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Investment Memo: PILITA

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Our Rating: HOLD

Mehabe score: 3
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

Pil Italica Lifestyle is engaged in the business of Manufacture of Plastic articles.Site: PILITAMain Symbol: PILITA

Price Chart

Market Cap: Rs 204 cr Price: 8.7 Trading pe: 55.1x
Book-value: 2.72/share Div yield: 0.00 % Earning yield: 2.55%
Face-value: 1.00/share 52week high: 19.30 52week low: 5.25

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 8.7, below its 50dma 10.9 and below its 200dma 10.94. The stock remains bearish on technicals
  • The 52 week high is at 19.30 and the 52week low is at 5.25

Price Chart

P/E Chart

Sales and Margin

Strengths

– is almost debt free.

Weakness

– Stock is trading at 3.19 times its book value
-Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
-The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 5.92% over past five years.
– has a low return on equity of 3.89% for last 3 years.

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 26.7x. Astral trades at the industry’s max P/E of 100.93x. PILITA trades at a P/E of 55.1x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 4.8 while the mean Piotski score is 9.0. PILITA has a G-Factor of 4 and Piotski scoreof 5.
– Average 1 month return for industry is 1.8%. The max 1- month return was given by Jai Corp: a return of 33.01 %

Quarterly Results

  • Sales for period ended Jun 2021 is Rs 8.85 cr compared to Rs 6.16 cr for period ended Jun 2020, a rise of 43.7%
  • Company reported operating profit of Rs 1.37 cr for period ended Jun 2021, operating profit margin at 15.5 %.
  • Operating profit was negative for the same period last year thus company has improved its margins this year
  • The EPS for Jun 2021 was Rs 0.04 compared to Rs 0.05 for previous quarter ended Mar 2021 and Rs -0.03 for Jun 2020

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 57.41 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 54.25 cr for the period ended Mar 2021, a growth of 5.5%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at 2.9%.
  • Operating margins expanded to 13.15% for period ended TTM vis-vis 10.49% for period ended Mar 2021, expansion of 266.0 bps.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs 5.4 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 3.71 cr for the period ended Mar 2021, rising 31.3%.
  • Company recorded a healthy Net Profit CAGR of 19.8% over the last 3 years

Balance Sheet Statement

Cash Flow Statement

Cash Flow comments

  • CashFlow from operating activities: Rs -3.05 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis Rs -3.75 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 had stable/constant Return on Equity (RoE) metric. The RoE on Last Year basis was 6.0% compared to 4.0% over the last 3 Years.
– The stock has given a return of 58% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of -4% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is 14% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of -9% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is 370% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of -26% over the last 3 Years.

Ratios

Shareholding Pattern

– Public shareholding has remained largely constant. The Mar 2021 public holding stood at 33.23% vis-vis 33.23% for Dec 2020

Conclusion

– is almost debt free. – Stock is trading at 3.19 times its book value
-Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
-The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 5.92% over past five years.
– has a low return on equity of 3.89% 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 10.9 and is trading at 8.7. Shows a near term lack of buying interest.
  • Thus, overall we retain a HOLD on the stock.

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