Risk factor
Very poor trading liquidity
Profitability factor
Greatly undervalued vs peers
About
Aspinwall and Company Limited engages in coffee processing and trading, rubber plantations, natural fiber, and logistics businesses in India, the Americas, Europe, and internationally. The company’s coffee division is involved in the plantations, processing, trading, and export of coffee. Its Plantation division owns and manages approximately 2,200 acres of rubber plantations, as well as produces centrifuged latex and technically specified natural rubber. The company’s Natural Fiber division produces entrance and corridor mats, carpets, mattings, rugs, runners, and mesh mattings; and PVC and rubber-backed natural fiber products, and jute floor-coverings and furnishings, as well as supplies natural fiber geotextiles, which are used in environment engineering to prevent soil erosion and coir pith. Its Logistics division provides liner, custom house agency, freight forwarding, air and bulk cargo, ship agency, stevedoring, warehousing, and project and over-dimensional cargo handling services. The company was founded in 1867 and is headquartered in Mangalore, India.
Company Valuation
Based on key historical and expected multiples, the stock is greatly undervalued relative to its peers. Specifically, the stock is 'cheap' on P/E, undervalued on EV/EBITD