Vericel Corp. (VCEL) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

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Comparison

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Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

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Why is Vericel Corp. ?

Poor Management Efficiency with a low ROE of 0.85%

The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 0.85% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds

Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 54.56% of over the last 5 years

With a growth in Operating Profit of 26.71%, the company declared Very Positive results in Sep 25

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at USD 59.13 MM
PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q) At USD 5.07 MM has Grown at 663.15%
NET PROFIT(Q) At USD 5.07 MM has Grown at 663.15%

With ROE of 4.06%, it has a very expensive valuation with a 5.09 Price to Book Value

Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -32.16%, its profits have risen by 268.5% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.5

High Institutional Holdings at 100%

These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.

Below par performance in long term as well as near term

Along with generating -32.16% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to Vericel Corp. should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Vericel Corp. for you?

High Risk, Low Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Vericel Corp.

-32.16%

-0.56

49.84%

S&P 500

14.9%

0.77

19.29%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

16.93%

EBIT Growth (5y)

54.56%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

-6.44

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

-0.37

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

0.83

Tax Ratio

4.73%

Dividend Payout Ratio

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

100.00%

ROCE (avg)

1.36%

ROE (avg)

0.85%

Valuation

Valuation Scorecard

Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

125

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

5.09

EV to EBIT

213.52

EV to EBITDA

89.06

EV to Capital Employed

7.57

EV to Sales

5.87

PEG Ratio

0.49

Dividend Yield

ROCE (Latest)

3.55%

ROE (Latest)

4.06%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Bearish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Bearish

Moving Averages

Bearish (Daily)

KST

Bearish

Dow Theory

No Trend

Mildly Bearish

OBV

Mildly Bearish

Mildly Bullish

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Technical Movement

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Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

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

17What is working for the Company

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 59.13 MM

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At USD 5.07 MM has Grown at 663.15%

NET PROFIT(Q)

At USD 5.07 MM has Grown at 663.15%

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 4.52%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -2.16% (YoY

-1What is not working for the Company

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 4 times

Here's what is working for Vericel Corp.

Pre-Tax Profit

At USD 5.07 MM has Grown at 663.15%

Year on Year (YoY)

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit

At USD 5.07 MM has Grown at 663.15%

Year on Year (YoY)

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is very positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Operating Cash Flow

Highest at USD 59.13 MM and Grown

In each year in the last three years

MOJO Watch

The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Raw Material Cost

Fallen by -2.16% (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

Depreciation

Highest at USD 2.94 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (USD MM)

Here's what is not working for Vericel Corp.

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Lowest at 4 times

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Non Operating Income

Highest at USD 0.35 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Increased income from non business activities may not be sustainable

Non Operating income