 134.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 96.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, a healthy growth of 28.4%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at 3.7%.
  • Operating margins expanded to 2.0% for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis -1.0% for period ended Mar 2020, expansion of 300.0 bps.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs 2.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 3.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, falling 50.0%.

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 -23.0 cr for period ended Mar 2020

Sales Growth

Profit Growth Statement

Profit Growth Statement

Stock Price CAGR

Return of Equity

General Comments

– The stock has given a return of 363% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of 78% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is 40% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of 4% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is 646% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of 6% over the last 3 Years.

Ratios

Shareholding Pattern

– Public shareholding has remained largely constant. The Mar 2021 public holding stood at 63.64% vis-vis 63.65% for Dec 2020

Conclusion

– is almost debt free.
-Stock is trading at 0.68 times its book value
– is expected to give good quarter
-Debtor days have improved from 61.25 to 37.61 days. – Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
-The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 6.43% over past five years.
-Promoter holding is low: 36.36%
– has a low return on equity of 2.89% for last 3 years.
-Contingent liabilities of Rs.8.48 Cr.
-Earnings include an other income of Rs.1.77 Cr.
-‘s cost of borrowing seems high

  • 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 23.6 and is trading at 36.8, thus bullish price action wise.
  • Thus, overall we retain a HOLD on the stock.

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