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Investment Memo: 539527

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Our Rating: HOLD

Mehabe score: 3
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

Creative Castings is engaged in manufacturing and selling of all types of Steel and Alloy Steel Investment Castings . The company is also engaged in generating of power from wind energy.Site: 539527Main Symbol: CREATIVE

Price Chart

Market Cap: Rs 47.7 cr Price: 367.0 Trading pe: 16.8x
Book-value: 221/share Div yield: 2.73 % Earning yield: 8.44%
Face-value: 10.0/share 52week high: 462.00 52week low: 306.10

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 367.0, above its 50dma 354.57. It also trades above its 200dma 353.08. The stock remains bullish on techicals
  • The 52 week high is at 462.00 and the 52week low is at 306.10

Price Chart

P/E Chart

Sales and Margin

Strengths

– is almost debt free.

Weakness

– The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 3.72% over past five years.
– has a low return on equity of 11.93% for last 3 years.
-Earnings include an other income of Rs.1.30 Cr.

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 33.2x. Bharat Forge trades at the industry’s max P/E of 164.65x. 539527 trades at a P/E of 16.8x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 2.9 while the mean Piotski score is 8.0. 539527 has a G-Factor of 5 and Piotski scoreof 7.
– Average 1 month return for industry is 13.0%. The max 1- month return was given by Jayaswal Neco: a return of 35.31 %

Quarterly Results

  • Sales for period ended Jun 2021 is Rs 9.15 cr compared to Rs 8.08 cr for period ended Jun 2020, a rise of 13.2%
  • Operating Profits reported at Rs 0.75 cr for period ended Jun 2021 vis-vis 0.9 for period ended Jun 2020 .
  • Operating Margins contracted -294.2 bps for period ended Jun 2021 vis-vis Jun 2020 .
  • The EPS for Jun 2021 was Rs 5.62 compared to Rs 6.23 for previous quarter ended Mar 2021 and Rs 4.08 for Jun 2020

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 31.0 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 29.93 cr for the period ended Mar 2021, a growth of 3.5%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at 0.8%.
  • Operating margins shrank to 9.97% for period ended TTM vis-vis 10.89% for period ended Mar 2021, contraction of 92.0 bps.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs 3.03 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 2.83 cr for the period ended Mar 2021, rising 6.6%.
  • Company reported a poor Net Profit CAGR of -4.4% over the last 3 years

Balance Sheet Statement

Cash Flow Statement

Cash Flow comments

  • CashFlow from operating activities was positive.

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 10.0% compared to 12.0% over the last 3 Years.
– The stock has given a return of 7% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of 12% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is -4% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of -4% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is -6% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of -4% over the last 3 Years.

Ratios

Shareholding Pattern

– Public shareholding has remained largely constant. The Jun 2021 public holding stood at 25.04% vis-vis 25.04% for Mar 2021

Conclusion

– is almost debt free. – The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 3.72% over past five years.
– has a low return on equity of 11.93% for last 3 years.
-Earnings include an other income of Rs.1.30 Cr.

  • 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 354.57 and is trading at 367.0, thus bullish price action wise.
  • Thus, overall we retain a HOLD on the stock.

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