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Universal Cables Limited

Media

Universal Cables Limited operates in Telecom Services / Equipment, within the Media sector. Use the latest filing and company disclosures below to verify its revenue mix and current business drivers.

₹1,223.4
+65.10 · +5.62%
Quote09 Jun, 12:00 am
Fundamentals08 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 is acceptable, price trend is neutral, and recent execution is mixed.

Suggested next step
Research, do not rush
The four lenses are not strongly aligned. Compare peers and wait for a cleaner setup.
U-Score
WATCHLIST
40

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

Trust
Healthy Trust
71

low confidence · 0/0 claims checked

Technical
Neutral
54

Timing lens: price trend and sector relative strength.

Result consistency
stable
73

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

Latest result

Quarter ended 31 Mar 2026

Average · 42/100

margin compression · Rev +25% YoY · PAT +10% YoY · +9% QoQ

Filed 23 May 2026
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MetricThis quarterYoYQoQ
Revenue₹840 Cr+24.6%+9.4%
EBITDA₹69 Cr+11.3%+15.0%
Operating margin8.0%-100 bps+0 bps
PAT₹55 Cr+10.0%+103.7%
PAT margin6.5%-87 bps+303 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

Universal Cables Limited operates in Telecom Services / Equipment, within the Media 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

54Neutral

SMA20 +36.1% / mo · near 52W high

Stock trend: 60
Sector RS: 44
Sector 3M: -0.4% vs Nifty +0.1%

Technical chart

UNIVCABLESweekly · 5Y+88.0%
Latest close ₹1223.40 on 2026-06-09
Bar
+2.8%
RSI
63
MACD hist
10.74
52W pos
89%
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

Mixed signals

Signals are conflicting — long-term trend unclear. RSI 63. Wait for confirmation.

  • SMA20 rising (~26.5% over last month) — short-term momentum positive.
  • RSI(14) at 63 — falling, no extreme reading.
  • MACD above signal but histogram contracting — bullish momentum cooling.
  • 6% off 52W high · 112% 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.

40U-SCORE
WATCHLIST

Fundamental score breakdown

WATCHLIST
Valuation9/30
Growth12/25
Quality2/20
Balance Sheet8/15
Cash Flow4/10
Piotroski
7/9 (+5)
Penalties
0
Raw sum
40

Why this score?

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

40/100 · WATCHLIST

Positive drivers

  • Piotroski is strong at 7/9.
  • Fair-value margin of safety is positive at 38.0%.
  • Balance sheet contributes 8/15 to the score.

Main drags

  • Quality is weaker at 2/20; verify the latest quarterly trend.
  • Valuation is weaker at 9/30; verify the latest quarterly trend.
  • Cash flow is weaker at 4/10; verify the latest quarterly trend.
Sector valuation model

Telecom valuation: EV/EBITDA against ARPU, debt, and capex

Telecom needs enterprise-value and cash-flow framing because leverage is structurally important.

Telecom EV/EBITDA
Primary lens
EV/EBITDA and debt-adjusted cash generation.
Secondary checks
ARPU growth, subscriber quality, spectrum liabilities, capex intensity.
Main risk check
High EBITDA can still be weak equity value if debt and capex absorb cash.
PE
24.6
PB
2.1
EV/EBITDA
17.3
ROE
8.9%
ROCE
11.7%
FCF Yield
Debt/Equity
0.6
MoS
+38.0%
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
40
Previous: 43 (-3)
Verdict
WATCHLIST
Previous: WATCHLIST
Margin of safety
+38.0%
Previous: +41.3%

Score history

12 stored score snapshots. Latest stored move: +4 points.

08 Jun 2026
v4.2-nightly
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42
44
44
39
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39
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39
43

Factor attribution

Valuation
9-3
was 12
Trust Score
71Healthy 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.

Healthy Trust: Claim history is still being built. It ranks around the 67th percentile of the scored universe and 86th percentile within Media. Main check: financial discipline is weak at 52/100.

Healthy Trust Lite: Promoter holding is 61.9%. Key concern: 2 recent quarters had PAT decline worse than 25% YoY.

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

Generally investable credibility. Look for weak sub-scores before increasing position size.

Relative rank
67th percentile

overall median 67 · Media: 86th pctile, median 64 · Small: 72nd 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

Healthy 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
Acceptable, but check the weakest sub-score before increasing exposure.

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
65
acceptable · leverage and solvency
Discipline
52
watch · capital discipline
Results
73
acceptable · quarterly consistency

Trust positives

  • Promoter holding is 61.9%.
  • Promoter pledge is zero.
  • FCF yield is positive at 1%.
  • 4 years of positive FCF.

Trust risks

  • 2 recent quarters had PAT decline worse than 25% YoY.
  • ROE is low at 5.1%.

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

Intrinsic value

Graham Number
₹759.25
-61.1% MoS
DCF Fair PE
42.0
DCF Fair Value
₹1,974.42
+38.0% MoS
PEG
1.56

Fundamentals

Valuation

P/E
24.60
P/B
2.12
EV/EBITDA
17.32
Market Cap
4019.00Cr

Profitability

ROE
8.91%
ROCE
11.70%
ROA
3.77%
Dividend Y
0.35%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y
19.00%
EPS 5Y
19.00%
Revenue 3Y
11.00%
EPS 3Y
11.00%

Balance Sheet

Debt/Equity
0.62
Interest Coverage
2.27×
Altman Z
2.65
Book Value
545.00

Cash Flow

FCF Yield
FCF Positive Y
4/5
OCF
63.00 Cr
EPS TTM
47.01

Shareholding

Promoter Hold
61.89%
Promoter Pledge
0.00%
Momentum 52W
80%

Financial History

Updated 9/6/2026

Revenue

₹ Cr
Latest: 1,833-17.4% vs prev
03051Mar 2026: 3,051Mar 2025: 2,431Mar 2024: 2,044Mar 2023: 2,220Mar 2022: 1,833FY26FY25FY24FY23FY22

Net Profit

₹ Cr
No data

Return on Equity

%
No data
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