Why is State Trading Corporation of India Ltd ?
1
With a Negative Book Value, the company has a Weak Long Term Fundamental Strength
- Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of -100.00% and Operating profit at -192.58% over the last 5 years
- High Debt Company with a Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at 9.66 times
- The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 0.81% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds
2
Risky - Negative EBITDA
- The stock is trading risky as compared to its average historical valuations
- Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -3.05%, its profits have fallen by -27.6%
3
Despite the size of the company, domestic mutual funds hold only 0% of the company
- Domestic mutual funds have capability to do in-depth on-the-ground research on companies- their small stake may signify either they are not comfortable at the price or the business
4
Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
- Even though the market (BSE500) has generated returns of 10.01% in the last 1 year, the stock has hugely underperformed and has generate negative returns of -3.05% returns
How much should you sell?
- All quantity irrespective of whether you are making profits or losses
(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Trading & Distributors)
When to re-enter? - We will constantly monitor the company and review our call based on new data
Is S T C for you?
High Risk, Low Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
S T C
-3.63%
-0.06
47.44%
Sensex
6.8%
0.58
11.74%
Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
-100.00%
EBIT Growth (5y)
8.54%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
-0.10
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
Negative Net Debt
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.30
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
-0.13
Tax Ratio
1.79%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.47%
ROCE (avg)
1.76%
ROE (avg)
0.81%
Valuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
15
Industry P/E
23
Price to Book Value
-0.16
EV to EBIT
-38.71
EV to EBITDA
-38.71
EV to Capital Employed
-0.65
EV to Sales
NA
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
Negative Capital Employed
ROE (Latest)
Negative BV
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Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
OBV
No Trend
No Trend
Technical Movement
10What is working for the Company
PAT(Latest six months)
At Rs 31.58 cr has Grown at 47.42%
PBDIT(Q)
Highest at Rs -10.13 cr.
PBT LESS OI(Q)
Highest at Rs -10.67 cr.
-2What is not working for the Company
NON-OPERATING INCOME(Q)
is 175.19 % of Profit Before Tax (PBT
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Here's what is working for S T C
Profit After Tax (PAT) - Quarterly
At Rs 16.56 cr has Grown at 123.9% (vs previous 4Q average)
over average PAT of the previous four quarters of Rs 7.40 CrMOJO Watch
Near term PAT trend is very positive
PAT (Rs Cr)
Profit After Tax (PAT) - Quarterly
Highest at Rs 16.56 cr. and Grown
each quarter in the last five quartersMOJO Watch
Near term PAT trend is very positive
PAT (Rs Cr)
Operating Profit (PBDIT) - Quarterly
Highest at Rs -10.13 cr.
in the last five quartersMOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive
Operating Profit (Rs Cr)
Profit Before Tax less Other Income (PBT) - Quarterly
Highest at Rs -10.67 cr.
in the last five quartersMOJO Watch
Near term PBT trend is positive
PBT less Other Income (Rs Cr)
Here's what is not working for S T C
Non Operating Income - Quarterly
is 175.19 % 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






