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MLCF

BUY

Maple Leaf Cement Factory

Cement · 0.36% of the KSE-100

Price

Rs 1.76

Market cap

Rs 300m

12-month return

-5.9%

Rank

29 of 101

60composite

Rule-based50

ML ranker86

Conviction78

Why the engine ranks it here

Maple Leaf Cement Factory (MLCF) screens as attractive relative to the rest of the KSE-100, ranking 29 of 101 on a composite score of 60/100.

Maple Leaf Cement Factory sits in the Cement sector and scores best on valuation (62/100), weakest on balance-sheet strength (30/100). At PKR 1.76 the shares trade on a P/E of 0.2x, 0.08x book, a 60.0% dividend yield. The Piotroski F-Score is 8 of 9 (very strong) and the Altman Z''-Score is 4.38 (watch zone).

What it does well

MLCF backs its reported profit with 6.44x of operating cash.

Profitability & earnings quality

MLCF earns 54.5% on shareholders' money, well ahead of its Cement peers.

Profitability & earnings quality

MLCF reports conservative accruals at -7.5% of assets.

Profitability & earnings quality

What holds it back

MLCF funds only 3.1% of assets with equity.

Balance-sheet strength

MLCF carries heavy debt at 1.96x of equity.

Balance-sheet strength

MLCF generates just 1.4% on its asset base.

Profitability & earnings quality

Risk flag: thin traded volume, hard to exit.

Risk

What would change this view

→ a reduction in net debt or a visible improvement in interest cover

Five-pillar breakdown

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

Profitability & earnings quality30% weight61

Valuation25% weight62

Balance-sheet strength20% weight30

Growth15% weight46

Price trend10% weight39

The classic screens

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

Piotroski F-Score

8 / 9

very strong · 8 of 9 tests passed

Altman Z''-Score

4.38

grey zone · safe above 5.85

Profitable on assets

ROA 1.4%

Cash generative

CFO PKR 10,471m

Returns improving

ROA 1.4% vs -7.7% a year ago

Earnings backed by cash

CFO PKR 10,471m vs profit PKR 1,625m

Deleveraging

debt/assets 0.06 vs 0.10

Liquidity improving

current ratio 2.51 vs 2.16

Margin expanding

gross margin 15.8% vs 3.8%

Assets working harder

asset turnover 0.85x vs 0.91x

No shareholder dilution

170m shares vs 170m

Altman components

Working capital / assets0.192

Retained earnings / assets-0.108

Operating profit / assets0.028

Equity / liabilities0.032

Sales / assets0.877

Risk flags

Hard rules that cap the composite score regardless of how the pillars read.

thin traded volume, hard to exit

Price history

Weekly closes. Beta 1.21 against the index, annualised volatility 36%, RSI 39.

+319.0% 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 24.7bn	Rs 5.4bn	Rs 1.4bn	Rs 905m	5.32	2026-04-30
2025 Q3	Rs 26.0bn	Rs 5.9bn	Rs 1.6bn	Rs 1.0bn	5.90	2025-11-14
2025 Q2	Rs 26.3bn	Rs 2.8bn	Rs 276m	Rs 76m	0.45	2025-08-14
2025 Q1	Rs 25.1bn	Rs 4.0bn	Rs 817m	Rs 404m	2.37	2025-05-15
2024 Q4	Rs 24.0bn	Rs 3.3bn	Rs 564m	Rs 141m	0.83	2025-04-30
2024 Q3	Rs 25.9bn	Rs 778m	Rs -1.4bn	Rs -1.8bn	-10.80	2024-11-14
2024 Q2	Rs 29.5bn	Rs 1.9bn	Rs -212m	Rs -923m	-5.42	2024-08-14
2024 Q1	Rs 31.9bn	Rs 957m	Rs -3.3bn	Rs -4.0bn	-23.31	2024-05-15
2023 Q4	Rs 35.4bn	Rs 1.1bn	Rs -2.8bn	Rs -3.7bn	-21.80	2024-04-29
2023 Q3	Rs 41.9bn	Rs 1.3bn	Rs -2.5bn	Rs -3.7bn	-21.75	2023-11-14
2023 Q2	Rs 48.9bn	Rs 1.5bn	Rs -5.0bn	Rs -6.1bn	-35.82	2023-08-14
2023 Q1	Rs 51.2bn	Rs 1.5bn	Rs -2.4bn	Rs -3.6bn	-20.99	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.