Argan, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Construction
  • ISIN: US04010E1091
USD
356.39
5.3 (1.51%)
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  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Comparison
Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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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 139.22% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed S&P 500 in each of the last 3 annual periods
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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.
139.22%
5.21
69.00%
S&P 500
13.22%
0.65
20.20%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
27.43%
EBIT Growth (5y)
61.66%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
55.17
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-1.49
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
2.12
Tax Ratio
22.79%
Dividend Payout Ratio
21.97%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
98.05%
ROCE (avg)
0
ROE (avg)
15.19%
stock-recommendationValuation
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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
33
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
9.11
EV to EBIT
25.95
EV to EBITDA
25.15
EV to Capital Employed
-15.41
EV to Sales
3.05
PEG Ratio
0.22
Dividend Yield
0.58%
ROCE (Latest)
Negative Capital Employed
ROE (Latest)
27.69%
stock-recommendationTechnicals
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
Bearish
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bullish
Dow Theory
No Trend
Bullish
OBV
No Trend
Bullish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend
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Financial Trend scale:

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

16What is working for the Company
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

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 158.2 times

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 5.28

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 35.27 MM

EPS(Q)

Highest at USD 2.5

-2What is not working for the Company
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Lowest at 15.02%

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 5.28 times

Here's what is working for Argan, Inc.
Net Profit
Highest at USD 35.27 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
At USD 35.27 MM has Grown at 40.01%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 25.19 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

EPS
Highest at USD 2.5
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders

EPS (USD)

Cash and Eqv
Highest at USD 1,118.65 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Highest at 158.2 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its inventory faster

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 5.28
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -38.28% (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.
Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 5.28 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 15.02%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing lower proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)