Announcement
Announcement Under Regulation 30(LODR)- ESG Ratings 5 Oct - Crisil assigned Hindustan Foods an ESG score of 59, 'Adequate,' for FY2025-26.
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Hindustan Foods Limited (HNDFDS)
Small CapConsumer stocks · Small cap · NSE
Hindustan Foods Limited operates in Food Processing, within the Consumer sector. Use the latest filing and company disclosures below to verify its revenue mix and current business drivers.
Data qualityFresh enough for analysisQuote updated 21 Oct, 03:31 pm ISTDetails
Quote21 Oct, 03:31 pm IST
Base fundamentals06 Oct 2026 · screener
Latest result04 Aug, 11:35 pm IST
Score22 Oct, 04:30 am IST · v4.3-runtime-valuation
Tags02 May 2026
Coverage13/14 · 93%
Valuation2026-07-20 · Rf 6.8% · Consumer P/E 22.2 (n=441)
Technical timing lens
Trend score and candlestick chart
38BearishSMA20 -6.5% / mo · MACD − · sector -4.6pp vs Nifty 500 (3M)
Stock trend: 43
Sector RS: 31
Sector 3M: -10.2% vs Nifty 500 -5.6%
Consumer FPI tailwindNot confirmed
Latest mapped FPI equity flow was not positive. View sector evidence
Technical chart
HNDFDSD candles · FIT view+12.8%Latest close ₹554.15 on 2026-10-21
Bar
-0.8%
RSI
32
MACD hist
-1.81
52W pos
48%
2026-10-21O ₹558.80H ₹561.60L ₹539.00C ₹554.15Vol 1.5L sh
Up bar
Down bar
EMA 20
EMA 50
Volume + 20D avg
Result date
RSI(14)
MACD / signal
Market context
Relative performance and chart statistics
Adjusted completed-session prices, rebased to 100
HNDFDSNifty Consumer DurablesNifty 500
- HNDFDS
- -2.8%
- Nifty 500
- -6.5%
- Nifty Consumer Durables
- -11.0%
- Vs Nifty 500
- +3.7 pp
Chart stats
21 Oct 2026- From 52W high
- -18.2%
- 52W range position
- 48%
- ATR (14)
- 3.4%
- Volume vs 20D
- 2.43x
- Avg traded value
- ₹3.9 Cr
- 20D price channel
- ₹539 - ₹625.9
₹677.8
₹442 - ₹677.8
₹18.6
Latest completed session
20-session average
20.6% annualized volatility
Research snapshot
What the evidence says now
Weak fundamentals, management evidence is still limited to a financial-only Trust Lite signal, price trend argues for patience, and recent execution is consistent.
Suggested next step
Research, do not rush
The evidence is not strongly aligned. Compare peers and wait for a cleaner setup.
U-Score
Legacy · WATCHLIST37
Fundamental lens: valuation, quality, growth, balance sheet, and cash flow.
Latest result
Good67
Revenue +17.9% · PAT +34.4% YoY
Technical
Bearish38
Price trend and sector-relative-strength timing.
Valuation
Legacy model-26.1%
Legacy margin-of-safety estimate; the revised evidence label remains in shadow validation.
Trust
Limited evidence70
Financial-only signal; management claim evidence is not sufficient yet.
Financials
Fundamentals, quarterly history, margins, returns and balance-sheet evidence
Financials
Fundamentals, quarterly history, margins, returns and balance-sheet evidence
Latest result
Quarter ended 30 Jun 2026
Good · 67/100Rev +18% YoY · PAT +34% YoY · +8% QoQ · operating leverage · margin compression
Filed 04 Aug 2026
Open results browser →| Metric | This quarter | YoY | QoQ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹1,201 Cr | +17.9% | +7.5% |
| EBITDA | ₹100 Cr | +23.5% | +0.0% |
| Operating margin | 8.0% | +0 bps | -100 bps |
| PAT | ₹43 Cr | +34.4% | +2.4% |
| PAT margin | 3.6% | +44 bps | -18 bps |
NDF means not disclosed in the current structured filing feed. It is intentionally not treated as zero.
