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Investment Memo: CHOLAHLDNG

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Our Rating: HOLD

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

Description

Cholamandalam Financial Holdings is undertakes financial services business through its Subsidiaries – Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company Limited for general insurance business and Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited for lending operations. Risk advisory services is carried out through a joint venture entity Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Limited.(Source : 202003 Annual Report Page No:71)Site: CHOLAHLDNGMain Symbol: CHOLAHLDNG

Price Chart

Market Cap: Rs 12,048 cr Price: 642.0 Trading pe: 14.6x
Book-value: 287/share Div yield: 0.09 % Earning yield: 10.05%
Face-value: 1.00/share 52week high: 713.00 52week low: 315.30

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 642.0, above its 50dma 637.66. It also trades above its 200dma 561.15. The stock remains bullish on techicals
  • The 52 week high is at 713.00 and the 52week low is at 315.30

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P/E Chart

Sales and Margin

Strengths

Weakness

– has low interest coverage ratio.
-Dividend payout has been low at 2.28% of profits over last 3 years

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 24.9x. SBI Cards trades at the industry’s max P/E of 94.34x. CHOLAHLDNG trades at a P/E of 14.6x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 4.5 while the mean Piotski score is 6.0. CHOLAHLDNG has a G-Factor of 4 and Piotski scoreof 5.
– Average 1 month return for industry is -0.7%. The max 1- month return was given by Bajaj Holdings: a return of 11.43 %

Quarterly Results

  • Sales for period ended Mar 2021 is Rs 3523.0 cr compared to Rs 3287.0 cr for period ended Mar 2020, a rise of 7.2%
  • Operating Profits reported at Rs 1479.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis 1288.0 for period ended Mar 2020 .
  • Operating Margins expanded 279.7 bps for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis Mar 2020 .
  • The EPS for Mar 2021 was Rs 4.47 compared to Rs 11.34 for previous quarter ended Dec 2020 and Rs 2.13 for Mar 2020

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 13900.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 13135.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, a growth of 5.5%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at 16.0%.
  • Operating margins expanded to 51.0% for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis 50.0% for period ended Mar 2020, expansion of 100.0 bps.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs 825.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 551.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, rising 33.2%.
  • Company recorded a healthy Net Profit CAGR of 14.5% 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 17.0% compared to 16.0% over the last 3 Years.
    – The stock has given a return of 100% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of -0% over the last 3 Years.
    – The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is 6% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of 16% over the last 3 Years.
    – The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is 50% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of 14% over the last 3 Years.

    Ratios

    Shareholding Pattern

    – FII shareholding has remained largely constant. The Mar 2021 fii holding stood at 10.78% vis-vis 9.76% for Dec 2020
    – Public shareholding has remained largely constant. The Mar 2021 public holding stood at 13.42% vis-vis 13.68% for Dec 2020

    Conclusion

    – – has low interest coverage ratio.
    -Dividend payout has been low at 2.28% of profits over 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 637.66 and is trading at 642.0, thus bullish price action wise.
    • Thus, overall we retain a HOLD on the stock.

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