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Macfarlane Group Plc

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Miscellaneous
  • ISIN: GB0005518872
  • LON: MACF
GBP
0.79
-0.01 (-0.63%)

Sep 22

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Strong Sell
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Comparison

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Valuation
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Why is Macfarlane Group Plc ?

1
Poor Management Efficiency with a low ROE of 13.64%
  • The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 13.64% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds
2
Weak Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Equity (ROE) of 13.64%
  • The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 13.64% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds
3
Weak Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Equity (ROE) of 13.64%
4
The company has declared Negative results for the last 3 consecutive quarters
  • ROCE(HY) Lowest at 5.07%
  • DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Highest at 64.86 %
  • DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y) Lowest at 0%
5
With ROE of 5.45%, it has a expensive valuation with a 0.84 Price to Book Value
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -14.70%, its profits have fallen by -58.2%
6
Company is among the highest 1% of companies rated by MarketsMojo across all 4,000 stocks
7
Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years
  • Along with generating -14.70% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed FTSE 100 in each of the last 3 annual periods
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Macfarlane Group Plc should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Miscellaneous should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Macfarlane Group Plc for you?

High Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Macfarlane Group Plc
-15.96%
-0.92
38.82%
FTSE 100
16.06%
1.40
11.82%
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)
7.42%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-1.85%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
8.49
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.50
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.07
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
2.10
Tax Ratio
21.91%
Dividend Payout Ratio
91.96%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
15.43%
ROE (avg)
13.64%
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
15
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
0.84
EV to EBIT
10.20
EV to EBITDA
4.17
EV to Capital Employed
0.87
EV to Sales
0.42
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
571.42%
ROCE (Latest)
8.52%
ROE (Latest)
5.45%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bullish
Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Bearish
Dow Theory
No Trend
No Trend
OBV
No Trend
No Trend
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
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stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

1What is working for the Company
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 43.24%

-9What is not working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 5.07%

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 64.86 %

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Lowest at 0%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 5.06% (YoY

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 8.33 times

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 4.87 times

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Lowest at GBP 4.87

Here's what is working for Macfarlane Group Plc

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 43.24%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Depreciation
Highest at GBP 9.21 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (GBP MM)

Here's what is not working for Macfarlane Group Plc

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 64.86 % and Grown
In each half year 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

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 8.33 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 4.87 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Dividend per share
Lowest at GBP 4.87
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing lower dividend than previous years

DPS (GBP)

Dividend Payout Ratio
Lowest at 0%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing lower proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Raw Material Cost
Grown by 5.06% (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

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