Why is Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore Ltd ?
1
Low ability to service debt as the company has a high Debt to EBITDA ratio of 57.59 times
- Low ability to service debt as the company has a high Debt to EBITDA ratio of 57.59 times
2
Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate -42.43% of over the last 5 years
3
Flat results in Mar 26
- NO KEY NEGATIVE TRIGGERS
4
With ROCE of 2.3, it has a Very Expensive valuation with a 19.6 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
- 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 -6.69%, its profits have fallen by -299.8%
5
Despite the size of the company, domestic mutual funds hold only 0.54% of the company
- Domestic mutual funds have capability to do in-depth on-the-ground research on companies- their small stake may signify either they are not comfortable at the price or the business
6
With its market cap of Rs 56,936 cr, it is the second biggest company in the sector (behind Coromandel Inter)and constitutes 26.79% of the entire sector
- Its annual Sales of Rs 5,293.19 are 3.24% of the industry
How much should you hold?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to F A C T should be less than 10%
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Fertilizers should be less than 30%
(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Fertilizers)
When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock
Is F A C T for you?
High Risk, Medium Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
F A C T
-6.69%
-0.16
41.94%
Sensex
-6.58%
-0.50
13.27%
Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
11.92%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-42.43%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
1.60
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
16.50
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
1.17
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
-4.53
Tax Ratio
33.74%
Dividend Payout Ratio
61.20%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
9.23%
ROCE (avg)
54.05%
ROE (avg)
48.76%
Valuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
3850
Industry P/E
24
Price to Book Value
41.46
EV to EBIT
845.17
EV to EBITDA
556.28
EV to Capital Employed
19.61
EV to Sales
11.07
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
0.02%
ROCE (Latest)
2.32%
ROE (Latest)
1.08%
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Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
Bearish
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
OBV
Bullish
No Trend






