Petrolimex Petrochemical Corporation - (HNX:PLC) - Share price, News & Analysis

PLC fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	0/6
Future Growth	0/6
Past Performance	1/6
Financial Health	5/6
Dividends	3/6

PLC Stock Overview

Risk Analysis

Earnings have declined by 4.9% per year over past 5 years

Unstable dividend track record

Volatile share price over the past 3 months

Petrolimex Petrochemical Corporation - Competitors

Price History & Performance

Summary of all time highs, changes and price drops for Petrolimex Petrochemical Corporation -
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	₫30,400.00
52 Week High	₫53,000.00
52 Week Low	₫23,100.00
Beta	0.67
1 Month Change	-11.63%
3 Month Change	-31.84%
1 Year Change	23.08%
3 Year Change	88.82%
5 Year Change	5.92%
Change since IPO	279.88%

Shareholder Returns

	PLC	VN Chemicals	VN Market
7D	12.2%	11.6%	4.7%
1Y	23.1%	25.1%	-3.4%

Return vs Industry: PLC underperformed the VN Chemicals industry which returned 25.1% over the past year.

Return vs Market: PLC exceeded the VN Market which returned -3.4% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is PLC's price volatile compared to industry and market?
PLC volatility
PLC Average Weekly Movement	9.5%
Chemicals Industry Average Movement	9.1%
Market Average Movement	7.6%
10% most volatile stocks in VN Market	10.7%
10% least volatile stocks in VN Market	4.3%

Stable Share Price: PLC is more volatile than 75% of VN stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 10% a week.

Volatility Over Time: PLC's weekly volatility (10%) has been stable over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of VN stocks.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1994	769	n/a	https://www.plc.com.vn

Petrolimex Petrochemical Corporation - Joint Stock Company produces, imports, exports, and trades in lubricants, asphalt, chemicals, and other products in the petroleum and gas sector in Vietnam and internationally. The company offers lubricant cans, engine lubricants, industrial lubricants, hydraulic lubricants, transmission lubricants, lubricating greases, and other specialty oils; lubmarine marine lubricants; castrol BP lubricant products; asphalt products; and chemical products for use in various industries, such as leather and footwear, rubber, paint, plastic, sponge, and others, as well as organic solvents. It also imports, exports, and trades in materials and equipment for the petrochemical industry, as well as provides transportation, warehouse, preparation, analysis, consultancy, and technical services for the petrochemical industry; and ship supply services.

Petrolimex Petrochemical Corporation - Fundamentals Summary

How do Petrolimex Petrochemical Corporation -'s earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
PLC fundamental statistics
Market Cap	₫2.46t
Earnings (TTM)	₫151.78b
Revenue (TTM)	₫7.31t

16.2x

P/E Ratio

0.3x

P/S Ratio

Is PLC overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report
PLC income statement (TTM)
Revenue	₫7.31t
Cost of Revenue	₫6.36t
Gross Profit	₫947.52b
Other Expenses	₫795.74b
Earnings	₫151.78b

Last Reported Earnings

Mar 31, 2022

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	1.88k
Gross Margin	12.96%
Net Profit Margin	2.08%
Debt/Equity Ratio	110.1%

How did PLC perform over the long term?

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Dividends

4.9%

Current Dividend Yield

27%

Payout Ratio

Does PLC pay a reliable dividends?

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When do you need to buy PLC by to receive an upcoming dividend?
Petrolimex Petrochemical Corporation - dividend dates
Ex Dividend Date	Jun 01 2022
Dividend Pay Date	Jun 17 2022
Days until Ex dividend	10 days
Days until Dividend pay date	26 days

Does PLC pay a reliable dividends?

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Valuation

Is Petrolimex Petrochemical Corporation - undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

Below Fair Value
Significantly Below Fair Value
PE vs Industry
PE vs Market
PEG Ratio
PB vs Industry

16.18x

Price to Earnings (PE) ratio

Share Price vs. Fair Value

Below Fair Value: PLC (₫30400) is trading above our estimate of fair value (₫13817.63)

Significantly Below Fair Value: PLC is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Price To Earnings Ratio

PE vs Industry: PLC is poor value based on its PE Ratio (16.2x) compared to the VN Chemicals industry average (10.7x).

PE vs Market: PLC is poor value based on its PE Ratio (16.2x) compared to the VN market (12.7x).

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

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

Price to Book Ratio

PB vs Industry: PLC is overvalued based on its PB Ratio (1.7x) compared to the VN Chemicals industry average (1.5x).

Future Growth

How is Petrolimex Petrochemical Corporation - forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 1 analyst?

Future Growth Score

0/6

Future Growth Score 0/6

Earnings vs Savings Rate
Earnings vs Market
High Growth Earnings
Revenue vs Market
High Growth Revenue
Future ROE

14.0%

Forecasted Materials 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 Petrolimex Petrochemical Corporation - 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 Petrolimex Petrochemical Corporation - performed over the past 5 years?

Past Performance Score

1/6

Past Performance Score 1/6

Quality Earnings
Growing Profit Margin
Earnings Trend
Accelerating Growth
Earnings vs Industry
High ROE

-4.9%

Historical annual earnings growth

Earnings and Revenue History

Quality Earnings: PLC has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: PLC's current net profit margins (2.1%) are lower than last year (2.6%).

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: PLC's earnings have declined by 4.9% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: PLC's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: PLC had negative earnings growth (-2.2%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Chemicals industry average (33.4%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: PLC's Return on Equity (11.9%) is considered low.

Financial Health

How is Petrolimex Petrochemical Corporation -'s financial position?

Financial Health Score

5/6

Financial Health Score 5/6

Short Term Liabilities
Long Term Liabilities
Debt Level
Reducing Debt
Debt Coverage
Interest Coverage

Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: PLC's short term assets (₫4,002.0B) exceed its short term liabilities (₫3,602.1B).

Long Term Liabilities: PLC's short term assets (₫4,002.0B) exceed its long term liabilities (₫1.2B).

Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Debt Level: PLC's net debt to equity ratio (22.6%) is considered satisfactory.

Reducing Debt: PLC's debt to equity ratio has increased from 105.5% to 110.1% over the past 5 years.

Debt Coverage: PLC's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (31.5%).

Interest Coverage: PLC's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (9.4x coverage).

Balance Sheet

Dividend

What is Petrolimex Petrochemical Corporation - current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?

Dividend Score

2/6

Dividend Score 2/6

Notable Dividend
High Dividend
Stable Dividend
Growing Dividend
Earnings Coverage
Future Dividend Coverage

4.93%

Current Dividend Yield

Upcoming Dividend Payment

Dividend Yield vs Market

Notable Dividend: PLC's dividend (4.93%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the VN market (2.87%).

High Dividend: PLC's dividend (4.93%) is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the VN market (7.26%).

Stability and Growth of Payments

Stable Dividend: PLC has been paying a dividend for less than 10 years and during this time payments have been volatile.

Growing Dividend: PLC's dividend payments have increased, but the company has only paid a dividend for 9 years.

Earnings Payout to Shareholders

Earnings Coverage: With its reasonably low payout ratio (26.6%), PLC's dividend payments are well covered by earnings.

Cash Payout to Shareholders

Cash Flow Coverage: With its reasonably low cash payout ratio (26.8%), PLC's dividend payments are well covered by cash flows.

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Management

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

CEO

Petrolimex Petrochemical Corporation - has no CEO, or we have no data on them.

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	2022/05/21 00:00
End of Day Share Price	2022/05/20 00:00
Earnings	2022/03/31
Annual Earnings	2021/12/31