Investment Memo: SRPL

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Our Rating: HOLD

Mehabe score: 0
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. Site: SRPL

Market Cap: Rs 62.4 cr Price: 29.2 Trading pe: 23.9x
Book-value: 19.9/share Div yield: 0.00 % Earning yield: 6.59%
Face-value: 10.0/share 52week high: 45.25 52week low: 22.50

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 29.2, below its 50dma 30.1 and below its 200dma 31.17. The stock remains bearish on technicals
  • The 52 week high is at 45.25 and the 52week low is at 22.50

Price Chart

P/E Chart

Sales and Margin

Strengths

Weakness

– Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
– has low interest coverage ratio.
-The company has delivered a poor sales growth of -2.22% over past five years.
– has a low return on equity of 6.75% for last 3 years.

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 29.3x. Ruchi Soya Inds. trades at the industry’s max P/E of 107.59x. SRPL trades at a P/E of 23.9x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 4.4 while the mean Piotski score is 8.0. SRPL has a G-Factor of 5 and Piotski scoreof 6.
– Average 1 month return for industry is 17.6%. The max 1- month return was given by Ruchi Soya Inds.: a return of 60.54 %

Quarterly Results

  • Sales for period ended Mar 2021 is Rs 80.43 cr compared to Rs 74.66 cr for period ended Mar 2020, a rise of 7.7%
  • Operating Profits reported at Rs 5.68 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis 3.38 for period ended Mar 2020 .
  • Operating Margins expanded 253.5 bps for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis Mar 2020 .
  • The EPS for Mar 2021 was Rs 1.9 compared to Rs -0.15 for previous quarter ended Dec 2020 and Rs 0.99 for Mar 2020

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 153.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 156.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, a fall of 2.0%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at -7.8%.
  • Operating margins shrank to 4.0% for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis 5.0% for period ended Mar 2020, contraction of 100.0 bps.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs 1.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 3.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, falling 200.0%.
  • Company reported a poor Net Profit CAGR of -20.6% 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 company has had stable/constant Return on Equity (RoE) metric. The RoE on Last Year basis was 6.0% compared to 7.0% over the last 3 Years.
    – The stock has given a return of 13% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of -5% over the last 3 Years.
    – The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is -1% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of -0% over the last 3 Years.
    – The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is -22% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of 57% over the last 3 Years.

    Ratios

    Conclusion

    – – Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
    – has low interest coverage ratio.
    -The company has delivered a poor sales growth of -2.22% over past five years.
    – has a low return on equity of 6.75% 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 below its 50 DMA 30.1 and is trading at 29.2. Shows a near term lack of buying interest.
    • Thus, overall we retain a HOLD on the stock.

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