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Investment Memo: ACC

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Our Rating:

Mehabe score: 5
G Factor: 5
Piotski Score: 8
The stock has a rating . 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 8.

Description

ACC Limited is engaged in manufacturing of cement and ready mixed concrete. The Company’s segments include Cement and Ready Mix Concrete.Site: ACCMain Symbol: ACC

Price Chart

Market Cap: Rs 40,414 cr Price: 2152.0 Trading pe: 22.5x
Book-value: 676/share Div yield: 0.65 % Earning yield: 6.52%
Face-value: 10.0/share 52week high: 2135.00 52week low: 1289.00

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 2152.0, above its 50dma 2003.44. It also trades above its 200dma 1802.53. The stock remains bullish on techicals
  • The 52 week high is at 2135.00 and the 52week low is at 1289.00

Price Chart

P/E Chart

Sales and Margin

Strengths

– is almost debt free.
– has delivered good profit growth of 21.40% CAGR over last 5 years
– has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 18.27%

Weakness

– The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 3.32% over past five years.
– has a low return on equity of 13.38% for last 3 years.

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 23.1x. Shree Cement trades at the industry’s max P/E of 44.2x. ACC trades at a P/E of 22.5x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 5.3 while the mean Piotski score is 9.0. ACC has a G-Factor of 5 and Piotski scoreof 8.
– Average 1 month return for industry is 10.0%. The max 1- month return was given by JK Lakshmi Cem.: a return of 15.71 %

Quarterly Results

  • Sales for period ended Jun 2021 is Rs 3885.0 cr compared to Rs 2602.0 cr for period ended Jun 2020, a rise of 49.3%
  • Operating Profits reported at Rs 869.0 cr for period ended Jun 2021 vis-vis 525.0 for period ended Jun 2020 .
  • Operating Margins expanded 219.1 bps for period ended Jun 2021 vis-vis Jun 2020 .
  • The EPS for Jun 2021 was Rs 30.32 compared to Rs 29.96 for previous quarter ended Mar 2021 and Rs 14.43 for Jun 2020

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 15859.0 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 13786.0 cr for the period ended Dec 2020, a healthy growth of 13.1%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at 2.3%.
  • Operating margins expanded to 19.0% for period ended TTM vis-vis 17.0% for period ended Dec 2020, expansion of 200.0 bps.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs 1968.0 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 1430.0 cr for the period ended Dec 2020, rising 27.3%.
  • Company recorded a Net Profit CAGR of 9.0% 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 13.0% compared to 13.0% over the last 3 Years.
– The stock has given a return of 64% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of 19% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is -4% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of 1% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is 33% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of 19% over the last 3 Years.

Ratios

Shareholding Pattern

– FII shareholding has remained largely constant. The Jun 2021 fii holding stood at 13.67% vis-vis 12.74% for Mar 2021
– Public shareholding has remained largely constant. The Jun 2021 public holding stood at 12.33% vis-vis 12.4% for Mar 2021

Conclusion

– is almost debt free.
– has delivered good profit growth of 21.40% CAGR over last 5 years
– has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 18.27% – The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 3.32% over past five years.
– has a low return on equity of 13.38% for last 3 years.

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