Natco Pharma

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
  • ISIN: INE987B01026
  • NSEID: NATCOPHARM
  • BSEID: 524816
INR
819.25
-20.65 (-2.46%)
BSENSE

Feb 13

BSE+NSE Vol: 5.34 lacs

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  • Score
  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

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Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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OneSource Speci.

Why is Natco Pharma Ltd. ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROE of 16.25%
2
Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at 0 times
3
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 13.76% over the last 5 years
4
Negative results in Dec 25
  • NET SALES(Q) At Rs 647.30 cr has Fallen at -41.0% (vs previous 4Q average)
  • PBT LESS OI(Q) At Rs 103.00 cr has Fallen at -71.6% (vs previous 4Q average)
  • PAT(Q) At Rs 151.50 cr has Fallen at -60.6% (vs previous 4Q average)
5
With ROE of 17.8, it has a Attractive valuation with a 1.7 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a fair value compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -15.47%, its profits have fallen by -20.9%
6
High Institutional Holdings at 20.55%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
  • Their stake has increased by 0.59% over the previous quarter.
7
Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
  • Even though the market (BSE500) has generated returns of 11.18% in the last 1 year, the stock has hugely underperformed and has generate negative returns of -15.47% returns
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Natco Pharma should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Natco Pharma for you?

High Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Natco Pharma
-15.84%
-0.43
35.70%
Sensex
8.52%
0.75
11.46%
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)
13.76%
EBIT Growth (5y)
20.15%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
55.77
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.42
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.34
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.52
Tax Ratio
17.17%
Dividend Payout Ratio
5.70%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
20.55%
ROCE (avg)
21.29%
ROE (avg)
16.25%
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
10
Industry P/E
33
Price to Book Value
1.74
EV to EBIT
8.17
EV to EBITDA
6.97
EV to Capital Employed
2.12
EV to Sales
2.76
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
0.60%
ROCE (Latest)
25.97%
ROE (Latest)
17.79%
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Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Bearish
RSI
No Signal
Bullish
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
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
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
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS(HY)

Highest at Rs 2,690.20 cr

-16What is not working for the Company
NET SALES(Q)

At Rs 647.30 cr has Fallen at -41.0% (vs previous 4Q average

PBT LESS OI(Q)

At Rs 103.00 cr has Fallen at -71.6% (vs previous 4Q average

PAT(Q)

At Rs 151.50 cr has Fallen at -60.6% (vs previous 4Q average

ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 21.17%

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 2.55 times

NON-OPERATING INCOME(Q)

is 36.06 % of Profit Before Tax (PBT

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Here's what is working for Natco Pharma

Cash and Cash Equivalents - Half Yearly
Highest at Rs 2,690.20 cr
in the last six half yearly periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Here's what is not working for Natco Pharma

Net Sales - Quarterly
At Rs 647.30 cr has Fallen at -41.0% (vs previous 4Q average)
over average Net Sales of the previous four quarters of Rs 1,096.93 Cr
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is very negative

Net Sales (Rs Cr)

Profit Before Tax less Other Income (PBT) - Quarterly
At Rs 103.00 cr has Fallen at -71.6% (vs previous 4Q average)
over average PBT of the previous four quarters of Rs 362.73 Cr
MOJO Watch
Near term PBT trend is very negative

PBT less Other Income (Rs Cr)

Profit After Tax (PAT) - Quarterly
At Rs 151.50 cr has Fallen at -60.6% (vs previous 4Q average)
over average PAT of the previous four quarters of Rs 384.68 Cr
MOJO Watch
Near term PAT trend is very negative

PAT (Rs Cr)

Non Operating Income - Quarterly
is 36.06 % of Profit Before Tax (PBT)
MOJO Watch
The company's income from non business activities is high; which is not a sustainable business model

Non Operating Income to PBT

Debtors Turnover Ratio- Half Yearly
Lowest at 2.55 times
in the last five half yearly periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of settling its Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio