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Investment Memo: EKI

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Our Rating: HOLD

Mehabe score: 7
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

EKI Energy Services is engaged in carbon credits trading, climate change advisory services, business excellence advisory & training services and electrical safety audits.
Site: EKI
Main Symbol: EKI

Price Chart

Market Cap: Rs 7,397 cr Price: 10760.0 Trading pe: 397.0x
Book-value: 228/share Div yield: 0.01 % Earning yield: 0.36%
Face-value: 10.0/share 52week high: 11611.00 52week low: 140.00

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 10760.0, above its 50dma 7391.56. It also trades above its 200dma 3681.8. The stock remains bullish on techicals
  • The 52 week high is at 11611.00 and the 52week low is at 140.00

Price Chart

P/E Chart

Sales and Margin

Strengths

– has reduced debt.
– is almost debt free.
– has delivered good profit growth of 179.07% CAGR over last 5 years
– has a good return on equity (ROE) track record: 3 Years ROE 114.16%

Weakness

– Stock is trading at 47.13 times its book value

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 28.7x. EKI Energy trades at the industry’s max P/E of 397.23x. EKI trades at a P/E of 397.0x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 3.6 while the mean Piotski score is 9.0. EKI has a G-Factor of 4 and Piotski scoreof 7.
– Average 1 month return for industry is 13.4%. The max 1- month return was given by EKI Energy: a return of 68.13 %

Quarterly Results

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  • Company reported operating profit of Rs 213.0 cr for period ended Dec 2021 and operating profit margin at 31.0 % for same period.
  • The EPS for quarter ended Dec 2021 is Rs 234.52 compared to Rs 118.2 for previous quarter ended Sep 2021.

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 191.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 66.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, a healthy growth of 65.4%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at 201.1%.
  • Operating margins expanded to 13.0% for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis 9.0% for period ended Mar 2020, expansion of 400.0 bps.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs 19.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 5.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, rising 0%.

Balance Sheet Statement

Cash Flow Statement

Cash Flow comments

  • CashFlow from operating activities was positive.
  • CashFlow from operating activities: Rs 16.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis Rs 6.0 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 120.0% compared to 114.0% over the last 3 Years.
– The stock has given a return of % on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of % over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is 189% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of 201% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is 318% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of 310% over the last 3 Years.

Ratios

Shareholding Pattern

– FII shareholding has remained largely constant. The Dec 2021 fii holding stood at 4.7% vis-vis 5.36% for Sep 2021
– Public shareholding has remained largely constant. The Dec 2021 public holding stood at 15.7% vis-vis 14.91% for Sep 2021

Conclusion

– has reduced debt.
– is almost debt free.
– has delivered good profit growth of 179.07% CAGR over last 5 years
– has a good return on equity (ROE) track record: 3 Years ROE 114.16% – Stock is trading at 47.13 times its book value

  • 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 7391.56 and is trading at 10760.0, thus bullish price action wise.
  • Thus, overall we retain a HOLD on the stock.

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