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MUGHAL

AVOID

Mughal Iron & Steel Industries

Engineering · 0.15% of the KSE-100

Price

Rs 76.83

Market cap

Rs 3.7bn

12-month return

-47.2%

Rank

94 of 101

34composite
Rule-based47
ML ranker8
Conviction32

Why the engine ranks it here

Mughal Iron & Steel Industries (MUGHAL) screens as one of the least attractive names in the KSE-100, ranking 94 of 101 on a composite score of 34/100.

Mughal Iron & Steel Industries sits in the Engineering sector and scores best on profitability & earnings quality (58/100), weakest on price trend (29/100). At PKR 76.83 the shares trade on a P/E of 6.2x, 0.28x book, a 3.8% dividend yield. The Piotroski F-Score is 8 of 9 (very strong) and the Altman Z''-Score is 5.90 (financially sound).

What it does well

MUGHAL reports conservative accruals at -5.1% of assets.

Profitability & earnings quality

MUGHAL throws off a 23.7% free cash flow yield.

Valuation

MUGHAL backs its reported profit with 4.31x of operating cash.

Profitability & earnings quality

What holds it back

MUGHAL has compounded revenue at only -27.7% a year over three years.

Growth

MUGHAL has lagged the KSE-100 by -33.5% over six months.

Price trend

MUGHAL has fallen -40.4% over the last year excluding the latest month.

Price trend

Risk flag: operating profit barely covers finance cost.

Risk

What would change this view

  • → the price reclaiming its 200-day average on rising volume

Five-pillar breakdown

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

Profitability59Valuation46Balance-sheet48Growth38Price29
Profitability & earnings quality30% weight59
Valuation25% weight46
Balance-sheet strength20% weight48
Growth15% weight38
Price trend10% weight29

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

5.90

safe zone · safe above 5.85

Profitable on assets

ROA 1.5%

Cash generative

CFO PKR 2,594m

Returns improving

ROA 1.5% vs -3.3% a year ago

Earnings backed by cash

CFO PKR 2,594m vs profit PKR 602m

Deleveraging

debt/assets 0.29 vs 0.30

Liquidity improving

current ratio 1.46 vs 1.43

Margin expanding

gross margin 24.1% vs 13.2%

Assets working harder

asset turnover 0.79x vs 0.82x

No shareholder dilution

49m shares vs 49m

Altman components

Working capital / assets0.101
Retained earnings / assets0.327
Operating profit / assets0.053
Equity / liabilities0.540
Sales / assets0.802

Risk flags

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

operating profit barely covers finance cost

Price history

Weekly closes. Beta 1.13 against the index, annualised volatility 36%, RSI 46.

+423.4% 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 7.7bnRs 1.9bnRs 520mRs 182m3.742026-04-30
2025 Q3Rs 7.6bnRs 1.8bnRs 484mRs 151m3.112025-11-14
2025 Q2Rs 8.2bnRs 2.1bnRs 607mRs 238m4.902025-08-14
2025 Q1Rs 7.9bnRs 1.9bnRs 522mRs 156m3.202025-05-15
2024 Q4Rs 7.3bnRs 1.6bnRs 421mRs 57m1.182025-04-30
2024 Q3Rs 7.2bnRs 1.2bnRs 257mRs -183m-3.762024-11-14
2024 Q2Rs 8.5bnRs 1.5bnRs 347mRs -212m-4.362024-08-14
2024 Q1Rs 9.4bnRs 1.2bnRs 169mRs -398m-8.182024-05-15
2023 Q4Rs 10.0bnRs 700mRs -44mRs -623m-12.822024-04-29
2023 Q3Rs 11.7bnRs 953mRs 3mRs -609m-12.522023-11-14
2023 Q2Rs 14.2bnRs 2.6bnRs 584mRs -106m-2.182023-08-14
2023 Q1Rs 16.4bnRs 1.6bnRs 103mRs -479m-9.862023-05-15

Ranked against Engineering

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.