OKOMU OIL, PRESCO, FTN COCOA Q3 2017 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

With the agricultural sector set to be the dominant sector years to come and a net foreign exchange earner, a look at the listed players shows varying degree of financial strength.

 Datachef strongly favours Okomu oil because of its low risk factor and long term expected durable growth, it has the highest return on investment capital and equity which is more than double that of Presco which is an indication of management efficiency in utilizing the company’s resource which has also translated to higher earnings per share and with a PE of a single digit it is also considered cheap amongst its peer group.

KEY

NPM=NET PROFIT MARGIN, ITO= INVENTORY TURNOVER, ROE= RETURN ON EQUITY, ROA= RETURN ON ASSETS, ROTC=  RETURN ON TOTAL CAPITAL, RE/TA= RETAIN EARNINGS TO TOTAL ASSET RATIO
DE= DEBT TO EQUITY, DAR= DEBT TO ASSET RATIO, BVS= BOOK VALUE PER SHARE, P/BV= PRICE TO BOOK VALUE PER SHARE, PE= PRICE EARNING RATIO
EPS EARNINGS PER SHARE, ROR= RATE OF RETURN,OCFDR= OPERATING CASH FLOW TO DEBT RATIO, EV/EBITDA= ENTERPRISE VALUE TO EBITDA RATIO, FGN SB FEDEDRAL GOVT SAVINGS BOND