Mercantile Ventures Ltd

₹ 26.9 -2.08%

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mercantileventures.co.in BSE: 538942 NSE: MERCANTILE

About

Incorporated in 1985, Mercantile Ventures Ltd provides leasing of properties and Manpower supply services^[1]

Key Points

Business Overview:^[1]^[2]
MVL, formerly an NBFC, is engaged in leasing of properties, facility management and providing manpower services. It acquires immovable properties for letting them out on lease or for resale

Website BSE NSE

Market Cap ₹ 284 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 26.9
High / Low ₹ 36.8 / 17.5
Stock P/E 41.2
Book Value ₹ 24.4
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE 0.82 %
ROE 2.29 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Company is almost debt free.
Stock is trading at 1.10 times its book value

Cons

Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
Company has a low return on equity of 2.05% over last 3 years.
Earnings include an other income of Rs.3.01 Cr.

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Quarterly Results

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026
	13.06	13.68	15.19	16.13	15.39	16.74	17.84	18.34	19.26	21.08	23.51	25.07	23.67
	12.75	12.80	14.22	15.13	18.15	16.79	17.16	17.68	19.21	21.39	22.96	24.63	23.90
Operating Profit	0.31	0.88	0.97	1.00	-2.76	-0.05	0.68	0.66	0.05	-0.31	0.55	0.44	-0.23
OPM %	2.37%	6.43%	6.39%	6.20%	-17.93%	-0.30%	3.81%	3.60%	0.26%	-1.47%	2.34%	1.76%	-0.97%
	3.77	1.10	0.79	-8.33	2.47	8.25	1.10	1.63	1.96	0.13	0.11	0.67	2.09
Interest	0.33	0.29	0.25	0.55	0.24	0.25	0.26	-0.33	0.03	0.05	0.00	0.04	0.01
Depreciation	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.27	0.21	0.23	0.24	0.21	0.25	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.26
Profit before tax	3.50	1.44	1.26	-8.15	-0.74	7.72	1.28	2.41	1.73	-0.44	0.45	0.86	1.59
Tax %	7.14%	289.58%	19.84%	3.44%	74.32%	12.44%	24.22%	34.02%	-304.05%	59.09%	111.11%	5.81%	-22.64%
	10.74	-7.32	1.26	-9.08	-1.28	6.76	0.96	1.59	6.99	-0.70	-0.06	0.81	1.95
EPS in Rs	0.85	-1.05	0.13	-0.45	-0.12	0.50	0.07	0.17	0.81	-0.08	0.13	0.26	0.31
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Profit & Loss

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	13.03	18.13	27.14	29.95	34.40	38.24	37.30	37.04	47.15	60.39	72.19	93.34
	11.38	15.40	24.49	27.14	31.38	34.34	32.89	34.84	43.77	60.24	70.83	92.90
Operating Profit	1.65	2.73	2.65	2.81	3.02	3.90	4.41	2.20	3.38	0.15	1.36	0.44
OPM %	12.66%	15.06%	9.76%	9.38%	8.78%	10.20%	11.82%	5.94%	7.17%	0.25%	1.88%	0.47%
	25.85	6.12	-26.08	5.24	3.82	6.45	6.95	16.32	7.51	-3.96	12.88	3.01
Interest	0.15	2.25	1.92	0.66	0.54	0.94	0.99	1.08	1.08	1.34	0.20	0.11
Depreciation	0.34	0.43	1.14	1.17	1.07	1.01	1.01	0.99	0.98	0.99	0.93	0.90
Profit before tax	27.01	6.17	-26.49	6.22	5.23	8.40	9.36	16.45	8.83	-6.14	13.11	2.44
Tax %	19.81%	29.98%	5.44%	81.67%	29.06%	-35.36%	31.73%	30.21%	23.56%	23.29%	-24.18%	18.85%
	21.67	4.32	-27.93	1.14	6.66	21.09	9.38	16.40	14.90	-7.62	16.23	1.99
EPS in Rs	1.93	0.38	-2.50	0.10	0.60	2.30	1.01	1.03	1.42	-0.71	1.45	0.62
Dividend Payout %	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	18%
5 Years:	20%
3 Years:	26%
TTM:	29%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	4%
5 Years:	-9%
3 Years:	-23%
TTM:	-34%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	10%
5 Years:	6%
3 Years:	17%
1 Year:	22%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	3%
5 Years:	3%
3 Years:	2%
Last Year:	2%

