Chemed Corp.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Hospital
  • ISIN: US16359R1032
USD
377.99
-21.35 (-5.35%)
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  • Financials
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Universal Health Services, Inc.
Chemed Corp.
HCA Healthcare, Inc.
Community Health Systems, Inc.
National HealthCare Corp.
Tenet Healthcare Corp.
Surgery Partners, Inc.
Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.
Select Medical Holdings Corp.
biote Corp.
Premier, Inc.

Why is Chemed Corp. ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROE of 28.67%
2
Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
3
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 4.45% and Operating profit at 5.82% over the last 5 years
4
Flat results in Jun 25
  • ROCE(HY) Lowest at 24.14%
  • INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) Lowest at 19,039.28
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Grown by 15.31% (YoY)
5
With ROE of 26.14%, it has a very expensive valuation with a 16.99 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -21.66%, its profits have risen by 9% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 6.8
6
Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years
  • Along with generating -21.66% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in each of the last 3 annual periods
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Chemed Corp. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Hospital should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Chemed Corp. for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Chemed Corp.
-37.66%
-0.72
29.65%
S&P 500
14.9%
0.70
20.15%
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)
4.11%
EBIT Growth (5y)
3.45%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
100.00
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
Net Debt is too low
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.11
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
2.02
Tax Ratio
24.82%
Dividend Payout Ratio
9.05%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
39.17%
ROE (avg)
28.67%
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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
50
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
12.89
EV to EBIT
39.26
EV to EBITDA
33.18
EV to Capital Employed
13.94
EV to Sales
5.45
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
0.25%
ROCE (Latest)
35.50%
ROE (Latest)
25.88%
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Technical key factors

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

7What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 419.65 MM

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 12.28

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 13.46%

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 194.39 times

-4What is not working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 24.11%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 10.11% (YoY

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 1.15 %

Here's what is working for Chemed Corp.

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 419.65 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 12.28 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Highest at 194.39 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its inventory faster

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 13.46%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Here's what is not working for Chemed Corp.

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 1.15 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Grown by 10.11% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has deteriorated; this may lead to a fall in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Non Operating Income
Highest at USD 0.11 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Increased income from non business activities may not be sustainable

Non Operating income