Cherat Cement Co. Ltd.

  • Market Cap: Large Cap
  • Industry: Building Products
  • ISIN: PK0029801013
PKR
283.69
11.95 (4.4%)
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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
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Why is Cherat Cement Co. Ltd. ?
1
High Debt Company with a Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at 0 times
  • High Debt Company with a Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at 0 times
  • The company has been able to generate a Return on Capital Employed (avg) of 29.06% signifying low profitability per unit of total capital (equity and debt)
2
Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 15.65% and Operating profit at 75.35%
3
The company has declared Positive results for the last 4 consecutive quarters
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at PKR 11,762.83 MM
  • DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Lowest at -12.07 %
  • INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) Highest at 2,590.1
4
With ROE of 24.6, it has a attractive valuation with a 1.7 Price to Book Value
  • 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 0%, its profits have risen by 62.2% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.1
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report
Verdict Report
How much should you hold?
  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Cherat Cement Co. Ltd. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Building Products should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Cherat Cement Co. Ltd. for you?

High Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Cherat Cement Co. Ltd.
-100.0%
1.84
43.21%
Pakistan KSE 100 Share
60.28%
2.81
22.77%
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)
16.61%
EBIT Growth (5y)
78.41%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
7.05
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
1.17
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.17
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.10
Tax Ratio
35.64%
Dividend Payout Ratio
12.31%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
29.06%
ROE (avg)
21.60%
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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
8
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
2.01
EV to EBIT
4.80
EV to EBITDA
4.19
EV to Capital Employed
2.28
EV to Sales
1.59
PEG Ratio
0.13
Dividend Yield
1.19%
ROCE (Latest)
47.60%
ROE (Latest)
26.06%
stock-recommendationTechnicals
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
Dow Theory
No Trend
Mildly Bearish
OBV
No Trend
Bullish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend
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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

11What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at PKR 11,762.83 MM

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at -12.07 %

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Highest at 2,590.1

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -36.09% (YoY

NET PROFIT(9M)

Higher at PKR 6,833.44 MM

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at PKR 24,736.05 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Highest at 41.25 %

-5What is not working for the Company
DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 29.54%

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 2.81%

NET SALES(Q)

Lowest at PKR 7,769.32 MM

Here's what is working for Cherat Cement Co. Ltd.
Operating Cash Flow
Highest at PKR 11,762.83 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 (PKR MM)

Interest Coverage Ratio
Highest at 2,590.1
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is improving

Operating Profit to Interest

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at -12.07 % and Grown
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Operating Profit Margin
Highest at 41.25 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has improved

Operating Profit to Sales

Cash and Eqv
Highest at PKR 24,736.05 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Net Profit
Higher at PKR 6,833.44 MM
than preceding 12 month period ended Mar 2025
MOJO Watch
In the nine month period the company has already crossed sales of the previous twelve months

Net Profit (PKR MM)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -36.09% (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 Cherat Cement Co. Ltd.
Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 29.54% and Fallen
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Net Sales
Lowest at PKR 7,769.32 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is negative

Net Sales (PKR MM)

Net Sales
At PKR 7,769.32 MM has Fallen at -19.16%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of PKR 9,611.17 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is negative

Net Sales (PKR MM)

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 2.81%
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio