Cathay Chemical (Taiwan) Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

1713 Stock  TWD 47.30  0.60  1.25%   
Assuming the 90 days trading horizon and your complete indifference towards market risk, our recommendation regarding Cathay Chemical Works is 'Strong Buy'. A buy or sell recommendation provided by Macroaxis is an automated directive regarding whether to purchase or sell Cathay Chemical Works given historical horizon and risk tolerance towards Cathay Chemical. When Macroaxis issues a 'buy' or 'sell' recommendation for Cathay Chemical Works, the advice is generated through an automated system that utilizes algorithms and statistical models.
  
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Risk Tolerance

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Strong Buy

Market Performance

Very WeakDetails

Volatility

Very steadyDetails

Hype Condition

StaleDetails

Current Valuation

OvervaluedDetails

Odds Of Distress

LowDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Slowly supersedes the marketDetails

Analyst Consensus

Not AvailableDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

InapplicableDetails
For the selected time horizon Cathay Chemical Works has a Risk Adjusted Performance of (0.26), Jensen Alpha of (0.36), Total Risk Alpha of (0.46) and Treynor Ratio of (0.97)
Our investment recommendation tool can be used to complement Cathay Chemical trade advice provided by experts. It analyzes the company's potential to grow against your specific risk preferences and investment horizon. To make sure Cathay Chemical is not overpriced, please confirm all Cathay Chemical Works fundamentals, including its shares owned by insiders, price to earning, price to sales, as well as the relationship between the shares owned by institutions and price to book .

Cathay Chemical Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

Cathay Chemical generated a negative expected return over the last 90 days
Cathay Chemical Works has accumulated about 686.07 M in cash with (75.18 M) of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 4.55.
Roughly 62.0% of the company shares are owned by insiders or employees

Cathay Chemical Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of Cathay Chemical's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Cathay Chemical's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Cathay Chemical daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Cathay Chemical Works price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Cathay Chemical returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for Cathay Chemical.
Mean Return
-0.31
Value At Risk
-1.71
Potential Upside
1.15
Standard Deviation
0.90
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Cathay Chemical historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

Cathay Chemical Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to Cathay Chemical or Chemicals sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that Cathay Chemical's price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a Cathay stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over Dow Jones
-0.36
β
Beta against Dow Jones0.33
σ
Overall volatility
0.93
Ir
Information ratio -0.49

Cathay Chemical Volatility Alert

Cathay Chemical Works exhibits very low volatility with skewness of -0.32 and kurtosis of 0.12. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Cathay Chemical's stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Cathay Chemical's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

Cathay Chemical Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing Cathay Chemical's fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze Cathay Chemical's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Cathay Chemical and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Cathay Chemical or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Cathay Chemical's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Cathay Chemical by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
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FundamentalsCathay ChemicalPeer Average
Return On Equity0.1-0.31
Return On Asset0.0045-0.14
Profit Margin0.38 %(1.27) %
Operating Margin0.03 %(5.51) %
Current Valuation3.57 B16.62 B
Shares Outstanding150.95 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders61.57 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions0.28 %39.21 %
Price To Earning27.59 X28.72 X
Price To Book1.52 X9.51 X
Price To Sales5.80 X11.42 X
Revenue624.6 M9.43 B
Gross Profit87.98 M27.38 B
EBITDA40.35 M3.9 B
Net Income157.49 M570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents686.07 M2.7 B
Cash Per Share4.55 X5.01 X
Current Ratio27.02 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share16.59 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations(75.18 M)971.22 M
Earnings Per Share1.64 X3.12 X
Number Of Employees9018.84 K
Beta0.25-0.15
Market Capitalization3.8 B19.03 B
Total Asset2.58 B29.47 B
Retained Earnings729 M9.33 B
Working Capital929 M1.48 B
Current Asset969 M9.34 B
Current Liabilities40 M7.9 B
Annual Yield0.03 %
Five Year Return2.97 %
Net Asset2.58 B
Last Dividend Paid0.85

Cathay Chemical Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as Cathay . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

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