Investors Title Co.

  • Market Cap: Micro Cap
  • Industry: Insurance
  • ISIN: US4618041069
USD
289.84
-5.59 (-1.89%)
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  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Strong Sell
Sell
Hold
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Investors Title Co.
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Tiptree, Inc.
Ambac Financial Group, Inc.

Why is Investors Title Co. ?

1
Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Equity (ROE) of 16.64%
2
Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate of 0%
3
With a growth in Net Profit of 141.19%, the company declared Very Positive results in Jun 26
  • ROCE(HY) Highest at 14.63%
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by 0% (YoY)
  • NET SALES(Q) Highest at USD 86.5 MM
4
With ROE of 13.11%, it has a attractive valuation with a 1.74 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 30.92%, its profits have risen by 13.2% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 1
5
High Institutional Holdings at 52.04%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
6
Market Beating performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating 30.92% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Investors Title Co. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Insurance should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Investors Title Co. for you?

High Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Investors Title Co.
30.92%
2.05
34.64%
S&P 500
22.36%
1.70
13.18%
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)
2.90%
EBIT Growth (5y)
0
EBIT to Interest (avg)
0
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
Negative Net Debt
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0
Tax Ratio
21.21%
Dividend Payout Ratio
9.91%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
52.04%
ROCE (avg)
0
ROE (avg)
16.64%
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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
13
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.74
EV to EBIT
NA
EV to EBITDA
83.92
EV to Capital Employed
2.15
EV to Sales
1.36
PEG Ratio
1.02
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
ROE (Latest)
13.11%
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Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
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

12What is working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Highest at 14.63%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by 0% (YoY

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at USD 86.5 MM

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 19.45 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Highest at 22.48 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 19.45 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 14.63 MM

EPS(Q)

Highest at USD 7.73

-4What is not working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at USD 23.78 MM

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Lowest at 5.95%

Here's what is working for Investors Title Co.

Net Sales
Highest at USD 86.5 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Net Sales
At USD 86.5 MM has Grown at 23.49%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 70.05 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Operating Profit
Highest at USD 19.45 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (USD MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Highest at 22.48 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has improved

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at USD 19.45 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 19.45 MM has Grown at 61.34%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 12.05 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
Highest at USD 14.63 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
At USD 14.63 MM has Grown at 53.72%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 9.52 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

EPS
Highest at USD 7.73
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders

EPS (USD)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by 0% (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 Investors Title Co.

Operating Cash Flow
Lowest at USD 23.78 MM
in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Dividend Payout Ratio
Lowest at 5.95% and Fallen
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing lower proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)