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KEMET Corporation (KEM)



$2.16
52 Week Low
$11.21
2017-04-28 14:30:49 MDT
$12.65
52 Week High

Basic Info

Technology
Sector
Diversified Electronics
Industry
NYSE
Stock Exchange
United States
Country

Market Cap: $524,340,000Small Cap (Between $200M and $2B)
Analyst Recommendation:2.5Analysts say: Buy-. (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell)
Beta: 4.46 Higher Volatility Stock (beta over 1). Stock will go up more when the market goes up, and go down more when the market goes down. Beta of 1 means stock would match the S&P 500 Index.

Fundamentals

ForwardPE: 23.52
5 Yr Est Growth: 12.00%
Yield: 0.00%
PEG-Y Ratio: 1.96
Acceptable Value. A PEGY Ratio of less than 1 is ideal.

Technicals

% Above 50 DayMA: -1.15%
% Above 200 DayMA: 52.31%
KEM Performance 52 Weeks: 406.79%
S&P 500 Performance 52 Weeks: 12.50%
Mixed Trend. Short Term trend is down, but longer term trend is up. There is hope because 50 Day MA is still above 200 Day MA. Stock is closer to 52 Week High than 52 Week Low.
KEM outperforming S&P 500 by 394.29% the last 52 Weeks.

Profile


More Valuation

Price To Book: 5.75
OK Value. Low Price to Book means better value. A P/B value of 5 or less is great.
EV to EBITDA: 9.7
Great Value! A low EV to EBITDA ratio is great. Ideally, under 10. Under 17 is okay.

More Info

Field Value Average Comments
% Held By Insiders3.54% 17.28%Held by fewer than average Insiders.
% Held By Institutions71.10% 62.07%Institutional percentage greater than average. Institutional buying and selling can really move stock price.
Short % Of Float3.39% 07.02% Shorted percentage less than average percent. Is stock loved? Do traders and investors believe in the stock?
Debt to Equity4.27 1.08 More Aggressive Financing. Each industry has different Debt/Equity standard. Higher than 1 means company is taking on more leverage.
Profit Margin %-2.70%-00.18% Profit Margin is less than average.
Operating Margin %6.22%-05.28% Operating Margin greater than average percent. Good.
Return on Equity %-18.71%-08.79% Return on Equity less than average percent. Stock can do better than this?
Return on Assets %4.22%-01.29% Return on Assets greater than average percent. Good.
Revenue Per Employee $83,617.98 $883,096.70 Less than average Revenue Per Employee. This stock (or industry) might not be as efficient as others? Each industry might have a different standard.
Price to Cash 5.96 5.52 Higher than average Price to Cash. Meaning that the company has a lower percentage of cash as a percent of price. Cash can be good to cushion company during hard times, and as a potential source for buyouts or investments. However, some activists want the cash to be used by a company to buy its own stock, or to increase their dividend, or to invest the money.
CPEGY Ratio 1.63 2.26 Less than than average CPEGY Ratio. Ideally, a CPEGY should be less than 1 or less than 1.5. CPEGY is the PEG Ratio but incorporating the yield and subtracting Cash Per Share.

Quick Thoughts

PROS:
  1. Stock is Above Long Term 200DMA: 52.31%

  2. Stock outperforming S&P 500 over last 52 weeks: 394.29%

  3. Better than average EV/EBITDA: 9.7

  4. Shorted less than average: 3.39%

  5. Operating Margin is positive: 6.22%

  6. Return on Assets is positive: 4.22%

CONS:
  1. High Forward PE: 23.52

  2. Less than Average 5 Yr Est Growth: 12.00%

  3. Stock is Below Short Term 50DMA: -1.15%

  4. Price to Cash Ratio (5.96) is greater than average. Company has less cash as a percent of price than the average.

  5. Profit Margin is negative: -2.70%

  6. Return on Equity is negative: -18.71%

  7. Debt To Equity is greater than 2. But might be industry standard? 4.27


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This page updated Thu Feb 1 22:00:01 MST 2018.