Dialog Finance Plc

  • Market Cap: Mid Cap
  • Industry: Finance
  • ISIN: LK0397N00006
LKR
153.25
107.65 (236.07%)
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Comparison

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Quality
Valuation
Financial
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Commercial Credit & Finance PLC
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Alliance Finance Co. Plc
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Dialog Finance Plc
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HNB Finance Plc
LOLC Holdings Plc
Senkadagala Finance PLC
Hunter & Co. Plc

Why is Dialog Finance Plc ?

1
Weak Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Equity (ROE) of 0.81%
  • Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate of 34.94%
  • The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 0.81% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds
2
Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 51.80%
3
With a growth in Net Profit of 79.44%, the company declared Very Positive results in Mar 26
  • The company has declared positive results for the last 6 consecutive quarters
  • NET PROFIT(HY) At LKR 98.49 MM has Grown at 233.2%
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at LKR 1,173.46 MM
  • ROCE(HY) Highest at 7.98%
4
With ROE of 1.77%, it has a expensive valuation with a 5.97 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 263.15%, its profits have risen by 219.3% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 1.5
5
Market Beating performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating 263.15% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed Sri Lanka CSE All Share in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Dialog Finance Plc should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Finance should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Dialog Finance Plc for you?

High Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Dialog Finance Plc
-100.0%
3.11
82.26%
Sri Lanka CSE All Share
32.72%
1.90
17.20%
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)
51.80%
EBIT Growth (5y)
34.94%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
-10.42
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
Negative Net Debt
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0
Tax Ratio
100.00%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
13.84%
ROE (avg)
0.81%
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
337
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
5.97
EV to EBIT
51.72
EV to EBITDA
24.63
EV to Capital Employed
7.87
EV to Sales
6.01
PEG Ratio
1.53
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
15.22%
ROE (Latest)
1.77%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

23What is working for the Company
NET PROFIT(HY)

At LKR 98.49 MM has Grown at 233.2%

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at LKR 1,173.46 MM

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 7.98%

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at LKR 872.36 MM

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by 1.94% (YoY

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 955.39 times

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At LKR 131.11 MM has Grown at 86.33%

-1What is not working for the Company
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 39.34 %

Here's what is working for Dialog Finance Plc

Net Profit
At LKR 98.49 MM has Grown at 233.2%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is very positive

Net Profit (LKR MM)

Net Sales
Highest at LKR 872.36 MM and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is very positive

Net Sales (LKR MM)

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at LKR 1,173.46 MM
in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (LKR MM)

Net Sales
At LKR 872.36 MM has Grown at 33.42%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of LKR 653.82 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (LKR MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
At LKR 131.11 MM has Grown at 86.33%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of LKR 70.36 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (LKR MM)

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Highest at 955.39 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by 1.94% (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 Dialog Finance Plc

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 39.34 %
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