Nichols Plc (NICL) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

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Comparison

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Quality

Valuation

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Why is Nichols Plc ?

Weak Long Term Fundamental Strength with a 22.72% CAGR growth in Operating Profits over the last 5 years

Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 22.72% of over the last 5 years

Flat results in Jun 26

INTEREST(HY) At GBP 0.09 MM has Grown at 135.9%
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y) Lowest at 0%
DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 3.76 times

With ROE of 26.08%, it has a fair valuation with a 3.67 Price to Book Value

Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -11.86%, its profits have risen by 6.1% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 2.4

Underperformed the market in the last 1 year

Even though the market (FTSE 100) has generated returns of 18.59% in the last 1 year, the stock has hugely underperformed and has generate negative returns of -11.86% returns

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to Nichols Plc should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to Beverages should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Nichols Plc for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Nichols Plc

-11.11%

0.03

28.94%

FTSE 100

19.78%

1.58

11.75%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

8.09%

EBIT Growth (5y)

22.72%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

27.05

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

-0.64

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

1.80

Tax Ratio

26.88%

Dividend Payout Ratio

57.44%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

ROCE (avg)

84.75%

ROE (avg)

19.27%

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

3.67

EV to EBIT

9.23

EV to EBITDA

8.65

EV to Capital Employed

7.49

EV to Sales

1.67

PEG Ratio

2.35

Dividend Yield

353.08%

ROCE (Latest)

81.17%

ROE (Latest)

26.08%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Mildly Bullish

Bearish

RSI

No Signal

Bearish

Bollinger Bands

Bearish

Moving Averages

Bearish (Daily)

KST

Mildly Bullish

Bearish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bullish

Mildly Bearish

OBV

No Trend

Mildly Bearish

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

Technical Movement

Analyse All Technical Factors

Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

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

6What is working for the Company

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 25.77%

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 66.67%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by 0.33% (YoY

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 10.75 times

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at GBP 3.76

-7What is not working for the Company

INTEREST(HY)

At GBP 0.09 MM has Grown at 135.9%

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Lowest at 0%

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 3.76 times

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Lowest at GBP 3.76

Here's what is working for Nichols Plc

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Highest at 10.75 times

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company has been able to sell its inventory faster

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Dividend per share

Highest at GBP 3.76

in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (GBP)

Dividend Payout Ratio

Highest at 66.67%

in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Raw Material Cost

Fallen by 0.33% (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 Nichols Plc

Interest

At GBP 0.09 MM has Grown at 135.9%

over previous Semi-Annual period

MOJO Watch

Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (GBP MM)

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Lowest at 3.76 times

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Dividend per share

Lowest at GBP 3.76

in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing lower dividend than previous years

DPS (GBP)

Dividend Payout Ratio

Lowest at 0%

in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing lower proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)