Investment Memo: VENUSREM

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Our Rating: HOLD

Mehabe score: 6
G Factor: 4
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 4 and Piotski score of 7.

Description

Venus Remedies Ltd is an Indian Pharmaceutical company with a presence in domestic and international markets. It is primarily engaged in the business of pharmaceutical products manufacturing.[1]Site: VENUSREMMain Symbol: VENUSREM

Price Chart

Market Cap: Rs 668 cr Price: 500.0 Trading pe: 16.6x
Book-value: 289/share Div yield: 0.00 % Earning yield: 5.56%
Face-value: 10.0/share 52week high: 639.00 52week low: 116.05

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 500.0, above its 50dma 459.84. It also trades above its 200dma 343.92. The stock remains bullish on techicals
  • The 52 week high is at 639.00 and the 52week low is at 116.05

Price Chart

P/E Chart

Sales and Margin

Strengths

– has reduced debt.
– is almost debt free.
– has delivered good profit growth of 86.47% CAGR over last 5 years
-Debtor days have improved from 32.67 to 21.49 days.

Weakness

– The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 5.97% over past five years.
– has a low return on equity of 1.51% for last 3 years.
-Earnings include an other income of Rs.52.16 Cr.
-‘s cost of borrowing seems high

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 25.7x. Hester Bios trades at the industry’s max P/E of 43.97x. VENUSREM trades at a P/E of 16.6x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 3.4 while the mean Piotski score is 9.0. VENUSREM has a G-Factor of 4 and Piotski scoreof 7.
– Average 1 month return for industry is -0.4%. The max 1- month return was given by Venus Remedies: a return of 10.63 %

Quarterly Results

  • Sales for period ended Sep 2021 is Rs 203.0 cr compared to Rs 126.0 cr for period ended Sep 2020, a rise of 61.1%
  • Operating Profits reported at Rs 27.0 cr for period ended Sep 2021 vis-vis 11.0 for period ended Sep 2020 .
  • Operating Margins expanded 457.0 bps for period ended Sep 2021 vis-vis Sep 2020 .
  • The EPS for Sep 2021 was Rs 17.32 compared to Rs 8.75 for previous quarter ended Jun 2021 and Rs 10.56 for Sep 2020

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 566.0 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 544.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2021, a growth of 3.9%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at 20.7%.
  • Operating margins expanded to 12.0% for period ended TTM vis-vis 10.0% for period ended Mar 2021, expansion of 200.0 bps.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs 82.0 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 62.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2021, rising 0%.

Balance Sheet Statement

Cash Flow Statement

Cash Flow comments

  • CashFlow from operating activities was positive.
  • CashFlow from operating activities: Rs 133.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis Rs 78.0 cr for period ended Mar 2020

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 11.0% compared to 2.0% over the last 3 Years.
– The stock has given a return of 272% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of 138% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is 7% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of 13% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is 206% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of 48% over the last 3 Years.

Ratios

Shareholding Pattern

– FII shareholding has remained largely constant. The Sep 2021 fii holding stood at 0.1% vis-vis 0.02% for Jun 2021
– Public shareholding has remained largely constant. The Sep 2021 public holding stood at 59.09% vis-vis 59.17% for Jun 2021

Conclusion

– has reduced debt.
– is almost debt free.
– has delivered good profit growth of 86.47% CAGR over last 5 years
-Debtor days have improved from 32.67 to 21.49 days. – The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 5.97% over past five years.
– has a low return on equity of 1.51% for last 3 years.
-Earnings include an other income of Rs.52.16 Cr.
-‘s cost of borrowing seems high

  • 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 459.84 and is trading at 500.0, thus bullish price action wise.
  • Thus, overall we retain a HOLD on the stock.

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