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I. Introduction of selected companies
A. TRAPHACO Joint Stock Company
1. Background
- Originated from the Railway Medical Company, established on
November 28, 1972. With 15 officials and employees, the main
task is to prepare prescription drugs. Producing serum, fluids, and
distilled water to serve for the Railway Hospital in the period of the
resistance war against the US to save the country.
- Headquartered in 75 Yen Ninh - Hanoi with the Railway Medical
Company.
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B. DHG Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company
1. Background
- Originated from Hau Giang Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company,
established on September 02, 1974, at Channel 5 Dat Set, Khanh
Lam commune (now Khanh Hoa commune), U Minh district, Ca
Mau province.
- DHG Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company is considered as one
of the leading enterprises in Vietnam's pharmaceutical industry.
With the system of factories, advanced transfer lines, modern
technology, DHG Pharma brings high-quality products and
services.
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C. OPC Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company
1. Background
- Formerly known as the Central Pharmaceutical Factory 26, was
established on October 24, 1977. OPC transformed into OPC
Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company, an international transaction
name: OPC Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company.
- OPC Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company is one of the leading
companies in Vietnam in the field of manufacturing and trading
pharmaceutical products originating from medicinal herbs, being
the first manufacturer of medicines with medicinal herbs.
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II. Data Analysis
A. Liquidity ratios
1. Current ratio
a. Definition
This coefficient is used to measure the company's ability to pay short-
term debts with short-term assets, such as cash, receivables,
inventories, etc.
The higher the result, the greater the company's ability to repay the debt.
If the ratio is less than 1, the company is likely to be unable to pay its
debts, but that does not mean that the company will be bankrupt
because there are many ways to raise more capital.
Current Asset
Current ratio = Current liabilities
TRA
2017 2018 2019
Current asset 745,856,234,430 859,394,250,379 888,025,065,162
Current liability 380,752,817,539 312,184,478,659 343,492,701,045
Current ratio 1.958898792 2.752841058 2.585280742
OPC
2017 2018 2019
Current asset 603,344,990,064 692,766,199,851 824,478,243,009
Current liability 485,472,535,621 557,406,335,183 486,695,774,767
Current ratio 1.242799429 1.242838763 1.694032054
DHG
2017 2018 2019
Current asset 2,939,184,938,924 3,147,636,450,849 3,133,924,348,700
Current liability 1,264,936,829,442 1,001,487,737,988 704,899,493,292
Current ratio 2.323582388 3.142960549 4.445916586
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Chart1. Current ratio
b. Comment
Overall, the current ratio of all 3 companies is good, higher than 1. This
means all three companies are able to pay off their debts. In particular,
DHG had the highest rate throughout 3 years with 2.32, 3.14, 4.45, this
is a good ratio. Meanwhile, OPC had the lowest one with 1.24 in
2017and 2018, 1.69 in 2019, seems quite low. Specially, the current
ratio of TRA increased from 2017 to 2018 but after that it decreased from
2.75 to 2.59.
2. Acid-test ratio
a. Definition
A ratio indicates whether a company has enough short-term assets to
pay off its short-term debt without having to sell inventory. The quick
ratio is calculated by dividing the sum of the most liquid assets such as
cash, short-term investments, and accounts receivable by the total short-
term debt. Inventory is not included because it is difficult to transfer to
cash; prepaid expenses are not included in the same reason. The quick
ratio is much more rigorous than the current ratio because it excludes
inventory from the calculation.
