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Poor Management Efficiency with a low ROE of 2.12%
- The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 2.12% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds
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Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 6.69% and Operating profit at -187.50% over the last 5 years
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The company has declared Negative results for the last 3 consecutive quarters
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With ROE of 0.63%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 0.41 Price to Book Value
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Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
Total Returns (Price + Dividend) 
TimePeriod
Price Return
Dividend Return
Total Return
3 Months
0%
0%
0.0%
6 Months
10.42%
0%
10.42%
1 Year
6.0%
0%
6.0%
2 Years
3.92%
0%
3.92%
3 Years
-23.41%
0%
-23.41%
4 Years
-16.93%
0%
-16.93%
5 Years
8.16%
0%
8.16%
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) Plc for the last several years.
Risk Adjusted Returns v/s 
News
No Recent News for the Company
Announcements 
No announcement available
Corporate Actions 
No corporate action available
Quality key factors 
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
6.69%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-187.50%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
1.05
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.13
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.12
Tax Ratio
34.09%
Dividend Payout Ratio
24.87%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
1.15%
ROE (avg)
2.12%
Valuation key factors
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
51
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
0.41
EV to EBIT
-34.57
EV to EBITDA
34.57
EV to Capital Employed
0.32
EV to Sales
1.54
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
179.62%
ROCE (Latest)
-0.38%
ROE (Latest)
0.63%
Technicals key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bullish
RSI
Bullish
Bollinger Bands
Sideways
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
No Trend
OBV
No Trend
No Trend
Shareholding Snapshot
No data for shareholding present.
Shareholding Compare (%holding) 
No data for shareholding present.
Annual Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Jul'23
Jul'23
Jul'22
Change(%)
Net Sales
13.00
14.40
-9.72%
Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income
1.90
1.70
11.76%
Interest
0.00
0.00
Exceptional Items
-2.20
0.40
-650.00%
Consolidate Net Profit
0.20
6.60
-96.97%
Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)
110.50%
87.80%
2.27%
USD in Million.
Net Sales
YoY Growth in year ended Jul 2023 is -9.72% vs 38.46% in Jul 2022
Consolidated Net Profit
YoY Growth in year ended Jul 2023 is -96.97% vs -40.54% in Jul 2022
About J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) Plc 
J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) Plc
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J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC is a United Kingdom-based company engaged in building and civil engineering contracting, residential development for sale, the development of industrial and commercial property for lease and sale, and the manufacture of hydraulically pressed concrete products. The Company's segments include construction activities, investment activities and Joint Ventures. The Company's commercial development portfolio includes offices, industrial, retail and development land. It also offers private housing. Its contracting portfolio contracts, designs and builds contract for clients throughout east central Scotland. Its commercial and industrial developments consist of small industrial units ranging from 90 to 550 square meters; larger scale industrial units from 550 to 6,500 square meters; office developments from 120 to 9,200 square meters, and sites for future development. The Company offers a range of flatted properties in Edinburgh.
Company Coordinates 
Company Details
28 Cramond Road South , EDINBURGH None : EH4 6AB
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