Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (BMY) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

Score

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Hold

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Comparison

Company

Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

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Why is Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ?

Poor Management Efficiency with a low ROE of 11.80%

The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 11.80% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds

Weak Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Equity (ROE) of 11.80%

The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 11.80% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds

Weak Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Equity (ROE) of 11.80%

Positive results in Feb 26

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at GBP 81.6 MM
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by 0.41% (YoY)
PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q) At GBP 16.4 MM has Grown at 51.85%

With ROE of 13.12%, it has a attractive valuation with a 2.39 Price to Book Value

Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 32.65%, its profits have risen by 7.5% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 2.4

Market Beating performance in long term as well as near term

Along with generating 32.65% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed FTSE 100 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to Bloomsbury Publishing Plc should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to Media & Entertainment should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Bloomsbury Publishing Plc for you?

High Risk, Low Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

32.65%

0.13

31.77%

FTSE 100

18.59%

1.58

11.75%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

11.97%

EBIT Growth (5y)

15.64%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

25.93

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

-0.07

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

1.46

Tax Ratio

21.05%

Dividend Payout Ratio

48.81%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

ROCE (avg)

21.14%

ROE (avg)

11.80%

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

2.39

EV to EBIT

13.14

EV to EBITDA

8.96

EV to Capital Employed

2.59

EV to Sales

1.50

PEG Ratio

2.42

Dividend Yield

247.54%

ROCE (Latest)

19.67%

ROE (Latest)

13.12%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Bullish

Mildly Bullish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Bullish

Moving Averages

Bullish (Daily)

KST

Bullish

Bearish

Dow Theory

No Trend

Mildly Bullish

OBV

Mildly Bearish

No Trend

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

Technical Movement

Analyse All Technical Factors

Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

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

6What is working for the Company

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at GBP 81.6 MM

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by 0.41% (YoY

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At GBP 16.4 MM has Grown at 51.85%

NET PROFIT(Q)

At GBP 13.62 MM has Grown at 48.99%

0What is not working for the Company

NO KEY NEGATIVE TRIGGERS

Here's what is working for Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Operating Cash Flow

Highest at GBP 81.6 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 (GBP MM)

Pre-Tax Profit

At GBP 16.4 MM has Grown at 51.85%

Year on Year (YoY)

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (GBP MM)

Net Profit

At GBP 13.62 MM has Grown at 48.99%

Year on Year (YoY)

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (GBP MM)

Raw Material Cost

Fallen by 0.41% (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

Depreciation

Highest at GBP 9.5 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (GBP MM)