Craneware Plc

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Software Products
  • ISIN: GB00B2425G68
GBP
14.20
0.04 (0.28%)
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  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Why is Craneware Plc ?

1
Company's ability to service its debt is strong with a healthy EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 8.09
2
The company has declared Positive results for the last 6 consecutive quarters
  • INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) Highest at 3,266.25
  • ROCE(HY) Highest at 6.63%
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -1.46% (YoY)
3
With ROE of 7.03%, it has a expensive valuation with a 1.93 Price to Book Value
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -31.73%, its profits have risen by 51.8% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.5
4
Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
  • Even though the market (FTSE 100) has generated returns of 17.87% in the last 1 year, the stock has hugely underperformed and has generate negative returns of -31.73% returns
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Craneware Plc should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Software Products should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Craneware Plc for you?

High Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Craneware Plc
-31.73%
-1.03
39.08%
FTSE 100
17.87%
1.52
11.77%
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)
22.82%
EBIT Growth (5y)
7.01%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
8.09
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.45
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.12
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.44
Tax Ratio
25.33%
Dividend Payout Ratio
73.72%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
24.35%
ROE (avg)
8.20%
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
27
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.93
EV to EBIT
21.71
EV to EBITDA
9.85
EV to Capital Employed
1.97
EV to Sales
2.95
PEG Ratio
0.53
Dividend Yield
109.00%
ROCE (Latest)
9.10%
ROE (Latest)
7.03%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

Highest at 3,266.25

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 6.63%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -1.46% (YoY

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at GBP 3.72

-1What is not working for the Company
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Lowest at 70.13%

Here's what is working for Craneware Plc

Interest Coverage Ratio
Highest at 3,266.25 and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is improving

Operating Profit to Interest

Dividend per share
Highest at GBP 3.72
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (GBP)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -1.46% (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 Craneware Plc

Dividend Payout Ratio
Lowest at 70.13%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing lower proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)