Punjab Communications Ltd

₹ 54.4 1.19%

23 May 1:04 p.m.

About

Incorporated in 1981, Punjab Communications Ltd (Puncom) is in the business of manufacturing of telecom product^[1]

Key Points

History^[1]
Co. was established in 1981 and promoted by the Punjab Govt. for enhancing the Electronics and Telecommunication industry in the region and got listed on Oct 1994. The co. has broadened its customer and product base through tie-ups with foreign companies including Huawei Technologies of China for the supply of DWDM equipment. Simultaneously, to improve the bottom line, the company went about developing its core markets of railways and power sector with its own products.

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Market Cap ₹ 65.4 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 54.4
High / Low ₹ 77.4 / 40.8
Stock P/E
Book Value ₹ 21.7
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE -9.35 %
ROE -11.5 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Company is almost debt free.

Cons

Company has low interest coverage ratio.
The company has delivered a poor sales growth of -19.6% over past five years.
Company has a low return on equity of -26.3% over last 3 years.
Contingent liabilities of Rs.52.0 Cr.
Company has high debtors of 260 days.

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Sector: Telecomm Equipment & Infra Services Industry: Telecommunications - Equipment

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Quarterly Results

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Dec 2021	Mar 2022	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024
	1.47	2.56	1.62	3.28	2.35	3.35	3.13	2.92	3.12	5.88	3.21	5.54	3.55
	7.26	7.53	7.84	7.64	6.00	5.58	5.46	5.11	5.55	7.90	6.21	8.49	5.75
Operating Profit	-5.79	-4.97	-6.22	-4.36	-3.65	-2.23	-2.33	-2.19	-2.43	-2.02	-3.00	-2.95	-2.20
OPM %	-393.88%	-194.14%	-383.95%	-132.93%	-155.32%	-66.57%	-74.44%	-75.00%	-77.88%	-34.35%	-93.46%	-53.25%	-61.97%
	2.05	1.94	1.91	-5.11	1.84	2.45	-0.71	1.84	1.59	17.10	1.88	2.00	2.81
Interest	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.02	0.01	0.00	0.47	0.01	0.17	0.00	0.01
Depreciation	0.07	0.07	0.06	0.06	0.07	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.05
Profit before tax	-3.81	-3.10	-4.37	-9.54	-1.88	0.15	-3.10	-0.40	-1.36	15.02	-1.33	-1.00	0.55
Tax %	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	-3.82	-3.10	-4.36	-9.53	-1.88	0.15	-3.10	-0.40	-1.36	15.02	-1.34	-1.00	0.55
EPS in Rs	-3.18	-2.58	-3.63	-7.93	-1.56	0.12	-2.58	-0.33	-1.13	12.49	-1.11	-0.83	0.46
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Upcoming result date: 3 June 2025

Profit & Loss

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2013	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	TTM
	22	20	21	20	28	38	45	28	21	11	11	15	18
	34	37	39	39	43	51	56	48	41	32	27	24	28
Operating Profit	-12	-17	-18	-19	-15	-13	-11	-20	-20	-21	-16	-9	-10
OPM %	-53%	-87%	-86%	-95%	-53%	-34%	-25%	-72%	-97%	-193%	-156%	-60%	-56%
	16	11	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	1	20	24
Interest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Depreciation	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Profit before tax	3	-6	-10	-10	-6	-5	-3	-11	-12	-13	-16	10	13
Tax %	4%	9%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	-6%	0%	0%
	3	-7	-10	-10	-6	-5	-3	-11	-12	-12	-16	10	13
EPS in Rs	2.50	-5.70	-8.53	-8.72	-5.23	-4.02	-2.25	-9.51	-9.90	-10.39	-12.99	8.44	11.01
Dividend Payout %	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	-3%
5 Years:	-20%
3 Years:	-10%
TTM:	45%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	5%
5 Years:	0%
3 Years:	21%
TTM:	-39%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	1%
5 Years:	37%
3 Years:	14%
1 Year:	8%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	-13%
5 Years:	-23%
3 Years:	-26%
Last Year:	-11%

Balance Sheet

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2013	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Sep 2024
Equity Capital	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Reserves	100	92	82	72	65	62	59	46	35	22	7	17	14
	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	47	44	43	53	58	58	77	76	77	77	75	67	52
Total Liabilities	159	149	137	136	136	133	148	135	124	112	93	96	78
	5	4	4	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
CWIP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Investments	1	0	0	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	0	0
	153	145	132	124	123	121	136	123	112	101	82	93	74
Total Assets	159	149	137	136	136	133	148	135	124	112	93	96	78

Cash Flows

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2013	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024
	-13	-17	-1	-12	-14	-5	-10	-5	-15	-23	-1
	12	19	1	10	16	4	14	6	9	23	25
	-0	-1	-0	0	1	-2	0	-0	4	-0	-4
Net Cash Flow	-1	1	0	-1	3	-3	4	1	-3	0	20

Ratios

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2013	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024
Debtor Days	336	325	292	261	201	182	227	321	324	354	352	260
Inventory Days	548	738	724	724	698	481	407	539	630	2,114	1,269	1,039
Days Payable	738	763	553	569	479	317	298	381	538	1,645	1,099	915
Cash Conversion Cycle	145	299	463	416	420	346	336	479	416	822	522	384
Working Capital Days	253	423	362	204	120	111	38	-35	-258	-753	-714	-495
ROCE %	0%	-6%	-8%	-11%	-8%	-6%	-3%	-18%	-22%	-32%	-33%	-9%

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025
	71.28%	71.28%	71.28%	71.28%	71.28%	71.28%	71.28%	71.28%	71.28%	71.28%	71.28%	71.28%
	4.78%	4.78%	4.78%	4.78%	4.78%	4.78%	4.78%	4.78%	4.78%	4.78%	4.78%	4.78%
	0.25%	0.25%	0.25%	0.25%	0.25%	0.25%	0.25%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
	23.69%	23.68%	23.68%	23.69%	23.69%	23.68%	23.68%	23.92%	23.91%	23.92%	23.91%	23.91%
No. of Shareholders	10,098	10,060	10,067	10,023	9,972	9,868	9,800	9,841	9,881	9,968	10,105	10,138

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
	71.28%	71.28%	71.28%	71.28%	71.28%	71.28%	71.28%	71.28%	71.28%
	4.78%	4.78%	4.78%	4.78%	4.78%	4.78%	4.78%	4.78%	4.78%
	0.32%	0.32%	0.30%	0.30%	0.30%	0.25%	0.25%	0.02%	0.02%
	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.01%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	23.62%	23.62%	23.64%	23.64%	23.64%	23.68%	23.69%	23.92%	23.91%
No. of Shareholders	10,851	10,538	10,384	10,273	10,038	10,172	10,023	9,841	10,138

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