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Rico Auto Industries Limited (RICOAUTO)

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Rico Auto Industries Limited operates in Auto Components, within the Auto sector. Use the latest filing and company disclosures below to verify its revenue mix and current business drivers.

₹115.63
-0.48 · -0.41%
Market cap ₹1,631 Cr
Data qualityFresh enough for analysisQuote updated 21 Oct, 04:45 am IST
Details
Quote21 Oct, 04:45 am IST
Base fundamentals06 Oct 2026 · screener
Latest result12 Aug, 01:43 pm IST
Score21 Oct, 04:30 am IST · v4.3-runtime-valuation
Tags02 May 2026
Coverage14/14 · 100%
Valuation2026-07-20 · Rf 6.8% · Auto P/E 25.7 (n=127)
Technical timing lens

Trend score and candlestick chart

38Bearish

SMA20 -5.7% / mo · MACD −

Stock trend: 30
Sector RS: 49
Sector 3M: -6.3% vs Nifty 500 -5.6%
Auto FPI tailwindNot confirmed

Latest mapped FPI equity flow was not positive. View sector evidence

Technical chart

RICOAUTOD candles · FIT view+1.7%
Latest close ₹115.63 on 2026-10-19
Bar
-1.2%
RSI
37
MACD hist
-0.49
52W pos
46%
Visible chart range
Candle interval
2026-10-19O ₹117.00H ₹118.40L ₹114.40C ₹115.63Vol 6.9L sh
₹105.82₹119.48₹133.15₹146.81₹160.4752H₹115.632026-032026-06VolRSIMACD2026-042026-062026-082026-092026-11
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

RICOAUTONifty AutoNifty 500
-21%-9%+4%+16%20 Jul1 Sept19 Oct19 Oct 2026RICOAUTO -16.4%Nifty Auto -5.4%Nifty 500 -5.6%
RICOAUTO
-16.4%
Nifty 500
-5.6%
Nifty Auto
-5.4%
Vs Nifty 500
-10.9 pp
Chart stats
19 Oct 2026
From 52W high
-26.8%
₹158
52W range position
46%
₹78.9 - ₹158
ATR (14)
4.0%
₹4.6
Volume vs 20D
0.99x
Latest completed session
Avg traded value
₹8.5 Cr
20-session average
20D price channel
₹112.3 - ₹134.7
30.8% 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 mixed.

Suggested next step
Research, do not rush
The evidence is not strongly aligned. Compare peers and wait for a cleaner setup.
U-Score
Legacy · OVERVALUED
31

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

Latest result
Bad
2

Revenue +38.9% · PAT -120.2% YoY

Technical
Bearish
38

Price trend and sector-relative-strength timing.

Valuation
Legacy model
-33.3%

Legacy margin-of-safety estimate; the revised evidence label remains in shadow validation.

Trust
Limited evidence
67

Financial-only signal; management claim evidence is not sufficient yet.

Financials

Fundamentals, quarterly history, margins, returns and balance-sheet evidence

Latest result

Quarter ended 30 Jun 2026

Bad · 2/100

PAT -120% YoY · margin compression · Rev +39% YoY · +11% QoQ

Filed 12 Aug 2026
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MetricThis quarterYoYQoQ
Revenue₹755.1 Cr+38.9%+11.4%
EBITDA₹34.8 Cr-35.4%-27.2%
Operating margin4.6%-530 bps-245 bps
PAT₹-3.4 Cr-120.2%-149.2%
PAT margin-0.5%-353 bps-146 bps

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

Fundamentals

Valuation

P/E
45.50
P/B
2.10
EV/EBITDA
7.66
Market Cap
1631.00Cr

Profitability

ROE
7.69%
ROCE
9.15%
ROA
1.49%
Dividend Y
0.46%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y
11.00%
EPS 5Y
50.00%
Revenue 3Y
2.00%
EPS 3Y
6.00%

Balance Sheet

Debt/Equity
0.93
Interest Coverage
3.64×
Altman Z
2.92
Book Value
57.60

Cash Flow

FCF Yield
2.76%
FCF Positive Y
8/5
OCF
326.00 Cr
EPS TTM
2.25

Shareholding

Promoter Hold
50.33%
Promoter Pledge
0.00%
Momentum 52W
54%

Financial History

Updated 20/10/2026

Revenue

₹ Cr
Latest: 2,478+12.0% vs prev
02478Mar 2017: 1,038Mar 2018: 1,209Mar 2019: 1,393Mar 2020: 1,401Mar 2021: 1,470Mar 2022: 1,860Mar 2023: 2,302Mar 2024: 2,160Mar 2025: 2,212Mar 2026: 2,478FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26

Net Profit

₹ Cr
Latest: 52.0+147.6% vs prev
-14.0058.0Mar 2017: 52.0Mar 2018: 58.0Mar 2019: 51.0Mar 2020: 17.0Mar 2021: -14.0Mar 2022: 24.0Mar 2023: 51.0Mar 2024: 39.0Mar 2025: 21.0Mar 2026: 52.0FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26

Return on Equity

%
Latest: 6.7+131.6% vs prev
-2.3010.3Mar 2017: 9.9%Mar 2018: 10.3%Mar 2019: 8.3%Mar 2020: 2.7%Mar 2021: -2.3%Mar 2022: 3.8%Mar 2023: 7.4%Mar 2024: 5.4%Mar 2025: 2.9%Mar 2026: 6.7%FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26

Technicals

Trend interpretation, Stage 2, relative strength, volume and indicator evidence

Daily technical trend read

Mixed signals

Signals are conflicting — long-term trend down. RSI 37. Wait for confirmation.

