Inchcape Plc

  • Market Cap: Mid Cap
  • Industry: Retailing
  • ISIN: GB00B61TVQ02
GBP
8.03
1.21 (17.74%)
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  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
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Comparison

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Quality
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Why is Inchcape Plc ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROCE of 26.95%
2
The company is Net-Debt Free
3
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 5.88% and Operating profit at 33.04% over the last 5 years
4
Flat results in Dec 25
  • INTEREST(HY) At GBP 82 MM has Grown at 34.43%
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Grown by 7.81% (YoY)
5
With ROE of 23.46%, it has a expensive valuation with a 2.26 Price to Book Value
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 17.23%, its profits have fallen by -5.9% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 2.8
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Inchcape Plc should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Retailing should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Inchcape Plc for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Inchcape Plc
-100.0%
0.06
26.22%
FTSE 100
17.87%
1.52
11.77%
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)
5.88%
EBIT Growth (5y)
33.04%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
6.12
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.42
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.19
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
4.33
Tax Ratio
31.31%
Dividend Payout Ratio
44.54%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.01%
ROCE (avg)
26.95%
ROE (avg)
15.22%
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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
10
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
2.26
EV to EBIT
5.63
EV to EBITDA
4.57
EV to Capital Employed
2.00
EV to Sales
0.35
PEG Ratio
2.79
Dividend Yield
4.47%
ROCE (Latest)
35.45%
ROE (Latest)
23.46%
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Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Sideways
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bullish
OBV
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
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
PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at GBP 241 MM

-3What is not working for the Company
INTEREST(HY)

At GBP 82 MM has Grown at 34.43%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 7.81% (YoY

Here's what is working for Inchcape Plc

Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at GBP 241 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (GBP MM)

Here's what is not working for Inchcape Plc

Interest
At GBP 82 MM has Grown at 34.43%
over previous Semi-Annual period
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (GBP MM)

Raw Material Cost
Grown by 7.81% (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