HNB Assurance Plc

  • Market Cap: Mid Cap
  • Industry: Insurance
  • ISIN: LK0340N00006
LKR
113.75
2.25 (2.02%)
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  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
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  • Financials
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stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

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Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Why is HNB Assurance Plc ?

1
Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Equity (ROE) of 17.07%
2
Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 19.20%
3
Positive results in Sep 25
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at LKR 12,453.87 MM
  • INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) The company hardly has any interest cost
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by 0% (YoY)
4
With ROE of 14.74%, it has a attractive valuation with a 1.36 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 33.67%, its profits have risen by 7% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 1.2
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to HNB Assurance Plc should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Insurance should be less than 30%

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

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

Is HNB Assurance Plc for you?

Medium Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
HNB Assurance Plc
32.27%
3.03
33.21%
Sri Lanka CSE All Share
41.16%
2.63
15.67%
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)
19.20%
EBIT Growth (5y)
0
EBIT to Interest (avg)
0.43
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
Negative Net Debt
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0
Tax Ratio
30.08%
Dividend Payout Ratio
30.84%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
1.36%
ROE (avg)
17.07%
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
9
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.36
EV to EBIT
NA
EV to EBITDA
39.65
EV to Capital Employed
1.39
EV to Sales
0.62
PEG Ratio
1.23
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
ROE (Latest)
14.74%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

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

Highest at LKR 12,453.87 MM

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

The company hardly has any interest cost

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by 0% (YoY

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at -5.68 %

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at LKR 8,803.55 MM

-1What is not working for the Company
OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 4.83 %

Here's what is working for HNB Assurance Plc

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at LKR 12,453.87 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 (LKR MM)

Net Sales
Highest at LKR 8,803.55 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (LKR MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at -5.68 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by 0% (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

Depreciation
Highest at LKR 127.29 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (LKR MM)

Here's what is not working for HNB Assurance Plc

Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 4.83 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales