Cathay Biotech, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Large Cap
  • Industry: Specialty Chemicals
  • ISIN: CNE100004447
CNY
48.90
-0.1 (-0.2%)
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  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Comparison

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Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Cathay Biotech, Inc.

Why is Cathay Biotech, Inc. ?

1
Poor Management Efficiency with a low ROCE of 8.99%
  • The company has been able to generate a Return on Capital Employed (avg) of 8.99% signifying low profitability per unit of total capital (equity and debt)
2
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 13.42% and Operating profit at -4.13% over the last 5 years
3
The company has declared Positive results for the last 4 consecutive quarters
  • ROCE(HY) Highest at 4.1%
  • INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Highest at 1.75 times
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -15.64% (YoY)
4
With ROE of 3.01%, it has a attractive valuation with a 2.13 Price to Book Value
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 10.93%, its profits have risen by 35.4% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 2
  • At the current price, the company has a high dividend yield of 0.6
5
Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
  • The stock has generated a return of 10.93% in the last 1 year, much lower than market (China Shanghai Composite) returns of 22.49%
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How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Cathay Biotech, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Specialty Chemicals should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Cathay Biotech, Inc. for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Cathay Biotech, Inc.
-1.47%
0.42
33.70%
China Shanghai Composite
13.33%
1.58
14.20%
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)
13.42%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-4.13%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
99.33
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.52
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.18
Tax Ratio
15.23%
Dividend Payout Ratio
47.53%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
8.99%
ROE (avg)
4.40%
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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
71
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
2.13
EV to EBIT
71.52
EV to EBITDA
39.11
EV to Capital Employed
3.40
EV to Sales
8.75
PEG Ratio
2.00
Dividend Yield
0.63%
ROCE (Latest)
4.76%
ROE (Latest)
3.01%
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Technical key factors

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

6What is working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Highest at 4.1%

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 1.75 times

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -15.64% (YoY

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at CNY 18,831.2 MM

-3What is not working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at CNY 418 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 14.96 %

Here's what is working for Cathay Biotech, Inc.

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Highest at 1.75 times and Grown
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its inventory faster

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Cash and Eqv
Highest at CNY 18,831.2 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -15.64% (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 Cathay Biotech, Inc.

Operating Cash Flow
Lowest at CNY 418 MM
in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling

Operating Cash Flows (CNY MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 14.96 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales