Gattaca Plc (GATC) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

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Comparison

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Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

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Why is Gattaca Plc ?

Company's ability to service its debt is weak with a poor EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 0.85

Company's ability to service its debt is weak with a poor EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 0.85
The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 3.10% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds

Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of -5.83% and Operating profit at -12.76% over the last 5 years

Flat results in Jul 25

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Lowest at GBP 0.28 MM
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Grown by 7.56% (YoY)
CASH AND EQV(HY) Lowest at GBP 17.14 MM

With ROE of 6.58%, it has a attractive valuation with a 1.25 Price to Book Value

Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 26.35%, its profits have risen by 35% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.5

Market Beating Performance

The stock has generated a return of 26.35% in the last 1 year, much higher than market (FTSE 100) returns of 15.58%

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to Gattaca Plc should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to Diversified Commercial Services should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Gattaca Plc for you?

High Risk, Low Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Gattaca Plc

26.35%

-0.61

39.59%

FTSE 100

13.98%

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)

-5.83%

EBIT Growth (5y)

-12.76%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

0.85

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

-0.63

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

11.74

Tax Ratio

47.48%

Dividend Payout Ratio

42.08%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

ROCE (avg)

15.04%

ROE (avg)

3.10%

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

1.25

EV to EBIT

8.78

EV to EBITDA

5.47

EV to Capital Employed

1.56

EV to Sales

0.05

PEG Ratio

0.54

Dividend Yield

347.05%

ROCE (Latest)

17.79%

ROE (Latest)

6.58%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Mildly Bearish

Bullish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Bearish

Mildly Bullish

Moving Averages

Mildly Bullish (Daily)

KST

Bullish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bearish

Mildly Bullish

OBV

Mildly Bullish

No Trend

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Technical Movement

Analyse All Technical Factors

Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

5What is working for the Company

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 6.45%

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at GBP 205.43 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at GBP 1.28 MM

EPS(Q)

Highest at GBP 0.05

-8What is not working for the Company

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at GBP 0.28 MM

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 7.56% (YoY

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Lowest at GBP 17.14 MM

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at -53.53 %

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 7.15 times

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Fallen at -21.76%

Here's what is working for Gattaca Plc

Net Sales

Highest at GBP 205.43 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (GBP MM)

Net Profit

Highest at GBP 1.28 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (GBP MM)

EPS

Highest at GBP 0.05

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders

EPS (GBP)

Here's what is not working for Gattaca Plc

Operating Cash Flow

Lowest at GBP 0.28 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)

Pre-Tax Profit

Fallen at -21.76%

Year on Year (YoY)

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative

Pre-Tax Profit (GBP MM)

Cash and Eqv

Lowest at GBP 17.14 MM

in the last six Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Short Term liquidity is deteriorating

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Debt-Equity Ratio

Highest at -53.53 %

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

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Lowest at 7.15 times

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Raw Material Cost

Grown by 7.56% (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