| Snowflake Score | |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 4/6 |
| Future Growth | 0/6 |
| Past Performance | 0/6 |
| Financial Health | 4/6 |
| Dividends | 0/6 |
HP Stock Overview
Hello Pal International Inc. develops, markets, owns, and operates an international social networking platform in Asia.
Hello Pal International Competitors
Price History & Performance
| Historical stock prices | |
|---|---|
| Current Share Price | CA$0.14 |
| 52 Week High | CA$0.95 |
| 52 Week Low | CA$0.12 |
| Beta | 3.56 |
| 1 Month Change | -26.32% |
| 3 Month Change | -30.00% |
| 1 Year Change | -84.27% |
| 3 Year Change | 100.00% |
| 5 Year Change | -39.13% |
| Change since IPO | -66.67% |
Recent News & Updates
Shareholder Returns
| HP | CA Software | CA Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7D | -3.4% | 5.7% | 0.1% |
| 1Y | -84.3% | -26.5% | -2.6% |
Return vs Industry: HP underperformed the Canadian Software industry which returned -24.6% over the past year.
Return vs Market: HP underperformed the Canadian Market which returned -4% over the past year.
Price Volatility
| HP volatility | |
|---|---|
| HP Average Weekly Movement | 15.1% |
| Software Industry Average Movement | 12.8% |
| Market Average Movement | 10.0% |
| 10% most volatile stocks in CA Market | 17.3% |
| 10% least volatile stocks in CA Market | 4.4% |
Stable Share Price: HP is more volatile than 75% of Canadian stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 15% a week.
Volatility Over Time: HP's weekly volatility (15%) has been stable over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of Canadian stocks.
About the Company
| Founded | Employees | CEO | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | n/a | KL Wong | https://www.hellopal.com |
Hello Pal International Inc. develops, markets, owns, and operates an international social networking platform in Asia. The company’s Hello Pal Platform enables users to find and interact with users from all over the world through various means, such as chat messaging, livestreaming, and audio/video calling. Its platform also offers crypto-mining services.
Hello Pal International Fundamentals Summary
| HP fundamental statistics | |
|---|---|
| Market Cap | CA$25.00m |
| Earnings (TTM) | -CA$5.30m |
| Revenue (TTM) | CA$24.82m |
0.9x
P/S Ratio-4.4x
P/E RatioIs HP overvalued?
See Fair Value and valuation analysisEarnings & Revenue
| HP income statement (TTM) | |
|---|---|
| Revenue | CA$24.82m |
| Cost of Revenue | CA$22.25m |
| Gross Profit | CA$2.56m |
| Other Expenses | CA$7.86m |
| Earnings | -CA$5.30m |
Last Reported Earnings
Nov 30, 2021
Next Earnings Date
n/a
| Earnings per share (EPS) | -0.032 |
| Gross Margin | 10.33% |
| Net Profit Margin | -21.35% |
| Debt/Equity Ratio | 1.2% |
How did HP perform over the long term?
See historical performance and comparisonValuation
Is HP undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?
Valuation Score
4/6Valuation Score 4/6
Price-To-Sales vs Peers
Price-To-Sales vs Industry
Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio
Below Fair Value
Significantly Below Fair Value
PEG Ratio
Key Valuation Metric
Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for HP?
Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.
| What is HP's n/a Ratio? | |
|---|---|
| n/a Ratio | 0x |
| n/a | n/a |
| Market Cap | CA$25.00m |
| Key Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Enterprise Value/Revenue | 1.1x |
| Enterprise Value/EBITDA | -4.6x |
| PEG Ratio | n/a |
Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers
How does HP's PS Ratio compare to its peers?
| HP PS Ratio vs Peers |
|---|
| Company | PS | Estimated Growth | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peer Average | 4.4x | ||
CBIT Cathedra Bitcoin | 2.4x | n/a | CA$24.2m |
TSF TraceSafe | 0.4x | n/a | CA$6.3m |
BLOK GlobalBlock Digital Asset Trading | 7x | n/a | CA$13.6m |
BIGG BIGG Digital Assets | 7.7x | 45.4% | CA$99.2m |
HP Hello Pal International | 0.9x | 6.0% | CA$23.3m |
Price-To-Sales vs Peers: HP is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.9x) compared to the peer average (4.4x).
Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry
How does HP's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the CA Software Industry?
Price-To-Sales vs Industry: HP is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.9x) compared to the Canadian Software industry average (3.9x)
Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio
What is HP's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.
| Fair Ratio | |
|---|---|
| Current PS Ratio | 0.9x |
| Fair PS Ratio | 0.4x |
Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: HP is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.4x).
