Argan, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Construction
  • ISIN: US04010E1091
USD
738.85
19.33 (2.69%)
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  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Argan, Inc.
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Ameresco, Inc.
SunPower Corp.

Why is Argan, Inc. ?

1
Low Debt Company with Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength
  • Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
2
The company has declared Positive results for the last 8 consecutive quarters
  • ROCE(HY) Highest at 33.43%
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -38.28% (YoY)
  • CASH AND EQV(HY) Highest at USD 1,118.65 MM
3
High Institutional Holdings at 98.05%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
  • Their stake has increased by 2.04% over the previous quarter.
4
Consistent Returns over the last 3 years
  • Along with generating 123.14% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed S&P 500 in each of the last 3 annual periods
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you buy?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Argan, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Construction should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Argan, Inc. for you?

High Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Argan, Inc.
258.28%
4.66
70.04%
S&P 500
25.41%
0.70
20.15%
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)
19.22%
EBIT Growth (5y)
42.37%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
55.17
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-1.49
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
2.21
Tax Ratio
22.79%
Dividend Payout Ratio
17.97%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
0
ROE (avg)
15.19%
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
57
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
17.09
EV to EBIT
52.04
EV to EBITDA
50.38
EV to Capital Employed
-16.29
EV to Sales
7.42
PEG Ratio
1.08
Dividend Yield
0.30%
ROCE (Latest)
Negative Capital Employed
ROE (Latest)
29.80%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Bullish
Bullish
OBV
No Trend
No Trend
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

19What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 492.8 MM

NET PROFIT(HY)

At USD 95.28 MM has Grown at 74.6%

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 38.52%

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at USD 290.95 MM

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -11.17% (YoY

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at USD 1,868.54 MM

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at -203.58 %

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 6.74

-3What is not working for the Company
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Lowest at 15.41%

Here's what is working for Argan, Inc.

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 492.8 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 (USD MM)

Net Sales
Highest at USD 290.95 MM and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is very positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Net Profit
At USD 95.28 MM has Grown at 74.6%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Net Sales
At USD 290.95 MM has Grown at 23.21%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 236.15 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Cash and Eqv
Highest at USD 1,868.54 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at -203.58 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 6.74
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -11.17% (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 Argan, Inc.

Dividend Payout Ratio
Lowest at 15.41%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing lower proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)