Pure Cycle Corp.

  • Market Cap: Micro Cap
  • Industry: Other Utilities
  • ISIN: US7462283034
USD
10.98
-0.17 (-1.52%)
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  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.
American States Water Co.
SJW Group
Artesian Resources Corp.
California Water Service Group
Pure Cycle Corp.
Middlesex Water Co.
Aris Water Solutions, Inc.
The York Water Co.
Select Water Solutions, Inc.
Global Water Resources, Inc.

Why is Pure Cycle Corp. ?

1
Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
2
Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 1.64% and Operating profit at 31.92%
3
Flat results in May 25
  • NET SALES(Q) At USD 5.14 MM has Fallen at -31.26%
  • DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Highest at -5.5 %
  • PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q) At USD 2.99 MM has Fallen at -36.84%
4
With ROE of 10.55%, it has a attractive valuation with a 1.85 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -11.36%, its profits have risen by 117.2% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.2
5
High Institutional Holdings at 53.6%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
6
Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years
  • Along with generating -11.36% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in each of the last 3 annual periods
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Pure Cycle Corp. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Other Utilities should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Pure Cycle Corp. for you?

Low Risk, Medium Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Pure Cycle Corp.
-5.67%
0.82
27.87%
S&P 500
15.58%
0.81
19.85%
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stock-summaryManagement Risk
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
1.64%
EBIT Growth (5y)
31.92%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
6.71
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.06
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.17
Tax Ratio
24.81%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
57.99%
ROCE (avg)
6.51%
ROE (avg)
9.74%
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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
17
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.84
EV to EBIT
21.18
EV to EBITDA
17.68
EV to Capital Employed
1.91
EV to Sales
7.96
PEG Ratio
0.15
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
9.03%
ROE (Latest)
10.55%
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Technical key factors

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

2What is working for the Company
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by 1.77% (YoY

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 12.86 times

-12What is not working for the Company
NET SALES(Q)

At USD 5.14 MM has Fallen at -31.26%

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at -5.5 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At USD 2.99 MM has Fallen at -36.84%

NET PROFIT(Q)

At USD 2.26 MM has Fallen at -36.34%

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 1.48 times

Here's what is working for Pure Cycle Corp.

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Highest at 12.86 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 1.77% (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 Pure Cycle Corp.

Net Sales
At USD 5.14 MM has Fallen at -31.26%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 7.48 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is extremely negative

Net Sales (USD MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 2.99 MM has Fallen at -36.84%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 4.74 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very negative

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
At USD 2.26 MM has Fallen at -36.34%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 3.54 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is very negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at -5.5 % and Grown
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 1.48 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio