Casey's General Stores, Inc. (CASY) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

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Strong Sell

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Comparison

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Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

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Why is Casey's General Stores, Inc. ?

Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times

Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 15.15% and Operating profit at 13.54%

The company declared negative results in Jan'25 after positive results in Oct'24

INTEREST(HY) At USD 51.54 MM has Grown at 93.61%

With ROCE of 15.11%, it has a fair valuation with a 4.07 Enterprise value to Capital Employed

The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 71.65%, its profits have risen by 13% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 2.8

High Institutional Holdings at 92.97%

These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.

Consistent Returns over the last 3 years

Along with generating 71.65% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed S&P 500 in each of the last 3 annual periods

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to Casey's General Stores, Inc. should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to Retailing should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Casey's General Stores, Inc. for you?

Low Risk, High Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Casey's General Stores, Inc.

71.65%

3.77

26.84%

S&P 500

20.12%

1.04

19.28%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

15.15%

EBIT Growth (5y)

13.54%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

10.80

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

1.50

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

0.60

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

2.92

Tax Ratio

23.29%

Dividend Payout Ratio

13.67%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

93.19%

ROCE (avg)

15.26%

ROE (avg)

16.12%

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

5.76

EV to EBIT

26.92

EV to EBITDA

18.07

EV to Capital Employed

4.07

EV to Sales

1.40

PEG Ratio

2.76

Dividend Yield

ROCE (Latest)

15.11%

ROE (Latest)

16.06%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Bullish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Mildly Bullish

Moving Averages

Bullish (Daily)

KST

Bullish

Dow Theory

No Trend

Bullish

OBV

Bullish

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

11What is working for the Company

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 1,252.4 MM

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 95.28

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -2.78% (YoY

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at USD 950.09 MM

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 30.15 times

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Highest at 9.1 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At USD 273.99 MM has Grown at 44.67%

NET PROFIT(Q)

At USD 206.34 MM has Grown at 41.15%

-6What is not working for the Company

INTEREST(HY)

At USD 51.54 MM has Grown at 93.61%

Here's what is working for Casey's General Stores, Inc.

Operating Cash Flow

Highest at USD 1,252.4 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)

Dividend per share

Highest at USD 95.28 and Grown

In each year in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Operating Profit Margin

Highest at 9.1 %

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Company's profit margin has improved

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit

At USD 273.99 MM has Grown at 44.67%

over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 189.39 MM

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit

At USD 206.34 MM has Grown at 41.15%

over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 146.19 MM

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Cash and Eqv

Highest at USD 950.09 MM

in the last six Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Highest at 30.15 times

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company has been able to sell its inventory faster

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Raw Material Cost

Fallen by -2.78% (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 USD 111.42 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

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

Depreciation (USD MM)

Here's what is not working for Casey's General Stores, Inc.

Interest

At USD 51.54 MM has Grown at 93.61%

over previous Semi-Annual period

MOJO Watch

Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (USD MM)