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Quick assets Current assets−Inventory
Acid-test ratio = Current liabilities = Current liabilities
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TRA
2017 2018 2019
Current asset 745,856,234,430 859,394,250,379 888,025,065,162
Inventory 305,363,642,369 332,830,780,428 337,532,727,721
Quick Asset 440,492,592,061 526,563,469,951 550,492,337,441
Current liability 380,752,817,539 312,184,478,659 343,492,701,045
Acid-test ratio 1.1568991 1.686706118 1.602631834
OPC
2017 2018 2019
Current asset 603,344,990,064 692,766,199,851 824,478,243,009
Inventory 313,876,983,352 435,878,567,196 550,577,884,952
Quick Asset 289,468,006,712 256,887,632,655 273,900,358,057
Current liability 485,472,535,621 557,406,335,183 486,695,774,767
Acid-test ratio 0.596260314 0.46086242 0.562775295
DHG
2017 2018 2019
Current asset 2,939,184,938,924 3,147,636,450,849 3,133,924,348,700
Inventory 633,807,876,593 891,486,976,436 725,438,891,568
Quick Asset 2,305,377,062,331 2,256,149,474,413 2,408,485,457,132
Current liability 1,264,936,829,442 1,001,487,737,988 704,899,493,292
Acid-test ratio 1.822523472 2.252797901 3.416778534
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b. Comment
In general, we can see that OPC had an acid-test ratio under 1, it will
not be able to pay all the short-term debts immediately.
DHG and TRA remained relatively stable, DHG still has the highest ratio
from 1.82 in 2017 to 3.42 in 2019, which shows that the company does
not need to worry about whether it can pay off its debt in the short term
or not. While the ratio of OPC decreased from 0.6 in 2017 to 0.56 in
2019.
B. Activity ratios
TRA
2017 2018 2019
Net sales 1,870,441,856,927 1,798,349,666,292 1,710,439,468,422
Beginning AR 322,648,686,984 216,210,305,614 214,838,737,402
Ending AR 260,417,369,821 174,773,496,962 170,592,226,504
Average AR 291,533,028,403 195,491,901,288 192,715,481,953
AR Turnover 6.42 9.20 8.88
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OPC
2017 2018 2019
Net sales 961,734,848,206 1,002,477,640,022 989,389,861,098
Beginning AR 113,383,865,635 130,246,042,901 131,183,457,522
Ending AR 87,417,909,171 100,762,072,264 101,248,713,136
Average AR 100,400,887,403 115,504,057,583 116,216,085,329
AR Turnover 9.58 8.68 8.51
DHG
2017 2018 2019
Net sales 4,062,753,464,495 3,882,128,209,711 3,896,753,829,224
Beginning AR 719,249,119,395 731,782,427,552 713,195,095,904
Ending AR 642,389,311,764 651,089,030,818 631,263,453,548
Average AR 680,819,215,580 691,435,729,185 672,229,274,726
AR Turnover 5.97 5.61 5.80
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b. Comment
This may be important for you, because the customer owes the company
money, paying it early or late, and the money still belongs to the
company eventually. But it is quite important. In summary, the larger the
receivable turnover, the faster the rate of debt collection, the ability to
convert receivables to cash, which helps businesses improve cash flow.
Generally, the ratio of TRA increased markedly from 6.42 to 8.88 and
reached the peak at 9.20 in 2018 while OPC and DHG decreased
slightly. Although OPC had the highest ratio with 9.58 in 2017 but in
2018 and 2019 the TRA was the highest.
2. Inventory turnover
a. Definition
Inventory turnover shows the number of times a company has sold and
replaced inventory in a given period.
Low sales implies weak sales and possibly excess inventory, while a
high percentage implies strong sales or insufficient inventory.
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2017
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2018
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2019
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b. Comment
We can see that inventory sales of traphaco and Hau Giang have
decreased over the years, whereas OPC's inventory has shown
fluctuations. But the percentage of inventory of Hau Giang is always the
highest among the 3 companies from 2017-2019. This shows that if the
company ranks a large customer, it may not be enough and cause loss
of reputation for the company.
The higher the asset turnover ratio, the more efficient a company.
Conversely, if a company has a low asset turnover ratio, it indicates it is
not efficiently using its assets to generate sales.
