Our 21th company in the Series of Best Stocks to Buy in India for Short term 2022 is Apollo Pipes Ltd.
This company is good for investing purpose or not ?
Let’s start with the Company profile
Company Profile :
Apollo Pipes Limited, formerly Amulya Leasing and Finance Limited, is an India-based company, which is focused on the development, manufacturing and distribution of plastic piping systems.
Now Let’s check the important fundamental figures of this company. This is a small cap company with Market Cap ₹2,107cr. We can check more fundamental details below in depth:
Company Fundamental Detail :
PE Ratio: 47.40
Sector PE Ratio: 74.75
PE Ratio of this company is low than Sector’s PE. So it’s a Average PE than the peers of this company.
PB Ratio : 6.00
Sector PB Ratio : 5.15
PB Ratio of this company is high than Sector’s PB ratio. So it’s Average PB than the peers of this company.
Dividend Yield : 1%
Sector Dividend Yield : 0.66%
Dividend Yield of this company is high than Sector. Dividend of this is Below Average than the peers of this company.
ROE: 12.65%
ROCE: 17.41%
ROE (Return on equity) and ROCE (Return on capital equity) is Average
According to above data, this company is looking fundamentally average. Now We’ll check the company Financially data:
Company Financial Detail
| Year | Revenue(cr.) | Profit(cr.) |
| 2021 | 526.48 | 44.47 |
| 2020 | 418.09 | 28.52 |
| 2019 | 373.93 | 23.93 |
| 2018 | 292.61 | 22.06 |
We should check now liabilities of company also in the below table
Total Current & Non Current Liabilities
| 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
| 142.78 | 175.63 | 160.83 | 287.70 |
Liabilities of a company refers to the debt of that company. We should also aware the debt of company. In 2021 , Company have 142.78 Cr. debt.
Let’s check the Free Cash flow of the company
Free Cash flow
| 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
| -53.15 | -28.20 | -7.98 | -1.36 |
Debt Level: Apollo Pipes has more cash than its total debt.
Reducing Debt: Apollo Pipe’s debt to equity ratio has reduced from 47.6% to 6.3% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: Apollo Pipe’s debt is well covered by operating cash flow (164.6%).
Interest Coverage: Apollo Pipes earns more interest than it pays, so coverage of interest payments is not a concern.
Share Holding Pattern
| Promotor Holding | Foreign Institution | Mutual Fund | Other Domestic Institutions | Retail & Others | |
| Jun 2021 | 52.03% | 1.33% | 10.64% | 0.21% | 35.79% |
| Mar 2021 | 52.03% | 1.91% | 9.06% | 0.21% | 36.52% |
| Dec 2020 | 52.03% | 2.70% | 7.29% | 0.00% | 37.98% |
| Sep 2020 | 52.03% | 3.19% | 7.29% | 0.00% | 38.16% |
Above table showing there is no big change in Promotor Holding which is 52.03% in June 2021. FIIs invested in June 2021 with 3.19% and retail investor is 35.79%.
Now We’ll check the return of the company, This company given 137.58% returns in last 1 year from 2020 to 29 Dec 2021.
Investment Checklist for Apollo Pipes Ltd.
- The company is currently profitable
- High level of non-cash earnings
- Earnings have grown by 33.7% per year over past 5 years
- Debt level is low and not considered a risk
- They do not pay a dividend
- Share price has been stable over the past 3 months
- Profit margins improved or Apollo Pipes became profitable
- At least 3 years of financial data is available
- Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year or recently listed
- Revenue is meaningful (₹6B)
- Market cap is meaningful (₹21B)
- Apollo Pipes does not have negative shareholders equity.
According to its historical performance we can predict stock target.
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Entry Buying Zone : 500 to 520
Target: 700 (35% Upside)
Time Horizon: 6-8 Months
Risk Profile: Low Risk (Stock is 1.88x as volatile as Nifty)
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