Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings Plc

  • Market Cap: Large Cap
  • Industry: Hotels & Resorts
  • ISIN: LK0003N00000
LKR
112.25
-0.75 (-0.66%)
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Aitken Spence Plc
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Hunas Holdings Plc
Eden Hotel Lanka Plc
Galadari Hotels (Lanka) Plc

Why is Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings Plc ?

1
Weak Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) of 10.18%
  • Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 34.37% of over the last 5 years
  • High Debt Company with a Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
2
The company has declared Positive results for the last 5 consecutive quarters
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at LKR 12,325.03 MM
  • NET PROFIT(HY) At LKR 719.55 MM has Grown at 100.87%
  • ROCE(HY) Highest at 13.33%
3
With ROE of 18.01%, it has a fair valuation with a 1.82 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 35.24%, its profits have risen by 45.5% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.2
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings Plc should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Hotels & Resorts should be less than 30%

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

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings Plc for you?

Medium Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings Plc
35.24%
2.09
31.54%
Sri Lanka CSE All Share
41.16%
2.63
15.67%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
45.74%
EBIT Growth (5y)
34.37%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
0.83
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
3.30
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
1.06
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.77
Tax Ratio
27.33%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.05%
ROCE (avg)
10.18%
ROE (avg)
5.85%
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

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

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
10
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.82
EV to EBIT
7.61
EV to EBITDA
4.86
EV to Capital Employed
1.37
EV to Sales
1.45
PEG Ratio
0.22
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
18.06%
ROE (Latest)
18.01%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
OBV
No Trend
Mildly Bearish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

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

13What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at LKR 12,325.03 MM

NET PROFIT(HY)

At LKR 719.55 MM has Grown at 100.87%

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 13.33%

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 138.66 %

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -1.22% (YoY

-1What is not working for the Company
DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 6.8 times

Here's what is working for Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings Plc

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at LKR 12,325.03 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (LKR MM)

Net Profit
At LKR 719.55 MM has Grown at 100.87%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (LKR MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 138.66 % and Grown
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -1.22% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Depreciation
Highest at LKR 1,355.52 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (LKR MM)

Here's what is not working for Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings Plc

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 6.8 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio