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MALUPAPER

Small Cap

Malu Paper Mills Limited

Industrials

Malu Paper Mills Limited operates in Paper, within the Industrials sector. Use the latest filing and company disclosures below to verify its revenue mix and current business drivers.

₹32.53
+0.75 · +2.36%
Quote09 Jun, 10:02 am
Fundamentals05 Jun 2026 · screener
Score08 Jun, 11:00 pm · v4.2-nightly
Tags02 May 2026
Data confidence
Fresh enough for analysis
Investor decision lenses

One read, four checks

75+ is strong, 60-74 is usable, 45-59 is mixed, and below 45 needs caution. These are research lenses, not buy/sell instructions.

Weak fundamentals, management trust needs verification, price trend is neutral, and recent execution is weak.

Suggested next step
Check latest quarters
Result consistency is weak; verify whether the thesis is improving or deteriorating.
U-Score
OVERVALUED
11

Fundamental lens: valuation, quality, growth, balance sheet, and cash flow.

Trust
Mixed Trust
59

low confidence · 0/0 claims checked

Technical
Neutral
45

Timing lens: price trend and sector relative strength.

Result consistency
weak
27

Rolling lens: recent quarterly delivery, not the latest single-result score.

Latest result

Quarter ended 31 Mar 2026

Average · 45/100

Rev +14% YoY · margin expansion · +38% QoQ

Filed 31 Mar 2026
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MetricThis quarterYoYQoQ
Revenue₹106.2 Cr+14.0%+38.1%
EBITDA₹4.7 Cr+579.7%+251.8%
Operating margin4.4%+367 bps+843 bps
PAT₹-2.7 CrNDFNDF
PAT margin-2.5%+50 bps+410 bps

NDF means not disclosed in the current structured filing feed. It is intentionally not treated as zero.

Business and thesis

Issuer presentation review pending

Malu Paper Mills Limited operates in Paper, within the Industrials sector. Use the latest filing and company disclosures below to verify its revenue mix and current business drivers. The structured result feed currently covers the quarter ended 31 Mar 2026. Investor presentations and earnings-call PDFs will be added as issuer-backed evidence before management claims appear here.

Technical timing lens

Trend score and candlestick chart

45Neutral

SMA20 -3.9% / mo

Stock trend: 42
Sector RS: 51
Sector 3M: +0.4% vs Nifty +0.1%

Technical chart

MALUPAPERweekly · 5Y-31.8%
Latest close ₹32.53 on 2026-06-09
Bar
+0.9%
RSI
48
MACD hist
0.14
52W pos
32%
Hover for OHLC, volume, and indicators. Use range buttons above the chart to zoom.
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Up bar
Down bar
Volume
Result date
SMA 50
RSI(14)

Technical trend read

Neutral

Trend is undirectional — long-term trend unclear. RSI 48.

  • SMA20 falling (~4.0% over last month) — short-term momentum negative.
  • RSI(14) at 48 — sideways, no extreme reading.
  • MACD above signal but histogram contracting — bullish momentum cooling.
  • 26% off 52W high · 20% above 52W low.

Mechanical read from the price + indicator series above. Not a recommendation — technical setups can reverse without warning, especially around earnings and macro events.

Deep research

Valuation, score drivers, trust methodology, financials, and peers

Use these sections after reviewing the decision summary, latest result, thesis, management accountability, and technical timing above.

11U-SCORE
Distress Watch

Fundamental score breakdown

OVERVALUED
Valuation2/30
Growth5/25
Quality0/20
Balance Sheet5/15
Cash Flow4/10
Piotroski
5/9 (+3)
Penalties
-8
Raw sum
11

Why this score?

Top U-Score contributors and drags from the latest stored fundamentals.

11/100 · OVERVALUED

Positive drivers

  • Cash flow contributes 4/10 to the score.
  • Balance sheet contributes 5/15 to the score.
  • Growth contributes 5/25 to the score.

Main drags

  • Altman Z is 1.6, in distress territory.
  • Penalty bucket subtracts 8 points.
  • Quality is weaker at 0/20; verify the latest quarterly trend.
Sector valuation model

Cyclical valuation: normalized earnings, not just trailing PE

Cyclical companies can look cheapest near peak profits, so IndiaPulse flags value-trap risk separately.

