PPL
REDUCEPakistan Petroleum Limited
Oil & Gas Exploration · 4.35% of the KSE-100
Price
Rs 11.96
Market cap
Rs 56.4bn
12-month return
+27.2%
Rank
81 of 101
Why the engine ranks it here
Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) screens poorly against the rest of the KSE-100, ranking 81 of 101 on a composite score of 41/100.
Pakistan Petroleum Limited sits in the Oil & Gas Exploration sector and scores best on valuation (63/100), weakest on growth (46/100). At PKR 11.96 the shares trade on a P/E of 0.5x, 0.04x book, a 60.0% dividend yield. The Piotroski F-Score is 8 of 9 (very strong) and the Altman Z''-Score is 10.33 (financially sound).
What it does well
PPL backs its reported profit with 1.84x of operating cash.
Profitability & earnings quality
PPL has beaten the KSE-100 by 28.9% over six months.
Price trend
PPL trades 15.3% above its 200-day average.
Price trend
What holds it back
PPL keeps only 6.4% of every rupee of sales as profit.
Profitability & earnings quality
PPL runs a thin 10.1% operating margin.
Profitability & earnings quality
PPL is stretched at 0.4x net debt to EBITDA.
Balance-sheet strength
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
8 / 9
very strong · 8 of 9 tests passed
Altman Z''-Score
10.33
safe zone · safe above 5.85
Profitable on assets
ROA 5.6%
Cash generative
CFO PKR 230,447m
Returns improving
ROA 5.6% vs 1.2% a year ago
Earnings backed by cash
CFO PKR 230,447m vs profit PKR 125,042m
Deleveraging
debt/assets 0.15 vs 0.17
Liquidity improving
current ratio 3.07 vs 2.83
Margin expanding
gross margin 32.8% vs 21.2%
Assets working harder
asset turnover 0.88x vs 0.94x
No shareholder dilution
4,717m shares vs 4,717m
Altman components
Price history
Weekly closes. Beta 1.11 against the index, annualised volatility 38%, RSI 35.
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 502.8bn | Rs 215.8bn | Rs 71.5bn | Rs 47.4bn | 10.06 | 2026-04-30 |
| 2025 Q3 | Rs 507.4bn | Rs 89.6bn | Rs 19.9bn | Rs 11.4bn | 2.42 | 2025-11-14 |
| 2025 Q2 | Rs 521.9bn | Rs 270.9bn | Rs 93.4bn | Rs 63.1bn | 13.38 | 2025-08-14 |
| 2025 Q1 | Rs 488.4bn | Rs 201.8bn | Rs 66.3bn | Rs 42.7bn | 9.06 | 2025-05-15 |
| 2024 Q4 | Rs 450.0bn | Rs 82.7bn | Rs 18.9bn | Rs 7.8bn | 1.65 | 2025-04-30 |
| 2024 Q3 | Rs 495.7bn | Rs 157.2bn | Rs 47.8bn | Rs 25.4bn | 5.38 | 2024-11-14 |
| 2024 Q2 | Rs 551.5bn | Rs 157.1bn | Rs 46.0bn | Rs 20.6bn | 4.38 | 2024-08-14 |
| 2024 Q1 | Rs 549.0bn | Rs 83.1bn | Rs 15.8bn | Rs -3.1bn | -0.65 | 2024-05-15 |
| 2023 Q4 | Rs 567.6bn | Rs 61.0bn | Rs 6.2bn | Rs -14.8bn | -3.14 | 2024-04-29 |
| 2023 Q3 | Rs 648.6bn | Rs 47.4bn | Rs -2.0bn | Rs -23.6bn | -5.01 | 2023-11-14 |
| 2023 Q2 | Rs 738.6bn | Rs 22.2bn | Rs -34.0bn | Rs -50.9bn | -10.80 | 2023-08-14 |
| 2023 Q1 | Rs 749.9bn | Rs 80.7bn | Rs 8.3bn | Rs -9.4bn | -2.00 | 2023-05-15 |
Ranked against Oil & Gas Exploration
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.