On fundamentals, this co. Is an avoid imo. As i have posted before cashflow is poor, profit growth has not matched headdline growth and that profit growth is not throwing off cash. As for $7 again, it won't happen. Either more capital raising or cleanout of management, or a breakup. From Motley Fool:
Unsustainable growth
Looking at the company’s financials clearly shows the problem with Slater & Gordon. As Tony Hansen from Eternal Growth Partners has pointed out, “A business that is trying to build scale should show characteristics of operating leverage, or in simple terms, a 10% increase in revenue should lead to a more than 10% increase in profits”.
Since 2009, Slater & Gordon have grown revenues at a compound annual rate (CAGR) of 32%. Unfortunately, over the same period, net profit after tax has grown at a lower rate of 29%. That is mainly because the company’s expenses have increased at a faster rate. As an example, advertising and marketing fees have grown at a compound rate of 54%, and administration fees have soared from $8.7 million in 2009 to $36.4 million in 2014. That’s a compound annual rate of 33%.
You would think that a company such as Slater & Gordon would be able to achieve some synergies through its acquisitions particularly in admin costs, even if it was minimal. Clearly, it has not and profit margins have suffered as a result too.
Source: Company reports
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 0 CAGR 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 1 Fee Revenue 32% 101.0 122.2 178.0 213.8 294.2 411.8 2 Net profit after tax (reported) 29% 17.0 19.8 27.9 25.0 41.5 61.1 3 Earnings per share (reported) 14% 15.8 17.9 19.1 16.2 24.0 30.4
Negative free cash flows
Taking operating cash flow and subtracting capital expenses such as acquisitions leaves Slater & Gordon with a free cash flow figure of minus $161 million in the past 6 years. In other words, the company has generated zero value for shareholders and has actually gone backwards. To fund the shortfall, Slater & Gordon has also raised an additional $180 million from shareholders.
That is shown in the lower growth in earnings per share (EPS), which has grown at a compound rate of 14% as shares have virtually doubled from 108 million in 2009 to 201 million currently.
Source: Company reports
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 0 Total 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 1 Operating cash flow 147.2 -0.8 24.7 20.0 16.0 32.7 54.5 2 Free cash flow -160.9 -11.6 9.2 -47.0 -54.4 13.9 -71.1
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Open | High | Low | Value | Volume |
$48.41 | $48.69 | $47.65 | $25.57M | 533.7K |
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