Share Price vs Fair Value
What is the Fair Price of HP when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.
Below Fair Value: HP (CA$0.14) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CA$8.21)
Significantly Below Fair Value: HP is trading below fair value by more than 20%.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate HP's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.
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Future Growth
How is Hello Pal International forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 1 analyst?
Future Growth Score
0/6Future Growth Score 0/6
Earnings vs Savings Rate
Earnings vs Market
High Growth Earnings
Revenue vs Market
High Growth Revenue
Future ROE
94.9%
Forecasted annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts
Analyst Future Growth Forecasts
Earnings vs Savings Rate: HP is forecast to remain unprofitable over the next 3 years.
Earnings vs Market: HP is forecast to remain unprofitable over the next 3 years.
High Growth Earnings: HP is forecast to remain unprofitable over the next 3 years.
Revenue vs Market: HP's revenue (6% per year) is forecast to grow slower than the Canadian market (6.9% per year).
High Growth Revenue: HP's revenue (6% per year) is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.
Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts
Future Return on Equity
Future ROE: Insufficient data to determine if HP's Return on Equity is forecast to be high in 3 years time
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Past Performance
How has Hello Pal International performed over the past 5 years?
Past Performance Score
0/6Past Performance Score 0/6
Quality Earnings
Growing Profit Margin
Earnings Trend
Accelerating Growth
Earnings vs Industry
High ROE
-11.8%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: HP is currently unprofitable.
Growing Profit Margin: HP is currently unprofitable.
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: HP is unprofitable, and losses have increased over the past 5 years at a rate of 11.8% per year.
Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare HP's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable
Earnings vs Industry: HP is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Software industry (7.6%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: HP has a negative Return on Equity (-25.74%), as it is currently unprofitable.
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Financial Health
How is Hello Pal International's financial position?
Financial Health Score
4/6Financial Health Score 4/6
Short Term Liabilities
Long Term Liabilities
Debt Level
Reducing Debt
Stable Cash Runway
Forecast Cash Runway
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: HP's short term assets (CA$3.4M) exceed its short term liabilities (CA$748.5K).
Long Term Liabilities: HP's short term assets (CA$3.4M) exceed its long term liabilities (CA$88.8K).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: HP has more cash than its total debt.
Reducing Debt: HP's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 1.9% to 1.2% over the past 5 years.
Balance Sheet
Cash Runway Analysis
For companies that have on average been loss making in the past we assess whether they have at least 1 year of cash runway.
Stable Cash Runway: HP has less than a year of cash runway based on its current free cash flow.
Forecast Cash Runway: HP has less than a year of cash runway if free cash flow continues to reduce at historical rates of 19.9% each year
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Dividend
What is Hello Pal International current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Score
0/6Dividend Score 0/6
Notable Dividend
High Dividend
Stable Dividend
Growing Dividend
Earnings Coverage
Future Dividend Coverage
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate HP's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate HP's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if HP's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if HP's dividend payments have been increasing.
Earnings Payout to Shareholders
Earnings Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.
Cash Payout to Shareholders
Cash Flow Coverage: Unable to calculate sustainability of dividends as HP has not reported any payouts.
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Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
3.4yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
KL Wong (50 yo)
8.42yrs
Tenure
CA$214,178
Compensation
Mr. Kean Li Wong @ Ng Kean Li, also known as KL is Founder since 2014 of Hello Pal International, Inc. and has been its Chairman since 2019 and also served as interim CEO. He was Chief Executive Officer an...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: KL's total compensation ($USD166.35K) is about average for companies of similar size in the Canadian market ($USD175.18K).
Compensation vs Earnings: KL's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.
Leadership Team
Experienced Management: HP's management team is considered experienced (3.4 years average tenure).
Board Members
Experienced Board: HP's board of directors are considered experienced (3.3 years average tenure).
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
Hello Pal International Inc.'s employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: Hello Pal International Inc.
- Ticker: HP
- Exchange: CNSX
- Founded: 1986
- Industry: Application Software
- Sector: Software
- Implied Market Cap: CA$24.998m
- Shares outstanding: 166.65m
- Website: https://www.hellopal.com
Location
- Hello Pal International Inc.
- 550 Denman Street
- Suite 200
- Vancouver
- British Columbia
- V6G 3H1
- Canada
Listings
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2022/06/27 00:00 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2022/06/27 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2021/11/30 |
| Annual Earnings | 2021/02/28 |
Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.