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Megastar Foods Limited (MEGASTAR)

Small Cap

Consumer stocks · Small cap · NSE

Megastar 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.

₹307.6
+3.50 · +1.15%
Quote04 Sept, 03:51 pm IST
Fundamentals05 Sept 2026 · screener
Score05 Sept, 10:20 pm IST · v4.3-runtime-valuation
Tags02 May 2026
Coverage14/14 · 100%
Valuation2026-07-20 · Rf 6.8% · Consumer P/E 23.3 (n=433)
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 consistent.

Suggested next step
Research, do not rush
The four lenses are not strongly aligned. Compare peers and wait for a cleaner setup.
U-Score
OVERVALUED
28

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

Trust
Healthy Trust
72

low confidence · 0/0 claims checked

Technical
Neutral
48

Timing lens: price trend and sector relative strength.

Result consistency
consistent
90

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

Latest result

Quarter ended 30 Jun 2026

Good · 67/100

Rev +24% YoY · PAT +40% YoY · operating leverage · margin compression

Filed 12 Aug 2026
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MetricThis quarterYoYQoQ
Revenue₹132.6 Cr+23.5%-9.2%
EBITDA₹7.5 Cr+9.9%-24.3%
Operating margin5.6%-70 bps-112 bps
PAT₹2.2 Cr+40.3%-0.5%
PAT margin1.7%+20 bps+15 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

Megastar 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.

Management accountability

What management said, and what results must prove

Technical timing lens

Trend score and candlestick chart

48Neutral

SMA20 -8.5% / mo · MACD +

Stock trend: 51
Sector RS: 45
Sector 3M: -2.3% vs Nifty -1.5%

Technical chart

MEGASTARdaily · 1Y · AUTO+31.7%
Latest close ₹307.60 on 2026-09-04
Bar
+2.2%
RSI
43
MACD hist
0.68
52W pos
55%
2026-09-04O ₹301.05H ₹309.65L ₹301.05C ₹307.60Vol 2,947 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

Neutral

Trend is undirectional — long-term uptrend intact. RSI 43.

  • Price above SMA200 (long-term uptrend) but mid-term MAs not aligned.
  • SMA20 falling (~9.2% over last month) — short-term momentum negative.
  • RSI(14) at 43 — sideways, no extreme reading.
  • MACD above signal but histogram contracting — bullish momentum cooling.
  • 22% off 52W high · 52% 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 28 · OVERVALUED · pillar breakdown, sector model, fair-value anchor

28U-SCORE
OVERVALUED

Fundamental score breakdown

OVERVALUED
Valuation0/30
Growth14/25
Quality2/20
Balance Sheet6/15
Cash Flow6/10
Piotroski
5/9 (+3)
Penalties
-3
Raw sum
28

Why this score?

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

28/100 · OVERVALUED

Positive drivers

  • FCF yield is supportive at 5.8%.
  • Cash flow contributes 6/10 to the score.
  • Growth contributes 14/25 to the score.

Main drags

  • Penalty bucket subtracts 3 points.
  • Fair-value margin of safety is negative at -0.3%.
  • Valuation is weaker at 0/30; 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
35.0
PB
3.4
EV/EBITDA
10.6
ROE
9.5%
ROCE
11.6%
FCF Yield
5.8%
Debt/Equity
1.3
MoS
-0.3%
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 1.3, 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
28
Previous: 28
Verdict
OVERVALUED
Previous: OVERVALUED
Margin of safety
-0.3%
Previous: -0.3%

Score history

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

05 Sept 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
42
42
27
27
27
27
28
28
28
28
28
28

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
₹134.08
-129.4% MoS
Growth-justified P/E
35.0
Growth-justified Value
₹306.51
-0.3% MoS
PEG
1.94

Trust score

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

Trust Score
72Healthy 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 69th percentile of the scored universe and 71st percentile within Consumer. Main check: financial discipline is weak at 48/100.

Healthy Trust Lite: Promoter holding is 61.5%. Key concern: Debt/equity is 1.27.

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

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

Relative rank
69th percentile

overall median 67 · Consumer: 71st pctile, median 66 · Small: 71st pctile, median 66

Evidence depth
Financial-only

19 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

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
61
acceptable · leverage and solvency
Discipline
48
watch · capital discipline
Results
90
strong · quarterly consistency

Trust positives

  • Promoter holding is 61.5%.
  • Promoter pledge is zero.
  • FCF yield is 5.8%.
  • 4/4 latest quarters had positive YoY revenue growth.

Trust risks

  • Debt/equity is 1.27.
  • Revenue CAGR is 21% but EPS CAGR is -3%.
  • 2 older quarters in the 8-quarter window had PAT decline worse than 25% YoY.

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
35.00
P/B
3.38
EV/EBITDA
10.62
Market Cap
347.00Cr

Profitability

ROE
9.46%
ROCE
11.60%
ROA
3.73%
Dividend Y

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y
27.00%
EPS 5Y
18.00%
Revenue 3Y
21.00%
EPS 3Y
-3.00%

Balance Sheet

Debt/Equity
1.27
Interest Coverage
2.57×
Altman Z
4.41
Book Value
91.10

Cash Flow

FCF Yield
5.76%
FCF Positive Y
3/5
OCF
27.00 Cr
EPS TTM
8.77

Shareholding

Promoter Hold
61.47%
Promoter Pledge
0.00%
Momentum 52W
57%

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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