Intermediate Capital Group Plc (ICP) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

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Comparison

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Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

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Why is Intermediate Capital Group Plc ?

Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Equity (ROE) of 21.06%

Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 12.37%

Flat results in Mar 26

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Lowest at GBP -166.9 MM
PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q) At GBP 234.1 MM has Fallen at -32.67%
NET PROFIT(Q) At GBP 181.1 MM has Fallen at -39.37%

With ROE of 34.42%, it has a fair valuation with a 1.81 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 -10.62%, its profits have risen by 6% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.9

Underperformed the market in the last 1 year

Even though the market (FTSE 100) has generated returns of 17.87% in the last 1 year, the stock has hugely underperformed and has generate negative returns of -10.62% returns

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to Intermediate Capital Group Plc should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to Finance should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Intermediate Capital Group Plc for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Intermediate Capital Group Plc

-10.62%

0.20

29.45%

FTSE 100

17.87%

1.52

11.77%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

12.37%

EBIT Growth (5y)

2.09%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

10.26

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

Negative Net Debt

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

Tax Ratio

14.95%

Dividend Payout Ratio

52.15%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

ROCE (avg)

47.14%

ROE (avg)

21.06%

Valuation

Valuation Scorecard

Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

1.81

EV to EBIT

5.47

EV to EBITDA

5.32

EV to Capital Employed

2.76

EV to Sales

3.29

PEG Ratio

0.87

Dividend Yield

516.90%

ROCE (Latest)

50.56%

ROE (Latest)

34.42%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Bearish

RSI

Bullish

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Mildly Bearish

Bearish

Moving Averages

Bearish (Daily)

KST

Bearish

Mildly Bearish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bearish

OBV

No Trend

Mildly Bearish

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Technical Movement

Analyse All Technical Factors

Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

5What is working for the Company

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 92.84%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by 0.09% (YoY

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at GBP 1,459.2 MM

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 188.74 %

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at GBP 2.26

-8What is not working for the Company

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at GBP -166.9 MM

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At GBP 234.1 MM has Fallen at -32.67%

NET PROFIT(Q)

At GBP 181.1 MM has Fallen at -39.37%

NET SALES(Q)

Fallen at -19.56%

Here's what is working for Intermediate Capital Group Plc

Cash and Eqv

Highest at GBP 1,459.2 MM

in the last six Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Debt-Equity Ratio

Lowest at 188.74 %

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Dividend per share

Highest at GBP 2.26

in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (GBP)

Dividend Payout Ratio

Highest at 92.84%

in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Raw Material Cost

Fallen by 0.09% (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 Intermediate Capital Group Plc

Operating Cash Flow

Lowest at GBP -166.9 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 (GBP MM)

Pre-Tax Profit

At GBP 234.1 MM has Fallen at -32.67%

Year on Year (YoY)

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very negative

Pre-Tax Profit (GBP MM)

Net Profit

At GBP 181.1 MM has Fallen at -39.37%

Year on Year (YoY)

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is very negative

Net Profit (GBP MM)

Net Sales

Fallen at -19.56%

Year on Year (YoY)

MOJO Watch

Near term sales trend is negative

Net Sales (GBP MM)