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Investment Memo: 532406

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Our Rating: HOLD

Mehabe score: 7
G Factor: 5
Piotski Score: 7
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 7.

Description

Avantel is a company engaged in manufacturing of wireless front-end, Satellite Communication, Embedded systems, Signal Processing, Network management and Software development and rendering related customer support services, and having an in-house R&D facility at Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.Site: 532406Main Symbol: AVANTEL

Price Chart

Market Cap: Rs 296 cr Price: 729.0 Trading pe: 19.3x
Book-value: 163/share Div yield: 0.55 % Earning yield: 8.63%
Face-value: 10.0/share 52week high: 684.90 52week low: 320.00

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 729.0, above its 50dma 530.06. It also trades above its 200dma 436.3. The stock remains bullish on techicals
  • The 52 week high is at 684.90 and the 52week low is at 320.00

Price Chart

P/E Chart

Sales and Margin

Strengths

– is almost debt free.
– is expected to give good quarter
– has delivered good profit growth of 92.50% CAGR over last 5 years
-Debtor days have improved from 136.34 to 61.40 days.

Weakness

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 35.8x. ITI trades at the industry’s max P/E of 1305.73x. 532406 trades at a P/E of 19.3x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 3.2 while the mean Piotski score is 7.0. 532406 has a G-Factor of 5 and Piotski scoreof 7.
– Average 1 month return for industry is 34.8%. The max 1- month return was given by GTL Infra.: a return of 114.81 %

Quarterly Results

  • Sales for period ended Jun 2021 is Rs 13.72 cr compared to Rs 11.13 cr for period ended Jun 2020, a rise of 23.3%
  • Operating Profits reported at Rs 4.66 cr for period ended Jun 2021 vis-vis 2.63 for period ended Jun 2020 .
  • Operating Margins expanded 1033.5 bps for period ended Jun 2021 vis-vis Jun 2020 .
  • The EPS for Jun 2021 was Rs 7.57 compared to Rs 14.03 for previous quarter ended Mar 2021 and Rs 3.58 for Jun 2020

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 80.0 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 78.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2021, a growth of 2.5%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at 16.2%.
  • Operating margins expanded to 30.0% for period ended TTM vis-vis 29.0% for period ended Mar 2021, expansion of 100.0 bps.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs 17.0 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 15.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2021, rising 11.8%.
  • Company recorded a healthy Net Profit CAGR of 19.3% 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 45.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis Rs 3.0 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 had stable/constant Return on Equity (RoE) metric. The RoE on Last Year basis was 26.0% compared to 24.0% over the last 3 Years.
– The stock has given a return of 101% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of 34% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is 50% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of 15% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is 42% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of 33% over the last 3 Years.

Ratios

Shareholding Pattern

– Public shareholding has remained largely constant. The Jun 2021 public holding stood at 59.64% vis-vis 59.64% for Mar 2021

Conclusion

– is almost debt free.
– is expected to give good quarter
– has delivered good profit growth of 92.50% CAGR over last 5 years
-Debtor days have improved from 136.34 to 61.40 days. –

  • 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 530.06 and is trading at 729.0, thus bullish price action wise.
  • Thus, overall we retain a HOLD on the stock.

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