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Andhra Cements Limited (ACL)

Small Cap

Industrials stocks · Small cap · NSE

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

₹43.36
-0.22 · -0.50%
Quote04 Sept, 03:56 pm IST
Fundamentals20 Aug 2026 · screener
Score05 Sept, 10:20 pm IST · v4.3-runtime-valuation
Tags02 May 2026
Coverage12/14 · 86%
Valuation2026-07-20 · Rf 6.8% · Industrials P/E 26.4 (n=540)
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 a red flag, price trend argues for patience, and recent execution is mixed.

Suggested next step
Verify management risk first
Do not let cheap valuation override weak Trust or governance evidence.
U-Score
OVERVALUED
13

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

Trust
Low Trust
37

low confidence · 0/0 claims checked

Technical
Bearish
32

Timing lens: price trend and sector relative strength.

Result consistency
mixed
57

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

Latest result

Quarter ended 30 Jun 2026

Bad · 22/100

margin compression · Rev +42% YoY

Filed 30 Jun 2026
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MetricThis quarterYoYQoQ
Revenue₹142 Cr+42.0%-8.4%
EBITDA₹4 Cr-42.9%-55.6%
Operating margin2.6%-440 bps-340 bps
PAT₹-36 CrNDF-173.5%
PAT margin-25.4%+465 bps-5696 bps

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

Business & thesis

Growth engines, tailwinds/headwinds, and risk radar from management commentary

Business and thesis

Issuer presentation review pending

Andhra Cements Limited operates in Cement, 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 30 Jun 2026. Investor presentations and earnings-call PDFs will be added as issuer-backed evidence before management claims appear here.

Management accountability

What management said, and what results must prove

Technical timing lens

Trend score and candlestick chart

32Bearish

full bear SMA stack · SMA20 -6.4% / mo · RSI oversold · MACD − · near 52W low

Stock trend: 22
Sector RS: 48
Sector 3M: -1.6% vs Nifty -1.5%

Technical chart

ACLdaily · 1Y · AUTO-17.8%
Latest close ₹43.36 on 2026-09-04
Bar
-0.5%
RSI
22
MACD hist
-0.03
52W pos
4%
2026-09-04O ₹43.58H ₹43.59L ₹43.00C ₹43.36Vol 18,265 sh
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Up bar
Down bar
EMA 20
EMA 50
Volume + 20D avg
Result date
RSI(14)
MACD / signal

Daily technical trend read

Mixed signals

Signals are conflicting — long-term trend down. RSI 22. Wait for confirmation.

  • Price < SMA20 < SMA50 < SMA200 — full bearish stack.
  • SMA20 falling (~6.8% over last month) — short-term momentum negative.
  • RSI(14) at 22 — oversold zone; bounce conditions.
  • MACD below signal but histogram contracting — bearish momentum easing.
  • 61% off 52W high · 7% 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.

Valuation & score drivers

U-Score 13 · OVERVALUED · pillar breakdown, sector model, fair-value anchor

13U-SCORE
Distress Watch

Fundamental score breakdown

OVERVALUED
Valuation2/30
Growth10/25
Quality0/20
Balance Sheet0/15
Cash Flow3/10
Piotroski
2/9 (+0)
Penalties
-2
Raw sum
13

Why this score?

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

13/100 · OVERVALUED

Positive drivers

  • Growth contributes 10/25 to the score.
  • Cash flow contributes 3/10 to the score.
  • Valuation contributes 2/30 to the score.

Main drags

  • Altman Z is 0.6, in distress territory.
  • Promoter pledge is 31.7%.
  • Penalty bucket subtracts 2 points.
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
5.3
EV/EBITDA
15.4
ROE
-64.0%
ROCE
-6.0%
FCF Yield
Debt/Equity
13.9
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. Debt/equity is 13.9, so downturn resilience matters.
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: 05 Sept 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
Final score
13
Previous: 13
Verdict
OVERVALUED
Previous: OVERVALUED
Margin of safety
No stored baseline yet

Score history

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

05 Sept 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
14
14
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13

Factor attribution

No pillar movement versus the latest stored run. Historical score trend will appear after snapshot storage is enabled.

Modelled fair value

Graham Number
Growth-justified P/E
44.0
Growth-justified Value
— MoS
PEG

Trust score

Does management behaviour match later outcomes? Claim delivery, forensic breakdown, evidence depth

Trust Score
37Low 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.

Low Trust: Claim history is still being built. It ranks around the 1st percentile of the scored universe and 1st percentile within Industrials. Main check: balance sheet trust is weak at 8/100.

Low Trust Lite: Promoter holding is 75%. Key concern: Promoter pledge is elevated at 31.7%.

Computed 05 Sept 2026
management-trust-v1
4 docs text-extracted · 0 concalls text-extracted
Score band
Low Trust

Avoid relying on management narrative unless turnaround evidence is hard and recent.

Relative rank
1st percentile

overall median 67 · Industrials: 1st pctile, median 68 · Small: 1st pctile, median 66

Evidence depth
Financial-only

4 documents have extracted text, 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

Low 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
Do not rely on management narrative unless hard turnaround evidence is visible.

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
36
weak · holding, pledge, alignment
Cash flow
52
watch · profit to cash conversion
Balance sheet
8
weak · leverage and solvency
Discipline
32
weak · capital discipline
Results
57
watch · quarterly consistency

Trust positives

  • Promoter holding is 75%.
  • 7 years of positive FCF.
  • 4/4 latest quarters had positive YoY revenue growth.

Trust risks

  • Promoter pledge is elevated at 31.7%.
  • Promoter holding fell 15%.
  • Operating cash flow is negative at ₹-25 Cr.
  • Debt/equity is 13.91.

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

Financials

Full fundamentals table and 10-year revenue / profit / ROE history

Fundamentals

Valuation

P/E
P/B
5.26
EV/EBITDA
15.37
Market Cap
425.00Cr

Profitability

ROE
-64.00%
ROCE
-6.01%
ROA
-5.14%
Dividend Y

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y
436.00%
EPS 5Y
11.00%
Revenue 3Y
-24.00%
EPS 3Y
-24.00%

Balance Sheet

Debt/Equity
13.91
Interest Coverage
0.12×
Altman Z
0.57
Book Value
8.76

Cash Flow

FCF Yield
FCF Positive Y
7/5
OCF
-25.00 Cr
EPS TTM
-7.98

Shareholding

Promoter Hold
75.00%
Promoter Pledge
31.70%
Momentum 52W
8%

Financial History

Updated 5/9/2026

Revenue

₹ Cr
No data

Net Profit

₹ Cr
No data

Return on Equity

%
No data

Peers

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