Balance Sheet

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Equity Capital	111.95	111.95	111.92	111.92	111.92	111.92	111.92	111.92	111.92	111.92	111.92	111.92
Reserves	150.77	157.35	137.20	141.85	159.66	159.44	191.15	226.28	199.40	221.26	218.85	160.72
	14.00	10.14	5.92	4.12	0.73	0.16	0.00	0.00	4.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	17.17	21.26	16.13	13.01	11.76	9.52	9.07	17.90	21.25	63.63	59.82	33.37
Total Liabilities	293.89	300.70	271.17	270.90	284.07	281.04	312.14	356.10	336.57	396.81	390.59	306.01
	42.76	43.73	85.71	84.66	84.29	76.44	76.89	76.81	76.61	90.42	94.47	93.71
CWIP	0.00	0.00	0.00	44.02	44.02	44.02	44.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Investments	42.63	46.26	64.16	65.89	81.37	69.96	89.93	147.55	177.20	175.41	222.81	149.51
	208.50	210.71	121.30	76.33	74.39	90.62	101.30	131.74	82.76	130.98	73.31	62.79
Total Assets	293.89	300.70	271.17	270.90	284.07	281.04	312.14	356.10	336.57	396.81	390.59	306.01

Cash Flows

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	8.88	-19.46	-27.09	4.15	10.23	-9.31	22.72	-6.14	-13.74	38.67	-32.81	0.83
	-17.91	17.45	33.63	-4.11	-4.42	17.01	-12.62	-10.02	9.16	17.23	-18.28	-0.22
	11.75	-2.46	-4.99	-0.07	-3.65	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.00	-4.00	0.24	-0.36
Net Cash Flow	2.72	-4.46	1.54	-0.02	2.16	7.70	10.09	-16.16	-0.58	51.90	-50.85	0.25
Free Cash Flow	4.81	-20.43	-27.16	5.23	11.82	-13.46	22.59	37.70	-13.79	37.79	-37.77	0.70
CFO/OP	538%	-506%	-998%	187%	403%	-191%	585%	-158%	-334%	27,147%	-2,141%	639%

Ratios

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Debtor Days	0.00	61.00	70.47	69.71	73.42	82.66	74.37	80.51	74.08	79.54	83.43	68.08
Inventory Days			2.07
Days Payable			26.37
Cash Conversion Cycle	0.00	61.00	46.17	69.71	73.42	82.66	74.37	80.51	74.08	79.54	83.43	68.08
Working Capital Days	1,218.25	658.33	1,202.72	639.57	522.46	500.06	499.94	949.45	465.09	346.44	236.32	155.40
ROCE %	2.67%	3.33%	2.33%	3.06%	2.35%	3.47%	3.69%	5.53%	2.66%	0.96%	1.53%	0.82%

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Consolidated Revenue - Leasing of Immovable Properties (Rent & Maintenance)
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Consolidated Revenue - Manpower Services
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Consolidated Revenue - Security Services
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Revenue Concentration - SPIC (Southern Petrochemical Industries Corp)
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Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026
	72.75%	72.76%	72.76%	72.76%	72.76%	72.76%	72.76%	72.76%	72.76%	72.76%	72.76%	72.76%
	27.25%	27.24%	27.24%	27.25%	27.25%	27.24%	27.24%	27.24%	27.25%	27.25%	27.24%	27.26%
No. of Shareholders	50,953	51,234	51,044	51,128	50,915	50,896	50,894	50,819	50,729	50,668	50,562	50,488

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	61.70%	63.17%	64.71%	64.71%	64.71%	69.43%	72.75%	72.76%	72.76%	72.76%
	38.30%	36.83%	35.29%	35.29%	35.29%	30.57%	27.25%	27.25%	27.24%	27.26%
No. of Shareholders	53,545	52,858	51,400	50,950	50,987	51,334	51,062	51,128	50,819	50,488

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