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NATF

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National Foods Limited

Food & Personal Care · 0.36% of the KSE-100

Price

Rs 4.99

Market cap

Rs 1.8bn

12-month return

-57.8%

Rank

93 of 101

35composite

Rule-based47

ML ranker12

Conviction33

Why the engine ranks it here

National Foods Limited (NATF) screens as one of the least attractive names in the KSE-100, ranking 93 of 101 on a composite score of 34/100.

National Foods Limited sits in the Food & Personal Care sector and scores best on valuation (56/100), weakest on price trend (23/100). At PKR 4.99 the shares trade on a P/E of 0.2x, 0.10x book, a 60.0% dividend yield. The Piotroski F-Score is 8 of 9 (very strong) and the Altman Z''-Score is 6.23 (financially sound).

What it does well

NATF holds 2.74x of current assets against current liabilities.

Balance-sheet strength

NATF grew earnings 190.3% year on year.

Growth

NATF earns 50.4% on shareholders' money, well ahead of its Food & Personal Care peers.

Profitability & earnings quality

What holds it back

NATF is volatile at 43.5% annualised.

Price trend

NATF carries heavy debt at 1.41x of equity.

Balance-sheet strength

NATF free cash flow is -5.1% of sales.

Profitability & earnings quality

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.

Profitability & earnings quality30% weight47

Valuation25% weight56

Balance-sheet strength20% weight42

Growth15% weight52

Price trend10% weight23

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

6.23

safe zone · safe above 5.85

Profitable on assets

ROA 4.1%

Cash generative

CFO PKR 1,160m

Returns improving

ROA 4.1% vs 1.6% a year ago

Earnings backed by cash

CFO PKR 1,160m vs profit PKR 7,990m

Deleveraging

debt/assets 0.12 vs 0.14

Liquidity improving

current ratio 2.74 vs 2.57

Margin expanding

gross margin 19.7% vs 17.2%

Assets working harder

asset turnover 1.47x vs 1.47x

No shareholder dilution

352m shares vs 352m

Altman components

Working capital / assets0.341

Retained earnings / assets0.064

Operating profit / assets0.065

Equity / liabilities0.093

Sales / assets1.367

Price history

Weekly closes. Beta 0.86 against the index, annualised volatility 44%, RSI 25.

-34.4% 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.

Quarter	Revenue	Gross profit	Operating	Net income	EPS	Filed
2025 Q4	Rs 75.2bn	Rs 16.4bn	Rs 4.2bn	Rs 2.7bn	7.61	2026-04-30
2025 Q3	Rs 73.2bn	Rs 16.1bn	Rs 4.2bn	Rs 2.6bn	7.31	2025-11-14
2025 Q2	Rs 76.6bn	Rs 14.6bn	Rs 3.4bn	Rs 2.1bn	5.96	2025-08-14
2025 Q1	Rs 71.3bn	Rs 13.8bn	Rs 3.3bn	Rs 2.0bn	5.66	2025-05-15
2024 Q4	Rs 62.2bn	Rs 11.3bn	Rs 2.5bn	Rs 1.3bn	3.79	2025-04-30
2024 Q3	Rs 59.2bn	Rs 7.2bn	Rs 999m	Rs -66m	-0.19	2024-11-14
2024 Q2	Rs 64.8bn	Rs 11.8bn	Rs 2.7bn	Rs 959m	2.73	2024-08-14
2024 Q1	Rs 64.8bn	Rs 13.0bn	Rs 3.2bn	Rs 1.3bn	3.67	2024-05-15
2023 Q4	Rs 57.5bn	Rs 10.3bn	Rs 2.3bn	Rs 566m	1.61	2024-04-29
2023 Q3	Rs 55.3bn	Rs 11.7bn	Rs 2.9bn	Rs 766m	2.18	2023-11-14
2023 Q2	Rs 57.5bn	Rs 5.8bn	Rs 471m	Rs -1.4bn	-3.85	2023-08-14
2023 Q1	Rs 55.6bn	Rs 10.5bn	Rs 2.5bn	Rs 383m	1.09	2023-05-15

Ranked against Food & Personal Care

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

FCEPLFrieslandCampina Engro Pakistan0.3x63

FFLFauji Foods Limited1.1x62

UNITYUnity Foods Limited4.7x51

NATFNational Foods Limited0.2x35

NESTLENestle Pakistan Limited0.2x31

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.