  • Price below SMA200 (long-term downtrend) — short-term bounces likely countertrend.
  • SMA20 falling (~6.1% over last month) — short-term momentum negative.
  • RSI(14) at 37 — rising, no extreme reading.
  • MACD below signal but histogram contracting — bearish momentum easing.
  • 27% off 52W high · 47% 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

76
RS percentile
Stage 1 Base / Transition
1M return
-11.4%
3M return
-16.4%
6M return
-2.3%
1Y return
+36.1%
RS 1D
0
RS 20D
+1
Sector rank
#3
Industry rank
#30
Stage evidence
  • Price is 8.0% below the 30-week proxy without full trend alignment.
  • The 30-week proxy changed +0.5% over 20 sessions.
  • The moving-average structure does not confirm Stage 2 or Stage 4.
50-DMA
price below
200-DMA
price below
Sector
leading
Industry
neutral
Relative-strength line vs Nifty 500 (base 100)
262 observations
19 Oct 2026Value 127.76+0.61%
79100122143164Sept 25Feb 26Jun 26Oct 26128
RS vs Nifty 500128

Valuation & peers

U-Score 31 · legacy U-Score band OVERVALUED · valuation evidence and comparable companies

31U-SCORE
OVERVALUED

Fundamental score breakdown

U band · OVERVALUED
Valuation3/30
Growth12/25
Quality0/20
Balance Sheet5/15
Cash Flow6/10
Piotroski
8/9 (+5)
Penalties
0
Raw sum
31

Why this score?

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

31/100 · legacy band OVERVALUED

Positive drivers

  • Piotroski is strong at 8/9.
  • Cash flow contributes 6/10 to the score.
  • Growth contributes 12/25 to the score.

Main drags

  • Fair-value margin of safety is negative at -33.3%.
  • Quality is weaker at 0/20; verify the latest quarterly trend.
  • Valuation is weaker at 3/30; 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.

Consumer PE/PEG
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
45.5
PB
2.1
EV/EBITDA
7.7
ROE
7.7%
ROCE
9.2%
FCF Yield
2.8%
Debt/Equity
0.9
MoS
-33.3%
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: 21 Oct 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
Final score
31
Previous: 31
Legacy U-Score band
OVERVALUED
Previous: OVERVALUED
Margin of safety
-33.3%
Previous: -33.3%

Score history

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

21 Oct 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31

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
₹54
-114.1% MoS
Growth-justified P/E
38.5
Growth-justified Value
₹86.74
-33.3% MoS
PEG
1.40

Comparable companies

Peers

Business-comparable peers in Auto — 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.

Compare all ↗
Ticker
Name
Why peer
Score
PE
ROE
MoS
Verdict
TIRUPATIFL
Small
Tirupati Forge Limited
Auto Components
match 168
34
160.0
5.2%
-271%
WATCHLIST
IGARASHI
Small
Igarashi Motors India Limited
Auto Components
match 168
8
—
-6.7%
—
OVERVALUED
MUNJALAU
Small
Munjal Auto Industries Limited
Auto Components
match 168
20
20.6
3.7%
-294%
OVERVALUED
KROSS
Small
Kross Limited
Auto Components
match 166
48
25.3
12.0%
+28%
FAIR VALUE
MMFL
Small
MM Forgings Limited
Auto Components
match 164
46
23.7
10.5%
+62%
FAIR VALUE

Business, management & trust

Growth engines, risks, management commitments and evidence-backed delivery

Business and thesis

Issuer presentation review pending

Rico Auto Industries Limited operates in Auto Components, within the Auto 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
67Limited 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 52nd percentile of the scored universe and 35th percentile within Auto. Main check: financial discipline is weak at 52/100.

This is a financial-behaviour screen, not a claim-tested management reliability verdict.

Computed 05 Sept 2026
management-trust-v1
84 docs text-extracted · 59 concalls text-extracted
Score band
Limited evidence

Financial behaviour is scored, but management claims do not yet have enough outcome checks.

Relative rank
52nd percentile

overall median 67 · Auto: 35th pctile, median 74 · Small: 56th pctile, median 66

Evidence depth
Financial-only

84 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 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
78
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
60
acceptable · quarterly consistency

Trust positives

  • ▸Promoter pledge is zero.
  • ▸FCF yield is positive at 2.6%.
  • ▸8 years of positive FCF.
  • ▸4/4 latest quarters had positive YoY revenue growth.

Trust risks

  • ▸ROE is low at 7.7%.
  • ▸1 of the latest 4 quarters had PAT decline worse than 25% YoY.

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

Important announcements & filings

Latest exchange and company disclosures found within the past two years.

7 shown
Announcement

Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Newspaper Publication 20 Aug - Attached herewith the copies of 4th Notice published in Newspapers regarding opening of Special Window for transfer and dematerialization of physical securities.

Source: Bse

Open source ↗
Announcement

Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Newspaper Publication 20 Jun - Attached herewith Newspaper publication for 3rd Notice for Special Window for Transfer and Dematerialisation of Physical Shares

Source: Bse

Open source ↗
Investor presentation

Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Investor Presentation 1 Jun - Attached herewith the weblink of Investor Presentation.

Source: Bse

Open source ↗
Announcement

Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Dividend Updates 29 May - Board approved FY26 audited results and recommended 55% dividend of Re.0.55 per share.

Source: Bse

Open source ↗
Announcement

Results For The Financial Year Ended 31St March, 2026 29 May

Source: Bse

Open source ↗
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