HTL
BUYHi-Tech Lubricants
Oil & Gas Marketing · 0.15% of the KSE-100
Price
Rs 157.78
Market cap
Rs 11.5bn
12-month return
+46.7%
Rank
30 of 101
Why the engine ranks it here
Hi-Tech Lubricants (HTL) screens as attractive relative to the rest of the KSE-100, ranking 30 of 101 on a composite score of 60/100.
Hi-Tech Lubricants sits in the Oil & Gas Marketing sector and scores best on growth (72/100), weakest on profitability & earnings quality (44/100). At PKR 157.78 the shares trade on a P/E of 1.7x, 0.53x book, a 19.1% dividend yield. The Piotroski F-Score is 6 of 9 (strong) and the Altman Z''-Score is 5.67 (watch zone).
What it does well
HTL grew revenue 10.1% over the last year.
Growth
HTL is unusually steady at 19.9% annualised volatility.
Price trend
HTL has compounded revenue at -3.1% a year over three years.
Growth
What holds it back
HTL free cash flow yield is -132.3%.
Valuation
HTL free cash flow is -4.7% of sales.
Profitability & earnings quality
HTL converts profit to cash at only 0.37x.
Profitability & earnings quality
What would change this view
- → margin recovery, and operating cash flow catching up with reported profit
Five-pillar breakdown
Each pillar scores the company against sector peers, where 50 is the sector average.
The classic screens
Piotroski tests nine accounting facts about improvement; Altman scores the distance from financial distress.
Piotroski F-Score
6 / 9
strong · 6 of 9 tests passed
Altman Z''-Score
5.67
grey zone · safe above 5.85
Profitable on assets
ROA 3.2%
Cash generative
CFO PKR 2,556m
Returns improving
ROA 3.2% vs 0.5% a year ago
Earnings backed by cash
CFO PKR 2,556m vs profit PKR 6,943m
Deleveraging
debt/assets 0.10 vs 0.09
Liquidity improving
current ratio 2.16 vs 2.18
Margin expanding
gross margin 16.4% vs 12.1%
Assets working harder
asset turnover 1.49x vs 1.43x
No shareholder dilution
73m shares vs 73m
Altman components
Price history
Weekly closes. Beta 0.93 against the index, annualised volatility 20%, RSI 57.
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 94.3bn | Rs 16.2bn | Rs 3.5bn | Rs 2.2bn | 30.77 | 2026-04-30 |
| 2025 Q3 | Rs 89.4bn | Rs 15.5bn | Rs 3.4bn | Rs 2.2bn | 29.71 | 2025-11-14 |
| 2025 Q2 | Rs 88.0bn | Rs 14.6bn | Rs 3.1bn | Rs 2.0bn | 27.89 | 2025-08-14 |
| 2025 Q1 | Rs 76.8bn | Rs 12.6bn | Rs 2.6bn | Rs 1.7bn | 22.96 | 2025-05-15 |
| 2024 Q4 | Rs 67.8bn | Rs 10.1bn | Rs 1.9bn | Rs 1.1bn | 14.80 | 2025-04-30 |
| 2024 Q3 | Rs 69.8bn | Rs 9.8bn | Rs 1.7bn | Rs 756m | 10.38 | 2024-11-14 |
| 2024 Q2 | Rs 74.7bn | Rs 9.3bn | Rs 1.3bn | Rs 426m | 5.86 | 2024-08-14 |
| 2024 Q1 | Rs 73.9bn | Rs 8.5bn | Rs 1.0bn | Rs 156m | 2.14 | 2024-05-15 |
| 2023 Q4 | Rs 74.1bn | Rs 7.8bn | Rs 733m | Rs -273m | -3.76 | 2024-04-29 |
| 2023 Q3 | Rs 80.6bn | Rs 10.7bn | Rs 1.7bn | Rs 297m | 4.08 | 2023-11-14 |
| 2023 Q2 | Rs 91.2bn | Rs 10.9bn | Rs 1.5bn | Rs 27m | 0.37 | 2023-08-14 |
| 2023 Q1 | Rs 91.4bn | Rs 11.8bn | Rs 1.8bn | Rs 309m | 4.24 | 2023-05-15 |
Ranked against Oil & Gas Marketing
Every peer in the same sector, ordered by composite score. These are the companies whose ratios set this one's z-scores.
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.