Saturday, April 29, 2006

Alembic Pharma

Watch out for this stock. I advice BUY on declines in the price of the stock. Reasons -
1. Alembic has come out with a good Q4 result, displaying a strong increase in PAT (from 6.36 crs to 17.10). This is in line with earnings over the last few quarters.
2. The yr has closed at an EPS of 28.36. With the CMP at 401 (29-Apr), the PE comes to 14.13.
3. Sales have risen by 20% plus on every Q-on-Q results and so have profits. A lil' extrapolation would put Alembic's next 2 Qs results at a strong footing equaling around 16 rupees in EPS. I would picture Alembic at a fwdPE of 12.9 which is one of the lowest in the Indian pharma space.
4. The heavier part of the sales growth has come from domestic sales (around 77%) however interestingly, Q4 has contributed one-third of the entire export pie. This marginally indicates a move towards ramping export operations by the company.

A 99 yr old company, stable sales and profits, growing, a relative inexpensive valuation to peers ... worth a buy.

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