Universal Starch

  • Market Cap: Micro Cap
  • Industry: Other Agricultural Products
  • ISIN: INE113E01015
  • NSEID:
  • BSEID: 524408
INR
159.25
0.4 (0.25%)
BSENSE

May 26

BSE+NSE Vol: 413

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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Universal Starch
Himalaya Food
Unique Organics
Naturite Agro
Indrayani Biotec
Gujarat Peanut
Agri-Tech India
Unisem Agritech
Raghuvansh Agro.
Dhanlaxmi Crop
Sheel Bio.

Why is Universal Starch Chem Allied Ltd ?

1
Weak Long Term Fundamental Strength with a -1.13% CAGR growth in Operating Profits over the last 5 years
  • Company's ability to service its debt is weak with a poor EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 1.81
2
Positive results in Dec 25
  • PBT LESS OI(Q) At Rs 6.17 cr has Grown at 214.0% (vs previous 4Q average)
  • PAT(Q) At Rs 5.24 cr has Grown at 155.3% (vs previous 4Q average)
  • OPERATING PROFIT TO INTEREST(Q) Highest at 5.59 times
3
With ROCE of 9.4, it has a Attractive valuation with a 1 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
  • 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 -7.41%, its profits have risen by 35.7% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.3
4
Majority shareholders : Promoters
5
Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years
  • Along with generating -7.41% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed BSE500 in each of the last 3 annual periods
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Universal Starch should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Other Agricultural Products should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Universal Starch for you?

High Risk, Medium Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Universal Starch
-7.41%
-0.12
61.22%
Sensex
-7.5%
-0.58
13.00%
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
11.39%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-1.13%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
1.81
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
3.22
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.84
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
3.97
Tax Ratio
25.98%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
13.78%
ROE (avg)
12.22%
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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
10
Industry P/E
43
Price to Book Value
0.96
EV to EBIT
7.70
EV to EBITDA
5.33
EV to Capital Employed
0.98
EV to Sales
0.26
PEG Ratio
0.29
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
9.40%
ROE (Latest)
9.21%
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Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bearish
Dow Theory
No Trend
Mildly Bullish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
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Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

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

19What is working for the Company
PBT LESS OI(Q)

At Rs 6.17 cr has Grown at 214.0% (vs previous 4Q average

PAT(Q)

At Rs 5.24 cr has Grown at 155.3% (vs previous 4Q average

OPERATING PROFIT TO INTEREST(Q)

Highest at 5.59 times

0What is not working for the Company
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NO KEY NEGATIVE TRIGGERS
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Here's what is working for Universal Starch

Profit Before Tax less Other Income (PBT) - Quarterly
At Rs 6.17 cr has Grown at 214.0% (vs previous 4Q average)
over average PBT of the previous four quarters of Rs 1.97 Cr
MOJO Watch
Near term PBT trend is very positive

PBT less Other Income (Rs Cr)

Profit After Tax (PAT) - Quarterly
At Rs 5.24 cr has Grown at 155.3% (vs previous 4Q average)
over average PAT of the previous four quarters of Rs 2.05 Cr
MOJO Watch
Near term PAT trend is very positive

PAT (Rs Cr)

Operating Profit to Interest - Quarterly
Highest at 5.59 times
in the last five quarters
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is improving

Operating Profit to Interest