Core & Main, Inc.

Market Cap: Small Cap
Industry: Trading & Distributors
ISIN: US21874C1027

USD

43.98

0.33 (0.76%)

Jul 28

NYS

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Comparison

Company

Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

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Why is Core & Main, Inc. ?

High Management Efficiency with a high ROCE of 17.35%

Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 17.14% and Operating profit at 35.92%

Flat results in Jul 25

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Lowest at USD 606 MM

With ROCE of 18.17%, it has a expensive valuation with a 3.51 Enterprise value to Capital Employed

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 6.49%, its profits have fallen by -17.3%

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to Core & Main, Inc. should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to Trading & Distributors should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Core & Main, Inc. for you?

High Risk, Medium Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Core & Main, Inc.

-32.97%

0.45

41.04%

S&P 500

16.26%

0.70

20.15%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

15.99%

EBIT Growth (5y)

31.00%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

6.82

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

2.94

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

1.33

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

1.83

Tax Ratio

25.00%

Dividend Payout Ratio

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

100.00%

ROCE (avg)

17.35%

ROE (avg)

25.93%

Valuation

Valuation Scorecard

Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

4.69

EV to EBIT

15.63

EV to EBITDA

12.45

EV to Capital Employed

2.84

EV to Sales

1.49

PEG Ratio

3.47

Dividend Yield

ROCE (Latest)

18.20%

ROE (Latest)

23.36%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Bearish

Mildly Bearish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Sideways

Bullish

Moving Averages

Mildly Bearish (Daily)

KST

Bearish

Mildly Bearish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bullish

Mildly Bearish

OBV

Mildly Bullish

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Technical Movement

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Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

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

3What is working for the Company

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 112.45 %

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -2.75% (YoY

-2What is not working for the Company

ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 23.73%

Here's what is working for Core & Main, Inc.

Debt-Equity Ratio

Lowest at 112.45 % 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

Raw Material Cost

Fallen by -2.75% (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