Vesuvius Plc

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Miscellaneous
  • ISIN: GB00B82YXW83
GBP
4.62
-0.04 (-0.82%)
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  • Mojo Parameters
  • 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 Vesuvius Plc ?

1
Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 8.79% of over the last 5 years
2
The company has declared Negative results for the last 3 consecutive quarters
  • ROCE(HY) Lowest at 4.55%
  • PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q) Lowest at GBP 60.1 MM
  • NET PROFIT(Q) Lowest at GBP 34.07 MM
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Verdict Report

How much should you sell?

  1. 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 Miscellaneous)

When to re-enter? - We will constantly monitor the company and review our call based on new data

Is Vesuvius Plc for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Vesuvius Plc
24.07%
-1.53
28.60%
FTSE 100
17.87%
1.52
11.77%
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)
4.41%
EBIT Growth (5y)
8.79%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
8.50
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
1.02
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.26
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.12
Tax Ratio
27.85%
Dividend Payout Ratio
111.74%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.03%
ROCE (avg)
11.37%
ROE (avg)
10.12%
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
1.02
EV to EBIT
11.20
EV to EBITDA
7.26
EV to Capital Employed
1.01
EV to Sales
0.87
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
5.15%
ROCE (Latest)
9.05%
ROE (Latest)
7.29%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

3What is working for the Company
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 190.53%

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at GBP 190.6 MM

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 4.67 times

-11What is not working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 4.55%

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at GBP 60.1 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at GBP 34.07 MM

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 10.17% (YoY

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at GBP 107.9 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 11.96 %

EPS(Q)

Lowest at GBP 0.09

Here's what is working for Vesuvius Plc

Cash and Eqv
Highest at GBP 190.6 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Highest at 4.67 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its inventory faster

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 190.53%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Depreciation
Highest at GBP 39.4 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (GBP MM)

Here's what is not working for Vesuvius Plc

Pre-Tax Profit
Lowest at GBP 60.1 MM and Fallen
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very negative

Pre-Tax Profit (GBP MM)

Net Profit
Lowest at GBP 34.07 MM and Fallen
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is very negative

Net Profit (GBP MM)

Operating Profit
Lowest at GBP 107.9 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is negative

Operating Profit (GBP MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 11.96 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales

Net Profit
Fallen at -22.86%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (GBP MM)

EPS
Lowest at GBP 0.09
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Declining profitability; company has created lower earnings for shareholders

EPS (GBP)

Raw Material Cost
Grown by 10.17% (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