Volex Plc

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Electronics & Appliances
  • ISIN: GB0009390070
GBP
5.56
0.01 (0.18%)
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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
Sell
Hold
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Volex Plc
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Why is Volex Plc ?

1
Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength with a 35.73% CAGR growth in Operating Profits
  • Company's ability to service its debt is strong with a healthy EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 6.84
2
The company has declared Positive results for the last 3 consecutive quarters
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at GBP 112.65 MM
  • ROCE(HY) Highest at 15.98%
  • INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) Highest at 794.44
3
With ROE of 16.10%, it has a attractive valuation with a 3.51 Price to Book Value
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 54.44%, its profits have risen by 33.4% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.7
4
Market Beating Performance
  • The stock has generated a return of 54.44% in the last 1 year, much higher than market (FTSE 100) returns of 18.59%
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you buy?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Volex Plc should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Electronics & Appliances should be less than 30%

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

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

Is Volex Plc for you?

High Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Volex Plc
54.44%
11.30
39.87%
FTSE 100
18.59%
1.58
11.75%
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)
23.07%
EBIT Growth (5y)
35.73%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
5.25
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
1.14
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.42
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.95
Tax Ratio
26.00%
Dividend Payout Ratio
18.26%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.15%
ROCE (avg)
16.77%
ROE (avg)
16.55%
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
22
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
3.51
EV to EBIT
15.52
EV to EBITDA
11.15
EV to Capital Employed
2.81
EV to Sales
1.35
PEG Ratio
0.70
Dividend Yield
8.40%
ROCE (Latest)
18.12%
ROE (Latest)
16.10%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

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

15What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at GBP 112.65 MM

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 15.98%

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Highest at 794.44

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -10.82% (YoY

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at GBP 41.03 MM

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 34.5 %

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at GBP 492.14 MM

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at GBP 64.1 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Highest at 13.03 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at GBP 37.88 MM

EPS(Q)

Highest at GBP 0.15

-3What is not working for the Company
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Lowest at 21.16%

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 4.05 times

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 4.79 times

Here's what is working for Volex Plc

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at GBP 112.65 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 (GBP MM)

Interest Coverage Ratio
Highest at 794.44
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is improving

Operating Profit to Interest

Net Sales
Highest at GBP 492.14 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (GBP MM)

Operating Profit
Highest at GBP 64.1 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (GBP MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Highest at 13.03 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has improved

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at GBP 37.88 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (GBP MM)

EPS
Highest at GBP 0.15
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders

EPS (GBP)

Cash and Eqv
Highest at GBP 41.03 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 34.5 %
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 -10.82% (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 GBP 18.6 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 Volex Plc

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 4.05 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 4.79 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Dividend Payout Ratio
Lowest at 21.16%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing lower proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)