Fundamentals
Valuation
- P/E
- 42.70
- P/B
- 5.85
- EV/EBITDA
- 16.83
- Market Cap
- 6907.00Cr
Profitability
- ROE
- 14.60%
- ROCE
- 14.10%
- ROA
- 4.99%
- Dividend Y
- —
Growth (CAGR)
- Revenue 5Y
- 25.00%
- EPS 5Y
- 35.00%
- Revenue 3Y
- 18.00%
- EPS 3Y
- 29.00%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.93
- Interest Coverage
- 4.47×
- Altman Z
- 4.49
- Book Value
- 97.50
Cash Flow
- FCF Yield
- —
- FCF Positive Y
- 0/5
- OCF
- 100.00 Cr
- EPS TTM
- 13.20
Shareholding
- Promoter Hold
- 61.84%
- Promoter Pledge
- 0.00%
- Momentum 52W
- 54%
Financial History
Updated 21/10/2026
Revenue
₹ CrLatest: 4,400+3.5% vs prev
Net Profit
₹ CrLatest: 149+29.6% vs prev
Return on Equity
%Latest: 12.8+2.4% vs prev
Technicals
Trend interpretation, Stage 2, relative strength, volume and indicator evidence
Technicals
Trend interpretation, Stage 2, relative strength, volume and indicator evidence
Daily technical trend read
Bearish setupTrend is weak — long-term uptrend intact. RSI 32.
- Price above SMA200 (long-term uptrend) but mid-term MAs not aligned.
- SMA20 falling (~7.0% over last month) — short-term momentum negative.
- RSI(14) at 32 — falling, no extreme reading.
- MACD below signal, histogram expanding negatively — bearish momentum building.
- 18% off 52W high · 25% 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.
Nifty 500 leadership
Relative Strength & Trend Stage
73
RS percentile
Stage 1 Base / Transition
1M return
-10.3%
3M return
-2.8%
6M return
+12.6%
1Y return
+6.3%
RS 1D
+1
RS 20D
+3
Sector rank
#8
Industry rank
#39
Stage evidence
- Price is within 0.6% of the 30-week proxy.
- The 30-week proxy changed +2.6% over 20 sessions.
- The moving-average structure does not confirm Stage 2 or Stage 4.
50-DMA
price below
200-DMA
price above
Sector
neutral
Industry
improving
Relative-strength line vs Nifty 500 (base 100)
262 observations
21 Oct 2026Value 108.02-1.03%
RS vs Nifty 500108
Valuation & peers
U-Score 37 · legacy U-Score band WATCHLIST · valuation evidence and comparable companies
Valuation & peers
U-Score 37 · legacy U-Score band WATCHLIST · valuation evidence and comparable companies
WATCHLIST
Fundamental score breakdown
U band · WATCHLISTValuation0/30
Growth17/25
Quality7/20
Balance Sheet7/15
Cash Flow1/10
Piotroski
8/9 (+5)
Penalties
0
Raw sum
37
Why this score?
Top U-Score contributors and drags from the latest stored fundamentals.
37/100 · legacy band WATCHLIST
Positive drivers
- Piotroski is strong at 8/9.
- Growth contributes 17/25 to the score.
- Balance sheet contributes 7/15 to the score.
Main drags
- Fair-value margin of safety is negative at -26.1%.
- Valuation is weaker at 0/30; verify the latest quarterly trend.
- Cash flow is weaker at 1/10; verify the latest quarterly trend.
Sector valuation model
Consumer valuation: PE/PEG and brand-quality premium
Consumer franchises can deserve higher multiples, but only when growth quality supports them.
Primary lens
PE and PEG relative to growth, ROE, margins, and brand strength.
Secondary checks
Volume growth, pricing power, distribution, same-store or category growth.
Main risk check
Premium valuation needs durable growth and margin resilience.
PE
42.7
PB
5.8
EV/EBITDA
16.8
ROE
14.6%
ROCE
14.1%
FCF Yield
—
Debt/Equity
0.9
MoS
-26.1%
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: 22 Oct 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
Final score
37
Previous: 37
Legacy U-Score band
WATCHLIST
Previous: WATCHLIST
Margin of safety
-26.1%
Previous: -26.1%
Score history
12 stored score snapshots. Latest stored move: +0 points.
22 Oct 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
37
37
37
37
37
37
37
37
37
37
37
37
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
₹170.17
-225.6% MoS
Growth-justified P/E
33.3
Growth-justified Value
₹439.56
-26.1% MoS
PEG
1.31
Comparable companies
Peers
Business-comparable peers in Consumer — ranked by industry, sub-sector, theme-tag overlap, market cap, and U-Score similarity. Green cells mark the best available peer metric in this table.
