Spok Holdings, Inc. (SPOK) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

Score

Click here to find our call on this stock

Strong Sell

Sell

Hold

Buy

Strong Buy

Comparison

Company

Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

Anterix, Inc.

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.

T-Mobile US, Inc.

Spok Holdings, Inc.

Verizon Communications, Inc.

AT&T, Inc.

United States Cellular Corp.

Liberty Broadband Corp.

Gogo, Inc.

Globalstar, Inc.

Why is Spok Holdings, Inc. ?

The company is Net-Debt Free

Healthy long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 53.85%

Flat results in Jun 26

NET PROFIT(HY) At USD 7.48 MM has Grown at -23.74%
ROCE(HY) Lowest at 8.42%
CASH AND EQV(HY) Lowest at USD 33.67 MM

With ROE of 11.07%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 1.57 Price to Book Value

The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -36.32%, its profits have risen by 2.6% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 14.2

High Institutional Holdings at 67.11%

These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
Their stake has increased by 3.93% over the previous quarter.

Underperformed the market in the last 1 year

Even though the market (S&P 500) has generated returns of 22.36% in the last 1 year, the stock has hugely underperformed and has generate negative returns of -36.32% returns

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to Spok Holdings, Inc. should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to Telecom - Equipment & Accessories should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Telecom - Equipment & Accessories)

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

Is Spok Holdings, Inc. for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Spok Holdings, Inc.

-37.78%

-0.74

29.59%

S&P 500

21.34%

1.69

13.20%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

-1.17%

EBIT Growth (5y)

53.85%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

9.98

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

-0.11

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

0.88

Tax Ratio

24.70%

Dividend Payout Ratio

165.72%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

63.18%

ROCE (avg)

9.29%

ROE (avg)

8.47%

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

1.57

EV to EBIT

10.27

EV to EBITDA

8.78

EV to Capital Employed

1.67

EV to Sales

1.48

PEG Ratio

14.17

Dividend Yield

10.87%

ROCE (Latest)

16.29%

ROE (Latest)

11.07%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Bearish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Bearish

Mildly Bearish

Moving Averages

Bearish (Daily)

KST

Bearish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bullish

No Trend

OBV

No Trend

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

7What is working for the Company

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -0.87% (YoY

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 7.9 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Highest at 22.56 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 7.18 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 5.25 MM

-9What is not working for the Company

NET PROFIT(HY)

At USD 7.48 MM has Grown at -23.74%

ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 8.42%

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Lowest at USD 33.67 MM

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at -7.75 %

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 5.51 times

Here's what is working for Spok Holdings, Inc.

Operating Profit

Highest at USD 7.9 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (USD MM)

Operating Profit Margin

Highest at 22.56 %

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Company's profit margin has improved

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit

Highest at USD 7.18 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Pre-Tax Profit

At USD 7.18 MM has Grown at 55.02%

over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 4.63 MM

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit

Highest at USD 5.25 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit

At USD 5.25 MM has Grown at 59.13%

over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 3.3 MM

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Raw Material Cost

Fallen by -0.87% (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 Spok Holdings, Inc.

Cash and Eqv

Lowest at USD 33.67 MM

in the last six Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Short Term liquidity is deteriorating

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Debt-Equity Ratio

Highest at -7.75 %

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

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Lowest at 5.51 times

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio