Exponent, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Construction
  • ISIN: US30214U1025
USD
74.25
1.03 (1.41%)
  • Price Points
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  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Comparison
Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Why is Exponent, Inc. ?
1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROE of 24.72%
2
Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
3
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 6.47% and Operating profit at 5.06% over the last 5 years
4
Flat results in Jun 25
  • ROCE(HY) Lowest at 25.05%
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Grown by 46.29% (YoY)
  • OPERATING PROFIT(Q) Lowest at USD 19.7 MM
5
With ROE of 20.98%, it has a expensive valuation with a 11.28 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -27.82%, its profits have risen by 3.5% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 17.2
6
High Institutional Holdings at 100%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
7
Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years
  • Along with generating -27.82% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in each of the last 3 annual periods
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Verdict Report
How much should you hold?
  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Exponent, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Construction should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Exponent, Inc. for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Exponent, Inc.
-24.29%
-0.93
24.06%
S&P 500
13.22%
0.61
20.17%
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)
6.47%
EBIT Growth (5y)
5.06%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
100.00
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.54
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.39
Tax Ratio
27.09%
Dividend Payout Ratio
52.99%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
58.11%
ROE (avg)
24.72%
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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
54
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
11.28
EV to EBIT
35.58
EV to EBITDA
33.13
EV to Capital Employed
23.48
EV to Sales
8.48
PEG Ratio
17.23
Dividend Yield
1.47%
ROCE (Latest)
66.00%
ROE (Latest)
20.98%
stock-recommendationTechnicals
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bullish
Bearish
RSI
No Signal
Bullish
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Mildly Bearish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bearish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bullish
Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
OBV
Mildly Bearish
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

4What is working for the Company
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 3.33

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 58.18%

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at USD 476.91 MM

-14What is not working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 25.05%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 46.29% (YoY

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 19.7 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 13.87 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 19.85 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 14.32 MM

Here's what is working for Exponent, Inc.
Dividend per share
Highest at USD 3.33 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Cash and Eqv
Highest at USD 476.91 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 58.18%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Depreciation
Highest at USD 2.52 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (USD MM)

Here's what is not working for Exponent, Inc.
Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 19.85 MM has Fallen at -37.33%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 31.68 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very negative

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
At USD 14.32 MM has Fallen at -38.16%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 23.15 MM
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Near term Net Profit trend is very negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

Operating Profit
Lowest at USD 19.7 MM
in the last five periods
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Near term Operating Profit trend is negative

Operating Profit (USD MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 13.87 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Lowest at USD 19.85 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
Lowest at USD 14.32 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

Raw Material Cost
Grown by 46.29% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has deteriorated; this may lead to a fall in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales