Why is Imperial Brands Plc ?
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High Management Efficiency with a high ROCE of 22.79%
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High Debt Company with a Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
- Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 2.70% and Operating profit at 3.20% over the last 5 years
- High Debt Company with a Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
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Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 2.70% and Operating profit at 3.20% over the last 5 years
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Flat results in Mar 25
- OPERATING PROFIT(Q) Lowest at GBP 1,791 MM
- OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q) Lowest at 20.68 %
- NET PROFIT(Q) Lowest at GBP 806.64 MM
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With ROE of 54.57%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 5.15 Price to Book Value
- Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 29.31%, its profits have risen by 17.8% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.4
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Market Beating performance in long term as well as near term
- Along with generating 29.31% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed FTSE 100 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
How much should you hold?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Imperial Brands Plc should be less than 10%
- Overall Portfolio exposure to FMCG should be less than 30%
(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in FMCG)
When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock
Is Imperial Brands Plc for you?
Low Risk, High Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Imperial Brands Plc
29.31%
2.48
19.09%
FTSE 100
15.94%
1.23
12.99%
Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
2.70%
EBIT Growth (5y)
3.20%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
8.31
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
2.45
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
2.01
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.15
Tax Ratio
14.65%
Dividend Payout Ratio
63.85%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.12%
ROCE (avg)
22.79%
ROE (avg)
49.91%
Valuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
9
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
5.15
EV to EBIT
10.09
EV to EBITDA
8.50
EV to Capital Employed
2.38
EV to Sales
1.92
PEG Ratio
0.40
Dividend Yield
666.50%
ROCE (Latest)
23.55%
ROE (Latest)
54.57%
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
OBV
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
Technical Movement
5What is working for the Company
ROCE(HY)
Highest at 54.4%
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)
Highest at 82.86%
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)
Fallen by 0.45% (YoY
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)
Highest at GBP 6.48
-3What is not working for the Company
OPERATING PROFIT(Q)
Lowest at GBP 1,791 MM
OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)
Lowest at 20.68 %
NET PROFIT(Q)
Lowest at GBP 806.64 MM
Here's what is working for Imperial Brands Plc
Dividend per share
Highest at GBP 6.48
in the last five yearsMOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated
DPS (GBP)
Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 82.86%
in the last five yearsMOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend
DPR (%)
Raw Material Cost
Fallen by 0.45% (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 Imperial Brands Plc
Operating Profit
Lowest at GBP 1,791 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is negative
Operating Profit (GBP MM)
Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 20.68 %
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated
Operating Profit to Sales
Net Profit
Lowest at GBP 806.64 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative
Net Profit (GBP MM)






