Executive Summary
Gencan Capital Inc. does not have significant operations. More Details
Snowflake Analysis
Flawless balance sheet with weak fundamentals.
Share Price & News
How has Gencan Capital's share price performed over time and what events caused price changes?
Latest Share Price and Events
Stable Share Price: Insufficient data to determine GCA's volatility over the past 3 months.
Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine GCA's volatility change over the past year.
Market Performance
7 Day Return
n/a
GCA
-6.2%
CA Renewable Energy
-0.5%
CA Market
1 Year Return
n/a
GCA
58.5%
CA Renewable Energy
1.6%
CA Market
Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how GCA performed against the Canadian Renewable Energy industry.
Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how GCA performed against the Canadian Market.
Shareholder returns
| GCA | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Day | n/a | -6.2% | -0.5% |
| 30 Day | n/a | 14.4% | 2.9% |
| 90 Day | n/a | 19.8% | 12.2% |
| 1 Year | n/a | 64.9%58.5% | 5.3%1.6% |
| 3 Year | 33.3%33.3% | 139.3%107.3% | 13.1%2.3% |
| 5 Year | -20.0%-20.0% | 245.5%169.9% | 66.1%40.5% |
Long-Term Price Volatility Vs. Market
How volatile is Gencan Capital's share price compared to the market and industry in the last 5 years?
Simply Wall St News
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Here's Why We're Not Too Worried About Gencan Capital's (CSE:GCA) Cash Burn SituationValuation
Is Gencan Capital undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
6.23x
Price to Book (PB) ratio
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate GCA's fair value to establish if it is undervalued.
Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate GCA's fair value to establish if it is undervalued.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: GCA is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the CA Renewable Energy industry average.
PE vs Market: GCA is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the Canadian market.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate GCA's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: GCA is overvalued based on its PB Ratio (6.2x) compared to the CA Renewable Energy industry average (2.5x).
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Future Growth
How is Gencan Capital forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 0 analysts?
36.5%
Forecasted Utilities industry annual growth in earnings
In this section we usually present revenue and earnings growth projections based on the consensus estimates of professional analysts to help investors understand the company’s ability to generate profit. But as Gencan Capital has not provided enough past data and has no analyst forecast, its future earnings cannot be reliably calculated by extrapolating past data or using analyst predictions.
This is quite a rare situation as 97% of companies covered by SimplyWall St do have past financial data.
Next Steps
- Examine Gencan Capital's financial health to determine how well-positioned it is against times of financial stress by looking at its level of debt over time and how much cash it has left.
- Gencan Capital competitive advantages and company strategy can generally be found in its financial reports archived here.
- Explore growth companies in the Utilities industry.
Past Performance
How has Gencan Capital performed over the past 5 years?
16.9%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: GCA is currently unprofitable.
Growing Profit Margin: GCA is currently unprofitable.
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: GCA is unprofitable, but has reduced losses over the past 5 years at a rate of 16.9% per year.
Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare GCA's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable
Earnings vs Industry: GCA is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Renewable Energy industry (20.7%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: GCA has a negative Return on Equity (-17.48%), as it is currently unprofitable.
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Financial Health
How is Gencan Capital's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: GCA's short term assets (CA$530.3K) exceed its short term liabilities (CA$13.4K).
Long Term Liabilities: GCA has no long term liabilities.
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: GCA is debt free.
Reducing Debt: GCA currently has no debt however we can't compare to 5 years ago as we have no data for that period.
Debt Coverage: GCA has no debt, therefore it does not need to be covered by operating cash flow.
Interest Coverage: GCA has no debt, therefore coverage of interest payments is not a concern.
Balance Sheet
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Dividend
What is Gencan Capital current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate GCA's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate GCA'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 GCA's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if GCA's dividend payments have been increasing.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: No need to calculate the sustainability of GCA's dividend in 3 years as they are not forecast to pay a notable one for the Canadian market.
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Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
5.3yrs
Average board tenure
CEO
Mark Litwin (57 yo)
no data
Tenure
Mr. Mark I. Litwin serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Genterra Capital Inc. and has been President since October 1, 2011. Mr. Litwin was previously President and a Director of Gencan’s predecessor co...
Board Members
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CFO, Secretary & Director | 7.25yrs | no data | no data | |
| Chairman | no data | CA$6.00k | no data | |
| Independent Director | 5.25yrs | CA$14.00k | no data | |
| Independent Director | 5.25yrs | CA$14.00k | no data | |
| Independent Director | 5.25yrs | CA$22.00k | no data |
5.3yrs
Average Tenure
Experienced Board: GCA's board of directors are considered experienced (5.3 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
Gencan Capital Inc.'s company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: Gencan Capital Inc.
- Ticker: GCA
- Exchange: CNSX
- Founded: 2013
- Industry: Renewable Electricity
- Sector: Utilities
- Market Cap: CA$3.218m
- Shares outstanding: 16.09m
Location
- Gencan Capital Inc.
- 106 Avenue Road
- Toronto
- Ontario
- M5R 2H3
- Canada
Listings
| Ticker | Exchange | Primary Security | Security Type | Country | Currency | Listed on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GCA | CNSX (Canadian National Stock Exchange) | Yes | Common Shares | CA | CAD | Oct 2015 |
| GNCN.F | OTCPK (Pink Sheets LLC) | Yes | Common Shares | US | USD | Oct 2015 |
| 2KJ | DB (Deutsche Boerse AG) | Yes | Common Shares | DE | EUR | Oct 2015 |
Biography
Gencan Capital Inc. does not have significant operations. Previously, it was engaged in the solar energy generation business in Ontario, Canada. The company was formerly known as Genterra Energy Inc. and c...
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2021/01/17 00:01 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2021/01/15 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2020/06/30 |
| Annual Earnings | 2019/09/30 |
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.