Comparison
Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Why is StealthGas, Inc. ?
1
Poor Management Efficiency with a low ROCE of 5.47%
- The company has been able to generate a Return on Capital Employed (avg) of 5.47% signifying low profitability per unit of total capital (equity and debt)
2
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 4.41% over the last 5 years
3
Positive results in Sep 25
- INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) The company hardly has any interest cost
- CASH AND EQV(HY) Highest at USD 155.96 MM
- DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Lowest at -10.29 %
4
With ROE of 9.25%, it has a attractive valuation with a 0.56 Price to Book Value
- Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 60.88%, its profits have fallen by -3.3%
5
High Institutional Holdings at 40.12%
- These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
6
Market Beating performance in long term as well as near term
- Along with generating 60.88% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
How much should you hold?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to StealthGas, Inc. should be less than 10%
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Transport Services should be less than 30%
(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Transport Services)
When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock
Is StealthGas, Inc. for you?
Medium Risk, Low Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
StealthGas, Inc.
61.24%
0.28
33.31%
S&P 500
14.9%
0.77
19.29%
Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
4.41%
EBIT Growth (5y)
15.17%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
3.76
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
2.61
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.04
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.23
Tax Ratio
0
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
40.12%
ROCE (avg)
5.47%
ROE (avg)
6.86%
Valuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
6
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
0.56
EV to EBIT
5.19
EV to EBITDA
3.59
EV to Capital Employed
0.51
EV to Sales
1.73
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
9.72%
ROE (Latest)
9.25%
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bullish
Dow Theory
No Trend
Mildly Bullish
OBV
No Trend
Bullish
Technical Movement
6What is working for the Company
INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)
The company hardly has any interest cost
CASH AND EQV(HY)
Highest at USD 155.96 MM
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO
(HY)
Lowest at -10.29 %
-4What is not working for the Company
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)
Grown by 14.4% (YoY
OPERATING PROFIT(Q)
Lowest at USD 18.57 MM
OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)
Lowest at 41.7 %
Here's what is working for StealthGas, Inc.
Cash and Eqv
Highest at USD 155.96 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at -10.29 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital
Debt-Equity Ratio
Here's what is not working for StealthGas, Inc.
Operating Profit
Lowest at USD 18.57 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is negative
Operating Profit (USD MM)
Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 41.7 %
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated
Operating Profit to Sales
Raw Material Cost
Grown by 14.4% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has deteriorated; this may lead to a fall in profit margin
Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales






