PAEL: Jumping the medium-term puddle of mud,(AKD Daily, Oct 31, 2019)
- Assessing detailed Sept’19 financials, we draw conclusions regarding better than expected (but still weak) profitability where below the line cost curtailment, low cost inventory kept margins firm and debt levels manageable
- An extended inventory cycle has stressed cash conversion, while monetary tightening depletes the bottom-line making continued profitability over the medium term a tight balance between topline growth and working capital management, in the backdrop of adverse macro and monetary backdrops
- Out updated estimates reflect these factors, where our base case earnings amount to CY19E EPS of PkR1.21/sh, with 4QCY19E earnings settling at a LPS of PkR0.5/sh, with declining net sales (a factor of weak seasonality) and high finance cost depleting profitability in the final quarter
- The stock at current levels trades at forward CY20 P/E of 8.6x, a drastic premium to KSE-100 index P/E of 6.1x, which we believe remains unsustainable, until monetary cuts become eminent or topline growth returns (possibly from a pipeline of power distribution orders) cushioning profitability
Pak Elektron Limited. Pak Elektron Limited is engaged in manufacturing and sale of electrical capital goods and domestic appliances. The Company operates through two segments: Power Division and Appliances Division. The Power Division is engaged in manufacturing and distribution of transformers, switchgears, energy meters, power transformers, construction of grid stations and electrification works. The Appliances Division is engaged in manufacturing, assembling and distribution of refrigerators, deep freezers, air conditioners, microwave ovens, washing machines and other home appliances. It offers services to power utilities, industries, individual customers, housing and commercial projects. Its engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracting division delivers custom designed and built high voltage and extra high voltage grid stations, electrification of housing projects and industrial parks. The Company's subsidiary is PEL Marketing (Private) Limited.
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