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BWCL

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Bestway Cement Limited

Cement · 1.16% of the KSE-100

Price

Rs 196.51

Market cap

Rs 112.1bn

12-month return

+40.1%

Rank

52 of 101

50composite

Rule-based49

ML ranker53

Conviction62

Why the engine ranks it here

Bestway Cement Limited (BWCL) screens as fairly valued against the rest of the KSE-100, ranking 52 of 101 on a composite score of 50/100.

Bestway Cement Limited sits in the Cement sector and scores best on price trend (58/100), weakest on valuation (40/100). At PKR 196.51 the shares trade on a P/E of 1.3x, 0.22x book, a 60.0% dividend yield. The Piotroski F-Score is 9 of 9 (very strong) and the Altman Z''-Score is 8.24 (financially sound).

What it does well

BWCL is unusually steady at 25.1% annualised volatility.

Price trend

BWCL is up 45.3% over the last year excluding the latest month.

Price trend

BWCL has beaten the KSE-100 by 11.9% over six months.

Price trend

What holds it back

BWCL holds only 1.57x of current assets against current liabilities.

Balance-sheet strength

BWCL offers only a 76.3% earnings yield.

Valuation

BWCL free cash flow yield is 54.1%.

Valuation

What would change this view

→ a pull-back in the share price, or earnings catching up with the current multiple

Five-pillar breakdown

Each pillar scores the company against sector peers, where 50 is the sector average.

Profitability & earnings quality30% weight54

Valuation25% weight40

Balance-sheet strength20% weight51

Growth15% weight46

Price trend10% weight58

The classic screens

Piotroski tests nine accounting facts about improvement; Altman scores the distance from financial distress.

Piotroski F-Score

9 / 9

very strong · 9 of 9 tests passed

Altman Z''-Score

8.24

safe zone · safe above 5.85

Profitable on assets

ROA 9.3%

Cash generative

CFO PKR 114,232m

Returns improving

ROA 9.3% vs 3.8% a year ago

Earnings backed by cash

CFO PKR 114,232m vs profit PKR 85,608m

Deleveraging

debt/assets 0.30 vs 0.30

Liquidity improving

current ratio 1.57 vs 1.56

Margin expanding

gross margin 43.7% vs 28.1%

Assets working harder

asset turnover 1.05x vs 1.01x

No shareholder dilution

571m shares vs 571m

Altman components

Working capital / assets0.138

Retained earnings / assets0.527

Operating profit / assets0.153

Equity / liabilities1.280

Sales / assets1.051

Price history

Weekly closes. Beta 1.19 against the index, annualised volatility 25%, RSI 49.

+266.0% over this window

Reported accounts

The last twelve quarters as filed, in PKR millions. The publication date is what the engine uses to decide when a figure became knowable.

Quarter	Revenue	Gross profit	Operating	Net income	EPS	Filed
2025 Q4	Rs 254.1bn	Rs 111.9bn	Rs 37.3bn	Rs 23.1bn	40.41	2026-04-30
2025 Q3	Rs 240.9bn	Rs 96.2bn	Rs 31.3bn	Rs 18.8bn	32.97	2025-11-14
2025 Q2	Rs 256.3bn	Rs 115.9bn	Rs 38.9bn	Rs 24.1bn	42.24	2025-08-14
2025 Q1	Rs 250.7bn	Rs 116.4bn	Rs 39.3bn	Rs 24.1bn	42.25	2025-05-15
2024 Q4	Rs 224.4bn	Rs 96.2bn	Rs 31.9bn	Rs 18.6bn	32.58	2025-04-30
2024 Q3	Rs 213.5bn	Rs 77.7bn	Rs 24.7bn	Rs 12.5bn	21.89	2024-11-14
2024 Q2	Rs 248.0bn	Rs 55.8bn	Rs 14.6bn	Rs 4.8bn	8.38	2024-08-14
2024 Q1	Rs 272.7bn	Rs 57.2bn	Rs 14.4bn	Rs 5.2bn	9.04	2024-05-15
2023 Q4	Rs 271.8bn	Rs 92.1bn	Rs 28.7bn	Rs 15.7bn	27.43	2024-04-29
2023 Q3	Rs 292.6bn	Rs 69.1bn	Rs 18.6bn	Rs 9.0bn	15.80	2023-11-14
2023 Q2	Rs 356.1bn	Rs 103.1bn	Rs 30.4bn	Rs 17.9bn	31.35	2023-08-14
2023 Q1	Rs 404.4bn	Rs 101.1bn	Rs 28.0bn	Rs 17.2bn	30.06	2023-05-15

Ranked against Cement

Every peer in the same sector, ordered by composite score. These are the companies whose ratios set this one's z-scores.

MLCFMaple Leaf Cement Factory0.2x60

PIOCPioneer Cement Limited0.5x59

LUCKLucky Cement Limited0.6x51

BWCLBestway Cement Limited1.3x50

CHCCCherat Cement Company0.1x50

KOHCKohat Cement Company0.4x49

GWLCGharibwal Cement Limited0.2x39

ACPLAttock Cement Pakistan1.2x38

FCCLFauji Cement Company1.2x38

DGKCD.G. Khan Cement Company3.4x30

Scored as of 31 December 2025. Generated by an automated screen for research and educational use. Not investment advice, and not a substitute for a SECP-licensed adviser.