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PRL

STRONG BUY

Pakistan Refinery Limited

Refinery · 0.36% of the KSE-100

Price

Rs 147.74

Market cap

Rs 34.2bn

12-month return

+44.2%

Rank

3 of 101

73composite

Rule-based60

ML ranker99

Conviction98

Why the engine ranks it here

Pakistan Refinery Limited (PRL) screens as one of the most attractive names in the KSE-100 right now, ranking 3 of 101 on a composite score of 73/100.

Pakistan Refinery Limited sits in the Refinery sector and scores best on profitability & earnings quality (66/100), weakest on growth (52/100). At PKR 147.74 the shares trade on a P/E of 0.9x, 0.14x book, a 19.7% dividend yield. The Piotroski F-Score is 8 of 9 (very strong) and the Altman Z''-Score is 5.93 (financially sound).

What it does well

PRL runs a 6.6% operating margin.

Profitability & earnings quality

PRL converts its asset base into profit efficiently at 6.0%.

Profitability & earnings quality

PRL keeps 3.7% of every rupee of sales as profit, above the sector norm.

Profitability & earnings quality

What holds it back

PRL earnings moved 163.9% year on year.

Growth

PRL holds only 1.15x of current assets against current liabilities.

Balance-sheet strength

PRL converts profit to cash at only 1.28x.

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.

Profitability & earnings quality30% weight66

Valuation25% weight57

Balance-sheet strength20% weight63

Growth15% weight52

Price trend10% weight52

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

5.93

safe zone · safe above 5.85

Profitable on assets

ROA 6.0%

Cash generative

CFO PKR 49,005m

Returns improving

ROA 6.0% vs 2.3% a year ago

Earnings backed by cash

CFO PKR 49,005m vs profit PKR 38,334m

Deleveraging

debt/assets 0.24 vs 0.23

Liquidity improving

current ratio 1.15 vs 1.13

Margin expanding

gross margin 24.2% vs 19.1%

Assets working harder

asset turnover 1.62x vs 1.58x

No shareholder dilution

231m shares vs 231m

Altman components

Working capital / assets0.049

Retained earnings / assets0.345

Operating profit / assets0.100

Equity / liabilities0.532

Sales / assets1.526

Price history

Weekly closes. Beta 1.28 against the index, annualised volatility 29%, RSI 49.

+534.1% 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 298.5bn	Rs 79.2bn	Rs 22.5bn	Rs 13.5bn	58.24	2026-04-30
2025 Q3	Rs 281.1bn	Rs 72.1bn	Rs 20.2bn	Rs 11.8bn	51.17	2025-11-14
2025 Q2	Rs 280.6bn	Rs 65.2bn	Rs 17.4bn	Rs 10.0bn	43.12	2025-08-14
2025 Q1	Rs 256.2bn	Rs 65.1bn	Rs 18.1bn	Rs 10.4bn	44.77	2025-05-15
2024 Q4	Rs 221.7bn	Rs 49.1bn	Rs 12.7bn	Rs 6.2bn	26.75	2025-04-30
2024 Q3	Rs 222.1bn	Rs 40.1bn	Rs 9.1bn	Rs 2.7bn	11.49	2024-11-14
2024 Q2	Rs 249.6bn	Rs 49.6bn	Rs 12.1bn	Rs 4.1bn	17.85	2024-08-14
2024 Q1	Rs 258.5bn	Rs 51.2bn	Rs 12.4bn	Rs 4.3bn	18.47	2024-05-15
2023 Q4	Rs 265.0bn	Rs 49.4bn	Rs 11.5bn	Rs 3.5bn	15.02	2024-04-29
2023 Q3	Rs 298.2bn	Rs 50.4bn	Rs 10.8bn	Rs 2.9bn	12.54	2023-11-14
2023 Q2	Rs 336.1bn	Rs 62.2bn	Rs 14.3bn	Rs 5.1bn	22.22	2023-08-14
2023 Q1	Rs 358.0bn	Rs 64.0bn	Rs 14.3bn	Rs 5.8bn	25.22	2023-05-15

Ranked against Refinery

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

PRLPakistan Refinery Limited0.9x73

NRLNational Refinery Limited1.4x65

ATRLAttock Refinery Limited1.9x49

CNERGYCnergyico PK Limited0.6x48

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.