VSE Corp.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Construction
  • ISIN: US9182841000
USD
177.33
-14.28 (-7.45%)
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

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Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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SunPower Corp.

Why is VSE Corp. ?

1
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 9.45% and Operating profit at 14.83% over the last 5 years
2
With a growth in Net Profit of 520.89%, the company declared Very Positive results in Sep 25
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at USD 44.73 MM
  • DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y) Highest at 55.28%
  • NET PROFIT(HY) At USD 32.63 MM has Grown at 49.2%
3
With ROCE of 8.65%, it has a very expensive valuation with a 4.34 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 53.47%, its profits have risen by 38.9% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 3.2
4
High Institutional Holdings at 100%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
5
Consistent Returns over the last 3 years
  • Along with generating 53.47% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed S&P 500 in each of the last 3 annual periods
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to VSE Corp. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Construction should be less than 30%

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

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

Is VSE Corp. for you?

High Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
VSE Corp.
53.47%
2.40
46.44%
S&P 500
14.9%
0.77
19.29%
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)
9.45%
EBIT Growth (5y)
14.83%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
2.89
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
4.20
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.47
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.85
Tax Ratio
20.17%
Dividend Payout Ratio
23.56%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
6.82%
ROE (avg)
5.98%
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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
81
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
5.52
EV to EBIT
50.21
EV to EBITDA
37.73
EV to Capital Employed
4.34
EV to Sales
5.21
PEG Ratio
3.20
Dividend Yield
0.16%
ROCE (Latest)
8.65%
ROE (Latest)
6.81%
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Technical key factors

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

14What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 44.73 MM

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 55.28%

NET PROFIT(HY)

At USD 32.63 MM has Grown at 49.2%

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Highest at 900.54

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -12.88% (YoY

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 39.14 %

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 43.58 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Highest at 15.4 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 29.05 MM

-1What is not working for the Company
DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 5.51 times

Here's what is working for VSE Corp.

Interest Coverage Ratio
Highest at 900.54
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is improving

Operating Profit to Interest

Net Profit
At USD 32.63 MM has Grown at 49.2%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 44.73 MM
in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 55.28% and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Operating Profit
Highest at USD 43.58 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (USD MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Highest at 15.4 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has improved

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at USD 29.05 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 29.05 MM has Grown at 55.61%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 18.67 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at 39.14 %
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 -12.88% (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 10.19 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 VSE Corp.

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 5.51 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio