Investment Memo: NEOGEN

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Our Rating: HOLD

Mehabe score: 6
G Factor: 5
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 5 and Piotski score of 5.

Description

Neogen Chemicals Ltd is a 27 year old company. specialising in Bromine based compounds, Grignard. Reagents and Inorganic Lithium Salts.Site: NEOGENMain Symbol: NEOGEN

Price Chart

Market Cap: Rs 2,175 cr Price: 932.0 Trading pe: 66.8x
Book-value: 78.4/share Div yield: 0.21 % Earning yield: 2.51%
Face-value: 10.0/share 52week high: 1028.00 52week low: 590.40

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 932.0, above its 50dma 887.15. It also trades above its 200dma 799.27. The stock remains bullish on techicals
  • The 52 week high is at 1028.00 and the 52week low is at 590.40

Price Chart

P/E Chart

Sales and Margin

Strengths

– has delivered good profit growth of 43.33% CAGR over last 5 years

Weakness

– Stock is trading at 11.89 times its book value

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 28.1x. Pidilite Inds. trades at the industry’s max P/E of 99.87x. NEOGEN trades at a P/E of 66.8x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 3.2 while the mean Piotski score is 8.0. NEOGEN has a G-Factor of 5 and Piotski scoreof 5.
– Average 1 month return for industry is 6.6%. The max 1- month return was given by Alkyl Amines: a return of 16.23 %

Quarterly Results

  • Sales for period ended Jun 2021 is Rs 84.64 cr compared to Rs 76.59 cr for period ended Jun 2020, a rise of 10.5%
  • Operating Profits reported at Rs 15.62 cr for period ended Jun 2021 vis-vis 13.56 for period ended Jun 2020 .
  • Operating Margins expanded 75.0 bps for period ended Jun 2021 vis-vis Jun 2020 .
  • The EPS for Jun 2021 was Rs 3.15 compared to Rs 3.99 for previous quarter ended Mar 2021 and Rs 2.62 for Jun 2020

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 344.0 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 336.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2021, a growth of 2.3%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at 12.9%.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs 33.0 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 31.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2021, rising 6.1%.
  • Company recorded a healthy Net Profit CAGR of 16.3% over the last 3 years

Balance Sheet Statement

Cash Flow Statement

Cash Flow comments

  • CashFlow from operating activities was positive.
  • CashFlow from operating activities: Rs 84.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis Rs -35.0 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 worsened on its Return on Equity (RoE) metric. The RoE on Last Year basis was 18.0% compared to 22.0% over the last 3 Years.
– The stock has given a return of 43% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of % over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is 8% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of 28% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is 11% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of 42% over the last 3 Years.

Ratios

Shareholding Pattern

– FII shareholding has remained largely constant. The Jun 2021 fii holding stood at 4.74% vis-vis 4.78% for Mar 2021
– Public shareholding has remained largely constant. The Jun 2021 public holding stood at 16.88% vis-vis 16.1% for Mar 2021

Conclusion

– has delivered good profit growth of 43.33% CAGR over last 5 years – Stock is trading at 11.89 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 887.15 and is trading at 932.0, thus bullish price action wise.
  • Thus, overall we retain a HOLD on the stock.

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