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Acomo NV ACOMO QQQQ Q 15 Sep 2023, 22:34 UTC

Economic Moat Q Uncertainty Q Price/Fair Value Q ESG Risk Rating Assessment 1 Trailing Dividend Yield % Market Cap Investment Style Sector Industry
None High 0.9 ;;;;; 6.00 592.3549 Mil Small Core Consumer Food Distribution
Defensive
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40
Fair ValueQ oant

30
23.14

Last Close
20 20.00

10
Overvalued

Fairly Valued

5 Undervalued
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 YTD Performance
1.05 1.12 0.96 0.99 1.07 0.82 1.06 1.04 1.09 0.83 0.86 Price/Fair Value
24.24 20.91 27.83 -5.60 20.84 -23.09 24.71 6.02 19.14 -20.03 11.46 Total Return %
0.22 12.33 15.50 -16.34 2.23 -13.90 -7.79 -8.90 -17.97 2.54 5.24 +/- Index
As of 15 Sep 2023 | Index: Morningstar Netherlands GR EUR. Fair Value data as of 15 Sep 2023, 22:34 UTC.
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Key Metrics as of 15 Sep 2023 Business Description volatility has ranged between 13.66% and 18.00%.
Acomo NV is a holding company of an international
Metrics Percentile in Sector
group of companies. It is involved in the business Economic Moat as of 15 Sep 2023
Earnings Yield (%) 7.9 82.0 of sourcing, processing, trading, packaging, and Quantitatively, we do not believe Acomo has an
Sales Yield (%) 236.3 77.0 distribution of conventional and organic food in- economic moat. Its moat score of 0.43 corresponds
Book Value Yield (%) 68.9 61.0 gredients and solutions for the food and beverage to the 41st percentile in the consumer defensive
Return on Assets (%)* 5.2 65.0
industry. It operates in five segments: Spices and sector. Furthermore, this rating last differed from
Nuts, Edible seeds, Tea, Food ingredients, and Or- its previous rating of Narrow on 08/14/2023, when
Revenue(Bil)* 1.5 65.0 ganic Ingredients. the company's moat score fell from its maximum of
Market Value (Mil) 623.6 58.0 0.77 (score of 1 indicates greatest economic moat).
Valuation as of 16 Sep 2023 The company also maintains a quantitative finan-
Enterprise Value (Mil) 919.9 60.0
Morningstar maintains a 4-star quantitative star cial health rating of Moderate. Its score sits at the
EVMV Ratio 1.5 72.0
rating for Acomo, derived from the firm's valuation 64th percentile overall and the 60th percentile in
Volatility TTM (%) 14.3 18.0 and uncertainty scores. the sector.
The company's shares last closed at 19.74, below Examining the company's financials and market
Drawdown TTM (%) 12.8 23.0
our quantitative fair value estimate of 22.83. These statistics, we find these ratings are principally driv-
Volume (K) 26.5 32.0
shares have traded between a 27.16% and 4.78% en by its book value yield and enterprise value-to-
*30 Jun 2023 0% 25 50 75 100 discount to their fair value estimate over the past market value ratio. The book value yield is 68.90%,
year. In Morningstar's equity coverage universe for sitting at the 61st percentile in the consumer de-
Economic Moat History as of 15 Sep 2023 this methodology, the company's valuation rating fensive sector. The company's enterprise value-to-
lands at the 77th percentile; in the consumer de- market value ratio is 1.48, corresponding to the
No Moat Narrow Moat Wide Moat 76th percentile in the equity coverage universe and
0.00-0.70 0.71-0.99 0.99-1.00 fensive sector, the firm's score lies at the 69th per-
centile (meaning the shares are more undervalued the 72nd percentile in the sector.
1.0 than 69% of stocks in the sector).
Furthermore, Acomo maintains a quantitative valu- Fundamentals as of 16 Sep 2023
ation uncertainty rating of High. Acomo reports earnings per share of 1.55. Its re-
The company has held this star rating since the turn on invested capital is 6.23%. The company
0.5 previous rating of 3, which was last assigned on maintains a dividend yield of 6.12%, paying out
09/07/2023. The uncertainty rating for Acomo has 80.65% of earnings. These values are calculated
remained High since the previous rating of Very over a trailing 12-month period.
High, which was last assigned on 08/28/2023. As of last market close, Acomo has a price-to-earn-
0.0
The key factors behind these ratings are the com- ings ratio of 12.9, falling at the 27th percentile in
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 pany's earnings yield and volatility. The earnings its sector (where a lower percentile means a lower
yield is 7.85%, and its maximum annualized trailing ratio) and ranging between 9.55 and 14.32 over the
12-month volatility is 18.00%. The earnings yield past year. The company's price-to-free cash flow
falls at the 82nd percentile in the consumer de- ratio is 4.69, falling at the 10th percentile in its sec-
fensive sector while the volatility is at the 18th per- tor and ranging between 4.57 and 10.25 over the
centile. Over the past year, the company's earnings past year.
yield has been between 7.80% and 10.47%; its
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Acomo NV ACOMO QQQQ Q 15 Sep 2023, 22:34 UTC

Economic Moat Q Uncertainty Q Price/Fair Value Q ESG Risk Rating Assessment 1 Trailing Dividend Yield % Market Cap Investment Style Sector Industry
None High 0.9 ;;;;; 6.00 592.3549 Mil Small Core Consumer Food Distribution
Defensive
6 Sep 2023 05:00, UTC

