Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) plc

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Finance
  • ISIN: GB00BQSBH502
GBP
5.53
-3.07 (-35.7%)
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  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Comparison

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Why is Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) plc ?

1
Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Equity (ROE) of 29.70%
  • Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 16.45%
  • Company's ability to service its debt is strong with a healthy EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 18.36
2
With a growth in Operating Profit of 42.36%, the company declared Very Positive results in Dec 25
  • The company has declared positive results for the last 3 consecutive quarters
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at GBP 63.82 MM
  • NET SALES(Q) Highest at GBP 169.67 MM
  • INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) Highest at 3,540.46
3
With ROE of 42.72%, it has a very expensive valuation with a 4.29 Price to Book Value
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -34.63%, its profits have fallen by -1.4%
4
Below par performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating -34.63% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed FTSE 100 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) plc should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Finance should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) plc for you?

High Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) plc
-100.0%
-0.95
36.66%
FTSE 100
17.87%
1.52
11.77%
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)
16.45%
EBIT Growth (5y)
8.24%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
18.36
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
Negative Net Debt
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0
Tax Ratio
31.54%
Dividend Payout Ratio
86.51%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
220.84%
ROE (avg)
29.70%
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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
4.29
EV to EBIT
12.85
EV to EBITDA
8.86
EV to Capital Employed
5.06
EV to Sales
0.96
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
4.10%
ROCE (Latest)
39.36%
ROE (Latest)
42.72%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

11What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at GBP 63.82 MM

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at GBP 169.67 MM

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Highest at 3,540.46

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at GBP 26.62 MM

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at -11.28 %

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 98.1 times

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at GBP 20.22 MM

-2What is not working for the Company
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 12.12% (YoY

NET PROFIT(Q)

Fallen at -27.38%

Here's what is working for Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) plc

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at GBP 63.82 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 (GBP MM)

Net Sales
Highest at GBP 169.67 MM and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is very positive

Net Sales (GBP MM)

Interest Coverage Ratio
Highest at 3,540.46
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is improving

Operating Profit to Interest

Operating Profit
Highest at GBP 20.22 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (GBP MM)

Cash and Eqv
Highest at GBP 26.62 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at -11.28 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Highest at 98.1 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Depreciation
Highest at GBP 6.45 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (GBP MM)

Depreciation
At GBP 6.45 MM has Grown at 52.89%
period on period (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company has gone into productive use which should positively reflect in the future sales

Depreciation (GBP MM)

Here's what is not working for Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) plc

Net Profit
Fallen at -27.38%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (GBP MM)

Raw Material Cost
Grown by 12.12% (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