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2017
Traphaco Hậu Giang OPC
2018
Traphaco Hậu Giang OPC
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2019
Comment
From 2017- 2018 Traphaco has a high total asset turnover, which shows
that this is a company that uses assets effectively. In contrast, OPC has
a low total asset turnover, which indicates that the company is not
effectively using its assets to generate sales.
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4. Day’s sale uncollected
a. Definition
Account Receivable
Day’s Sale Uncollected = Net Sales
x 365
2017
Traphaco Hậu Giang OPC
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2018
2019
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b. Comment
All three companies have very different debt collection times. Including
Traphaco, the highest collection time is about 28 days. Hau Giang in
2017 had a high debt collection time of about 66 days but counted in
2019 to 48 days. For OPC, the collection time is also very high, but
gradually decreases over the years.
5. Sale inventory
a. Definition
This indicator tells investors about the amount of time it takes for the
company to fully liquidate its inventory. Normally, if the index is low, it
means that the company is performing well, but it should be noted that
this index is very different between industries.
365 days
Day’s Sales in Inventory = Inventory Turnover
2017
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Traphaco Hậu Giang OPC
2019
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b. Comment
In general, Traphaco only needs about 140 -151 days to sell out its
inventory, Hau Giang needs about 109-135 days - a good product and
Ha Tay needs a very long time to liquidate peak inventory in 2018. is 240
days in 2017-2019.
C. Solvency Ratio
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2. Charts
ii. DHG
1. Data Table
2. Charts
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iii. OPC
1. Data table
2. Charts
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Conclusions:
- Based on the charts, we can see that:
- The company with the highest debt to asset ratio is OPC, whereas
the lowest is DHG.
- The debt to asset ratio of DHG has the tendency to decrease over the
years, which positively displays the potential of the company.
- However, the debt to assets ratio of both Traphaco and OPC has
fluctuated over time.
+When comparing the ratio between Q4 2018 and Q4 2019 of the
companies, OPC has decreased more than Traphaco.
- All of the ratios are below 1, meaning that a considerable portion of
assets is funded by equity, therefore a lower chance of bankruptcy.
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2. Times interest earned ratio
a. Definition
- Times Interest Earned (TIE) ratio is a measure of a company's ability
to meet its debt obligations based on its current income.
- The result shows how many times a company could cover its interest
charges with its pretax earnings.
b. Formula
Earnings before interest ∧taxes
¿ interest earned =
Interest expense
c. Data from selected companies
i. Traphaco
1. Data tables
2017 2018 2019
Earnings before interest and taxes 322,648,686,984 216,210,305,614 214,838,737,402
Interest Expense 2,583,109,219 12,203,877,990 17,764,076,691
Times interest earned ratio 124.9071021 17.71652468 12.09399966
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2. Charts
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ii. DHG
1. Data table
2017 2018 2019
Earnings before interest and taxes 719,249,119,395 731,782,427,552 713,195,095,904
Interest Expense 24,541,141,037 28,523,706,808 22,715,202,068
Times interest earned ratio 29.30789234 25.65523592 31.39725959
2. Charts
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iii. OPC
1. Data table
2017 2018 2019
Earnings before interest and taxes 36,072,232,219 29,970,405,793 40,948,443,914
Interest Expense 2,076,986,866 1,632,062,510 1,753,773,132
Times interest earned ratio 17.36757839 18.36351586 23.3487691
2. Charts
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d. Conclusions
- Based on the given charts:
- In 2019:
+ Traphaco has the lowest TIE ratio.
+ Both DHG and OPC saw a slight increase in the TIE ratio.
+ DHG maintains the top of the pack when it comes to the TIE ratio.
- Traphaco experienced the most fluctuations:
+ Earnings before interest and taxes decreased by a fourth from 2017
to 2018.
+ Interest Expense skyrocketed for 2018 and 2019, increased by nine
times in two years.
+ TIE ratio however plummeted by more than 10 times from 2017 to
2018 because of the sudden increase of Interest Expense.