Earnings as of 15 Sep 2023 Dividends as of 17 Sep 2023 Valuation as of 17 Sep 2023


Earnings % Percentile in Sector Stock Price Payout Ratio

Dividend Yield* 6.1 88.0


40 92.00% ACOMO is Under
Valued at a 14%
Payout Ratio* 80.7 78.0 Fair ValueQ oant

discount.
30 69.00 23.14
UncertaintyQ : oant
Economic Moat
Price to Earnings 12.9 27.0 High None
Financial Health
Price to Cash Flow 4.7 10.0 20 46.00 Last Close Moderate
20.00 1-Star Price
ROIC** 6.2 52.0
28.84
*31 Aug 2023 0% 25 50 75 100 10 23.00 5-Star Price
**30 Jun 2023
18.56
0 0.00
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Contact Financials as of 17 Sep 2023 (Fiscal Year End 31 Dec 2023)


WTC, Beursplein 37, Rotterdam, ZH 3011 AA 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 YTD Fiscal
+31 104051195 584 619 682 682 710 700 701 707 1,254 1,423 668 Revenue (Mil)
— 40 47 47 50 46 45 47 40 80 85 36 Operating Income (Mil)
https://www.acomo.nl 6.88 7.65 6.91 7.39 6.54 6.43 6.66 5.63 6.4 5.97 5.45 Operating Margin (%)
27 33 32 34 32 31 32 27 54 55 22 Net Income (Mil)
1.16 1.39 1.34 1.42 1.33 1.26 1.30 1.09 1.82 1.85 0.75 Diluted Earnings/Share
26 37 21 47 50 19 60 35 -36 73 54 Operating Cash Flow (Mil)
-7,140 -2,658 -4,829 -3,571 -5,736 -5,559 -7,801 -5,348 -7,768 -6,647 -6,647 Capital Spending (K)
19 35 16 43 44 14 52 30 -44 66 54 Free Cash Flow (Mil)
24 24 24 24 25 25 25 30 30 30 30 Avg Shares Outstand(Mil)

Valuation as of 17 Sep 2023


2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Current Calendar
1.05 1.12 0.96 0.99 1.07 0.82 1.06 1.04 1.09 0.83 0.86 Price/Fair Value
0.66 0.78 0.87 0.73 0.85 0.62 0.72 0.72 0.82 0.42 0.43 Price/Sales
13.79 14.89 16.82 15.66 17.08 14.03 16.30 15.81 17.91 9.98 12.90 Price/Earnings
12.79 14.57 17.77 16.37 10.62 46.45 10.67 11.86 23.52 — 4.45 Price/Cash Flow
3.17 3.33 3.46 3.00 3.21 2.31 2.62 3.07 2.25 1.39 1.47 Price/Book

Operating Performance as of 17 Sep 2023 (Fiscal Year End 31 Dec 2023)


2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Q3 Fiscal (%)
10.09 10.76 9.4 9.79 9.28 8.85 8.96 5.09 6.87 6.33 — Return on Assets
21.67 23.39 20.14 19.58 17.65 16.43 16.18 11.01 16.54 14.09 — Return on Equity
14.34 15.28 12.99 13.19 12.83 12.4 12.43 6.64 9.0 8.66 — Rtn on Invested Capital

Dividends as of 17 Sep 2023


2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Current Calendar (%)
0.72 1.00 1.10 1.00 1.15 0.70 1.00 1.10 — 1.05 1.20 Dividend Per Share
4.35 5.26 — 4.78 4.77 4.01 4.82 5.26 — 5.52 6.0 Trailing Dividend Yield
— — — — — — — — — — 0.0 Buyback Yield

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Appendix

Economic Moat History as of 15 Sep 2023 (No Moat: 0.00-0.70, Narrow Moat: 0.70-0.99, Wide Moat: 0.99-1.00)
Year January February March April May June July August September October November December
2023 0.43 0.54 0.54 0.66 0.60 0.77 0.60 0.42 0.43 — — —
2022 0.65 0.74 0.46 0.46 0.61 0.69 0.71 0.71 0.48 0.56 0.39 0.36
2021 0.54 0.61 0.70 0.67 0.52 0.64 0.50 0.45 0.46 0.52 0.52 0.59
2020 0.63 0.29 0.81 0.65 0.68 0.62 0.49 0.40 0.63 0.64 0.61 0.65
2019 0.56 0.67 0.39 0.61 0.36 0.50 0.44 0.52 0.22 0.50 0.69 0.63
2018 0.60 0.62 0.66 0.59 0.56 0.54 0.36 0.56 0.56 0.54 0.57 0.52

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Four-Star – the stock is somewhat undervalued.


Quantitative Equity Reports Overview Log (Quant FVE/Price) between (0.5*Quantitative Uncertainty, 1*Quantitative
Uncertainty)
Micro-Caps: Log (Quant FVE/Price) between (0.75*Quantitative Uncertainty,
1.5*Quantitative Uncertainty)
Five-Star – the stock is undervalued with a reasonable margin of safety.
The quantitative report on equities consists of data, statistics and quantitative Log (Quant FVE/Price) > 1*Quantitative Uncertainty
equity ratings on equity securities. Morningstar, Inc.’s quantitative equity Micro-Caps: Log (Quant FVE/Price) > 1.5*Quantitative Uncertainty
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based on Morningstar Inc.’s analyst-driven equity ratings and quantitative After the initial calculation for the star rating, there is a final filtering step
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however, Mr. Lee Davidson, Head of Quantitative Research for Morningstar, maximum of 3 stars.
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