Fortis, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Large Cap
  • Industry: Power
  • ISIN: CA3495531079
CAD
79.14
-0.13 (-0.16%)
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  • Financials
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Fortis, Inc.
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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 Mar 26
  • DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Highest at 143.76 %
  • INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 13.21 times
  • OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q) Lowest at 43.33 %
4
With ROE of 7.84%, it has a expensive valuation with a 1.66 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 22.85%, its profits have risen by 3.3% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 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.
22.85%
6.83
13.42%
S&P/TSX 60
29.6%
2.31
12.81%
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)
2.42
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
6.22
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
1.39
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.21
Tax Ratio
16.15%
Dividend Payout Ratio
73.03%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
53.70%
ROCE (avg)
5.80%
ROE (avg)
7.55%
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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
21
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.66
EV to EBIT
21.63
EV to EBITDA
13.54
EV to Capital Employed
1.27
EV to Sales
6.15
PEG Ratio
12.96
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

3What is working for the Company
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at CAD 6.52

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at CAD 3,381 MM

-5What is not working for the Company
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 143.76 %

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 13.21 times

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 43.33 %

Here's what is working for Fortis, Inc.

Dividend per share
Highest at CAD 6.52 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (CAD)

Net Sales
Highest at CAD 3,381 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (CAD MM)

Depreciation
Highest at CAD 532 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.

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 143.76 % and Grown
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 13.21 times and Fallen
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 43.33 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales