Cranswick Plc

  • Market Cap: Mid Cap
  • Industry: FMCG
  • ISIN: GB0002318888
GBP
52.70
-0.5 (-0.94%)
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

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Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Why is Cranswick Plc ?

1
Poor Management Efficiency with a low ROE of 13.59%
  • The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 13.59% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds
2
Weak Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Equity (ROE) of 13.59%
  • Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 13.46% of over the last 5 years
  • The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 13.59% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds
3
Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 13.46% of over the last 5 years
4
Positive results in Mar 26
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at GBP 482.2 MM
  • ROCE(HY) Highest at 15.24%
  • DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY) Highest at GBP 8.24
5
With ROE of 14.76%, it has a expensive valuation with a 2.91 Price to Book Value
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -1.14%, its profits have risen by 17.7% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 1.1
6
Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
  • Even though the market (FTSE 100) has generated returns of 18.59% in the last 1 year, the stock has hugely underperformed and has generate negative returns of -1.14% returns
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How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Cranswick Plc should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to FMCG should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Cranswick Plc for you?

Low Risk, Medium Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Cranswick Plc
-100.0%
1.19
18.18%
FTSE 100
19.78%
1.58
11.75%
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)
9.37%
EBIT Growth (5y)
13.46%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
22.62
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.19
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.06
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
2.56
Tax Ratio
26.65%
Dividend Payout Ratio
38.02%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.03%
ROCE (avg)
17.99%
ROE (avg)
13.59%
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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
2.91
EV to EBIT
14.36
EV to EBITDA
10.02
EV to Capital Employed
2.67
EV to Sales
1.09
PEG Ratio
1.11
Dividend Yield
186.09%
ROCE (Latest)
18.60%
ROE (Latest)
14.76%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

17What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at GBP 482.2 MM

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 15.24%

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at GBP 8.24

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at GBP 175 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Highest at 11.56 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at GBP 113.9 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at GBP 83.34 MM

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -11.53% (YoY

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at GBP 1,514.2 MM

-6What is not working for the Company
INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Lowest at 1,923.08

INTEREST(Q)

Highest at GBP 9.1 MM

Here's what is working for Cranswick Plc

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at GBP 482.2 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 (GBP MM)

Operating Profit
Highest at GBP 175 MM and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is quite positive

Operating Profit (GBP MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Highest at 11.56 % and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has improved

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at GBP 113.9 MM and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very positive

Pre-Tax Profit (GBP MM)

Net Profit
Highest at GBP 83.34 MM and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is very positive

Net Profit (GBP MM)

Dividend per share
Highest at GBP 8.24 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (GBP)

Net Sales
Highest at GBP 1,514.2 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (GBP MM)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -11.53% (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

Depreciation
Highest at GBP 52 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 Cranswick Plc

Interest Coverage Ratio
Lowest at 1,923.08
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 9.1 MM
in the last five periods and Increased by 15.19% (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (GBP MM)