- DHG has a slight fluctuation to all 3 numbers over the years, but TIE
ratio increases slightly when comparing from 2017 to 2019
- OPC also has a slight fluctuation when it comes to earnings and
interest expense, but the TIE ratio increases gradually over the years.
→ Overall, based solely on the TIE ratio, we can conclude that OPC
has the highest chance to complete long-term debt, where Traphaco
is the lowest.
b. Formula
Current Assets
WorkingCapital Ratio=
Current Liabilities
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c. Data from selected companies
i. Traphaco
1. Data table
2017 2018 2019
Current Assets 745,856,234 859,394,250 888,025,065
Current Liabilities 380,752,818 312,184,479 343,492,701
Working capital ratio 1.958898789 2.752841053 2.585280742
2. Charts
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ii. DHG
1. Data table
2017 2018 2019
Current Assets 2,939,184,939 3,147,636,451 3,133,924,349
Current Liabilities 1,264,936,829 1,001,487,738 704,899,493
Working capital ratio 2.323582389 3.142960549 4.445916588
2. Charts
iii. OPC
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1. Data table
2017 2018 2019
Current Assets 603,344,990 692,766,200 824,478,243
Current Liabilities 485,472,536 557,406,335 486,695,775
Working capital ratio 1.242799428 1.242838763 1.694032053
2. Charts
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d. Conclusions
- Overall, all three companies had a working capital ratio larger than
1 over the years, which indicates that there won’t have any major
potential liquidity problems.
- OPC has the lowest working capital ratio over 3 years compared to
two other companies, but it has the tendency to increase, which
indicates that the company is improving.
- Traphaco’s working capital ratio fluctuates between 3 years and
slightly decreased from 2018 to 2019.
- DHG witnessed the blooming increase in the working capital ratio,
which doubled from 2017 to 2019.
→ In conclusion, solely based on the working capital ratio, DHG has the
highest potential in financial solvency compared to two remaining
companies.
D. Profitability ratios
1. Return on assets.
a. Definition
- Net income is derived from the income statement of the company and
is the profit taxes.
b. Formula
Net income
Return on assets = Average total assets
TRAPHACO COMPANY
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Net income 241,103,175,375 156,277,889,721 153,427,254,762
DHG COMPANY
OPC COMPANY
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Chart 1: Return on Assets of three companies
d. Conclusion
- In 2017, all three companies had the highest return on assets. This
shows that in 2017, all three companies made a lot of profit from the
company's current total assets.
Inside:
- DHG's return on assets is the highest and remains after 1 year but
decreases in 2019 but not significantly.
- ranked last is the ratio of return on assets of the OPC company and
also decreased in 2018 and maintained that rate in 2019.
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2. Return on equity
a. Definition
b. Formula
Net income
Return on equity= Total equity
TRAPHACO COMPANY
DHG COMPANY
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OPC COMPANY
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d. Conclusion
- Traphaco also uses its capital inefficiently when the ratio of profit to
equity in 2017 is the second highest but declines sharply after the next 1
year and Traphaco's profit rate had lowest in 2018 and 2019.
In short, the ability to use capital of two businesses, Traphaco and DHG,
is ineffective despite the very high profits. In contrast, OPC businesses
have low profit margins but use capital extremely effectively.
- The ratio indicates the percentage of each dollar of revenue that the
company retains as gross profit.
b. Formula
(Net sales−COGS)
Gross Margin Ratio =
Net sales
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c. Data from selected companies
TRAPHACO COMPANY
DHG COMPANY
OPC COMPANY
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Chart 3: Gross Margin Ratio of three companies
d. Conclusion
- The Profit Margin Ratio is a profitability ratio that measures the amount
of net income earned with each dollar of sales generated by company.
- The Profit Margin Ratio shows what percentage of sales are left over
after all expenses are paid by the business.
b. Formula
Net income
Profit Margin Ratio = Net sales
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c. Data from selected companies
TRAPHACO COMPANY
DHG COMPANY
OPC COMPANY
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Chart 4: Profit Margin Ratio of three companies
d. Conclusion
- DHG has the highest profit margin among the 3 companies, and is
maintaining a stable level.
