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Investment Memo: FCL

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Our Rating: HOLD

Mehabe score: 6
G Factor: 4
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 4 and Piotski score of 6.

Description

Fineotex Chemical Limited engaged in manufacturing of Speciality chemicals.Site: FCLMain Symbol: FCL

Price Chart

Market Cap: Rs 1,307 cr Price: 118.0 Trading pe: 29.5x
Book-value: 18.9/share Div yield: 0.25 % Earning yield: 4.25%
Face-value: 2.00/share 52week high: 146.10 52week low: 29.15

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 118.0, above its 50dma 114.61. It also trades above its 200dma 86.31. The stock remains bullish on techicals
  • The 52 week high is at 146.10 and the 52week low is at 29.15

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 20.23% CAGR over last 5 years

Weakness

– Debtor days have increased from 112.18 to 138.09 days.
-Promoter holding has decreased over last 3 years: -7.54%

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 27.7x. Clean Science trades at the industry’s max P/E of 110.91x. FCL trades at a P/E of 29.5x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 3.4 while the mean Piotski score is 8.0. FCL has a G-Factor of 4 and Piotski scoreof 6.
– Average 1 month return for industry is -0.3%. The max 1- month return was given by Solar Industries: a return of 17.41 %

Quarterly Results

  • Sales for period ended Jun 2021 is Rs 63.28 cr compared to Rs 30.39 cr for period ended Jun 2020, a rise of 108.2%
  • Operating Profits reported at Rs 9.81 cr for period ended Jun 2021 vis-vis 4.11 for period ended Jun 2020 .
  • Operating Margins expanded 197.8 bps for period ended Jun 2021 vis-vis Jun 2020 .
  • The EPS for Jun 2021 was Rs 0.86 compared to Rs 1.01 for previous quarter ended Mar 2021 and Rs 0.7 for Jun 2020

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 251.0 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 219.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2021, a healthy growth of 12.7%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at 11.3%.
  • Operating margins shrank to 18.0% for period ended TTM vis-vis 19.0% for period ended Mar 2021, contraction of 100.0 bps.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs 44.0 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 43.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2021, rising 2.3%.
  • Company recorded a healthy Net Profit CAGR of 24.1% 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 improved its Return on Equity (RoE) metric. The RoE on Last Year basis was 22.0% compared to 17.0% over the last 3 Years.
– The stock has given a return of 291% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of 42% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is 42% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of 16% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is 188% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of 23% over the last 3 Years.

Ratios

Shareholding Pattern

– FII shareholding has remained largely constant. The Sep 2021 fii holding stood at 1.48% vis-vis 0.0% for Jun 2021
– Public shareholding has remained largely constant. The Sep 2021 public holding stood at 27.55% vis-vis 29.03% for Jun 2021

Conclusion

– is almost debt free.
– is expected to give good quarter
– has delivered good profit growth of 20.23% CAGR over last 5 years – Debtor days have increased from 112.18 to 138.09 days.
-Promoter holding has decreased over last 3 years: -7.54%

  • 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 114.61 and is trading at 118.0, thus bullish price action wise.
  • Thus, overall we retain a HOLD on the stock.

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