Upbound Group, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Finance
  • ISIN: US76009N1000
USD
17.80
-0.5 (-2.73%)
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  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

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Why is Upbound Group, Inc. ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROCE of 17.16%
2
Healthy long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 3.44%
3
The company has declared Positive results for the last 3 consecutive quarters
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at USD 263.99 MM
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -182.46% (YoY)
  • DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Lowest at 226.97 %
4
With ROE of 20.67%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 2.98 Price to Book Value
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -27.52%, its profits have fallen by -7.6%
5
High Institutional Holdings at 100%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
6
Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
  • Even though the market (S&P 500) has generated returns of 18.81% in the last 1 year, the stock has hugely underperformed and has generate negative returns of -27.52% returns
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Upbound Group, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Finance should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Upbound Group, Inc. for you?

High Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Upbound Group, Inc.
-27.52%
-0.86
53.25%
S&P 500
18.81%
0.98
19.26%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
10.78%
EBIT Growth (5y)
3.44%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
5.74
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
Negative Net Debt
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0
Tax Ratio
33.19%
Dividend Payout Ratio
124.80%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
17.16%
ROE (avg)
27.81%
stock-recommendationValuation

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
14
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
2.98
EV to EBIT
11.26
EV to EBITDA
8.34
EV to Capital Employed
1.60
EV to Sales
0.78
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
445.93%
ROCE (Latest)
14.25%
ROE (Latest)
20.67%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

5What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 263.99 MM

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -182.46% (YoY

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 226.97 %

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at USD 1,196.44 MM

-13What is not working for the Company
INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Lowest at 253.85

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 26.11 times

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 71.07 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 5.94 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 29.86 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 19.74 MM

Here's what is working for Upbound Group, Inc.

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 263.99 MM
in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Net Sales
Highest at USD 1,196.44 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 226.97 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -182.46% (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 Upbound Group, Inc.

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 29.86 MM has Fallen at -51.23%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 61.23 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very negative

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
At USD 19.74 MM has Fallen at -50.56%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 39.93 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is very negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

Interest Coverage Ratio
Lowest at 253.85
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is deteriorating

Operating Profit to Interest

Operating Profit
Lowest at USD 71.07 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is negative

Operating Profit (USD MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 5.94 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Lowest at USD 29.86 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
Lowest at USD 19.74 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 26.11 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio