Listed at ₹3000, now trading at a deep discount,
yet no buying interest.
A Thread 🧵
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#CorporateGovernance #redflag
Learning: "Not every special situation is worth looking."
I request you to read all tweets to understand the full story of value destruction and how we can learn from the same.
The story began with big restructuring at Raymond Ltd. In FY23, they sold their FMCG business to Godrej Consumer for ₹2825 Crs, mainly to cut debt. Net debt significantly reduced.
This sale was supposed to leave a net surplus of ~₹1500 Crs on the balance sheet for growth capital after clearing debt.
Let's start with what SEBI found : Gensol actually submitted false documents about debt servicing to Credit Rating agencies concerning two lenders (IREDA and PFC).
Interesting charts, data points and investing perspective
A data-backed thread 🧵
Favourite: There is always a reason to sell
Whenever such events occur, we feel it is a time to invest through mutual funds (Why not equity? Because you don't need to worry about ab konsa stock/ sector chalega)
Despite several intermittent crises, Indian Equities have gone up over the long run mirroring earnings growth
On Dec 5, SEBI dropped a bombshell: an Interim Order cum Show Cause Notice against Mishtann Foods (MFL).
Here's a thread 🧵
Mishtann Foods is not just cooking rice, it's cooking its books.
#Redflags #corporategovernance #mishtannfoods
The Rise and the Red Flags 🚩
Market cap: ₹1600 Cr as of Dec 4, 2024(Before SEBI Order)
2 Lower Circuit of 20% in last 2 days
Public shareholders surged 800x in 6 years
(FY18: 516 → Sep 2024: 4.23 lakh)
Promoter Hitesh Patel sold ~3 Cr shares (₹50 Cr) in Jul-Aug 2024.
Before Analysing,
Some Suspicious Metrics 📊
₹1288 Cr sales with just ₹3 Cr in fixed assets (Asset T/O: 400x!)
Margins jumped from 2% to 28% in 4 yrs
Operating cash flow? Negative for 6 yrs
₹16 Cr inventory for ₹1288 Cr sales?
Just 5 permanent employees.