- OPC has the lowest profit margin and is on the rise over time.
- Traphaco has the second highest profit margin in 2017 but tends to
decrease sharply in 2018 and maintain such profit margin in 2019.
E. Market ratios
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well and the bonds will tend to be safer. (but considering the number of
shares outstanding)
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b. Formula
Net income− preferred dividends
Earning per share=
Weighted−average common shares outstanding
c. Data
*DHG 2017 2018 2019
Net income 642,407,977,142 653,029,446,317 635,388,096,114
Appropriation fund 70,050,228,907 71,834,018,091 25,061,642,883
Weighted-average common shares outstanding 130,746,071 130,746,071 130,746,071
EPS 4,378 4,445 4,668
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d. Conclusion
- Theoretically, all three companies achieve EPS> 1,500 -> the
profits of all 3 companies are good.
- DHG's EPS ratio was the highest and increased over the years
(although it is a small increase compared to the ideal increase index) ->
DHG's profitability is best among 3 companies.
- In 2017, TRA's EPS was the highest among the three companies
-> stockholders will be the most profitable. However, after that, the sharp
decline in net income made a decrease in EPS.
- In 2018 and 2019, EPS of TRA and OPC was nearly equal.
However, the number of shares outstanding of TRA was higher than that
of OPC -> OPC used capital more efficiently than TRA.
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b. Formula
Total assets−total liabilities
Book value per share=
Weighted−average common shares outstanding
c. Data
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d. Conclusion
- TRA had the highest book value per share, but no growth
- The book value per share of DHG and OPC increased steadily over
the years -> the increased in real value of companies
c. Data
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Market value per share 60 49.6 46
d. Conclusion
- In general, DHG's EPS is much higher than that of OPC and TRA,
this has affected investors' psychology, investors are willing to buy
DHG's shares even though P / E of BHG is higher.
- P / E of DHG tends to fluctuate year by year. In 2018, DHG's P / E
ratio dropped sharply to 17.79 compared to 2017, but in 2019, this
ratio increased slightly again in 2019.
- Although TRA's EPS has been steadily declining over the years, its
P / E ratio has decreased, suggesting that the company's valuation is
lower due to the company's lower business performance than before.
- In 2018, DHG and OPS's EPS increased, but P / E decreased ->
companies are undervalued, the right time to buy stocks.
- P / E ratio of DHG and TRA is high and higher than OPC, showing
that investors' expectation about the future growth in share earnings
of DHG and TRA is higher than that of OPC
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4. Price to book ratio
a. Definition
- The price-to-book ratio, or P/B ratio, is a financial ratio used to
compare a company's current market price to its book value.
- Similar to P / E, high P / B shows investors' expectations about the
future development of the business. (However, we need to pay
attention to the liabilities of the business, a company with large debt
will make BVPS low leading to high P / B).
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b. Formula
Market value per share
Price ¿ book ratio=
Book value per share
c. Data
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d. Conclusion
- In general, both the P / B and the market value per share of OPC was
the lowest -> Small business size, investors evaluate the
development potential of OPC lower than TRA and DHG
- DHG and TRA had high P / B (market value> book value) ->
companies perform quite well
- However, all 3 companies decreased P / B ratios over the years,
especially in 2018 compared to 2017 -> in general, P / B valuations
are down in the pharmaceutical industry.
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III. References:
https://s.cafef.vn/hose/DHG-cong-ty-co-phan-
duoc-hau-giang.chn
http://www.dhgpharma.com.vn/en/
https://s.cafef.vn/hose/OPC-cong-ty-co-phan-
duoc-pham-opc.chn
https://opcpharma.com/
https://s.cafef.vn/hose/TRA-cong-ty-co-phan-
traphaco.chn
https://traphaco.vn/
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