Forterra Plc

Market Cap: Small Cap
Industry: Building Products
ISIN: GB00BYYW3C20

GBP

1.60

-0.03 (-1.84%)

Mar 20

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Comparison

Company

Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

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Why is Forterra Plc ?

Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 0.78% of over the last 5 years

The company has declared Negative results for the last 4 consecutive quarters

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Lowest at GBP 70.6 MM

With ROE of 8.15%, it has a expensive valuation with a 1.60 Price to Book Value

Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -0.62%, its profits have fallen by -10.9%

Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years

Along with generating -0.62% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed FTSE 100 in each of the last 3 annual periods

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you sell?

All quantity irrespective of whether you are making profits or losses

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

When to re-enter? - We will constantly monitor the company and review our call based on new data

Is Forterra Plc for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Forterra Plc

-0.62%

-0.21

28.79%

FTSE 100

15.58%

1.15

13.60%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

4.09%

EBIT Growth (5y)

0.78%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

11.77

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

0.72

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

0.40

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

1.35

Tax Ratio

29.44%

Dividend Payout Ratio

36.10%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

ROCE (avg)

17.27%

ROE (avg)

14.37%

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

1.60

EV to EBIT

14.15

EV to EBITDA

8.57

EV to Capital Employed

1.46

EV to Sales

1.17

PEG Ratio

Dividend Yield

225.69%

ROCE (Latest)

10.29%

ROE (Latest)

8.15%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Bearish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Mildly Bearish

Bearish

Moving Averages

Bearish (Daily)

KST

Bearish

Mildly Bearish

Dow Theory

No Trend

Mildly Bearish

OBV

No Trend

Mildly 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

2What is working for the Company

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 55.72%

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at GBP 195.1 MM

-3What is not working for the Company

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at GBP 70.6 MM

Here's what is working for Forterra Plc

Net Sales

Highest at GBP 195.1 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (GBP MM)

Dividend Payout Ratio

Highest at 55.72%

in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Here's what is not working for Forterra Plc

Operating Cash Flow

Lowest at GBP 70.6 MM and Fallen

In each year in the last three years

MOJO Watch

The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling

Operating Cash Flows (GBP MM)