Investment Memo: 538714

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Our Rating: HOLD

Mehabe score: 2
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

Suchitra Finance & Trading Company is engaged solely in financial & investment activity segment and all activities of the Company revolve around this activity.Site: 538714

Market Cap: Rs 50.3 cr Price: 54.0 Trading pe: 8.49x
Book-value: 106/share Div yield: 0.00 % Earning yield: 18.98%
Face-value: 10.0/share 52week high: 64.45 52week low: 25.05

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 54.0, above its 50dma 42.02. It also trades above its 200dma 44.44. The stock remains bullish on techicals
  • The 52 week high is at 64.45 and the 52week low is at 25.05

Price Chart

P/E Chart

Sales and Margin

Strengths

– Stock is trading at 0.51 times its book value

Weakness

– Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
– has a low return on equity of 8.70% for last 3 years.

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 24.2x. SBI Cards trades at the industry’s max P/E of 93.76x. 538714 trades at a P/E of 8.49x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 4.6 while the mean Piotski score is 7.0. 538714 has a G-Factor of 5 and Piotski scoreof 7.
– Average 1 month return for industry is 4.4%. The max 1- month return was given by Suchitra Finance: a return of 45.75 %

Quarterly Results

  • Sales for period ended Mar 2021 is Rs 5.29 cr compared to Rs 5.23 cr for period ended Mar 2020, a rise of 1.1%
  • Operating Profits reported at Rs 4.55 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis 5.07 for period ended Mar 2020 .
  • Operating Margins contracted -1092.9 bps for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis Mar 2020 .
  • The EPS for Mar 2021 was Rs -2.54 compared to Rs 2.66 for previous quarter ended Dec 2020 and Rs 2.52 for Mar 2020

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 21.86 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 21.61 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, a growth of 1.1%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at -3.5%.
  • Operating margins shrank to 93.96% for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis 96.99% for period ended Mar 2020, contraction of 303.0 bps.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs 5.93 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 9.06 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, falling 52.8%.
  • Company reported a poor Net Profit CAGR of -6.9% over the last 3 years

Balance Sheet Statement

Cash Flow Statement

Cash Flow comments

    Sales Growth

    Profit Growth Statement

    Profit Growth Statement

    Stock Price CAGR

    Return of Equity

    General Comments

    – The stock has given a return of -8% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of -1% over the last 3 Years.
    – The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is 1% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of -4% over the last 3 Years.
    – The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is -35% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of -7% over the last 3 Years.

    Ratios

    Shareholding Pattern

    – Public shareholding has remained largely constant. The Mar 2021 public holding stood at 36.92% vis-vis 36.92% for Dec 2020

    Conclusion

    – Stock is trading at 0.51 times its book value – Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
    – has a low return on equity of 8.70% for last 3 years.

    • 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 42.02 and is trading at 54.0, thus bullish price action wise.
    • Thus, overall we retain a HOLD on the stock.

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