Investment Memo: UNIPHOS

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Our Rating: HOLD

Mehabe score: 4
G Factor: 4
Piotski Score: 6
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 6.

Description

Uniphos Enterprises is engaged in the business of trading of chemicals and other products.
Site: UNIPHOS
Main Symbol: UNIPHOS

Price Chart

Market Cap: Rs 941 cr Price: 136.0 Trading pe: 16.9x
Book-value: 427/share Div yield: 2.50 % Earning yield: 5.65%
Face-value: 2.00/share 52week high: 157.90 52week low: 72.25

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 136.0, above its 50dma 132.3. It also trades above its 200dma 119.32. The stock remains bullish on techicals
  • The 52 week high is at 157.90 and the 52week low is at 72.25

Price Chart

P/E Chart

Sales and Margin

Strengths

– is almost debt free.
-Stock is trading at 0.32 times its book value
-Market value of investments Rs.2508.19 Cr. is more than the Market Cap Rs.941.09 Cr.

Weakness

– Tax rate seems low
– has a low return on equity of 0.98% for last 3 years.
-Earnings include an other income of Rs.57.25 Cr.

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 41.5x. Adani Enterp. trades at the industry’s max P/E of 165.3x. UNIPHOS trades at a P/E of 16.9x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 3.4 while the mean Piotski score is 8.0. UNIPHOS has a G-Factor of 4 and Piotski scoreof 6.
– Average 1 month return for industry is 0.1%. The max 1- month return was given by MMTC: a return of 19.82 %

Quarterly Results

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  • Company reported negative operating profit of Rs -0.59 cr for period ended Dec 2021. For same period last year, operating profit was -0.52.
  • The EPS for quarter ended Dec 2021 is Rs 0.04 compared to Rs 6.79 for previous quarter ended Sep 2021 and Rs 0.01 for Dec 2020.

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 1.0 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 1.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2021,
  • Operating margins expanded to -308.0% for period ended TTM vis-vis -370.0% for period ended Mar 2021, expansion of 6200.0 bps.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs 56.0 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 24.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2021, rising 57.1%.
  • Company recorded a healthy Net Profit CAGR of 38.7% 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 1.0% compared to 1.0% over the last 3 Years.
    – The stock has given a return of 68% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of 12% over the last 3 Years.
    – The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is 261% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of % over the last 3 Years.
    – The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is 133% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of 12% over the last 3 Years.

    Ratios

    Shareholding Pattern

    – FII shareholding has remained largely constant. The Dec 2021 fii holding stood at 15.39% vis-vis 15.39% for Sep 2021
    – Public shareholding has remained largely constant. The Dec 2021 public holding stood at 10.83% vis-vis 10.83% for Sep 2021

    Conclusion

    – is almost debt free.
    -Stock is trading at 0.32 times its book value
    -Market value of investments Rs.2508.19 Cr. is more than the Market Cap Rs.941.09 Cr. – Tax rate seems low
    – has a low return on equity of 0.98% for last 3 years.
    -Earnings include an other income of Rs.57.25 Cr.

    • 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 132.3 and is trading at 136.0, thus bullish price action wise.
    • Thus, overall we retain a HOLD on the stock.

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