Ibstock Plc

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Building Products
  • ISIN: GB00BYXJC278
GBP
1.02
-0.02 (-1.74%)
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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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Hold
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Comparison

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Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Why is Ibstock Plc ?

1
Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate -1.03% of over the last 5 years
2
The company has declared Negative results for the last 4 consecutive quarters
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Lowest at GBP 106.18 MM
  • INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) Lowest at 646.51
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Grown by 15.01% (YoY)
3
With ROE of 3.64%, it has a very expensive valuation with a 1.16 Price to Book Value
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -41.42%, its profits have fallen by -62.6%
4
Below par performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating -41.42% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed FTSE 100 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you sell?

  1. 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 Building Products)

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

Is Ibstock Plc for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Ibstock Plc
-41.07%
-1.06
33.31%
FTSE 100
13.98%
1.15
13.60%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
2.51%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-1.03%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
9.60
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
1.14
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.33
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.77
Tax Ratio
27.02%
Dividend Payout Ratio
104.17%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
10.75%
ROE (avg)
9.51%
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
32
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.16
EV to EBIT
25.10
EV to EBITDA
9.33
EV to Capital Employed
1.11
EV to Sales
1.59
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
3.49%
ROCE (Latest)
4.43%
ROE (Latest)
3.64%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

1What is working for the Company
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 104.9%

-9What is not working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at GBP 106.18 MM

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Lowest at 646.51

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 15.01% (YoY

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 45.27 %

INTEREST(Q)

Highest at GBP 5.11 MM

Here's what is working for Ibstock Plc

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 104.9%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Here's what is not working for Ibstock Plc

Interest Coverage Ratio
Lowest at 646.51
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is deteriorating

Operating Profit to Interest

Operating Cash Flow
Lowest at GBP 106.18 MM
in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling

Operating Cash Flows (GBP MM)

Interest
Highest at GBP 5.11 MM
in the last five periods and Increased by 18.68% (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (GBP MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 45.27 %
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

Raw Material Cost
Grown by 15.01% (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