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NML

STRONG BUY

Nishat Mills Limited

Textile Composite · 1.16% of the KSE-100

Price

Rs 374.05

Market cap

Rs 160.4bn

12-month return

+210.3%

Rank

7 of 101

70composite
Rule-based58
ML ranker91
Conviction94

Why the engine ranks it here

Nishat Mills Limited (NML) screens as one of the most attractive names in the KSE-100 right now, ranking 7 of 101 on a composite score of 70/100.

Nishat Mills Limited sits in the Textile Composite sector and scores best on balance-sheet strength (70/100), weakest on growth (38/100). At PKR 374.05 the shares trade on a P/E of 1.6x, 0.30x book, a 37.7% dividend yield. The Piotroski F-Score is 8 of 9 (very strong) and the Altman Z''-Score is 9.03 (financially sound).

What it does well

NML is up 249.8% over the last year excluding the latest month.

Price trend

NML turns 5.0% of sales into free cash flow.

Profitability & earnings quality

NML trades 23.8% above its 200-day average.

Price trend

What holds it back

NML trades at 0.30x book value, above peers.

Valuation

NML earnings moved 38.3% year on year.

Growth

NML offers only a 63.7% earnings yield.

Valuation

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.

Profitability66Valuation46Balance-sheet70Growth38Price69
Profitability & earnings quality30% weight66
Valuation25% weight46
Balance-sheet strength20% weight70
Growth15% weight38
Price trend10% weight69

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

9.03

safe zone · safe above 5.85

Profitable on assets

ROA 10.3%

Cash generative

CFO PKR 123,429m

Returns improving

ROA 10.3% vs 7.8% a year ago

Earnings backed by cash

CFO PKR 123,429m vs profit PKR 102,127m

Deleveraging

debt/assets 0.26 vs 0.26

Liquidity improving

current ratio 2.27 vs 2.25

Margin expanding

gross margin 41.2% vs 35.2%

Assets working harder

asset turnover 1.18x vs 1.26x

No shareholder dilution

429m shares vs 429m

Altman components

Working capital / assets0.281
Retained earnings / assets0.519
Operating profit / assets0.156
Equity / liabilities1.135
Sales / assets1.152

Price history

Weekly closes. Beta 1.26 against the index, annualised volatility 33%, RSI 46.

+296.5% 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 321.6bnRs 138.6bnRs 46.0bnRs 30.0bn69.952026-04-30
2025 Q3Rs 298.9bnRs 117.1bnRs 38.0bnRs 24.4bn56.792025-11-14
2025 Q2Rs 310.1bnRs 131.1bnRs 43.3bnRs 28.2bn65.732025-08-14
2025 Q1Rs 305.7bnRs 143.5bnRs 48.5bnRs 31.6bn73.692025-05-15
2024 Q4Rs 262.9bnRs 94.0bnRs 29.7bnRs 18.0bn41.962025-04-30
2024 Q3Rs 265.8bnRs 98.8bnRs 31.6bnRs 18.3bn42.712024-11-14
2024 Q2Rs 309.6bnRs 105.7bnRs 32.9bnRs 18.4bn42.872024-08-14
2024 Q1Rs 308.7bnRs 101.9bnRs 31.4bnRs 17.0bn39.722024-05-15
2023 Q4Rs 311.6bnRs 114.1bnRs 36.3bnRs 20.1bn46.922024-04-29
2023 Q3Rs 339.6bnRs 114.6bnRs 35.6bnRs 19.4bn45.162023-11-14
2023 Q2Rs 364.8bnRs 136.5bnRs 43.7bnRs 24.9bn58.072023-08-14
2023 Q1Rs 376.6bnRs 117.4bnRs 35.5bnRs 19.9bn46.412023-05-15

Ranked against Textile Composite

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.