Why is Mahanagar Gas Ltd. ?
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High Management Efficiency with a high ROE of 15.42%
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The company is Net-Debt Free
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Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate -18.49% of over the last 5 years
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Negative results in Mar 26
- PAT(Latest six months) At Rs 331.09 cr has Grown at -29.30%
- ROCE(HY) Lowest at 17.38%
- CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS(HY) Lowest at Rs 114.26 cr
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With ROE of 13.1, it has a Fair valuation with a 1.9 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 -12.31%, its profits have fallen by -19.4%
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High Institutional Holdings at 55.15%
- These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
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Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
- Even though the market (BSE500) generated negative returns of -0.08% in the last 1 year, its fall in the stock was much higher with a return of -12.31%
How much should you hold?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Mahanagar Gas should be less than 10%
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Gas should be less than 30%
(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Gas)
When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock
Is Mahanagar Gas for you?
Medium Risk, Low Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Mahanagar Gas
-12.02%
-0.40
30.66%
Sensex
-6.55%
-0.49
13.24%
Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
14.49%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-18.49%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
84.71
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.11
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.14
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.21
Tax Ratio
25.92%
Dividend Payout Ratio
28.48%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
55.15%
ROCE (avg)
30.12%
ROE (avg)
15.42%
Valuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
15
Industry P/E
22
Price to Book Value
1.92
EV to EBIT
10.95
EV to EBITDA
7.86
EV to Capital Employed
2.07
EV to Sales
1.38
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
2.40%
ROCE (Latest)
18.92%
ROE (Latest)
13.09%
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Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
OBV
No Trend
Bullish
Technical Movement
2What is working for the Company
NO KEY POSITIVE TRIGGERS
-18What is not working for the Company
PAT(Latest six months)
At Rs 331.09 cr has Grown at -29.30%
ROCE(HY)
Lowest at 17.38%
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS(HY)
Lowest at Rs 114.26 cr
PBDIT(Q)
Lowest at Rs 259.97 cr.
OPERATING PROFIT TO NET SALES (Q)
Lowest at 12.67%
PBT LESS OI(Q)
Lowest at Rs 147.23 cr.
EPS(Q)
Lowest at Rs 13.15
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Here's what is not working for Mahanagar Gas
Profit Before Tax less Other Income (PBT) - Quarterly
At Rs 147.23 cr has Fallen at -50.50%
Year on Year (YoY)MOJO Watch
Near term PBT trend is very negative
PBT less Other Income (Rs Cr)
Profit After Tax (PAT) - Quarterly
At Rs 129.94 cr has Fallen at -47.4%
Year on Year (YoY)MOJO Watch
Near term PAT trend is very negative
PAT (Rs Cr)
Operating Profit (PBDIT) - Quarterly
Lowest at Rs 259.97 cr.
in the last five quartersMOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is negative
Operating Profit (Rs Cr)
Operating Profit Margin - Quarterly
Lowest at 12.67%
in the last five quartersMOJO Watch
Company's efficiency has deteriorated
Operating Profit to Sales
Profit Before Tax less Other Income (PBT) - Quarterly
Lowest at Rs 147.23 cr.
in the last five quartersMOJO Watch
Near term PBT trend is negative
PBT less Other Income (Rs Cr)
Earnings per Share (EPS) - Quarterly
Lowest at Rs 13.15
in the last five quartersMOJO Watch
Declining profitability; company has created lower earnings for shareholders
EPS (Rs)
Cash and Cash Equivalents - Half Yearly
Lowest at Rs 114.26 cr
in the last six half yearly periodsMOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is deteriorating
Cash and Cash Equivalents






