How does KUO A's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

KUO A is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.5x) compared to the peer average (0.9x).

How does KUO A's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Industrials Industry?

KUO A is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.5x) compared to the Global Industrials industry average (0.8x).

What is KUO A'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.

Insufficient data to calculate KUO A's Price-To-Sales Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

What is the Fair Price of KUO A when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

KUO A (MX$46) is trading below our estimate of [[fair value]] (MX$125.68)

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Insufficient data to show price forecast.

KUO A Stock Overview

Through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells consumer products, plastics, chemical products, and auto parts in Mexico, the United States, Spain, Belgium, and China. More details

KUO A fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	4/6
Future Growth	1/6
Past Performance	1/6
Financial Health	3/6
Dividends	3/6

Rewards

Trading at 63.4% below our estimate of its fair value

Revenue is forecast to grow 16.44% per year

Risk Analysis

Interest payments are not well covered by earnings

Shares are highly illiquid

Profit margins (0.2%) are lower than last year (0.6%)

Dividend of 4.14% is not well covered by earnings

+ 1 more risk

My Notes

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Grupo KUO, S.A.B. de C.V. Competitors

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BMV:ELEMAT *

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Grupo KUO. de
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	Mex$46.00
52 Week High	Mex$47.00
52 Week Low	Mex$40.90
Beta	0.017
1 Month Change	5.75%
3 Month Change	7.98%
1 Year Change	0%
3 Year Change	-10.16%
5 Year Change	-12.38%
Change since IPO	342.31%

Recent News & Updates

No updates

Recent updates

No updates

Shareholder Returns

	KUO A	MX Industrials	MX Market
7D	0%	0.2%	0.08%
1Y	0%	-21.7%	-14.7%

Return vs Industry: KUO A exceeded the MX Industrials industry which returned -21.4% over the past year.

Return vs Market: KUO A exceeded the MX Market which returned -14.8% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is KUO A's price volatile compared to industry and market?
KUO A volatility
KUO A Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Industrials Industry Average Movement	3.0%
Market Average Movement	4.1%
10% most volatile stocks in MX Market	6.0%
10% least volatile stocks in MX Market	2.7%

Stable Share Price: KUO A's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the MX market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine KUO A's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1973	25,252	Alejandro de la Barreda Gomez	kuo.com.mx

Grupo KUO, S.A.B. de C.V., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells consumer products, plastics, chemical products, and auto parts in Mexico, the United States, Spain, Belgium, and China. It operates through three segments: Consumption, Chemical, and Automotive. The company engages in the production, sale, and marketing of consumer products, such as processed food and beverages; plastics and chemical products, that includes synthetic rubber and polymers; and transmissions, automotive parts, and components, such as pistons, brakes, bearings, gaskets, valves, and water pumps.

Grupo KUO, S.A.B. de C.V. Fundamentals Summary

How do Grupo KUO. de's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
KUO A fundamental statistics
Market cap	Mex$19.71b
Earnings (TTM)	Mex$66.71m
Revenue (TTM)	Mex$39.49b

288.4x

P/E Ratio

0.5x

P/S Ratio

Is KUO A overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
KUO A income statement (TTM)
Revenue	Mex$39.49b
Cost of Revenue	Mex$32.78b
Gross Profit	Mex$6.70b
Other Expenses	Mex$6.63b
Earnings	Mex$66.71m

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.15
Gross Margin	16.97%
Net Profit Margin	0.17%
Debt/Equity Ratio	75.2%

How did KUO A perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

4.1%

Current Dividend Yield

204%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/26 06:56
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/26 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Grupo KUO, S.A.B. de C.V. is covered by 3 analysts. 1 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Alejandro Azar Wabi	GBM Grupo Bursátil Mexicano, S.A. de C.V. Casa de Bolsa
Ivan Enriquez	HSBC
Luis Miranda Valenzuela	Santander