This document contains financial data for Loote CHEMICAS from 2006 to 2010. It shows trends in the company's market share, P/E ratio, earnings per share, sales, assets, growth rates, share price, debt ratios, cash flows, and various risk measures. An analysis notes that as the chemical industry is mature, the company should adopt a high dividend policy to provide shareholder returns. It also uses a moderate amount of debt to reduce its cost of capital. While the company has managed to reduce business risk over time as measured by coefficients of variation, its sales growth continues to be volatile, suggesting an area for improvement.
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This document contains financial data for Loote CHEMICAS from 2006 to 2010. It shows trends in the company's market share, P/E ratio, earnings per share, sales, assets, growth rates, share price, debt ratios, cash flows, and various risk measures. An analysis notes that as the chemical industry is mature, the company should adopt a high dividend policy to provide shareholder returns. It also uses a moderate amount of debt to reduce its cost of capital. While the company has managed to reduce business risk over time as measured by coefficients of variation, its sales growth continues to be volatile, suggesting an area for improvement.
This document contains financial data for Loote CHEMICAS from 2006 to 2010. It shows trends in the company's market share, P/E ratio, earnings per share, sales, assets, growth rates, share price, debt ratios, cash flows, and various risk measures. An analysis notes that as the chemical industry is mature, the company should adopt a high dividend policy to provide shareholder returns. It also uses a moderate amount of debt to reduce its cost of capital. While the company has managed to reduce business risk over time as measured by coefficients of variation, its sales growth continues to be volatile, suggesting an area for improvement.
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This document contains financial data for Loote CHEMICAS from 2006 to 2010. It shows trends in the company's market share, P/E ratio, earnings per share, sales, assets, growth rates, share price, debt ratios, cash flows, and various risk measures. An analysis notes that as the chemical industry is mature, the company should adopt a high dividend policy to provide shareholder returns. It also uses a moderate amount of debt to reduce its cost of capital. While the company has managed to reduce business risk over time as measured by coefficients of variation, its sales growth continues to be volatile, suggesting an area for improvement.
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Loote CHEMICAS
Years 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
Market Share (%) 0.46 0.49 0.42 0.49 0.39 P/E 6.23 6.33 9.89 9.86 7.37 Cost of equity 15.994 Eps 5.62 5.72 3.78 4.66 3.58 sales 588.5 582 429.8 413.6 307.6 Growth in Sales (%) 1.11684 35.4118 3.91683 34.4603 0 Assets 442 415.8 372 347.1 251.1 Growth in Assets(%) 6.301106 11.77419 7.173725 38.23178 0 Dividend Payout ratio 0.8 0.7 0.79 0.54 0 Share price 35 36.25 37.38 46 26.38 Beta 0.499 Debt to equity Ratio 0.089633 0.094662 0.122289 0.148711 0.214552 Debt to equity Difference -369.7 -344.3 -291.4 -257.6 -168.4 Business Risk S.D of Sales 119.9943 Mean Of sales 464.3 C.V of Sales 0.258441 EBIT 586.6471 599.4947 401.7806 489.3816 381.6668 S.D of EBIT 101.0356 Mean Of EBIT 365.6 C.V Of EBIT 0.276356
CFO 137.0 120.0 94.0 110.0 77.0 37.0
CFI (66.0) (13.0) (22.0) (49.0) (3.0) (0.6)
NET 71.0 107.0 72.0 61.0 74.0 36.4
S.D Of CFS 22.80546 Mean Of Cfs 70.2 C.V Of CFS 0.3 unlevered beta 0.455848 Analysis Dividends Policy: As the Chemical Industry is in the early maturity so company should adopt high dividend policy. It is because it future prospective of growth of company is low at this stage so in order to meet the share holder return which is combination future growth plus dividend pay out company pay high dividend.
Use Debt as their major source of finance
As Industry is entry in the maturity stage, so company should
introduce the debt. This is because the debt is cheaper sorce of finance and company introduce it in order to obtain optimal capital structure which reduces the wacc. From the company analysis a little portion of debt is introduce by the company. Company is reducing the portion of debt over the years.
Reduce Business Risk
As the Company is in the maturity stage , so its business risk should be low As the C.V of Sales, Ebit, Cfs show that its business risk is low
Make efforts to improve sales
As the company is in the maturity stage the company sales growth should be less volatility. The data show that there is high volatility in the sales of company