Itron, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Electronics & Appliances
  • ISIN: US4657411066
USD
81.61
0.51 (0.63%)
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  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

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Why is Itron, Inc. ?

1
Poor Management Efficiency with a low ROCE of 8.29%
  • The company has been able to generate a Return on Capital Employed (avg) of 8.29% signifying low profitability per unit of total capital (equity and debt)
2
The company is Net-Debt Free
3
Low Debt Company with Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength
4
Flat results in Mar 26
  • INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) Lowest at 1,546.03
  • DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Highest at 55.33 %
  • DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 6.35 times
5
With ROCE of 16.40%, it has a attractive valuation with a 2.09 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
  • The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -38.00%, its profits have risen by 27.9% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.5
6
High Institutional Holdings at 100%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
7
Below par performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating -38.00% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed 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 Itron, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Electronics & Appliances should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Itron, Inc. for you?

High Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Itron, Inc.
-37.46%
-0.64
39.55%
S&P 500
20.78%
1.67
13.28%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
1.72%
EBIT Growth (5y)
28.45%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
9.87
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
1.38
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.08
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.99
Tax Ratio
15.55%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
8.29%
ROE (avg)
6.71%
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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
12
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
2.24
EV to EBIT
12.72
EV to EBITDA
11.03
EV to Capital Employed
2.09
EV to Sales
1.73
PEG Ratio
0.48
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
16.40%
ROE (Latest)
18.13%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

6What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 396.13 MM

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 18.67%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -11.25% (YoY

-8What is not working for the Company
INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Lowest at 1,546.03

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 55.33 %

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 6.35 times

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 73.39 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 58.4 MM

EPS(Q)

Lowest at USD 1.18

Here's what is working for Itron, Inc.

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 396.13 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 (USD MM)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -11.25% (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

Depreciation
Highest at USD 16.04 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (USD MM)

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

Interest Coverage Ratio
Lowest at 1,546.03
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is deteriorating

Operating Profit to Interest

Pre-Tax Profit
Lowest at USD 73.39 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
Lowest at USD 58.4 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
At USD 58.4 MM has Fallen at -24.38%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 77.23 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

EPS
Lowest at USD 1.18
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Declining profitability; company has created lower earnings for shareholders

EPS (USD)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 55.33 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 6.35 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio