Information Services Corp.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Miscellaneous
  • ISIN: CA45676A1057
CAD
50.86
0.01 (0.02%)
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  • Total Return
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  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Information Services Corp.
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Brookfield Business Partners LP

Why is Information Services Corp. ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROCE of 19.60%
2
Company's ability to service its debt is strong with a healthy EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 9.64
3
Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 12.22%
4
With a growth in Net Profit of 88.17%, the company declared Very Positive results in Mar 26
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at CAD 77.78 MM
  • DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Lowest at 114.2 %
  • INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) Highest at 674.79
5
With ROE of 18.70%, it has a very expensive valuation with a 4.76 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 58.94%, its profits have risen by 36.5% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.7
6
Market Beating Performance
  • The stock has generated a return of 58.94% in the last 1 year, much higher than market (S&P/TSX 60) returns of 29.60%
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Information Services Corp. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Miscellaneous should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Information Services Corp. for you?

High Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Information Services Corp.
58.94%
2.67
36.08%
S&P/TSX 60
29.6%
2.31
12.81%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
12.22%
EBIT Growth (5y)
14.83%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
9.64
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
1.82
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
1.42
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.53
Tax Ratio
29.08%
Dividend Payout Ratio
64.04%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
19.60%
ROE (avg)
17.58%
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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
25
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
4.76
EV to EBIT
17.29
EV to EBITDA
12.95
EV to Capital Employed
2.80
EV to Sales
4.48
PEG Ratio
0.73
Dividend Yield
1.04%
ROCE (Latest)
16.17%
ROE (Latest)
18.70%
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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
No Trend
Mildly Bullish
OBV
Bullish
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

16What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at CAD 77.78 MM

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 114.2 %

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Highest at 674.79

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -13.99% (YoY

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at CAD 24.55 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Highest at 39.72 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at CAD 16.61 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at CAD 11.87 MM

EPS(Q)

Highest at CAD 0.49

-1What is not working for the Company
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Lowest at 46.95%

Here's what is working for Information Services Corp.

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at CAD 77.78 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 (CAD MM)

Interest Coverage Ratio
Highest at 674.79
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is improving

Operating Profit to Interest

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 114.2 % and Grown
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Operating Profit
Highest at CAD 24.55 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (CAD MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Highest at 39.72 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has improved

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at CAD 16.61 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (CAD MM)

Net Profit
Highest at CAD 11.87 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (CAD MM)

EPS
Highest at CAD 0.49
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders

EPS (CAD)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -13.99% (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 Information Services Corp.

Dividend Payout Ratio
Lowest at 46.95%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing lower proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)