NCPL
REDUCENishat Chunian Power
Power Generation · 0.15% of the KSE-100
Price
Rs 27.70
Market cap
Rs 2.5bn
12-month return
+19.9%
Rank
72 of 101
Why the engine ranks it here
Nishat Chunian Power (NCPL) screens poorly against the rest of the KSE-100, ranking 72 of 101 on a composite score of 44/100.
Nishat Chunian Power sits in the Power Generation sector and scores best on price trend (68/100), weakest on growth (33/100). At PKR 27.70 the shares trade on a P/E of 0.8x, 0.16x book, a 60.0% dividend yield. The Piotroski F-Score is 6 of 9 (strong) and the Altman Z''-Score is 7.39 (financially sound).
What it does well
NCPL has beaten the KSE-100 by 36.8% over six months.
Price trend
NCPL throws off a 122.7% free cash flow yield.
Valuation
NCPL backs its reported profit with 1.51x of operating cash.
Profitability & earnings quality
What holds it back
NCPL returns only 14.2% on invested capital.
Profitability & earnings quality
NCPL earns only 20.8% on shareholders' money, behind its Power Generation peers.
Profitability & earnings quality
NCPL generates just 9.4% on its asset base.
Profitability & earnings quality
What would change this view
- → two consecutive quarters of revenue growth above the sector median
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
7.39
safe zone · safe above 5.85
Profitable on assets
ROA 9.4%
Cash generative
CFO PKR 4,969m
Returns improving
ROA 9.4% vs 6.0% a year ago
Earnings backed by cash
CFO PKR 4,969m vs profit PKR 3,291m
Deleveraging
debt/assets 0.42 vs 0.40
Liquidity improving
current ratio 1.54 vs 1.60
Margin expanding
gross margin 50.4% vs 42.3%
Assets working harder
asset turnover 0.99x vs 1.03x
No shareholder dilution
90m shares vs 90m
Altman components
Price history
Weekly closes. Beta 0.75 against the index, annualised volatility 25%, RSI 59.
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 7.9bn | Rs 4.2bn | Rs 1.5bn | Rs 799m | 8.91 | 2026-04-30 |
| 2025 Q3 | Rs 8.6bn | Rs 5.9bn | Rs 2.1bn | Rs 1.3bn | 14.14 | 2025-11-14 |
| 2025 Q2 | Rs 9.0bn | Rs 4.0bn | Rs 1.3bn | Rs 716m | 7.99 | 2025-08-14 |
| 2025 Q1 | Rs 9.0bn | Rs 3.6bn | Rs 1.2bn | Rs 589m | 6.57 | 2025-05-15 |
| 2024 Q4 | Rs 8.2bn | Rs 4.1bn | Rs 1.4bn | Rs 719m | 8.03 | 2025-04-30 |
| 2024 Q3 | Rs 8.5bn | Rs 3.3bn | Rs 1.1bn | Rs 428m | 4.78 | 2024-11-14 |
| 2024 Q2 | Rs 9.7bn | Rs 5.6bn | Rs 2.0bn | Rs 1.0bn | 11.18 | 2024-08-14 |
| 2024 Q1 | Rs 9.6bn | Rs 2.8bn | Rs 811m | Rs 186m | 2.08 | 2024-05-15 |
| 2023 Q4 | Rs 9.3bn | Rs 4.1bn | Rs 1.4bn | Rs 565m | 6.30 | 2024-04-29 |
| 2023 Q3 | Rs 10.3bn | Rs 4.1bn | Rs 1.3bn | Rs 554m | 6.18 | 2023-11-14 |
| 2023 Q2 | Rs 11.1bn | Rs 5.6bn | Rs 1.9bn | Rs 963m | 10.75 | 2023-08-14 |
| 2023 Q1 | Rs 10.4bn | Rs 3.8bn | Rs 1.2bn | Rs 519m | 5.80 | 2023-05-15 |
Ranked against Power Generation
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.