Hercules Site Services Plc () Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

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Comparison

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Quality

Valuation

Financial

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Why is Hercules Site Services Plc ?

Poor Management Efficiency with a low ROCE of 12.14%

The company has been able to generate a Return on Capital Employed (avg) of 12.14% signifying low profitability per unit of total capital (equity and debt)

Low ability to service debt as the company has a high Debt to EBITDA ratio of 5.27 times

Low ability to service debt as the company has a high Debt to EBITDA ratio of 5.27 times
The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 11.01% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds

The company has declared negative results for the last 2 consecutive quarters

The company has declared negative results in Sep 25 after 3 consecutive negative quarters
ROCE(HY) Lowest at -9.6%
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Grown by 12.3% (YoY)
INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 0 times

Risky -

The stock is trading risky as compared to its average historical valuations
Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -44.57%, its profits have fallen by -135.8%

Below par performance in long term as well as near term

Along with generating -44.57% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed FTSE 100 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months

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 Construction)

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

Is Hercules Site Services Plc for you?

High Risk, Low Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Hercules Site Services Plc

-44.57%

-0.85

47.98%

FTSE 100

17.87%

1.52

11.77%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

38.70%

EBIT Growth (5y)

2.87%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

1.84

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

2.49

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

0.29

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

3.95

Tax Ratio

19.42%

Dividend Payout Ratio

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

ROCE (avg)

12.14%

ROE (avg)

11.01%

Valuation

Valuation Scorecard

Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

NA (Loss Making)

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

1.78

EV to EBIT

32.25

EV to EBITDA

12.14

EV to Capital Employed

1.40

EV to Sales

0.26

PEG Ratio

Dividend Yield

ROCE (Latest)

2.77%

ROE (Latest)

-7.73%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Bearish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Bearish

Moving Averages

Bearish (Daily)

KST

Bearish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bearish

OBV

Mildly Bearish

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

0What is working for the Company

NO KEY POSITIVE TRIGGERS

-14What is not working for the Company

ROCE(HY)

Lowest at -9.6%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 12.3% (YoY

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 0 times

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Lowest at GBP 5.59

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at GBP -0.7 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at GBP -0.7 MM

EPS(Q)

Lowest at GBP -0.01

Here's what is working for Hercules Site Services Plc

Depreciation

Highest at GBP 1.3 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (GBP MM)

Depreciation

At GBP 1.3 MM has Grown at 81.56%

period on period (QoQ)

MOJO Watch

The expenditure on assets done by the company has gone into productive use which should positively reflect in the future sales

Depreciation (GBP MM)

Here's what is not working for Hercules Site Services Plc

Pre-Tax Profit

At GBP -0.7 MM has Fallen at -163.64%

Year on Year (YoY)

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very negative

Pre-Tax Profit (GBP MM)

Net Profit

At GBP -0.7 MM has Fallen at -163.64%

Year on Year (YoY)

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is very negative

Net Profit (GBP MM)

Pre-Tax Profit

Lowest at GBP -0.7 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative

Pre-Tax Profit (GBP MM)

Net Profit

Lowest at GBP -0.7 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (GBP MM)

EPS

Lowest at GBP -0.01

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Declining profitability; company has created lower earnings for shareholders

EPS (GBP)

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Lowest at 0 times

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Dividend per share

Lowest at GBP 5.59

in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing lower dividend than previous years

DPS (GBP)

Raw Material Cost

Grown by 12.3% (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