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KLX Energy ascents over 7 percent despite modest market dip

June 24, 2020  By
In this post, I will digest KLX Energy. We will look into why despite regular market tumult, the longer-term fundamental drivers of the firm are still sound. Is the stock operations in 2020 sustainable? Here we are going to cover KLX Energy perspective on valuation to give you a better outlook on taking a position in this stock. We estimate KLX Energy as currently overvalued. The real value is approaching 1.92 per share.
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This firm currently holds 243 M in liabilities with Debt to Equity (D/E) ratio of 0.78, which is about average as compared to similar companies. The company currently holds 243 M in liabilities with Debt to Equity (D/E) ratio of 0.78, which is about average as compared to similar companies. KLX Energy Services has a current ratio of 3.46, suggesting that it is liquid enough and is able to pay its financial obligations when they are due. We provide buy, hold, or sell recommendation to complement the last-minute expert consensus on KLX Energy Services. Our dynamic recommendation engine harnesses multi - dimensional algorithm to analyze the entity potential to grow using all technical and fundamental data available now. KLX Energy dividends can provide a clue to the current valuation of the stock. The firm is not expected to issue dividends this year as it trying to preserve or re-invest any of the funds available for distribution to stakeholders.
We determine the current worth of KLX Energy Services using both absolute as well as relative valuation methodologies to arrive at its intrinsic value. In general, an absolute valuation paradigm, as applied to this company, attempts to find the value of KLX Energy Services based exclusively on its fundamental and basic technical indicators. By analyzing KLX Energy's financials, quarterly and monthly indicators, and related drivers such as dividends, operating cash flow, and various types of growth rates, we attempt to find the most accurate representation of KLX Energy's intrinsic value. In some cases, mostly for established, large-cap companies, we also incorporate more traditional valuation methods such as dividend discount, discounted cash flow, or asset-based models. As compared to an absolute model, our relative valuation model uses a comparative analysis of KLX Energy. We calculate exposure to KLX Energy's market risk, different technical and fundamental indicators, relevant financial multiples and ratios, and then comparing them to KLX Energy's related companies.

KLX Energy Services Investment Alerts

KLX investment alerts and warnings help investors to get more proficient at understanding not only critical technical and fundamental signals but also the significant portfolio-centered indicators. These indicators include beta, alpha, and other risk-related measures that will help you in monitoring KLX Energy Services performance across your portfolios.Please check all investment alerts for KLX

KLX Energy Valuation Ratios as Compared to Competition

Our valuation model uses many indicators to compare KLX value to that of its competitors to determine the firm's financial worth. You can analyze the relationship between different fundamental ratios across KLX Energy competition to find correlations between indicators driving the intrinsic value of KLX.

KLX Energy Gross Profit

KLX Energy Gross Profit growth is one of the most critical measures in evaluating the company. The Gross Profit growth rate is calculated simply by comparing KLX Energy previous period's values with its current period's values. Each time period you're measuring should be of equal lengths the increase or decrease, in a company's Gross Profit between two periods. Here we show KLX Energy Gross Profit growth over the last 10 years. Please check KLX Energy's gross profit and other fundamental indicators for more details.

Details

KLX Energy Services secures negative usage of assets of -0.41 %, realizing only $0.0041 for each dollar of assets held by the firm. Unsuccessful asset utilization conveys that the company is being less competent with each dollar of assets it secures. Strictly speaking asset utilization of KLX Energy Services shows how unproductive it operates for each dollar spent on its assets. The entity has a beta of -0.1479. Let's try to break down what KLX Energy's beta means in this case. The returns on MARKET and KLX Energy are completely uncorrelated. The beta indicator helps investors understand whether KLX Energy moves in the same direction as the rest of the market, and how volatile (i.e., risky) it is compared to the market (i.e., selected benchmark). In other words, if KLX Energy deviates very little from the market, it does not add much risk to the portfolio, but it also doesn't increase the expected returns. The firm reported previous year revenue of 544 M. Net Loss for the year was (96.4 M) with profit before overhead, payroll, taxes, and interest of 81.2 M. KLX Energy Average Equity is rather stable at the moment. Also, KLX Energy Earnings Before Interest Taxes and Depreciation Amortization EBITDA is increasing over the last 6 years.
 2017 2018 2019 (projected)
Revenues USD320.5 M495.3 M544 M
Revenues320.5 M495.3 M544 M

Possible reversal in July 2020

As of the 24th of June, KLX Energy secures the market risk adjusted performance of (22.06), risk adjusted performance of 0.4376, and mean deviation of 12.94. KLX Energy Services technical analysis lets you operate historical price patterns with an objective to determine a pattern that forecasts the direction of the firm's future prices. Strictly speaking, you can use this information to find out if the firm will indeed mirror its model of past prices, or the prices will eventually revert. We were able to analyze and collect data for nineteen technical drivers for KLX Energy, which can be compared to its peers in the industry. Please verify KLX Energy Services jensen alpha and downside variance to decide if KLX Energy Services is priced more or less accurately, providing market reflects its recent price of 2.86 per share. Please also check out KLX Energy total risk alpha, which is currently at 0.5849 to check the company can sustain itself at some point in the future.

Our Final Take On KLX Energy

While many of the other players under oil & gas equipment & services industry are still a little expensive, even after the recent corrections, KLX Energy may offer a potential longer-term growth to investors. To conclude, as of 24th of June 2020, our ongoing 30 days buy-sell advice on the firm is Strong Sell. We believe KLX Energy is overvalued with close to average chance of bankruptcy for the next two years. With a less-than optimistic outlook for your 30 days horizon, it may be a good time to short some or all of your KLX Energy holdings as it seems the potential growth was already fully factored into the current price. Please use our equity advice module to run different scenarios to ensure your current risk level and investment horizon are fully reflective of your current investing preferences in regards to KLX Energy.

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Vlad Skutelnik is a Macroaxis Contributor. Vlad covers stocks, funds, cryptocurrencies, and ETFs that are traded in North America, focusing primarily on fundamentals, valuation and market volatility. He has many years of experience in fintech, predictive investment analytics, and risk management. View Profile
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