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Title:Market Investing
Moderator:2155::michaud
Created:Thu Jan 23 1992
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1060
Total number of notes:10477

761.0. "Opinions on Board and Chemical ?" by 29881::HALLER () Fri Aug 19 1994 16:21

  Does anyone have opinions on Board and Chemical.(BORDCH - NYSE) 
They manufacture PVC and presently trade around 18.5
bob 
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761.1There must be more to this storyMARIN::DODGETue Aug 23 1994 20:5411
    I think you mean Borden Chemical.  This stock amazes me. It should
    have crashed long ago.  It pays a very high dividend, but hasn't
    covered it with real earnings in years.  Their dividend payout ratio
    was around 150%.  A company can't sustain that for long.
    
    Having said that, one of my uncles owns shares of Borden that he bought
    at $12.00.  I told him to sell after the next dividend.  He has held on
    while the price has shot up to $18, and collected dividends along the
    way.  I guess I don't understand this very well.
    
    I still wouldn't buy any.
761.2CAPNET::ROSCHWed Aug 24 1994 13:11192
Borden Chem                      Ticker: BCU        Price: 14.25   
180 East Broad Street                                     
Columbus              OH     43215-3799             (614) 225-7163

    Exchange: New York              
Dow Averages: No                 Shadow Stock: 
                                              [ ]    Optionable:[X]
 S&P Indexes: No            

Description:  Mfr chemicals & polyvinyl chloride                

                                 | Industry # 10     |  Industry # 101
                         Company |Chemicals          |Chemicals                
                                 |                   |
Multiples                        |                   |
 Price/Earnings ......... 285.0  |        32.7       |         31.1
 Price/Earnings-5yr Avg..    NA  |        27.9       |         25.9
 Price/Book .............   2.32 |         3.73      |          3.74
 Price/Sales ............   1.1  |         1.3       |          1.7
 Price/Cash flow.........  11.7  |        11.3       |         10.4
 Dividend Yield (%)......   4.8  |         0.5       |          0.0
PE to Growth Ratio.......    NE  |         1.4       |          1.0
                                 |                   |
Annual Growth Rates              |                   |
 Revenue (%).............  -1.8  |         8.2       |          0.6
 Cost of Goods Sold (%)..   3.1  |         5.9       |          3.1
 Gross Operating Inc (%). -15.3  |        11.3       |          1.3
 Net Income (%).......... -19.2  |        -0.5       |         -8.8
 EPS-Total (%)........... -19.2  |         5.6       |        -11.1
 EPS-Continuing (%)...... -19.2  |         5.6       |        -12.0
 Cash Flow (%)........... -21.5  |
                                 |         6.4       |         -2.9
 Dividend (%)............ -25.9  |         0.0       |          0.0


I/B/E/S EARNINGS ESTIMATES

EPS-Cont for Latest Fiscal Year (93/12)($).    -0.04
EPS-Cont for Last 12 Months($).............     0.05

Historic Growth (5 yr. Annualized)(%)......    -19.2

                         Current   Previous
                         Month's   Month's     High      Low
                         Estimate  Estimate  Estimate  Estimate
                         --------  --------  --------  --------
EPS-Cont for Current
Fiscal Year (94/12)($)..     .95       .95      1.10       .80

EPS-Cont for Next
Fiscal Year (95/12)($)..    1.20      1.20      1.50       .90


Long-term growth(%).....      NA        NA        NA        NA
                                                                          

Borden Chem                      Ticker: BCU        Price: 14.25   

INCOME STATEMENT DATA

Indicated Dividend ($):    0.69

                                      Quarterly, Ending
                           94/03      93/12      93/09      93/06
                         --------   --------   --------   --------
EPS-Total ($)...........     0.10       0.12      -0.04      -0.13
EPS-Continuing ($)......     0.10       0.12      -0.04      -0.13
Dividend ($)............     0.18       0.12       0.18       0.30

                           93/03      92/12      92/09      92/06
                         --------   --------   --------   --------
EPS ($).................     0.01       0.02       0.02       0.36
EPS-Continuing ($)......     0.01       0.02       0.02       0.36
Dividend ($)............     0.31       0.32       0.51       0.45

                                                               
                Last                    Annual, Ending
              12 Months    93/12     92/12       91/12      90/12      89/12
             ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Sales $M....      461.7      433.3      401.8      410.0      420.6      465.9
CoGS $M.....      379.5      354.8      294.4      275.0      294.4      313.6
Gr Op Inc $M       82.2       78.5      107.4      135.0      126.2      152.3
Net Inc $M..        1.9       -1.4       26.8       51.0       44.8       68.8

Gr Margin %.       17.8       18.1       26.7       32.9       30.0       32.7
Net Margin %        0.4       -0.3        6.7       12.4       10.7       14.8

EPS-Total $.       0.05      -0.04       0.73       1.39       1.22       1.87
EPS-Cont $..       0.05      -0.04       0.73       1.39       1.22       1.87
Cash Flow $.       1.22       1.13       1.92       2.54       2.33       2.97
Dividend $..       0.78       0.91       1.80       1.98       1.78       3.02
Payout Ratio          G          L      246.6      142.4      145.9      161.5

