Middle East Healthcare Co.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
  • ISIN: SA141H01UKH9
SAR
32.96
-0.5 (-1.49%)
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  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Comparison

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Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Middle East Healthcare Co.

Why is Middle East Healthcare Co. ?

1
Poor Management Efficiency with a low ROCE of 6.40%
  • The company has been able to generate a Return on Capital Employed (avg) of 6.40% signifying low profitability per unit of total capital (equity and debt)
2
The company is Net-Debt Free
  • Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 11.85% and Operating profit at 25.10% over the last 5 years
  • The company is Net-Debt Free
  • The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 9.64% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds
3
Negative results in Mar 26
  • ROCE(HY) Lowest at 9.09%
  • OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q) Lowest at 18.09 %
  • PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q) Lowest at SAR 36.97 MM
4
With ROE of 15.97%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 1.59 Price to Book Value
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -43.17%, its profits have risen by 5.2% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 1.9
  • At the current price, the company has a high dividend yield of 1.5
5
Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
  • Even though the market (Saudi Arabia All Share TASI) generated negative returns of -0.13% in the last 1 year, its fall in the stock was much higher with a return of -43.17%
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Verdict Report

How much should you sell?

  1. All quantity irrespective of whether you are making profits or losses

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

When to re-enter? - We will constantly monitor the company and review our call based on new data

Is Middle East Healthcare Co. for you?

High Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Middle East Healthcare Co.
-43.17%
-1.70
34.99%
Saudi Arabia All Share TASI
-0.13%
-0.01
13.67%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
11.85%
EBIT Growth (5y)
25.10%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
2.16
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
5.81
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
1.14
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.71
Tax Ratio
5.79%
Dividend Payout Ratio
15.24%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
6.40%
ROE (avg)
9.64%
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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
10
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.59
EV to EBIT
14.14
EV to EBITDA
8.65
EV to Capital Employed
1.25
EV to Sales
1.76
PEG Ratio
1.92
Dividend Yield
1.55%
ROCE (Latest)
8.85%
ROE (Latest)
15.97%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

4What is working for the Company
INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 18.74 times

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 1.68 times

-21What is not working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 9.09%

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 18.09 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at SAR 36.97 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at SAR 25.7 MM

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 13.43% (YoY

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at SAR 138.46 MM

EPS(Q)

Lowest at SAR 0.28

Here's what is working for Middle East Healthcare Co.

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Highest at 18.74 times and Grown
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its inventory faster

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Highest at 1.68 times and Grown
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Here's what is not working for Middle East Healthcare Co.

Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 18.09 % and Fallen
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Lowest at SAR 36.97 MM and Fallen
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very negative

Pre-Tax Profit (SAR MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
At SAR 36.97 MM has Fallen at -78.02%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very negative

Pre-Tax Profit (SAR MM)

Net Profit
Lowest at SAR 25.7 MM and Fallen
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is very negative

Net Profit (SAR MM)

Net Profit
At SAR 25.7 MM has Fallen at -83.95%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is very negative

Net Profit (SAR MM)

Operating Profit
Lowest at SAR 138.46 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is negative

Operating Profit (SAR MM)

EPS
Lowest at SAR 0.28
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Declining profitability; company has created lower earnings for shareholders

EPS (SAR)

Raw Material Cost
Grown by 13.43% (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