Facor Alloys Ltd- Stock Analysis
Company: Facor Alloys Ltd.
Industry: Ferro Alloys
CMP and PE Ratio: Rs. 2.85 with a PE ratio of 0.79
Product mix for Facor Alloys: High Carbon Ferro Chrome – 99.91% and By Products – 0.08%
Application of Ferro Alloys: Ferro Alloys are used as de-oxidants and as a catalyst for imparting alloying properties to special steel and are key inputs in steel manufacturing. So clearly it depends to a large extent on the growth or de-growth of the steel industry.
Financial Analysis:
- Income Statement – Facor has shown robust topline growth in the last four years. The operating,net profit and gross profit margin for the company has also increased over the last four years. The company has also been able to sustain stable revenue for the first nine months of the current fiscal, with a slight drop in margins. Overall the income ststement reflects decent performance by the company.
- Cash Flow – Facor allows has mixed operating cash flow over the years and has not made huge capital investments. This is indicative of the c=fact that facor was not on a big expansion spree even during the boom period.
- Balance Sheet – The balance sheet of the company cannot be called a really healthy or great one. But the company is not really overleveraged and in my opinion there is no big risk in the balance sheet.
Business Analysis:
- Ferro Alloys being the key inputs for Steel Industry, and thus the future of Ferro Alloys Industry is largely dependent on the growth of Steel sector. So one can expect the company not to really do well in the near term. But for a country like India, where huge infrastructure needs to be built in the future the demand foir steel would be very high and thus the ferroy alloy industry is also bound to do well.
The stock price for Facor Alloys also looks very attractive and I believe that long term investors can get good returns if the stock is bought at this level. Again I dont know if the stock price will go down more or not. It might possible go down more. But any really down market can be a good time to consider some exposure to this stock.
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