Our 36th company in the Series of Best Stocks to Buy in India for Short term 2022 is PCBL Ltd.
This company is good for investing purpose or not ?
Let’s start with the Company profile
Company Profile :
PCBL Limited, formerly Phillips Carbon Black Limited, is carbon black manufacturer.
Now Let’s check the important fundamental figures of this company. This is a small cap company with Market Cap ₹4,699cr. We can check more fundamental details below in depth:
Company Fundamental Detail :
PE Ratio: 11.03
Sector PE Ratio: 13.38
PE Ratio of this company is low than Sector’s PE. So it’s a Good PE than the peers of this company.
PB Ratio : 1.79
Sector PB Ratio : 2.70
PB Ratio of this company is low than Sector’s PB ratio. So it’s Good PB than the peers of this company.
Dividend Yield : 4.02%
Sector Dividend Yield : 2.31%
Dividend Yield of this company is high than Sector. Dividend of this is Good than the peers of this company.
ROE: 16.39%
ROCE: 17.58%
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.) |
| 2022 | 4,475.01 | 426.02 |
| 2021 | 2,677.52 | 313.63 |
| 2020 | 3,272.55 | 286.55 |
| 2019 | 3,548.49 | 383.70 |
We should check now liabilities of company also in the below table
Total Current & Non Current Liabilities
| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| 2,162.49 | 1,783.06 | 1,604.27 | 1,731.39 |
Liabilities of a company refers to the debt of that company. We should also aware the debt of company. In 2022 ,Company have 2,162.49Cr. debt.
Let’s check the Free Cash flow of the company
Free Cash flow
| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| -15.78 | 269.52 | 301.34 | 57.16 |
Debt Level: PCBL net debt to equity ratio (11.5%) is considered satisfactory.
Reducing Debt: PCBL debt to equity ratio has reduced from 62.4% to 30% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: PCBL debt is well covered by operating cash flow (37%).
Interest Coverage: PCBL interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (34.6x coverage).
Share Holding Pattern
| Promotor Holding | Foreign Institution | Mutual Fund | Other Domestic Institutions | Retail & Others | |
| Jun 2022 | 51.38% | 10.18% | 2.74% | 3.32% | 32.38% |
| Mar 2022 | 51.38% | 9.46% | 2.09% | 3.08% | 33.99% |
| Dec 2021 | 51.38% | 9.07% | 2.09% | 2.69% | 33.77% |
| Sep 2021 | 51.38% | 11.95% | 3.60% | 1.11% | 33.48% |
Above table showing there is no big change in Promotor Holding which is 51.38% in June 2022. FIIs invested in June 2022 with 10.18% and retail investor is 32.38% .
Investment Checklist for PCBL Ltd.
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The company is currently profitable
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Dividend of 4.01% is not well covered by earnings
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Shareholders have been diluted in the past year
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Earnings have grown by 13.5% per year over past 5 years
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Debt level is low and not considered a risk
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Share price has been stable over the past 3 months
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The company’s earnings are high quality
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Profit margins decreased but not substantially
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At least 3 years of financial data is available
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Revenue is meaningful (₹49B)
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Market cap is meaningful (₹47B)
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PCBL does not have negative shareholders equity.
According to its historical performance we can predict stock target.
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Entry Buying Zone : 100 to 110
Target: 160 (30% Upside)
Time Horizon: 6-8 Months
Risk Profile: Low Risk (Stock is 1.88x as volatile as Nifty)
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