13 VST Industries

The company is paying dividends for 23 years and only one instance where the dividend is decreased.

Zero debt company.

The average annual 10 yr  dividend growth rate is 8.31%

The average annual 10 yr earning growth is 8.43%

ROE is 31.79%

Buy

Date: 29-Sep-2020    Qty: 3    Price: ₹3399.07    EPS: ₹196.94

Date: 20-Dec-2021    Qty:3    Price: ₹3059    EPS: ₹192.24

Date: 27-Jan-2023    Qty: 25    Price: ₹3090    EPS: ₹223.73

I have received 1182 in dividends so far. It is not a growth stock and will try to hold to it as long as possible for dividends.

VST Industries manufactures and distributes cigarettes and unmanufactured tobacco under the brand names Charms, Charminar, Gold, Moments, and Zaffran. The company operates its business out of India. In terms of revenue from operations, a majority comes from the sale of cigarettes and the remainder generally comes from the sale of unmanufactured tobacco. Geographical segments consist of sales within India and sales outside of India with the majority derived from India.

Tata Metaliks Update

Reasons for buying:

Buy PE was reasonable at 8.66 and below 10 years PE median of 9.03.

Earnings have doubled in the last 5 years.

Return on equity is good at 19.88%.

The debt of the company is ₹211.39cr with ₹119.86cr in cash.

The market cap of the company is ₹3,377.37cr.

Buy date: 29-Oct-2020

Qty: 18   Buy Price: ₹530.3    Buy EPS: 61.23   Buy PE: 8.66

Q4 results were released on 14th April and the current EPS is 69.87 up about 14.11% from my buy EPS.

The price of the stock is up about 100.90% from my buy price.

Knew nothing of the company when I bought it and even now except that it produces and sells pig iron. Commodity business and a lot depends on the price of core component. I hold Srikalahasthi Pipes in this space. The price return is 26% in the last decade.

Sell date: 23-Jan-2023

Qty: 18 Sell Price: ₹863.8 Sell EPS: ₹24.53 Sell PE: 35.21

Profit: ₹6,219 Dividend: ₹216

Holding period: 816 days ( 2 years 2 months and 27 days)

Dhanuka Agritech Update

Reasons for buying:

Buy PE was reasonable at 14.52 below the 10-year PE median of 19.61.

The 5-year earnings average is 13.43% and earnings increasing since 2013 with a slight blip in 2020.

Return on equity is good at 23% but the 5-year average is 22%.

The market cap of the company is ₹3,069 Cr.

The debt of the company is ₹0.96Cr with ₹198 Cr cash.

Buy date: 03-Oct-2022

Qty: 15 Buy Price: ₹653 Buy EPS: ₹44.96 Buy PE: 14.52

I will stop adding when EPS drops below ₹32.65 or R3 does not satisfy.

Buyback

Qty:8 Sell Price: ₹850 Sell EPS: ₹47.03 Sell PE: 18.07

Profit: ₹1,576

Dhanuka Agritech is involved in the manufacturing and marketing of plant protection agrochemicals. The product range consists of Insecticides, Herbicides, Fungicides, and plant growth regulators. The company offers crop solutions for various crops. Its brand portfolio consists of more than 85 brands. The firm generates a majority of its revenue from agrochemicals. The company has a strategic partnership with American, Japanese, and European companies. Its manufacturing facilities are located in Gurgaon (Haryana), Sanand (Gujarat),, Udhamput (Jammu and Kashmir), and Keshwana (Rajasthan). Dhanuka's target customers are farmers.