Innospec, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Chemicals & Petrochemicals
  • ISIN: US45768S1050
USD
70.75
3.43 (5.1%)
  • Price Points
  • Score
  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
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Comparison

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Quality
Valuation
Financial
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Why is Innospec, Inc. ?

1
Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
2
Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 15.88% of over the last 5 years
3
Flat results in Dec 25
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Lowest at USD 138.3 MM
  • NET PROFIT(HY) At USD 82.51 MM has Grown at -26.29%
  • DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 5.2 times
4
With ROE of 10.91%, it has a fair valuation with a 1.53 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 -30.91%, its profits have fallen by -21.6%
  • At the current price, the company has a high dividend yield of 1051.3
5
High Institutional Holdings at 100%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
6
Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years
  • Along with generating -30.91% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in each of the last 3 annual periods
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Innospec, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Chemicals & Petrochemicals should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Innospec, Inc. for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Innospec, Inc.
-28.01%
-1.62
28.06%
S&P 500
13.68%
0.71
19.28%
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)
8.31%
EBIT Growth (5y)
15.88%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
100.00
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.23
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.50
Tax Ratio
10.89%
Dividend Payout Ratio
36.65%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
15.63%
ROE (avg)
11.06%
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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
14
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.52
EV to EBIT
11.17
EV to EBITDA
8.49
EV to Capital Employed
1.66
EV to Sales
0.98
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
1051.30%
ROCE (Latest)
14.89%
ROE (Latest)
10.91%
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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
No Trend
Mildly Bearish
OBV
No Trend
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

6What is working for the Company
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 5.2

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 62.2 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Highest at 13.65 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 50.1 MM

EPS(Q)

Highest at USD 1.91

-8What is not working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at USD 138.3 MM

NET PROFIT(HY)

At USD 82.51 MM has Grown at -26.29%

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 5.2 times

Here's what is working for Innospec, Inc.

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 5.2 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Operating Profit
Highest at USD 62.2 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (USD MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Highest at 13.65 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has improved

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at USD 50.1 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

EPS
Highest at USD 1.91
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders

EPS (USD)

Here's what is not working for Innospec, Inc.

Operating Cash Flow
Lowest at USD 138.3 MM and Fallen
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Net Profit
At USD 82.51 MM has Grown at -26.29%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 5.2 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio