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Hill & Smith Plc

Part of MojoOne Strategy
  • Market Cap: Mid Cap
  • Industry: Miscellaneous
  • ISIN: GB0004270301
  • LON: HILS
GBP
31.40
0.4 (1.29%)

Sep 22

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Comparison

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Quality
Valuation
Financial
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Why is Hill & Smith Plc ?

1
Low ability to service debt as the company has a high Debt to EBITDA ratio of 0.80 times
  • Low ability to service debt as the company has a high Debt to EBITDA ratio of 0.80 times
2
Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 27.57% of over the last 5 years
3
Flat results in Jun 26
  • ROCE(HY) Lowest at 14.98%
  • DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Highest at 27.58 %
  • DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 4.59 times
4
With ROE of 20.75%, it has a fair valuation with a 4.62 Price to Book Value
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 52.06%, its profits have risen by 12.9% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 1.6
5
Market Beating performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating 52.06% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed FTSE 100 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Hill & Smith Plc should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Miscellaneous should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Hill & Smith Plc for you?

Medium Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Hill & Smith Plc
52.06%
2.30
26.01%
FTSE 100
16.06%
1.36
11.82%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
5.64%
EBIT Growth (5y)
27.57%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
12.75
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.57
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.11
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.47
Tax Ratio
28.80%
Dividend Payout Ratio
51.59%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
22.67%
ROE (avg)
14.30%
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
4.62
EV to EBIT
15.80
EV to EBITDA
12.11
EV to Capital Employed
4.48
EV to Sales
2.55
PEG Ratio
1.60
Dividend Yield
193.42%
ROCE (Latest)
28.35%
ROE (Latest)
20.75%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bullish
OBV
Bullish
No Trend
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
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Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

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

8What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at GBP 253.81 MM

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at GBP 4.59

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 41.75%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -0.11% (YoY

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at GBP 451.02 MM

-5What is not working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 14.98%

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 27.58 %

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 4.59 times

NET PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at GBP 41.46 MM

Here's what is working for Hill & Smith Plc

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at GBP 253.81 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (GBP MM)

Dividend per share
Highest at GBP 4.59 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (GBP)

Net Sales
Highest at GBP 451.02 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (GBP MM)

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 41.75%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -0.11% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for Hill & Smith Plc

Net Profit
Lowest at GBP 41.46 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (GBP MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 27.58 %
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 4.59 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio

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