Fortis, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Large Cap
  • Industry: Power
  • ISIN: CA3495531079
CAD
78.45
-0.47 (-0.6%)
  • Price Points
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  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
Sell
Hold
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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TransAlta Renewables, Inc.

Why is Fortis, Inc. ?

1
The company is Net-Debt Free
  • Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 6.64% of over the last 5 years
  • The company is Net-Debt Free
  • The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 7.55% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds
2
Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 6.64% of over the last 5 years
3
Flat results in Jun 26
  • INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) Lowest at 347.8
4
With ROE of 7.84%, it has a expensive valuation with a 1.69 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a fair value compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 13.20%, its profits have risen by 3.3% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 13.2
5
Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
  • The stock has generated a return of 13.20% in the last 1 year, much lower than market (S&P/TSX 60) returns of 28.13%
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Verdict Report

How much should you sell?

  1. 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 Power)

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

Is Fortis, Inc. for you?

Low Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Fortis, Inc.
13.2%
6.68
13.48%
S&P/TSX 60
28.13%
2.33
12.07%
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)
6.10%
EBIT Growth (5y)
6.64%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
2.40
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
6.24
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
1.39
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.21
Tax Ratio
16.53%
Dividend Payout Ratio
73.03%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
53.70%
ROCE (avg)
5.81%
ROE (avg)
7.55%
stock-recommendationValuation

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
22
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.69
EV to EBIT
21.87
EV to EBITDA
13.69
EV to Capital Employed
1.29
EV to Sales
6.22
PEG Ratio
13.23
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
5.88%
ROE (Latest)
7.84%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

2What is working for the Company
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at CAD 6.86

-2What is not working for the Company
INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Lowest at 347.8

Here's what is working for Fortis, Inc.

Dividend per share
Highest at CAD 6.86 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (CAD)

Depreciation
Highest at CAD 542 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (CAD MM)

Here's what is not working for Fortis, Inc.

Interest Coverage Ratio
Lowest at 347.8
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is deteriorating

Operating Profit to Interest

Non Operating Income
Highest at CAD 0.22 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Increased income from non business activities may not be sustainable

Non Operating income