Chemed Corp.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Hospital
  • ISIN: US16359R1032
USD
424.30
-6.53 (-1.52%)
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  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
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  • Financials
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Comparison
Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Universal Health Services, Inc.
Chemed Corp.
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Select Medical Holdings Corp.
Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.
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 -25.48%, 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 -25.48% 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.
-25.48%
-0.75
29.49%
S&P 500
13.22%
0.65
20.20%
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)
4.45%
EBIT Growth (5y)
5.82%
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)
2.03
Tax Ratio
24.82%
Dividend Payout Ratio
9.05%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
39.17%
ROE (avg)
28.67%
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
65
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
16.99
EV to EBIT
51.27
EV to EBITDA
44.10
EV to Capital Employed
18.98
EV to Sales
8.02
PEG Ratio
6.80
Dividend Yield
0.15%
ROCE (Latest)
37.01%
ROE (Latest)
26.14%
stock-recommendationTechnicals
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bullish
Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bullish
Bearish
Dow Theory
No Trend
Mildly Bearish
OBV
Mildly Bullish
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

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

Highest at USD 426.78 MM

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 174.07 times

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 13.58

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 14%

-12What is not working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 24.14%

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Lowest at 19,039.28

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 15.31% (YoY

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 13.58 times

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 84.34 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 13.63 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 71.11 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 52.49 MM

EPS(Q)

Lowest at USD 3.57

Here's what is working for Chemed Corp.
Inventory Turnover Ratio
Highest at 174.07 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

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 13.58 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 426.78 MM
in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 14%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Depreciation
Highest at USD 16.26 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 Chemed Corp.
Interest Coverage Ratio
Lowest at 19,039.28
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is deteriorating

Operating Profit to Interest

Operating Profit
Lowest at USD 84.34 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is negative

Operating Profit (USD MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 13.63 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Lowest at USD 71.11 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
Lowest at USD 52.49 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
Fallen at -25.95%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

EPS
Lowest at USD 3.57
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Declining profitability; company has created lower earnings for shareholders

EPS (USD)

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 13.58 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Grown by 15.31% (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