Acme Printing & Packaging Plc (ACME.N0000) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

Score

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Comparison

Company

Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

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Acme Printing & Packaging Plc

Why is Acme Printing & Packaging Plc ?

With a Negative Book Value, the company has a Weak Long Term Fundamental Strength

Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of -5.17% over the last 5 years
High Debt Company with a Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times

Flat results in Dec 25

NET SALES(Q) Lowest at LKR 175.58 MM
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Grown by 99.76% (YoY)

Risky -

The stock is trading risky as compared to its average historical valuations
Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 822.59%, its profits have fallen by -56.7%

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you sell?

All quantity irrespective of whether you are making profits or losses

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Industrial Manufacturing)

When to re-enter? - We will constantly monitor the company and review our call based on new data

Is Acme Printing & Packaging Plc for you?

High Risk, High Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Acme Printing & Packaging Plc

843.13%

0.55

126.68%

Sri Lanka CSE All Share

41.16%

2.63

15.67%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

-5.17%

EBIT Growth (5y)

-318.30%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

-0.25

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

13.67

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

-3.25

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

1.04

Tax Ratio

6.75%

Dividend Payout Ratio

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

ROCE (avg)

3.50%

ROE (avg)

0.29%

Valuation

Valuation Scorecard

Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

EV to EBIT

-7.76

EV to EBITDA

-10.62

EV to Capital Employed

1.48

EV to Sales

1.53

PEG Ratio

Dividend Yield

ROCE (Latest)

-19.08%

ROE (Latest)

64.24%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Bullish

RSI

Bearish

Bollinger Bands

Bullish

Moving Averages

Bullish (Daily)

KST

Bullish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bearish

Mildly Bullish

OBV

No Trend

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Technical Movement

Analyse All Technical Factors

Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

11What is working for the Company

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 3.6 times

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 3.22 times

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at LKR 25.66 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at LKR 16.12 MM

EPS(Q)

Highest at LKR 0.04

-8What is not working for the Company

NET SALES(Q)

Lowest at LKR 175.58 MM

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 99.76% (YoY

Here's what is working for Acme Printing & Packaging Plc

Pre-Tax Profit

At LKR 25.66 MM has Grown at 124.86%

over average net sales of the previous four periods of LKR -103.21 MM

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very positive

Pre-Tax Profit (LKR MM)

Pre-Tax Profit

Highest at LKR 25.66 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (LKR MM)

Net Profit

Highest at LKR 16.12 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (LKR MM)

Net Profit

At LKR 16.12 MM has Grown at 116.99%

over average net sales of the previous four periods of LKR -94.86 MM

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (LKR MM)

EPS

Highest at LKR 0.04

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders

EPS (LKR)

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Highest at 3.6 times

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company has been able to sell its inventory faster

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Highest at 3.22 times

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Here's what is not working for Acme Printing & Packaging Plc

Net Sales

At LKR 175.58 MM has Fallen at -39.29%

over average net sales of the previous four periods of LKR 289.23 MM

MOJO Watch

Near term sales trend is extremely negative

Net Sales (LKR MM)

Net Sales

Lowest at LKR 175.58 MM and Fallen

In each period in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term sales trend is very negative

Net Sales (LKR MM)

Raw Material Cost

Grown by 99.76% (YoY)

MOJO Watch

The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has deteriorated; this may lead to a fall in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales