Cochin Shipyards 608% returns in 1 year; Ship building company; Should you invest ?

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About Company

  • Cochin Shipyard is into shipbuilding (Defence, Commercial & Offshore), Ship repair, Marine Engineering Training and Strategic & Advanced Solutions.
  • Incorporated in the year 1972, Cochin Shipyards is located in Kochi, Kerala.
  • Apart from this it has ship repair facilities in Mumbai, Kolkata, Andaman & Nicobar , Udupi and Howrah
  • It has built and delivered 21 large vessels, 35 offshore support vessels, 93 small & medium vessels and 31 defence vessels as of FY23
  • Cochin Shipyards has 39% market share in Ship Repairs
  • Company’s Shipbuilding order book as on Q3 FY24 was 21500 Cr

Ship building company

Revenue Breakup

Company operates in two segments-

Ship Building (60.2% of Revenue) – Manufactures Tankers, Product Carriers, Bulk Carriers, Passenger Vessels, Air Defence Ships.

Ship Repair (23% of Revenue)- upgrades and repairs for all types of ships including ships for the oil exploration industry.

Fundamental Analysis

Key Ratios

Market Cap ₹ 50,321 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 1,913
High/Low ₹ 2,100 / 272
Stock PE 61.9
Industry PE 63.2
ROCE 21.4 %
ROE 17.2 %
PEG Ratio 5.5
Debt To Equity  0.01

Financial Trend

Revenue

  • Old Value (Jan-20): 3,422 crore
  • New Value (Jan-24): 3,645 crore
  • Revenue increased by approximately 6.52% from January 2020 to January 2024.

Net Profit

  • Old Value (Jan-20): 638 crore
  • New Value (Jan-24): 813 crore
  • Net Profit increased by approximately 27.43% from January 2020 to January 2024.

Shareholding Pattern

Change in Shareholding Pattern

Mar-23 Mar-24 1 Year Change 
Promoters + 72.86% 72.86% 0.00%
FIIs + 6.28% 5.23% -1.05%
DIIs + 3.78% 2.45% -1.33%
Public + 17.07% 19.47% 2.40%

Promoters

  • Shareholding (Mar-23): 72.86%
  • Shareholding (Mar-24): 72.86%
  • Change: 0.00%
  • Analysis: The shareholding of promoters has remained constant over the period, indicating no change in their stake.

Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs)

  • Shareholding (Mar-23): 6.28%
  • Shareholding (Mar-24): 5.23%
  • Change: -1.05%
  • Analysis: The shareholding of FIIs has decreased by 1.05 percentage points. This suggests a reduction in the investment by foreign institutional investors.

Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs)

  • Shareholding (Mar-23): 3.78%
  • Shareholding (Mar-24): 2.45%
  • Change: -1.33%
  • Analysis: The shareholding of DIIs has decreased by 1.33 percentage points. This indicates a reduction in investment by domestic institutional investors.

Public

  • Shareholding (Mar-23): 17.07%
  • Shareholding (Mar-24): 19.47%
  • Change: +2.40%
  • Analysis: The shareholding of the public has increased by 2.40 percentage points. This increase suggests that public investors have bought more shares during this period.

Stock Price Returns

 1 Year Returns

Cochin Shipyards 608% returns in 1 year

  • 1 Year Returns: 608.75 % which means 6x returns within 1 year
  • If you have 1 lakh invested in June 2023, then as on today  it would have been 7.08 Lakhs in June 2024

Cochin Shipyards: 5 Year Returns

  • 5 Year Returns: 880.27 % which means 8x returns within 5 years
  • If you have 1 lakh invested in June 2020, then as on today  it would have been 9.88 Lakhs in June 2024
  • CAGR for 5 years : 57.86%

Cochin Shipyards Valuation

  • Current PE: 61.9
  • Median PE: 9.4 (5 years)
  • As the Median PE is less than the current PE, company is overvalued
  • Company’s EPS (earnings per share) has not increased but the stock price has increased exponentially & that too more than 600% within a year.

Should you Invest ?

  • Cochin shipyards Ltd is fundamentally strong company with very minimal debt
  • This recent rally of 600% within a year that was due to the Modi Government’s focus on the defence sector stocks due to this we have witness this great rally.
  • Cochin Shipyards is overvalued company as the Median PE is less than the Current PE.
  • At the Current Market Price of 1913, it does not makes sense to invest in such company no doubt the company is really great as it is overvalued
  • 5 Years (2020-2024) Revenue Growth Rate: 6.5% & 5 years (2020-2024) Stock price returns: 880% which simply does not co-relate, Avoid such companies as of now.
  • There are various opportunities in the Defene Sector Companies you can invest in those companies. (Check out: Next Multibagger in Defence sector- DCX Systems)

Disclaimer

  • Money Minded School is not a SEBI registered investment advisor, Please do your own research before investing
  • This article is a complete guide about Cochin Shipyards Ltd.
  • These information and forecasts are based on our analysis, research, company fundamentals and history, experiences, and various technical analyses.
  • Also, We have talked in detail about the share’s future prospects and growth potential.
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