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JOHNHOLT · John Holt Plc

Illiquid Quality Compounder Quality 4/5
Distress proxy: 53.05 (Safe)
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Conglomerates / Diversified Industries · Main Board
Composite score
67.5
Tier: Illiquid
Last close
₦11
As of latest snapshot
30-day ADV
₦1.8M
Liquidity signal
Market cap
₦3.93B
Conglomerates
Valuation
60
Financials
80
Technical
62
AI bottom line

JOHNHOLT trades at a compelling 5.7x P/E and 0.8x P/B—well below sector medians of 12.6x and 1.7x—while posting a strong 31.9% net margin and 34.5% FCF yield, signaling deep undervaluation. The critical constraint is illiquid trading (₦1.8M daily ADV), which limits entry and exit capacity for institutional positions despite the attractive fundamentals.

Stock Snowflake 5-axis radar

Blue = JOHNHOLT. Gold dash = Conglomerates median. Bigger area = better across the five research dimensions.

What the model is seeing

  • Trades at P/E 5.7x — about 55% below the Conglomerates median of 12.6x.
  • P/B of 0.8x — trading below book value, often a value signal (or a quality flag if persistent).
  • Free cash flow yield of 34.5% — strong cash generation relative to market cap.
  • Net margin of 31.9% — robust pricing power and cost discipline.

Risk flags

Thin liquidity — 30d ADV ≈ ₦1.8M

Price & trend

Close price with 50-day and 200-day moving averages, last 12 months.

Composite score history

How the model has rated this stock over the available history. Tier changes happen at 75 / 60 / 40.

Key metrics

Valuation

P/E ratio5.7x
P/B ratio0.8x
P/S ratio2.0x
EV/EBITDA17.7x
FCF yield34.5%

Financials

ROE13.0%
ROA6.1%
Net margin31.9%
FCF margin69.9%
Debt / Equity0.2x

Technical

Last close₦11
Above 50d MA-26.0%
Above 200d MA15.7%
ADX (trend)95.9
RSI10.5

Dividend history

No cash or share dividends recorded in the historical dataset.

Peers in Conglomerates

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TRANSCORP 68.8 4.4x 1.7x 22.5% Accumulate
VFDGROUP 59.6 12.6x 1.3x 6.2% Neutral
UACN 53.6 24.7x 6.7x 24.6% Neutral
CHELLARAM 50.5 20.6x 2.2x 16.6% Illiquid

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