ScoreWhy is Eastern Province Cement Co. ?
1
Poor Management Efficiency with a low ROCE of 11.27%
- The company has been able to generate a Return on Capital Employed (avg) of 11.27% signifying low profitability per unit of total capital (equity and debt)
2
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 10.70% and Operating profit at 6.50% over the last 5 years
3
The company has declared Positive results for the last 3 consecutive quarters
- OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at SAR 343.74 MM
- INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Highest at 1.46%
4
With ROE of 12.11%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 1.01 Price to Book Value
- Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -30.31%, its profits have risen by 18.9% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.4
- At the current price, the company has a high dividend yield of 5.9
5
Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years
- Along with generating -30.31% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed Saudi Arabia All Share TASI in each of the last 3 annual periods
Real-Time Research ReportHow much should you hold?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Eastern Province Cement Co. should be less than 10%
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Building Products should be less than 30%
(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Building Products)
When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock
Is Eastern Province Cement Co. for you?
Low Risk, Low Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Eastern Province Cement Co.
-100.0%
-1.32
19.23%
Saudi Arabia All Share TASI
-12.63%
-0.87
14.46%
Quality
Management Risk
Growth
Capital StructureQuality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
10.70%
EBIT Growth (5y)
6.50%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
52.88
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.18
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.47
Tax Ratio
10.17%
Dividend Payout Ratio
55.51%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
11.27%
ROE (avg)
8.81%
ValuationValuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
8
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.01
EV to EBIT
6.91
EV to EBITDA
5.11
EV to Capital Employed
1.01
EV to Sales
1.73
PEG Ratio
0.44
Dividend Yield
5.91%
ROCE (Latest)
14.66%
ROE (Latest)
12.11%
TechnicalsTechnical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bullish
Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bullish
Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
No Trend
OBV
No Trend
Mildly Bearish
Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned 
Financial Trend5What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)
Highest at SAR 343.74 MM
INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)
Highest at 1.46%
-3What is not working for the Company
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)
Lowest at 81.44%
DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)
Lowest at 2.95%
INTEREST(Q)
Highest at SAR 1.53 MM
Here's what is working for Eastern Province Cement Co.
Operating Cash Flow
Highest at SAR 343.74 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three yearsMOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations
Operating Cash Flows (SAR MM)
Inventory Turnover Ratio
Highest at 1.46% and Grown
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its inventory faster
Inventory Turnover Ratio
Here's what is not working for Eastern Province Cement Co.
Interest
Highest at SAR 1.53 MM
in the last five periods and Increased by 14.35% (QoQ)MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings
Interest Paid (SAR MM)
Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 2.95%
in the last five Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed
Debtors Turnover Ratio
Dividend Payout Ratio
Lowest at 81.44%
in the last five yearsMOJO Watch
Company is distributing lower proportion of profits generated as dividend
DPR (%)
InfinHub Market Technologies FZ-LLC, Building-2, Unit 112, Dubai Internet City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
GET THE MARKETSMOJO APP
Company
Stocks
Portfolio
"Investment in securities markets are subject to market risk. Read all the related documents carefully before investing."
