Recommendation : HOLD
December 21, 2010
Dabur India's Debt/Equity as in September 2010 stands on 0.27 as compared to 0.19 for March 2010. Sales for September quarter have increased 15% year-on-year, while it increased 6% quarter-on-quarter. Operating Profit Margins are at 22% for the September quarter, while they were 21% for the corresponding quarter last year. They were 16% for the June quarter, on account of a bit higher Advertising and Publicity Expenses.
The breakdown for the Quarterly Financial Statements are given below.
The breakdown for Annual Financial Statements are given below.
On the income front, nothing much has changed over the year with similar operating margins.Though, the company states that they see some improvement on the front of shampoo sales later this year. They also expect revenue to start streaming in from their acquisitions in Africa. They're counting heavily on Africa.
The remarkable development is that their Capital Employed has increased 53% in their September financial statements to 1315.24 crores from 862.27 crores stated in their March financial statements, which has impacted their ROCE in the current year. The increase in Capital Employed is due to the increased cash component in their Balance-Sheet. ROCE for the first six months of this year is coming out to be 27%, while it was 78% for whole last financial year.
Cash Conversion Cycle for the first six months ending this September quarter is coming out to be 9.14 days, while it was 0.92 days for the whole year ending March 2010.
Total Assets per Share is coming out to be Rs.9. Earning for the last four quarters is coming out to be Rs. 3.11. Current price per share of this stock is Rs. 101.25. Trailing P/E is coming out to be 32.56.
While ROCE is taking a beating and their Debt/Equity ratio has also gone up with the Cash Conversion Cycle also increasing, Equity Section still feels that there should be a "Wait and Watch" approach and there is still space for things to improve more going forward. Equity Section recommends a HOLD on this scrip. Equity Section also doesn't recommend this scrip for aggressive or high risk-taking investors.
Disclaimer : Equity Section doesn't hold this scrip.
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