Ticker
Name
Why peer
Score
PE
ROE
MoS
Verdict
ADFFOODS
Small
ADF Foods Limited
FMCG
match 157
51
32.0
17.7%
+10%
FAIR VALUE
EIFFL
Small
Euro India Fresh Foods Limited
FMCG
match 154
30
122.0
6.4%
-242%
OVERVALUED
MEGASTAR
Small
Megastar Foods Limited
FMCG
match 154
31
30.5
9.5%
+7%
OVERVALUED
FOODSIN
Small
Foods & Inns Limited
FMCG
match 152
63
15.0
5.0%
+59%
UNDERVALUED
HOACFOODS
SME
Hoac Foods India Ltd.
FMCG
match 148
42
77.1
24.2%
-195%
WATCHLIST
Business, management & trust
Growth engines, risks, management commitments and evidence-backed delivery
Business, management & trust
Growth engines, risks, management commitments and evidence-backed delivery
Business and thesis
Issuer presentation review pending
Hindustan Foods Limited operates in Food Processing, within the Consumer 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.
Trust Score
70Limited evidence · 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.
Limited evidence: Claim history is still being built. It ranks around the 63rd percentile of the scored universe and 67th percentile within Consumer. Main check: cash conversion is weak at 43/100.
This is a financial-behaviour screen, not a claim-tested management reliability verdict.
Computed 05 Sept 2026
management-trust-v1
112 docs text-extracted · 39 concalls text-extracted
Score band
Limited evidence
Financial behaviour is scored, but management claims do not yet have enough outcome checks.
Relative rank
63rd percentile
overall median 67 · Consumer: 67th pctile, median 66 · Small: 65th pctile, median 66
Evidence depth
Financial-only
112 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
Limited evidence · low confidenceWhat 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
43
weak · profit to cash conversion
Balance sheet
73
acceptable · leverage and solvency
Discipline
68
acceptable · capital discipline
Results
95
strong · quarterly consistency
Trust positives
- ▸Promoter holding is 61.8%.
- ▸Promoter pledge is zero.
- ▸4/4 latest quarters had positive YoY revenue growth.
- ▸4/4 latest quarters had positive YoY PAT growth.
Trust risks
- ▸Only 0 years of positive FCF.
Trust Lite uses financial behaviour only. Prefer claim-tested Trust when enough concall claims have later outcomes.
Continue researching Hindustan Foods Limited
Important announcements & filings
Latest exchange and company disclosures found within the past two years.
Open source ↗
AnnouncementSep 2026
Sep 2026 · Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Analyst / Investor Meet - Intimation 27 Aug - Hindustan Foods to attend investor conference on September 7, 2026 at 4:00 pm in Mumbai.
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AnnouncementSep 2026
Sep 2026 · Announcement Under Regulation 30 (LODR)- Grant Of Options Under Employee Stock Option Scheme 2025 (''HFL ESOS 2025'' Or ''Scheme'') 18 Sep - Hindustan Foods allotted 1,46,300 shares and granted 1,05,900 ESOS options on September 18, 2026.
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AnnouncementSep 2026
Sep 2026 · Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Resignation of Director 23 Sep - Nikhil Vora resigns; Shashi Kalathil becomes non-executive director; board committees reconstituted on Sept. 23, 2026.
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AnnouncementSep 2026
Sep 2026 · Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Change in Management 23 Sep - Board accepted Nikhil Vora’s resignation; Shashi Kalathil became non-independent director effective September 23, 2026.
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Announcement
Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Allotment of ESOP / ESPS 18 Sep - Allotment of Equity shares pursuant to HFL ESOS 2025.
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Announcement
Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Analyst / Investor Meet - Intimation 31 Aug - Hindustan Foods schedules NDR investor meetings in Mumbai on September 8 and 15, 2026.
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Announcement
Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Analyst / Investor Meet - Intimation 31 Aug - Pursuant to the relevant provisions of SEBI (LODR), Regulations 2015, we would like to inform you that the officials of the Company will be participating …
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Concall transcriptAug 2026
Aug 2026 · Transcript
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Investor presentationAug 2026
Aug 2026 · PPT
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AnnouncementAug 2026
Aug 2026 · Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Analyst / Investor Meet - Intimation 18 Aug - Hindustan Foods will host an in-person group investor meeting in Mumbai on August 28, 2026.
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Announcement
Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Newspaper Publication 27 Aug - Please find attached the PDF file.
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