Maple Leaf Foods, Inc. (MFI) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

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Strong Sell

Sell

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Comparison

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Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

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Why is Maple Leaf Foods, Inc. ?

The company has declared positive results for the last 6 consecutive quarters

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at CAD 580.43 MM
NET PROFIT(HY) At CAD 104.59 MM has Grown at 190.59%
ROCE(HY) Highest at 11.29%

With ROE of 14.42%, it has a expensive valuation with a 2.91 Price to Book Value

Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 26.45%, its profits have risen by 121.1% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.2

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How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to Maple Leaf Foods, Inc. should be less than 10%
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 Maple Leaf Foods, Inc. for you?

Medium Risk, High Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Maple Leaf Foods, Inc.

26.45%

2.58

29.72%

S&P/TSX 60

29.6%

2.31

12.81%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

-0.03%

EBIT Growth (5y)

7.88%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

3.62

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

3.96

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

1.01

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

1.54

Tax Ratio

31.27%

Dividend Payout Ratio

20.87%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

0.02%

ROCE (avg)

5.96%

ROE (avg)

4.28%

Valuation

Valuation Scorecard

Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

2.91

EV to EBIT

14.72

EV to EBITDA

10.03

EV to Capital Employed

2.09

EV to Sales

1.14

PEG Ratio

0.17

Dividend Yield

ROCE (Latest)

14.16%

ROE (Latest)

14.42%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Bullish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Mildly Bullish

Moving Averages

Bullish (Daily)

KST

Bullish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bullish

OBV

No Trend

Bullish

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Technical Movement

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Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

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

Not enough Data to analyse Financial Trend

Here's what is working for Maple Leaf Foods, Inc.

Net Profit

At CAD 104.59 MM has Grown at 190.59%

Year on Year (YoY)

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is very positive

Net Profit (CAD MM)

Operating Cash Flow

Highest at CAD 580.43 MM and Grown

In each year in the last three years

MOJO Watch

The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (CAD MM)

Interest Coverage Ratio

Highest at 735.51

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

The company's ability to manage interest payments is improving

Operating Profit to Interest

Debt-Equity Ratio

Lowest at 95.75 % and Grown

In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Dividend per share

Highest at CAD 19.79 and Grown

In each year in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (CAD)

Net Sales

Highest at CAD 1,362.14 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (CAD MM)

Pre-Tax Profit

At CAD 91.83 MM has Grown at 51.27%

over average net sales of the previous four periods of CAD 60.7 MM

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (CAD MM)

EPS

Highest at CAD 0.46

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders

EPS (CAD)

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Highest at 19.79 times

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Raw Material Cost

Fallen by -23.99% (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

Here's what is not working for Maple Leaf Foods, Inc.

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Lowest at 5.64 times and Fallen

In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio