Escalade, Inc. (ESCA) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

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Strong Sell

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Hold

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Comparison

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Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

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Why is Escalade, Inc. ?

Company's ability to service its debt is strong with a healthy EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 14.71

Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of -0.36% and Operating profit at -9.39% over the last 5 years

With a growth in Net Sales of 3.6%, the company declared Very Positive results in Sep 25

The company has declared positive results for the last 6 consecutive quarters
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Lowest at 10.51 %
INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) The company hardly has any interest cost
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -18.21% (YoY)

With ROE of 7.37%, it has a attractive valuation with a 1.36 Price to Book Value

Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 20.20%, its profits have fallen by -3.4%

High Institutional Holdings at 39.94%

These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.

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How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to Escalade, Inc. should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to Media & Entertainment should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Escalade, Inc. for you?

High Risk, High Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Escalade, Inc.

19.14%

0.75

44.51%

S&P 500

13.68%

0.71

19.28%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

-0.36%

EBIT Growth (5y)

-9.39%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

14.71

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

2.06

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

0.13

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

1.23

Tax Ratio

26.78%

Dividend Payout Ratio

64.87%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

39.94%

ROCE (avg)

11.90%

ROE (avg)

12.02%

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

1.36

EV to EBIT

13.95

EV to EBITDA

10.87

EV to Capital Employed

1.33

EV to Sales

1.04

PEG Ratio

Dividend Yield

ROCE (Latest)

9.54%

ROE (Latest)

7.37%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Bullish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Bullish

Moving Averages

Bullish (Daily)

KST

Bullish

Bearish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bullish

OBV

No Trend

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

10What is working for the Company

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 10.51 %

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

The company hardly has any interest cost

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -18.21% (YoY

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at USD 67.79 MM

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 8.57 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Highest at 12.64 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At USD 7.12 MM has Grown at 61.63%

NET PROFIT(Q)

At USD 5.55 MM has Grown at 73.41%

-2What is not working for the Company

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at USD 28.41 MM

Here's what is working for Escalade, Inc.

Debt-Equity Ratio

Lowest at 10.51 % 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

Net Sales

Highest at USD 67.79 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Operating Profit

Highest at USD 8.57 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (USD MM)

Operating Profit Margin

Highest at 12.64 %

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Company's profit margin has improved

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit

At USD 7.12 MM has Grown at 61.63%

over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 4.4 MM

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit

At USD 5.55 MM has Grown at 73.41%

over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 3.2 MM

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Raw Material Cost

Fallen by -18.21% (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 Escalade, Inc.

Operating Cash Flow

Lowest at USD 28.41 MM

in the last three years

MOJO Watch

The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)