Cyclical normalized
Primary lens
Mid-cycle PE/EV/EBITDA using multi-year average margins or earnings.
Secondary checks
Current margin versus 5-year average, balance sheet strength, commodity cycle.
Main risk check
A low trailing PE may mean peak-cycle earnings, not true cheapness.
PE
PB
EV/EBITDA
ROE
ROCE
-8.9%
FCF Yield
Debt/Equity
0.0
MoS
Cyclical/value-trap warning
This sector can look cheap when profits are temporarily high. Check mid-cycle margins/earnings before relying on trailing PE.
Score movement

Stored run vs live recompute

This shows the stored score trend when snapshots exist, and also compares the latest stored nightly score with a live recompute from current fundamentals and price.

Stored run: 08 Jun 2026
v4.2-nightly
Final score
11
Previous: 11
Verdict
OVERVALUED
Previous: OVERVALUED
Margin of safety
No stored baseline yet

Score history

12 stored score snapshots. Latest stored move: +0 points.

08 Jun 2026
v4.2-nightly
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11

Factor attribution

No pillar movement versus the latest stored run. Historical score trend will appear after snapshot storage is enabled.
Trust Score
59Mixed Trust · low confidenceTrust Lite

Trust asks: does management behaviour match later outcomes? Higher is better, but confidence and evidence depth matter as much as the number.

Mixed Trust: Claim history is still being built. It ranks around the 24th percentile of the scored universe and 20th percentile within Industrials. Main check: results consistency is weak at 27/100.

Mixed Trust Lite: Promoter holding is 69.8%. Key concern: Altman Z is 1.59.

Computed 22 May 2026
trust-lite-v1
0 docs indexed · 0 concall links
Score band
Mixed Trust

Usable, but needs evidence. Treat guidance with a margin of safety.

Relative rank
24th percentile

overall median 67 · Industrials: 20th pctile, median 68 · Small: 28th pctile, median 65

Evidence depth
Financial-only

0 documents indexed, but claim history is not strong enough yet.

Claim delivery
Outcome history still building

0 claims extracted · No contradicted claim yet

How to read this Trust Score

Mixed Trust · low confidence
What it measures
Reliability of management and financial delivery, using financial behaviour only.
Confidence
Treat this as an early read until more concalls and outcomes are matched.
Investor use
Needs extra due diligence; demand valuation comfort and recent improvement.

Read Trust alongside U-Score, result consistency, and technical trend. A cheap stock with weak Trust needs a larger margin of safety; a high Trust score does not make an expensive stock attractive by itself.

Forensic breakdown

Read low sub-scores as due-diligence warnings, not automatic sell signals.

Promoter
86
strong · holding, pledge, alignment
Cash flow
77
strong · profit to cash conversion
Balance sheet
62
acceptable · leverage and solvency
Discipline
30
weak · capital discipline
Results
27
weak · quarterly consistency

Trust positives

  • Promoter holding is 69.8%.
  • Promoter pledge is zero.
  • FCF yield is positive at 1.8%.
  • 10 years of positive FCF.

Trust risks

  • Altman Z is 1.59.
  • 4 recent quarters had PAT decline worse than 25% YoY.
  • ROCE is low at -4.1%.
  • ROE is low at -2246%.

Trust Lite uses financial behaviour only. Prefer claim-tested Trust when enough concall claims have later outcomes.

Intrinsic value

Graham Number
DCF Fair PE
3.8
DCF Fair Value
— MoS
PEG

Fundamentals

Valuation

P/E
P/B
EV/EBITDA
Market Cap
55.00Cr

Profitability

ROE
ROCE
-8.86%
ROA
-11.05%
Dividend Y

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y
15.00%
EPS 5Y
-10.91%
Revenue 3Y
13.00%
EPS 3Y
-49.00%

Balance Sheet

Debt/Equity
0.00
Interest Coverage
-0.55×
Altman Z
1.56
Book Value
-14.90

Cash Flow

FCF Yield
FCF Positive Y
9/5
OCF
7.00 Cr
EPS TTM
-11.45

Shareholding

Promoter Hold
69.80%
Promoter Pledge
0.00%
Momentum 52W
25%

Financial History

Updated 9/6/2026

Revenue

₹ Cr
Latest: 213-9.2% vs prev
0334.1Mar 2026: 334Mar 2025: 278Mar 2024: 275Mar 2023: 235Mar 2022: 213FY26FY25FY24FY23FY22

Net Profit

₹ Cr
No data

Return on Equity

%
No data
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All information is for study purposes only. For investment decisions, consult your financial advisor. See Playbook for methodology.