Evolution AB

  • Market Cap: Large Cap
  • Industry: Software Products
  • ISIN: SE0012673267
SEK
664.80
-10.6 (-1.57%)
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  • Financials
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stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
Sell
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Comparison

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Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Why is Evolution AB ?

1
Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Equity (ROE) of 22.46%
  • Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 31.89% and Operating profit at 33.04%
  • Company has very low debt and has enough cash to service the debt requirements
2
The company has declared Negative results for the last 5 consecutive quarters
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Lowest at SEK 13,532.67 MM
  • ROCE(HY) Lowest at 25.01%
  • NET SALES(Q) Lowest at SEK 5,486.43 MM
3
With ROE of 26.62%, it has a fair valuation with a 2.73 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 -8.20%, its profits have fallen by -7.6%
4
Majority shareholders : FIIs
5
Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years
  • Along with generating -8.20% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed OMX Stockholm 30 in each of the last 3 annual periods
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Evolution AB 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 Evolution AB for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Evolution AB
-8.2%
-1.35
29.92%
OMX Stockholm 30
30.13%
1.89
15.95%
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)
31.89%
EBIT Growth (5y)
33.04%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
100.00
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.23
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.51
Tax Ratio
13.62%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.06%
ROCE (avg)
30.70%
ROE (avg)
22.46%
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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
10
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
2.73
EV to EBIT
8.05
EV to EBITDA
7.14
EV to Capital Employed
3.16
EV to Sales
4.78
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
0.49%
ROCE (Latest)
39.20%
ROE (Latest)
26.62%
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Technical key factors

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

1What is working for the Company
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at -23.48 %

-12What is not working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at SEK 13,532.67 MM

ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 25.01%

NET SALES(Q)

Lowest at SEK 5,486.43 MM

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at SEK 3,585.91 MM

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 1.62 times

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 65.36 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at SEK 3,209.19 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at SEK 2,694.16 MM

Here's what is working for Evolution AB

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at -23.48 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Here's what is not working for Evolution AB

Net Sales
Lowest at SEK 5,486.43 MM and Fallen
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is very negative

Net Sales (SEK MM)

Operating Profit
Lowest at SEK 3,585.91 MM and Fallen
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is quite negative

Operating Profit (SEK MM)

Operating Cash Flow
Lowest at SEK 13,532.67 MM
in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling

Operating Cash Flows (SEK MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 65.36 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Lowest at SEK 3,209.19 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative

Pre-Tax Profit (SEK MM)

Net Profit
Lowest at SEK 2,694.16 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (SEK MM)

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 1.62 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio