Lanka IOC Plc

  • Market Cap: Large Cap
  • Industry: Trading & Distributors
  • ISIN: LK0345N00005
LKR
144.00
5.75 (4.16%)
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stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Lanka IOC Plc
Vallibel One Plc
LAUGFS Gas PLC
Brown & Co. PLC
The Autodrome Plc

Why is Lanka IOC Plc ?

1
Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Equity (ROE) of 23.66%
  • Healthy long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 53.43%
  • Company's ability to service its debt is strong with a healthy EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 8.62
2
The company has declared Negative results for the last 3 consecutive quarters
  • INTEREST(Q) At LKR 146.92 MM has Grown at 22.92%
  • INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) Lowest at 1,072.62
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Grown by 24.83% (YoY)
3
With ROE of 11.87%, it has a expensive valuation with a 0.84 Price to Book Value
  • 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 7.26%, its profits have fallen by -20.5%
  • At the current price, the company has a high dividend yield of 0.1
4
Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
  • The stock has generated a return of 7.26% in the last 1 year, much lower than market (Sri Lanka CSE All Share) returns of 41.16%
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Lanka IOC Plc should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Trading & Distributors should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Lanka IOC Plc for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Lanka IOC Plc
-100.0%
0.56
18.42%
Sri Lanka CSE All Share
41.16%
2.63
15.67%
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)
31.81%
EBIT Growth (5y)
53.43%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
8.62
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
4.75
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.29
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
3.32
Tax Ratio
19.58%
Dividend Payout Ratio
23.88%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
37.48%
ROE (avg)
23.66%
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
7
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
0.84
EV to EBIT
4.51
EV to EBITDA
4.18
EV to Capital Employed
0.72
EV to Sales
0.14
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
0.07%
ROCE (Latest)
16.07%
ROE (Latest)
11.87%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

2What is working for the Company
INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 8.76 times

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at LKR 71,617.27 MM

-7What is not working for the Company
INTEREST(Q)

At LKR 146.92 MM has Grown at 22.92%

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Lowest at 1,072.62

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 24.83% (YoY

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at LKR 1,575.91 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 2.2 %

Here's what is working for Lanka IOC Plc

Net Sales
Highest at LKR 71,617.27 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (LKR MM)

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Highest at 8.76 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its inventory faster

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Depreciation
Highest at LKR 177.16 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 Lanka IOC Plc

Interest
At LKR 146.92 MM has Grown at 22.92%
period on period (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (LKR MM)

Interest Coverage Ratio
Lowest at 1,072.62
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is deteriorating

Operating Profit to Interest

Operating Profit
Lowest at LKR 1,575.91 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is negative

Operating Profit (LKR MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 2.2 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales

Raw Material Cost
Grown by 24.83% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has deteriorated; this may lead to a fall in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Non Operating Income
Highest at LKR 0.54 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Increased income from non business activities may not be sustainable

Non Operating income