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Investment Memo: VARDHACRLC

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Our Rating: HOLD

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

Description

Vardhman Acrylics is a leading manufacturer and supplier of Acrylic Fibre and Tow.Site: VARDHACRLCMain Symbol: www.nseindia.com

Price Chart

Market Cap: Rs 504 cr Price: 62.8 Trading pe: 11.8x
Book-value: 49.6/share Div yield: 0.00 % Earning yield: 14.41%
Face-value: 10.0/share 52week high: 67.50 52week low: 27.40

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 62.8, above its 50dma 51.01. It also trades above its 200dma 41.12. The stock remains bullish on techicals
  • The 52 week high is at 67.50 and the 52week low is at 27.40

Price Chart

P/E Chart

Sales and Margin

Strengths

– has reduced debt.
– is almost debt free.

Weakness

– Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
-The company has delivered a poor sales growth of -7.96% over past five years.
– has a low return on equity of 11.80% for last 3 years.

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 17.5x. SRF trades at the industry’s max P/E of 37.87x. VARDHACRLC trades at a P/E of 11.8x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 5.4 while the mean Piotski score is 7.0. VARDHACRLC has a G-Factor of 5 and Piotski scoreof 6.
– Average 1 month return for industry is 20.9%. The max 1- month return was given by Surat Textile: a return of 87.47 %

Quarterly Results

  • Sales for period ended Jun 2021 is Rs 47.46 cr compared to Rs 33.97 cr for period ended Jun 2020, a rise of 39.7%
  • Operating Profits reported at Rs 10.69 cr for period ended Jun 2021 vis-vis 2.01 for period ended Jun 2020 .
  • Operating Margins expanded 1660.7 bps for period ended Jun 2021 vis-vis Jun 2020 .
  • The EPS for Jun 2021 was Rs 0.95 compared to Rs 2.85 for previous quarter ended Mar 2021 and Rs 0.06 for Jun 2020

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 309.0 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 296.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2021, a growth of 4.2%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at -7.6%.
  • Operating margins expanded to 23.0% for period ended TTM vis-vis 21.0% for period ended Mar 2021, expansion of 200.0 bps.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs 50.0 cr for period ended TTM vis-vis sales of Rs 43.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2021, rising 14.0%.
  • Company recorded a healthy Net Profit CAGR of 13.7% 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 39.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis Rs 4.0 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 11.0% compared to 12.0% over the last 3 Years.
– The stock has given a return of 109% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of 13% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is -12% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of -3% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is -7% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of 4% over the last 3 Years.

Ratios

Conclusion

– has reduced debt.
– is almost debt free. – Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
-The company has delivered a poor sales growth of -7.96% over past five years.
– has a low return on equity of 11.80% 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 above its 50 DMA 51.01 and is trading at 62.8, thus bullish price action wise.
  • Thus, overall we retain a HOLD on the stock.

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