AJWA For Food Industries Egypt (CASE:AJWA) - Share price, News & Analysis

AJWA fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	3/6
Future Growth	0/6
Past Performance	3/6
Financial Health	5/6
Dividends	0/6

AJWA Overview

AJWA For Food Industries Co. Egypt engages in the manufacture and production of refining edible oils in Egypt and internationally.

Rewards

Trading at 96.9% below our estimate of its fair value

Became profitable this year

Risk Analysis

Highly volatile share price over the past 3 months

Does not have a meaningful market cap (EGP485M)

Price History & Performance

Summary of all time highs, changes and price drops for AJWA For Food Industries Egypt
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	ج.م24.15
52 Week High	ج.م10.05
52 Week Low	ج.م41.15
Beta	0.32
1 Month Change	-6.94%
3 Month Change	-7.12%
1 Year Change	12.33%
3 Year Change	76.92%
5 Year Change	222.00%
Change since IPO	-43.72%

Shareholder Returns

	AJWA	EG Food	EG Market
7D	-2.3%	-0.2%	1.4%
1Y	12.3%	-0.5%	8.2%

Return vs Industry: AJWA exceeded the EG Food industry which returned -0.5% over the past year.

Return vs Market: AJWA exceeded the EG Market which returned 8.2% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is AJWA's price volatile compared to industry and market?
AJWA volatility
AJWA Beta	0.32
Industry Beta	0.55
Market Beta	1

Stable Share Price: AJWA is more volatile than 90% of EG stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 12% a week.

Volatility Over Time: AJWA's weekly volatility (12%) has been stable over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of EG stocks.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1985	n/a	Yousuf Hamid	https://ajwa-egypt.com

AJWA For Food Industries Co. Egypt engages in the manufacture and production of refining edible oils in Egypt and internationally. It offers refine vegetable oils and derivatives, and natural margarine and its derivatives, as well as industrial margarine from vegetable oils and derivatives for use as raw material in the food and chemical industries. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt.

AJWA For Food Industries Egypt Fundamentals Summary

How do AJWA For Food Industries Egypt's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
AJWA fundamental statistics
Market Cap	ج.م485.30m
Earnings (TTM)	ج.م8.10m
Revenue (TTM)	ج.م1.65b

59.9x

P/E Ratio

0.3x

P/S Ratio

Is AJWA overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report
AJWA income statement (TTM)
Revenue	ج.م1.65b
Cost of Revenue	ج.م1.43b
Gross Profit	ج.م224.01m
Expenses	ج.م215.91m
Earnings	ج.م8.10m

Last Reported Earnings

Jun 30, 2021

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.40
Gross Margin	13.56%
Net Profit Margin	0.49%
Debt/Equity Ratio	6.1%

How did AJWA perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Valuation

Is AJWA For Food Industries Egypt undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?

>50%

Undervalued compared to fair value

Share Price vs. Fair Value

Below Fair Value: AJWA (EGP24.15) is trading below our estimate of fair value (EGP772.88)

Significantly Below Fair Value: AJWA is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Price To Earnings Ratio

PE vs Industry: AJWA is poor value based on its PE Ratio (59.9x) compared to the EG Food industry average (13.2x).

PE vs Market: AJWA is poor value based on its PE Ratio (59.9x) compared to the EG market (12.3x).

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate AJWA's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.

Price to Book Ratio

PB vs Industry: AJWA is good value based on its PB Ratio (1x) compared to the EG Food industry average (1.9x).

Future Growth

How is AJWA For Food Industries Egypt forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 0 analysts?

13.7%

Forecasted Food, Beverage & Tobacco 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 AJWA For Food Industries Egypt 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.

Past Performance

How has AJWA For Food Industries Egypt performed over the past 5 years?

-30.7%

Historical annual earnings growth

Earnings and Revenue History

Quality Earnings: AJWA has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: AJWA became profitable in the past.

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: AJWA has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by -30.7% per year.

Accelerating Growth: AJWA has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: AJWA has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Food industry (4.9%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: AJWA's Return on Equity (3.7%) is considered low.

Financial Health

How is AJWA For Food Industries Egypt's financial position?

Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: AJWA's short term assets (EGP515.6M) do not cover its short term liabilities (EGP1.2B).

Long Term Liabilities: AJWA's short term assets (EGP515.6M) exceed its long term liabilities (EGP277.4M).

Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Debt Level: AJWA's debt to equity ratio (6.1%) is considered satisfactory.

Reducing Debt: AJWA's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 7.6% to 6.1% over the past 5 years.

Debt Coverage: AJWA's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (392.7%).

Interest Coverage: AJWA earns more interest than it pays, so coverage of interest payments is not a concern.

Balance Sheet

Dividend

What is AJWA For Food Industries Egypt current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?

Dividend Yield vs Market

Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate AJWA's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.

High Dividend: Unable to evaluate AJWA'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 AJWA's dividends per share have been stable in the past.

Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if AJWA'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 AJWA's dividend in 3 years as they are not forecast to pay a notable one for the EG market.

Next Steps

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Management

How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?

CEO

Yousuf Hamid

no data

Tenure

Eng. Yousuf Mahmoud Abdel Hamid serves as Managing Director and Board Member at AJWA For Food Industries Co. Egypt.

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.

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2021/10/16 14:30
End of Day Share Price	2021/10/14 00:00
Earnings	2021/06/30
Annual Earnings	2020/12/31

Market Cap

7D

1Y

Updated

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