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ESAF Small Finance Bank Limited (ESAFSFB)

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Financial Services stocks · Small cap · NSE

ESAF Small Finance Bank Limited operates in Small Finance Bank, within the Financial Services sector. Use the latest filing and company disclosures below to verify its revenue mix and current business drivers.

₹41.41
-0.26 · -0.62%
Quote04 Sept, 03:59 pm IST
Fundamentals23 Aug 2026 · screener
Score05 Sept, 10:20 pm IST · v4.3-runtime-valuation
Tags03 May 2026
Coverage11/14 · 79%
Valuation2026-07-20 · Rf 6.8% · Financial Services P/E 18.5 (n=240)
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, while price trend supports entry. This looks more like momentum/speculation than a clean fundamental investment setup.

Suggested next step
Check latest quarters
Result consistency is weak; verify whether the thesis is improving or deteriorating.
Weak U-Score but strong trend: momentum may be ahead of fundamentals.
U-Score
OVERVALUED
17

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

Trust
Mixed Trust
55

low confidence · 0/0 claims checked

Technical
Bullish
65

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 30 Jun 2026

Average · 40/100

Rev +33% YoY · +10% QoQ

Filed 31 Jul 2026
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MetricThis quarterYoYQoQ
Revenue₹1,098 Cr+32.6%+10.3%
EBITDANDFNDFNDF
Operating marginNDFNDFNDF
PAT₹80 CrNDF+233.3%
PAT margin7.3%+1707 bps+488 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

ESAF Small Finance Bank Limited operates in Small Finance Bank, within the Financial Services 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

65Bullish

SMA20 +10.1% / mo · MACD − · near 52W high

Stock trend: 65
Sector RS:

Technical chart

ESAFSFBdaily · 1Y · AUTO+59.0%
Latest close ₹41.41 on 2026-09-04
Bar
-0.6%
RSI
51
MACD hist
-0.40
52W pos
86%
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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 uptrend intact. RSI 51. Wait for confirmation.

  • Price above SMA200 (long-term uptrend) but mid-term MAs not aligned.
  • SMA20 rising (~9.2% over last month) — short-term momentum positive.
  • RSI(14) at 51 — falling, no extreme reading.
  • MACD below signal, histogram expanding negatively — bearish momentum building.
  • 8% off 52W high · 109% 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 17 · OVERVALUED · pillar breakdown, sector model, fair-value anchor

17U-SCORE
Distress Watch

Fundamental score breakdown

OVERVALUED
Valuation3/30
Growth5/25
Quality0/20
Balance Sheet6/15
Cash Flow3/10
Piotroski
3/9 (+1)
Penalties
-1
Raw sum
17

Why this score?

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

17/100 · OVERVALUED

Positive drivers

  • Balance sheet contributes 6/15 to the score.
  • Cash flow contributes 3/10 to the score.
  • Growth contributes 5/25 to the score.

Main drags

  • Altman Z is 1.8, in distress territory.
  • Penalty bucket subtracts 1 points.
  • Quality is weaker at 0/20; verify the latest quarterly trend.
Sector valuation model

Bank valuation: P/B adjusted for ROE and asset quality

Banks are balance-sheet businesses, so book value quality matters more than simple earnings multiples.

Bank P/B
Primary lens
Price/book and ROE/ROA, not trailing PE alone.
Secondary checks
Capital adequacy, credit cost, NPA trend, deposit franchise.
Main risk check
Low P/B can be a trap if asset quality or credit cost is worsening.
PE
PB
1.3
EV/EBITDA
ROE
-8.9%
ROCE
5.7%
FCF Yield
Debt/Equity
0.1
MoS
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
17
Previous: 17
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
20
20
18
18
18
18
18
18
17
17
17
17

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
8.1
Growth-justified Value
— MoS
PEG

Trust score

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

Trust Score
55Mixed 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 16th percentile of the scored universe and 29th percentile within Financial Services. Main check: results consistency is weak at 27/100.

Mixed Trust Lite: Promoter holding is 63.3%. Key concern: Operating cash flow is negative at ₹-1960 Cr.

Computed 05 Sept 2026
management-trust-v1
58 docs text-extracted · 22 concalls text-extracted
Score band
Mixed Trust

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

Relative rank
16th percentile

overall median 67 · Financial Services: 29th pctile, median 62 · Small: 18th pctile, median 66

Evidence depth
Financial-only

58 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

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
52
watch · profit to cash conversion
Balance sheet
62
acceptable · leverage and solvency
Discipline
40
weak · capital discipline
Results
27
weak · quarterly consistency

Trust positives

  • Promoter holding is 63.3%.
  • Promoter pledge is zero.
  • 4 years of positive FCF.
  • Debt/equity is 0.10.

Trust risks

  • Operating cash flow is negative at ₹-1960 Cr.
  • Altman Z is 1.78.
  • 4 latest quarters had PAT decline worse than 25% YoY.
  • ROCE is low at 5.7%.

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
1.27
EV/EBITDA
Market Cap
2267.00Cr

Profitability

ROE
-8.86%
ROCE
5.65%
ROA
-0.02%
Dividend Y

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y
17.00%
EPS 5Y
1.00%
Revenue 3Y
7.00%
EPS 3Y
-4.00%

Balance Sheet

Debt/Equity
0.10
Interest Coverage
Altman Z
1.78
Book Value
34.60

Cash Flow

FCF Yield
FCF Positive Y
4/5
OCF
-1960.00 Cr
EPS TTM
-0.10

Shareholding

Promoter Hold
63.25%
Promoter Pledge
0.00%
Momentum 52W
98%

Financial History

Updated 5/9/2026

Revenue

₹ Cr
No data

Net Profit

₹ Cr
No data

Return on Equity

%
No data

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