Hunting Plc (HTG) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

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Comparison

Company

Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

Hunting Plc

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Why is Hunting Plc ?

Poor Management Efficiency with a low ROE of 4.38%

The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 4.38% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds

Positive results in Dec 24

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at GBP 170.03 MM
OPERATING PROFIT(Q) Highest at GBP 49.97 MM
PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q) Highest at GBP 30.45 MM

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 25.80%, its profits have fallen by -33.9%

Market Beating performance in long term as well as near term

Along with generating 25.80% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed FTSE 100 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to Hunting Plc should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to Oil should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Hunting Plc for you?

High Risk, Low Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Hunting Plc

-100.0%

-0.64

37.61%

FTSE 100

16.5%

1.27

12.97%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

4.94%

EBIT Growth (5y)

49.81%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

-5.07

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

Net Debt is too low

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

-0.10

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

0.82

Tax Ratio

23.90%

Dividend Payout Ratio

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

ROCE (avg)

3.21%

ROE (avg)

4.38%

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

0.87

EV to EBIT

7.43

EV to EBITDA

5.21

EV to Capital Employed

0.86

EV to Sales

0.63

PEG Ratio

Dividend Yield

21.49%

ROCE (Latest)

11.59%

ROE (Latest)

10.13%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Bullish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Bullish

Moving Averages

Bullish (Daily)

KST

Mildly Bearish

Bearish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bullish

OBV

Mildly Bullish

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

Not enough Data to analyse Financial Trend

Here's what is working for Hunting Plc

Operating Profit

Highest at GBP 49.97 MM and Grown

In each period in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term Operating Profit trend is quite positive

Operating Profit (GBP MM)

Pre-Tax Profit

Highest at GBP 30.45 MM and Grown

In each period in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very positive

Pre-Tax Profit (GBP MM)

Operating Cash Flow

Highest at GBP 170.03 MM

in the last three years

MOJO Watch

The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (GBP MM)

Net Sales

Highest at GBP 430.04 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (GBP MM)

Pre-Tax Profit

At GBP 30.45 MM has Grown at 44.5%

Year on Year (YoY)

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (GBP MM)

Cash and Eqv

Highest at GBP 164.96 MM

in the last six Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Debt-Equity Ratio

Lowest at -7.88 %

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Highest at 4.58%

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Dividend per share

Highest at GBP 4.58

in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (GBP)

Raw Material Cost

Fallen by -0.42% (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 Hunting Plc

Net Profit

At GBP 42.53 MM has Fallen at -46.71%

Year on Year (YoY)

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is very negative

Net Profit (GBP MM)

Interest Coverage Ratio

Lowest at 602.8

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

The company's ability to manage interest payments is deteriorating

Operating Profit to Interest

Interest

Highest at GBP 8.29 MM

in the last five periods and Increased by 113.97% (QoQ)

MOJO Watch

Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (GBP MM)

EPS

Lowest at GBP -0.27

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Declining profitability; company has created lower earnings for shareholders

EPS (GBP)