Apex Frozen Foods Ltd (APEX) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

Score

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Strong Sell

Sell

Hold

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Strong Buy

Comparison

Company

Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

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Apex Frozen Food

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Why is Apex Frozen Foods Ltd ?

Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate -11.40% of over the last 5 years

The company has declared Positive results for the last 5 consecutive quarters

PBT LESS OI(Q) At Rs 6.91 cr has Grown at 316.27%
PAT(Q) At Rs 7.79 cr has Grown at 297.4%

With ROE of 7, it has a Attractive valuation with a 2.4 Price to Book Value

The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 72.91%, its profits have risen by 854.3% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0

Increasing Participation by Institutional Investors

Institutional investors have increased their stake by 1.35% over the previous quarter and collectively hold 6.65% of the company
These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors

Market Beating Performance

Even though the market (BSE500) has generated negative returns of -1.13% in the last 1 year, the stock has been able to generate 72.91% returns

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to Apex Frozen Food should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to FMCG should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Apex Frozen Food for you?

High Risk, High Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Apex Frozen Food

72.91%

1.12

64.93%

Sensex

-6.83%

-0.51

13.27%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

2.56%

EBIT Growth (5y)

-11.40%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

3.88

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

2.04

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

-0.02

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

1.51

Tax Ratio

26.71%

Dividend Payout Ratio

161.23%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

6.65%

ROCE (avg)

6.48%

ROE (avg)

5.36%

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

2.40

EV to EBIT

33.30

EV to EBITDA

23.65

EV to Capital Employed

2.44

EV to Sales

1.35

PEG Ratio

0.04

Dividend Yield

0.49%

ROCE (Latest)

7.31%

ROE (Latest)

6.99%

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Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Mildly Bearish

Bullish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Bearish

Mildly Bullish

Moving Averages

Mildly Bullish (Daily)

KST

Mildly Bearish

Bullish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bullish

OBV

Mildly Bullish

Bullish

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

Technical Movement

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Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

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

11What is working for the Company

PBT LESS OI(Q)

At Rs 6.91 cr has Grown at 316.27%

PAT(Q)

At Rs 7.79 cr has Grown at 297.4%

-4What is not working for the Company

NET SALES(Q)

Lowest at Rs 167.82 cr

NON-OPERATING INCOME(Q)

is 37.58 % of Profit Before Tax (PBT

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Here's what is working for Apex Frozen Food

Profit Before Tax less Other Income (PBT) - Quarterly

At Rs 6.91 cr has Grown at 316.27%

Year on Year (YoY)

MOJO Watch

Near term PBT trend is very positive

PBT less Other Income (Rs Cr)

Profit After Tax (PAT) - Quarterly

At Rs 7.79 cr has Grown at 297.4%

Year on Year (YoY)

MOJO Watch

Near term PAT trend is very positive

PAT (Rs Cr)

Here's what is not working for Apex Frozen Food

Net Sales - Quarterly

At Rs 167.82 cr has Fallen at -14.95%

Year on Year (YoY)

MOJO Watch

Near term sales trend is very negative

Net Sales (Rs Cr)

Net Sales - Quarterly

Lowest at Rs 167.82 cr

in the last five quarters

MOJO Watch

Near term sales trend is negative

Net Sales (Rs Cr)

Non Operating Income - Quarterly

is 37.58 % of Profit Before Tax (PBT)

MOJO Watch

The company's income from non business activities is high; which is not a sustainable business model

Non Operating Income to PBT