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HTL

BUY

Hi-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

60composite
Rule-based54
ML ranker70
Conviction78

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.

Profitability44Valuation58Balance-sheet50Growth72Price62
Profitability & earnings quality30% weight44
Valuation25% weight58
Balance-sheet strength20% weight50
Growth15% weight72
Price trend10% weight62

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

Working capital / assets0.260
Retained earnings / assets0.090
Operating profit / assets0.047
Equity / liabilities0.102
Sales / assets1.385

Price history

Weekly closes. Beta 0.93 against the index, annualised volatility 20%, RSI 57.

+2,779.2% 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.

QuarterRevenueGross profitOperatingNet incomeEPSFiled
2025 Q4Rs 94.3bnRs 16.2bnRs 3.5bnRs 2.2bn30.772026-04-30
2025 Q3Rs 89.4bnRs 15.5bnRs 3.4bnRs 2.2bn29.712025-11-14
2025 Q2Rs 88.0bnRs 14.6bnRs 3.1bnRs 2.0bn27.892025-08-14
2025 Q1Rs 76.8bnRs 12.6bnRs 2.6bnRs 1.7bn22.962025-05-15
2024 Q4Rs 67.8bnRs 10.1bnRs 1.9bnRs 1.1bn14.802025-04-30
2024 Q3Rs 69.8bnRs 9.8bnRs 1.7bnRs 756m10.382024-11-14
2024 Q2Rs 74.7bnRs 9.3bnRs 1.3bnRs 426m5.862024-08-14
2024 Q1Rs 73.9bnRs 8.5bnRs 1.0bnRs 156m2.142024-05-15
2023 Q4Rs 74.1bnRs 7.8bnRs 733mRs -273m-3.762024-04-29
2023 Q3Rs 80.6bnRs 10.7bnRs 1.7bnRs 297m4.082023-11-14
2023 Q2Rs 91.2bnRs 10.9bnRs 1.5bnRs 27m0.372023-08-14
2023 Q1Rs 91.4bnRs 11.8bnRs 1.8bnRs 309m4.242023-05-15

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.