AstroNova, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Micro Cap
  • Industry: IT - Hardware
  • ISIN: US04638F1084
USD
28.40
-0.02 (-0.07%)
  • Price Points
  • Score
  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
Sell
Hold
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Comparison

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Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Why is AstroNova, Inc. ?

1
Low Debt Company with Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength
2
With a growth in Operating Profit of 99.35%, the company declared Outstanding results in Apr 26
  • INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) The company hardly has any interest cost
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -9.4% (YoY)
  • NET SALES(Q) Highest at USD 39.36 MM
3
High Institutional Holdings at 46.88%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
  • Their stake has increased by 1.66% over the previous quarter.
4
Market Beating performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating 215.43% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you buy?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to AstroNova, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to IT - Hardware should be less than 30%

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

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

Is AstroNova, Inc. for you?

High Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
AstroNova, Inc.
213.47%
0.75
88.13%
S&P 500
22.24%
1.91
13.23%
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)
5.13%
EBIT Growth (5y)
36.28%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
3.03
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
2.15
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.55
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.22
Tax Ratio
20.34%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
45.22%
ROCE (avg)
5.46%
ROE (avg)
3.33%
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
NA (Loss Making)
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.35
EV to EBIT
42.85
EV to EBITDA
17.83
EV to Capital Employed
1.23
EV to Sales
0.95
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
2.88%
ROE (Latest)
-2.00%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

23What is working for the Company
INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

The company hardly has any interest cost

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -9.4% (YoY

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at USD 39.36 MM

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 2.9 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Highest at 7.38 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 1.21 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 0.93 MM

EPS(Q)

Highest at USD 0.08

0What is not working for the Company
NO KEY NEGATIVE TRIGGERS

Here's what is working for AstroNova, Inc.

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 1.21 MM has Grown at 648.3%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD -0.22 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
At USD 0.93 MM has Grown at 615.89%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD -0.18 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is very positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Net Sales
Highest at USD 39.36 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Operating Profit
Highest at USD 2.9 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (USD MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Highest at 7.38 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has improved

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at USD 1.21 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
Highest at USD 0.93 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

EPS
Highest at USD 0.08
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders

EPS (USD)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -9.4% (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