Lancaster Colony Corp.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: FMCG
  • ISIN: US5138471033
USD
109.36
-0.65 (-0.59%)
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  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Lancaster Colony Corp.
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Post Holdings, Inc.
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Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

Why is Lancaster Colony Corp. ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROE of 16.38%
2
The company is Net-Debt Free
3
Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 5.92% of over the last 5 years
4
Positive results in Mar 26
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at USD 316.84 MM
  • DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY) Highest at USD 18.91
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -2.3% (YoY)
5
With ROE of 17.99%, it has a attractive valuation with a 3.64 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 -35.40%, its profits have risen by 3.9% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 4.8
6
High Institutional Holdings at 64.62%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
  • Their stake has increased by 1.11% over the previous quarter.
7
Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years
  • Along with generating -35.40% 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 Lancaster Colony Corp. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to FMCG should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Lancaster Colony Corp. for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Lancaster Colony Corp.
-35.81%
-1.49
27.31%
S&P 500
22.99%
1.78
12.93%
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stock-summaryManagement Risk
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
7.31%
EBIT Growth (5y)
5.92%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
100.00
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.13
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.97
Tax Ratio
21.74%
Dividend Payout Ratio
61.77%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
64.62%
ROCE (avg)
24.57%
ROE (avg)
16.38%
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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
20
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
3.64
EV to EBIT
15.40
EV to EBITDA
11.94
EV to Capital Employed
4.28
EV to Sales
1.83
PEG Ratio
4.82
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
27.81%
ROE (Latest)
17.99%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 18.91

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -2.3% (YoY

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at -17.35 %

-4What is not working for the Company
NET SALES(Q)

Lowest at USD 453.37 MM

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At USD 47.52 MM has Fallen at -19.93%

NET PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 36.37 MM

Here's what is working for Lancaster Colony Corp.

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 18.91 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 316.84 MM
in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at -17.35 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -2.3% (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 17.54 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 Lancaster Colony Corp.

Net Sales
Lowest at USD 453.37 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is negative

Net Sales (USD MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 47.52 MM has Fallen at -19.93%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 59.35 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
Lowest at USD 36.37 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
At USD 36.37 MM has Fallen at -21.69%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 46.44 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (USD MM)