Investment Memo: SFL

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Our Rating: HOLD

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

Description

Sheela Foam Limited is a leading player in India’s mattress and foam products industry and a leader in Polyurethane (PU) Foam. It has a nationwide presence in manufacturing PU Foam with a track record, since 1971. #

Main Points

Geographical Break up – #
India Contributes 80% of the revenue, Australia contributes 15% and Europe Contributes 5% of the revenue.Site: SFLMain Symbol: SFL

Price Chart

Market Cap: Rs 11,580 cr Price: 2374.0 Trading pe: 48.7x
Book-value: 243/share Div yield: 0.00 % Earning yield: 2.88%
Face-value: 5.00/share 52week high: 2498.10 52week low: 1222.15

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 2374.0, above its 50dma 2236.88. It also trades above its 200dma 1953.13. The stock remains bullish on techicals
  • The 52 week high is at 2498.10 and the 52week low is at 1222.15

Price Chart

P/E Chart

Sales and Margin

Strengths

– has delivered good profit growth of 18.10% CAGR over last 5 years

Weakness

– Stock is trading at 9.78 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 9.46% over past five years.
-Debtor days have increased from 36.43 to 45.28 days.
-Promoter holding has decreased over last 3 years: -12.73%

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 24.1x. Ludlow Jute trades at the industry’s max P/E of 3073.0x. SFL trades at a P/E of 48.7x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 4.2 while the mean Piotski score is 7.0. SFL has a G-Factor of 6 and Piotski scoreof 7.
– Average 1 month return for industry is 5.1%. The max 1- month return was given by Gloster Ltd: a return of 37.82 %

Quarterly Results

  • Sales for period ended Mar 2021 is Rs 733.0 cr compared to Rs 504.0 cr for period ended Mar 2020, a rise of 45.4%
  • Operating Profits reported at Rs 84.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis 74.0 for period ended Mar 2020 .
  • Operating Margins contracted -322.3 bps for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis Mar 2020 .
  • The EPS for Mar 2021 was Rs 11.92 compared to Rs 20.35 for previous quarter ended Dec 2020 and Rs 6.5 for Mar 2020

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 2435.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 2121.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, a healthy growth of 12.9%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at 8.8%.
  • Operating margins expanded to 15.0% for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis 14.0% for period ended Mar 2020, expansion of 100.0 bps.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs 238.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 193.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, rising 18.9%.
  • Company recorded a healthy Net Profit CAGR of 21.1% 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 260.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis Rs 164.0 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 had stable/constant Return on Equity (RoE) metric. The RoE on Last Year basis was 23.0% compared to 22.0% over the last 3 Years.
– The stock has given a return of 61% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of 17% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is 15% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of 9% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is 26% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of 21% over the last 3 Years.

Ratios

Shareholding Pattern

– FII shareholding has remained largely constant. The Jun 2021 fii holding stood at 1.33% vis-vis 1.29% for Mar 2021
– Public shareholding has remained largely constant. The Jun 2021 public holding stood at 2.07% vis-vis 2.13% for Mar 2021

Conclusion

– has delivered good profit growth of 18.10% CAGR over last 5 years – Stock is trading at 9.78 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 9.46% over past five years.
-Debtor days have increased from 36.43 to 45.28 days.
-Promoter holding has decreased over last 3 years: -12.73%

  • 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 2236.88 and is trading at 2374.0, thus bullish price action wise.
  • Thus, overall we retain a HOLD on the stock.

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