Keells Food Products Plc

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Retailing
  • ISIN: LK0101N00002
LKR
170.00
-0.75 (-0.44%)
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stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

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Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Why is Keells Food Products Plc ?

1
With a growth in Net Profit of 61.01%, the company declared Very Positive results in Mar 26
  • The company has declared positive results for the last 2 consecutive quarters
  • ROCE(HY) Highest at 11.78%
  • NET SALES(Q) Highest at LKR 2,294.68 MM
  • DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y) Highest at 50.08%
2
With ROE of 8.44%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 2.05 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 -5.69%, its profits have risen by 499.3% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.1
  • At the current price, the company has a high dividend yield of 0.2
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you buy?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Keells Food Products Plc should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Retailing should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Keells Food Products Plc for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Keells Food Products Plc
-5.69%
0.44
29.35%
Sri Lanka CSE All Share
32.72%
1.90
17.20%
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)
18.11%
EBIT Growth (5y)
16.82%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
15.25
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
1.44
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.46
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
2.17
Tax Ratio
25.43%
Dividend Payout Ratio
49.95%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
13.37%
ROE (avg)
7.58%
stock-recommendationValuation

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
24
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
2.05
EV to EBIT
9.50
EV to EBITDA
6.97
EV to Capital Employed
1.62
EV to Sales
0.73
PEG Ratio
0.05
Dividend Yield
0.24%
ROCE (Latest)
17.03%
ROE (Latest)
8.44%
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
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
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

20What is working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Highest at 11.78%

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at LKR 2,294.68 MM

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 50.08%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -5.67% (YoY

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at LKR 6.4

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at LKR 290.14 MM

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at LKR 195.15 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at LKR 135.96 MM

EPS(Q)

Highest at LKR 5.33

-7What is not working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at LKR -7.91 MM

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 56.21 %

INTEREST(Q)

Highest at LKR 26.96 MM

Here's what is working for Keells Food Products Plc

Net Sales
Highest at LKR 2,294.68 MM and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is very positive

Net Sales (LKR MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
At LKR 195.15 MM has Grown at 223.15%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of LKR 60.39 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very positive

Pre-Tax Profit (LKR MM)

Net Profit
At LKR 135.96 MM has Grown at 207.72%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of LKR 44.18 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is very positive

Net Profit (LKR MM)

Operating Profit
Highest at LKR 290.14 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (LKR MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at LKR 195.15 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (LKR MM)

Net Profit
Highest at LKR 135.96 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (LKR MM)

EPS
Highest at LKR 5.33
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders

EPS (LKR)

Dividend per share
Highest at LKR 6.4
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (LKR)

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 50.08%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -5.67% (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 LKR 60.85 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (LKR MM)

Here's what is not working for Keells Food Products Plc

Operating Cash Flow
Lowest at LKR -7.91 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 (LKR MM)

Interest
At LKR 26.96 MM has Grown at 11.71%
period on period (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (LKR MM)

Interest
Highest at LKR 26.96 MM
in the last five periods and Increased by 11.71% (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (LKR MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 56.21 %
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