Our 39th company in the Series of Best Stocks to Buy in India for Short term 2022 is Praj Industries Ltd.
This company is good for investing purpose or not ?
Let’s start with the Company profile
Company Profile :
Praj Industries Limited is engaged in the business of process and project engineering.
Now Let’s check the important fundamental figures of this company. This is a small cap company with Market Cap ₹7,875cr. We can check more fundamental details below in depth:
Company Fundamental Detail :
PE Ratio: 52.42
Sector PE Ratio: 54.56
PE Ratio of this company is high than Sector’s PE. So it’s a Below Average PE than the peers of this company.
PB Ratio : 8.59
Sector PB Ratio : 5.24
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 : 0.98%
Sector Dividend Yield : 0.57%
Dividend Yield of this company is high than Sector. Dividend of this is Below Average than the peers of this company.
ROE: 18.13%
ROCE: 19.84%
ROE (Return on equity) and ROCE (Return on capital equity) is Below 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 | 2,369.51 | 150.24 |
| 2021 | 1,330.41 | 81.05 |
| 2020 | 1,132.39 | 70.42 |
| 2019 | 1,173.41 | 68.22 |
We should check now liabilities of company also in the below table
Total Current & Non Current Liabilities
| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| 1,296.34 | 791.31 | 441.73 | 501.29 |
Liabilities of a company refers to the debt of that company. We should also aware the debt of company. In 2022 ,Company have 1,296.34Cr. debt.
Let’s check the Free Cash flow of the company
Free Cash flow
| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| 156.22 | 216.42 | 7.55 | 18.83 |
Debt Level: Praj Ind has more cash than its total debt.
Reducing Debt: Praj Ind debt to equity ratio has increased from 0.6% to 2.3% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: Praj Ind debt is well covered by operating cash flow (828.6%).
Interest Coverage: Praj Ind 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 2022 | 32.83% | 15.93% | 8.68% | 1.33% | 41.23% |
| Mar 2022 | 32.83% | 13.84% | 8.22% | 0.61% | 44.50% |
| Dec 2021 | 32.83% | 14.98% | 8.27% | 0.13% | 43.78% |
| Sep 2021 | 32.83% | 15.00% | 6.67% | 0.17% | 45.32% |
Above table showing there is no big change in Promotor Holding which is 32.83% in June 2022. FIIs invested in June 2022 with 15.93% and retail investor is 41.23% .
Investment Checklist for Praj Industries Ltd.
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The company is currently profitable
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Earnings are forecast to grow by an average of 23.3% per year for the next 3 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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They have sufficient analyst coverage
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No concerning events detected
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No significant insider selling over the past 3 months
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Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year or recently listed
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Revenue is meaningful (₹27B)
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Market cap is meaningful (₹77B)
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Praj Ind does not have negative shareholders equity.
According to its historical performance we can predict stock target.
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Entry Buying Zone : 300 to 325
Target: 450 (50% Upside)
Time Horizon: 6-8 Months
Risk Profile: Low Risk (Stock is 1.88x as volatile as Nifty)
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