Scripscan:Usha Martin Education & Solutions Ltd
Cmp:18
Traded in:Nse-bse
Story:UshaMartinAcademy: The company’s management & business courses are in demand.Student enrollment is higher than the corresponding period the previous year.
UM Schools : UMESL has started it’s schools management initiative by enabling 12 K12 schools in the eastern region. It has started the primary section in these schools & will scale up till 12th standard over the next few years.Obviously being the 1st year of operation, student occupancy is low, but this is expected to pick up as the schools establish a name for themselves in quality education (should be a given, with the Pearson connection)The company plans to enable another 2 dozen + schools in the next academic year, and would manage around 200 schools in 5-7 years time.While the new schools would be a drag on the bottom line (in the consolidated numbers) in the first 2-3 years of operation, the author feels that they will be milch cows at a later stage.
Vocational Training : UMESL has announced it’s entry into vocational & technical education. It will enable students to be industry ready with it’s technical & vocational courses. This is a crying need of industry, and UMESL is moving in the right direction to tap this need.
UM People Search : This recently started Recruitment Services division of UMESL plans to have a presence in all major cities inIndiaby the end of the financial year. Once it establishes itself as a top recruitment company over the next few years (which this author expects to happen, given the pedigree & connections of the promoter group), this division could turn out to be another money spinner for UMESL.
Author’s View : To sum up, though the stock trades at 18X it’s face value of Rs 1/-, the author suggests to hold ,as the earnings picture can change completely over the next few years.
Source:Bosco
