Arabian Cement Co. (3010) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

Score

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Comparison

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Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

Arabian Cement Co.

Why is Arabian Cement Co. ?

Poor Management Efficiency with a low ROCE of 6.95%

The company has been able to generate a Return on Capital Employed (avg) of 6.95% signifying low profitability per unit of total capital (equity and debt)

Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 4.03% and Operating profit at -4.46% over the last 5 years

With a growth in Net Profit of 55.51%, the company declared Very Positive results in Dec 25

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) The company hardly has any interest cost
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -17.86% (YoY)
NET SALES(Q) Highest at SAR 298.13 MM

With ROE of 6.24%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 0.88 Price to Book Value

Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -13.55%, its profits have fallen by -2.1%
At the current price, the company has a high dividend yield of 3.7

Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years

Along with generating -13.55% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed Saudi Arabia All Share TASI in each of the last 3 annual periods

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to Arabian Cement Co. should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to Building Products should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Arabian Cement Co. for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Arabian Cement Co.

-13.55%

-1.11

20.21%

Saudi Arabia All Share TASI

0.01%

0.00

13.85%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

4.03%

EBIT Growth (5y)

-4.46%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

13.02

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

-0.03

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

0.34

Tax Ratio

24.83%

Dividend Payout Ratio

90.90%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

ROCE (avg)

6.95%

ROE (avg)

6.03%

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

0.88

EV to EBIT

11.84

EV to EBITDA

6.52

EV to Capital Employed

0.88

EV to Sales

2.05

PEG Ratio

Dividend Yield

3.74%

ROCE (Latest)

7.40%

ROE (Latest)

6.24%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Bullish

Mildly Bullish

RSI

No Signal

Bullish

Bollinger Bands

Mildly Bullish

Bearish

Moving Averages

Mildly Bullish (Daily)

KST

Bullish

Mildly Bullish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bearish

Mildly Bullish

OBV

No Trend

Mildly 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

4What is working for the Company

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

The company hardly has any interest cost

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -17.86% (YoY

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at SAR 298.13 MM

-10What is not working for the Company

ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 0%

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Lowest at 180.38%

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Lowest at SAR 125.42 MM

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 0 times

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 0 times

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at SAR 0 MM

EPS(Q)

Lowest at SAR 0

Here's what is working for Arabian Cement Co.

Net Sales

Highest at SAR 298.13 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (SAR MM)

Raw Material Cost

Fallen by -17.86% (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

Here's what is not working for Arabian Cement Co.

Pre-Tax Profit

At SAR 0 MM has Fallen at -100%

Year on Year (YoY)

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very negative

Pre-Tax Profit (SAR MM)

Pre-Tax Profit

Lowest at SAR 0 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative

Pre-Tax Profit (SAR MM)

EPS

Lowest at SAR 0

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Declining profitability; company has created lower earnings for shareholders

EPS (SAR)

Cash and Eqv

Lowest at SAR 125.42 MM

in the last six Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Short Term liquidity is deteriorating

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Lowest at 0 times

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Lowest at 0 times

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Dividend Payout Ratio

Lowest at 180.38%

in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing lower proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)