Computacenter Plc

  • Market Cap: Mid Cap
  • Industry: Computers - Software & Consulting
  • ISIN: GB00BV9FP302
GBP
29.36
-0.1 (-0.34%)
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  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Why is Computacenter Plc ?

1
Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength with a 7.09% CAGR growth in Operating Profits
  • Company's ability to service its debt is strong with a healthy EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 29.26
  • The company has been able to generate a Return on Capital Employed (avg) of 48.47% signifying high profitability per unit of total capital (equity and debt)
2
The company declared positive results in Dec'24 after negative results in Jun'24
  • DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y) Highest at 50.42%
  • INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Highest at 23.11 times
  • DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY) Highest at GBP 4.82
3
With ROE of 19.78%, it has a expensive valuation with a 4.03 Price to Book Value
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 13.36%, its profits have fallen by -0.3% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 2.9
4
Company is among the highest 1% of companies rated by MarketsMojo across all 4,000 stocks
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Computacenter Plc should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Computers - Software & Consulting should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Computers - Software & Consulting)

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

Is Computacenter Plc for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Computacenter Plc
13.36%
0.22
29.66%
FTSE 100
13.98%
1.15
13.60%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
9.06%
EBIT Growth (5y)
7.09%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
29.26
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.55
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
7.44
Tax Ratio
29.72%
Dividend Payout Ratio
45.78%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.01%
ROCE (avg)
48.47%
ROE (avg)
22.54%
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
20
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
4.03
EV to EBIT
13.32
EV to EBITDA
9.83
EV to Capital Employed
5.23
EV to Sales
0.40
PEG Ratio
2.85
Dividend Yield
2.22%
ROCE (Latest)
39.23%
ROE (Latest)
19.78%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

5What is working for the Company
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 50.42%

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 23.11 times

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at GBP 4.82

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at GBP 3,988.8 MM

-14What is not working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 17.42%

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Lowest at 1,715.71

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 11.12% (YoY

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at -13.7 %

INTEREST(Q)

Highest at GBP 7 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 3.01 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at GBP 76.4 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at GBP 51.41 MM

EPS(Q)

Lowest at GBP 0.47

Here's what is working for Computacenter Plc

Net Sales
Highest at GBP 3,988.8 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (GBP MM)

Net Sales
At GBP 3,988.8 MM has Grown at 28.51%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (GBP MM)

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Highest at 23.11 times
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 GBP 4.82
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (GBP)

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 50.42%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Depreciation
Highest at GBP 43.1 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (GBP MM)

Here's what is not working for Computacenter Plc

Interest Coverage Ratio
Lowest at 1,715.71
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is deteriorating

Operating Profit to Interest

Interest
Highest at GBP 7 MM
in the last five periods and Increased by 100% (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (GBP MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 3.01 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Lowest at GBP 76.4 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative

Pre-Tax Profit (GBP MM)

Net Profit
Lowest at GBP 51.41 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (GBP MM)

EPS
Lowest at GBP 0.47
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Declining profitability; company has created lower earnings for shareholders

EPS (GBP)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at -13.7 %
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 11.12% (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