Shares (Mil)       36.8       36.8       36.8       36.8       36.8       36.8
                                                                          

Borden Chem                      Ticker: BCU        Price: 14.25   

BALANCE SHEET ($ in Millions)                                         
                                               Annual, Ending
                                   93/12           92/12           91/12
                               --------------  --------------  --------------
Current Assets.................         107.8           100.6           110.4
Net Fixed Assets...............         306.0           335.1           369.2
Other Non-Current Assets.......          30.6            31.0            27.5
                               --------------  --------------  --------------
 Total Assets..................         444.4           466.7           507.1
                               ==============  ==============  ==============


Current Liabilities............          61.4            54.0            62.0
Long-Term Debt.................         150.0           150.0           150.0
Other Non-Current Liabilities..           2.8             2.1             2.6
                               --------------  --------------  --------------
 Total Liabilities.............         214.2           206.1           214.6

Preferred Stock................           0.0           210.9           235.1
Common Stock Equity............         230.2            49.7            57.4
                               --------------  --------------  --------------
 Total Liabilities & Equity....         444.4           466.7           507.1
                               ==============  ==============  ==============


Total Capitalization...........         380.2           410.6           442.5



                                        Industry # 10      Industry # 101
RATIOS                       Company |Chemicals        |Chemicals               
                                     |                 |
Profitability:                       |                 |
                                                       |
 Gross Profit Margin (%)....    17.8 |        57.1     |         38.3
 Net Profit Margin (%)......     0.4 |         2.4     |          1.3
 Return on Total Assets (%).     0.4 |         2.7     |          1.9
 Return on Equity (%).......     0.8 |        10.1     |          7.8
                                     |                 |
Liquidity:                           |                 |
 Quick Ratio................     1.2 |         1.7     |          1.4
 Current Ratio..............     1.8 |         3.0     |          2.6
                                     |                 |
Debt Management:                     |                 |
 Tot Liab to Tot Assets (%).    48.2 |        47.5     |         84.0
 LT Debt to Capital (%).....    39.5 |        20.1     |         43.9
                                     |                 |
Asset Management:                    |                 |
 Total Asset Turnover Ratio.     1.0 |         1.0     |          1.4


Borden Chem                      Ticker: BCU        Price: 14.25   

SHARE SUMMARY

Price Last: 14.25       52-Week High: 15.13       52-Week Low: 8.25    

                      Last       1 Qtr      2 Qtr      3 Qtr      4 Qtr
                     Quarter      Ago        Ago        Ago        Ago
                    --------   --------   --------   --------   --------
Price Close ($)....    14.25      11.50      10.00       9.50      11.50


                      1993       1992       1991       1990       1989
                    --------   --------   --------   --------   --------
Price Close ($)....    10.00      13.75      13.75       8.50      10.75
      High ($).....    17.13      22.88      14.75      12.63      24.00
      Low ($)......     8.25      12.38       8.38       7.50       9.88


Moving Average-200 Day ($)............      11.60
Relative Strength-52 Week (%).........        116
Beta..................................       0.83

Average Weekly Volume-52 Week.........       6079
Market Capitalization ($Million)......      524.4
Institutional Holdings (% of Shrs)....        7.6


VALUATIONS
                                   EPS   | Dividends | Cash Flow |   Sales   |
Current Marke Multiplier: m ...    285.0 |    18.3   |    11.7   |     1.1   |
                                         |           |           |           |
Latest Reported ($/shr): lr ...     0.05 |    0.78   |    1.22   |   12.55   |
                                         |           |           |           |
Annual Growth Rate (%): g .....    -19.2 |   -25.9   |   -21.5   |    -1.8   |
                                         |           |           |           |
Trend ($): t = lr * (1 + g) ...     0.04 |    0.58   |    0.96   |   12.32   |
                                         |           |           |           |
 Valuation ($): v = m * t .....    11.51 |   10.56   |   11.21   |   13.55   |
                                         |
                                         |
PE Average Market Multiplier: m       NA |
                                         |
 Valuation ($): v = m * t .....       NC |  


761.3BCP was preferred , BCU was common, still ?DABEAN::NEARYWed Aug 24 1994 21:1514
    I n the past I've owned Borden Chem & Plastics (BCU , BCP on NYSE).
    These were set up as Limited parternships. That's why the high payout.
    The dividend 'used to be' guarenteed. I think the partnerships dissolve
    next year- I don't think the div is still guaranteed. 
    Before you by (aside from doing  "regular" research ), also keep in
    mind that it WAS (assume still is) a Limited partnership. If nothing
    else it means that you fill out lots of paperwork at tax time.
    (That was why I sold it in the same year I bought it - before 12/31).
    It used to be that BCP was the preferred issue- received div first
    and the BCU was the 'units' issue. BCU sometimes got a larger,
    sometimes a smaller dividend - it depended on the Net income for the
    year. So with the BCu you took your chances , on the BCP you had a
    minimum guaranteed dividend.
    
761.4Pray tell us what tool!GLDOA::RAOR. V. Rao Tue Aug 30 1994 00:3111
    
    
    re .2
    
    Mr. Rosch, can you tell me how (and where) you got that analysis?
    Would you mind doing one on Sequent Computer. One of my friends is
    telling me that it is a good deal.
    
    Regards
    
    RV
761.5AAIISICAPNET::ROSCHTue Aug 30 1994 12:321
    see 744.1