Why is Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore Ltd ?
1
Company's ability to service its debt is weak with a poor EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 1.60
- Company's ability to service its debt is weak with a poor EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 1.60
2
Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate -31.33% of over the last 5 years
3
Negative results in Dec 25
- PAT(Q) At Rs -67.90 cr has Fallen at -399.4% (vs previous 4Q average)
- DEBT-EQUITY RATIO(HY) Highest at 2.79 times
- OPERATING PROFIT TO INTEREST (Q) Lowest at -0.69 times
4
With ROCE of 4.7, it has a Very Expensive valuation with a 19.5 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
- The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
- Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -1.67%, its profits have fallen by -82.3%
5
Despite the size of the company, domestic mutual funds hold only 0.54% of the company
- Domestic mutual funds have capability to do in-depth on-the-ground research on companies- their small stake may signify either they are not comfortable at the price or the business
How much should you hold?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to F A C T should be less than 10%
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Fertilizers should be less than 30%
(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Fertilizers)
When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock
Is F A C T for you?
High Risk, Medium Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
F A C T
-6.23%
-0.04
44.71%
Sensex
-4.95%
-0.49
12.94%
Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
11.92%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-42.43%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
1.60
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
16.50
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
1.17
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
-4.53
Tax Ratio
33.74%
Dividend Payout Ratio
61.20%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
9.23%
ROCE (avg)
54.05%
ROE (avg)
48.76%
Valuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
4174
Industry P/E
24
Price to Book Value
44.94
EV to EBIT
914.21
EV to EBITDA
601.72
EV to Capital Employed
21.21
EV to Sales
11.98
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
0.02%
ROCE (Latest)
2.32%
ROE (Latest)
1.08%
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Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
Bearish
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
OBV
Bullish
Bullish