Comparison
Why is Chemed Corp. ?
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High Management Efficiency with a high ROE of 28.67%
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Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
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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
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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)
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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
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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
How much should you hold?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Chemed Corp. should be less than 10%
- 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.
-20.11%
-0.72
29.65%
S&P 500
25.41%
0.70
20.15%
Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
4.00%
EBIT Growth (5y)
1.47%
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)
2.05
Tax Ratio
24.82%
Dividend Payout Ratio
11.99%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
39.17%
ROE (avg)
28.67%
Valuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
48
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
13.11
EV to EBIT
37.87
EV to EBITDA
31.78
EV to Capital Employed
13.40
EV to Sales
5.07
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
0.27%
ROCE (Latest)
35.38%
ROE (Latest)
27.10%
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 Bullish
No Trend
OBV
No Trend
No Trend
Technical Movement
8What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)
Highest at USD 443.75 MM
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)
Highest at USD 10.13
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)
Highest at 12.39%
INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)
Highest at 238.24 times
NET SALES(Q)
Highest at USD 657.51 MM
-3What is not working for the Company
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO
(HY)
Highest at 27.19 %
DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)
Lowest at 10.13 times
Here's what is working for Chemed Corp.
Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 443.75 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three yearsMOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations
Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)
Dividend per share
Highest at USD 10.13 and Grown
In each year in the last five yearsMOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated
DPS (USD)
Net Sales
Highest at USD 657.51 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive
Net Sales (USD MM)
Inventory Turnover Ratio
Highest at 238.24 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its inventory faster
Inventory Turnover Ratio
Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 12.39%
in the last five yearsMOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend
DPR (%)
Depreciation
Highest at USD 16.87 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO 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.
Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 27.19 % and Grown
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed
Debt-Equity Ratio
Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 10.13 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed
Debtors Turnover Ratio






