Investment Memo: 541503

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Our Rating: HOLD

Mehabe score: 4
G Factor: 5
Piotski Score: 6
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 6.

Description

Unick Fix-A-Form & Printers is engaged in the business of Paper Based Printed Materials/Labels.Site: 541503Main Symbol: UNICK

Price Chart

Market Cap: Rs 18.0 cr Price: 32.9 Trading pe: 7.75x
Book-value: 45.0/share Div yield: 0.00 % Earning yield: 14.69%
Face-value: 10.0/share 52week high: 35.50 52week low: 24.25

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 32.9, above its 50dma 31.37. It also trades above its 200dma 28.7. The stock remains bullish on techicals
  • The 52 week high is at 35.50 and the 52week low is at 24.25

Price Chart

P/E Chart

Sales and Margin

Strengths

– Stock is trading at 0.73 times its book value

Weakness

– Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
-Promoter holding is low: 35.65%
– has a low return on equity of 11.70% for last 3 years.

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 222.9x. Navneet Educat. trades at the industry’s max P/E of 40.64x. 541503 trades at a P/E of 7.75x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 3.2 while the mean Piotski score is 7.0. 541503 has a G-Factor of 5 and Piotski scoreof 6.
– Average 1 month return for industry is 14.5%. The max 1- month return was given by MPS: a return of 24.82 %

Quarterly Results

  • Sales for period ended Jun 2021 is Rs 18.74 cr compared to Rs 13.83 cr for period ended Jun 2020, a rise of 35.5%
  • Operating Profits reported at Rs 2.93 cr for period ended Jun 2021 vis-vis 2.76 for period ended Jun 2020 .
  • Operating Margins contracted -432.2 bps for period ended Jun 2021 vis-vis Jun 2020 .
  • The EPS for Jun 2021 was Rs 2.37 compared to Rs 0.77 for previous quarter ended Mar 2021 and Rs 2.01 for Jun 2020

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 60.93 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 56.02 cr for the period ended Mar 2021, a growth of 8.1%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at 16.8%.
  • Operating margins shrank to 13.79% for period ended TTM vis-vis 14.69% for period ended Mar 2021, contraction of 90.0 bps.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs 2.52 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 2.33 cr for the period ended Mar 2021, rising 7.5%.
  • Company recorded a Net Profit CAGR of 5.6% 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 18% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of 11% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is 16% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of 25% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is -19% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of 1% over the last 3 Years.

Ratios

Shareholding Pattern

– Public shareholding has remained largely constant. The Jun 2021 public holding stood at 64.35% vis-vis 64.35% for Mar 2021

Conclusion

– Stock is trading at 0.73 times its book value – Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
-Promoter holding is low: 35.65%
– has a low return on equity of 11.70% 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 31.37 and is trading at 32.9, thus bullish price action wise.
  • Thus, overall we retain a HOLD on the stock.

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