Response to the quiz

First of all, let me reiterate, it was just a quiz and NOT a recommendation of any kind (buy/sell/hold). The purpose of this quiz is to make some of the readers go through the numbers. If someone reads this as a tip or recommendation then the whole purpose will be lost.

We received several responses. It has come on the blog, twitter, email, and whatnot. We are glad to receive them, as always. Thank you for your active participation.

Many of you answered it correctly though some of you got confused with Arrow Greentech, Lasa Supergen, Time Technoplast, Harita Seating, Tata Global, JHS Svendgard and HUL.

If you could not answer it correctly then also it is fine as long as you tried. What we need to do is to understand the parameters that we missed and that caused a wrong answer.

The correct answer is: Uflex Limited

Original quiz: https://aurumcapital.in/blogs/2018/08/19/identify-the-company/

Disclaimers:

The information herein is used as per the available sources of bseindia.com/nseindia.com, company’s annual reports & other public database sources. Aurum Capital is not responsible for any discrepancy in the above-mentioned data. Investors should seek the advice of their independent financial advisor prior to taking any investment decision based on this report or for the necessary explanation of its contents.

Future estimates mentioned herein are personal opinions & views of the analyst. Analyst Name – Niteen S Dharmawat. For queries/grievances – support@aurumcapital.in. SEBI registration No: INA000011024.

Readers are responsible for all outcomes arising of buying/selling particular scrip/ scrips mentioned herein. This report indicates the opinion of the author & is not a recommendation to buy or sell securities. Aurum Capital & its representatives have vested interest in above-mentioned securities at the time of this publication, and its partners/company have positions / financial interest in the securities mentioned above.

Aurum Capital or its associates are not paid or compensated at any point of time, in last 12 months by anyway from the companies mentioned in the report.

Aurum Capital, or its representatives do not have more than 1% of the company’s total shareholding. Ownership of the stock: Yes. Served as a director / employee of mentioned companies in report: No. Any material conflict of interest at the time of publishing report: No.

The views expressed in this post accurately reflect the author’s personal views about any and all of the subject securities or issuers; and no part of the compensations, if any was, is or will be, directly indirectly, related to specific recommendation or views expressed in the report.

Identify the company?

Can you identify the company? I have provided some clues to help you decipher the name of the company.

  • The stock seen its high in Dec 2017, there are 1000s of stocks that did so 🙂
  • The stock is trading at ~60% of its peak price
  • The market cap to sales ratio is less than half
  • The last 10 years average operating margin is more than 10%
  • It is a leader in its category, innovative products, global operations
  • It is trusted more by global MNCs, many of them are leading FMCG giants, than by stock investors
  • The company has entered into a new category and if successful could drive significant growth
  • The interesting part is one of the global funds was holding more than 1% till Mar 2018 is no more in the list of 1% category in Jun 2018 quarter. This fund was holding for a long time.
  • The others in more than 1% category are still holding or have increased their holding %
  • If we research more then we come to know that this global fund is acquired by another fund in Dec 2017 and selling by them started after the Mar quarter. One of the possibility is that the mandate for the fund could have changed.
  • The stock started recovering from August onwards. Was it because the selling of the fund got over or is it because of the general mood of the market?

Let’s name the stock. We will let you know the name of the company by next week. Till then we look forward to your response.

Disclaimers:

The information herein is used as per the available sources of bseindia.com/nseindia.com, company’s annual reports & other public database sources. Aurum Capital is not responsible for any discrepancy in the above-mentioned data. Investors should seek the advice of their independent financial advisor prior to taking any investment decision based on this report or for the necessary explanation of its contents.

Future estimates mentioned herein are personal opinions & views of the analyst. Analyst Name – Niteen S Dharmawat. For queries/grievances – support@aurumcapital.in. SEBI registration No: INA000011024.

Readers are responsible for all outcomes arising of buying/selling particular scrip/ scrips mentioned herein. This report indicates the opinion of the author & is not a recommendation to buy or sell securities. Aurum Capital & its representatives have vested interest in above-mentioned securities at the time of this publication, and its partners/company have positions / financial interest in the securities mentioned above.

Aurum Capital or its associates are not paid or compensated at any point of time, in last 12 months by anyway from the companies mentioned in the report.

Aurum Capital, or its representatives do not have more than 1% of the company’s total shareholding. Ownership of the stock: Yes. Served as a director / employee of mentioned companies in report: No. Any material conflict of interest at the time of publishing report: No

The views expressed in this post accurately reflect the author’s personal views about any and all of the subject securities or issuers; and no part of the compensations, if any was, is or will be, directly indirectly, related to specific recommendation or views expressed in the report.

View on INR Depreciation and its impact on Stock Market

The INR has weakened off late to about INR70 to a dollar. In the last 5 years, the difference in inflation between India and the US was about 3.95% (the US had lower inflation). The rupee depreciated be a little less than 2%. So, a depreciation was due. What we have observed is that in 5 years or so, Rupee does find its level vis-a-vis the dollar. Last time it was in 2013 and before that in 2008.

We also have to see this in the context of dollar strengthening and yuan and other emerging market currencies depreciation against the dollar. Exports have suffered due to Rupee being strong. CAD has widened in last 1 year, and this called for a depreciation of the rupee. We think that 70-71 is par for the course.

The silver lining is that crude has come down, which is a positive for India. Exports may now get a fillip. Rupee weakening will help the companies doing exports. So keep an eye on those. Companies which have imports might get adversely affected.

In a nutshell, crude coming down is a long-term positive for India. The import of electronic items is the largest in terms of forex outgo now. The government needs to put the impetus on domestic manufacturing of electronics. Some positives on this front are visible, but a lot more needs to be done.

Investors need not panic and look for opportunities which a depreciating rupee and fall in crude provide. At Aurum Capital, we do keep an eye on these events and look for opportunities arising out of these.

Happy investing.

Regards,
Aurum Capital
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