Paul Merchants Ltd

₹ 509 -0.52%

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About

Incorporated in 1991, Paul Merchants Ltd is in money exchange and remittances business

Key Points

Registrations:^[1]
Corporate Head office of company is in Chandigarh. Company holds licenses issued by Reserve Bank of India to act as Authorized Dealer Category II and is a prominent Sub-Agent of EBIX Money Express (P) Ltd for providing inbound International Money Transfer services. Further PML is an IATA accredited Travel Agency. Company is ISO 9001:2015 certified by United Registrar of Systems

Website BSE NSE

Market Cap ₹ 156 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 509
High / Low ₹ 823 / 407
Stock P/E 11.8
Book Value ₹ 1,606
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE 3.63 %
ROE 2.71 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Company has reduced debt.
Company is almost debt free.
Stock is trading at 0.32 times its book value

Cons

Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
The company has delivered a poor sales growth of -7.17% over past five years.
Company has a low return on equity of 3.21% over last 3 years.
Contingent liabilities of Rs.1,195 Cr.
Earnings include an other income of Rs.31.0 Cr.

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Quarterly Results

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	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
	1,668.17	1,801.56	1,799.03	2,046.03	853.51	1,015.83	985.41	749.25	578.09	493.07	591.22	499.61	472.02
	1,666.30	1,796.03	1,795.32	2,042.67	856.43	1,016.09	985.66	750.85	580.72	494.86	593.67	501.76	474.74
Operating Profit	1.87	5.53	3.71	3.36	-2.92	-0.26	-0.25	-1.60	-2.63	-1.79	-2.45	-2.15	-2.72
OPM %	0.11%	0.31%	0.21%	0.16%	-0.34%	-0.03%	-0.03%	-0.21%	-0.45%	-0.36%	-0.41%	-0.43%	-0.58%
	7.27	6.49	7.35	8.16	7.90	4.72	5.00	3.25	4.44	4.63	18.35	3.72	4.28
Interest	0.30	0.46	0.45	0.39	0.41	0.37	0.30	0.30	0.25	0.29	0.10	0.08	0.08
Depreciation	0.45	0.41	0.67	0.76	0.88	0.73	0.78	0.82	0.88	0.73	0.95	1.04	1.04
Profit before tax	8.39	11.15	9.94	10.37	3.69	3.36	3.67	0.53	0.68	1.82	14.85	0.45	0.44
Tax %	23.24%	27.09%	23.84%	26.33%	24.12%	25.30%	25.89%	69.81%	23.53%	20.33%	23.10%	91.11%	34.09%
	6.44	8.13	7.56	7.63	2.80	2.50	2.72	0.16	0.52	1.44	11.42	0.04	0.30
EPS in Rs	20.77	26.23	24.39	24.74	9.08	8.11	8.82	0.52	1.69	4.67	37.03	0.13	0.97
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Profit & Loss

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	2,165	2,465	2,894	4,542	4,910	5,370	2,982	5,299	6,921	6,529	3,345	2,056
	2,136	2,431	2,881	4,525	4,893	5,351	2,965	5,271	6,884	6,490	3,333	2,065
Operating Profit	29	34	12	17	16	19	17	28	37	38	12	-9
OPM %	1%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	-0%
	2	3	9	207	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	31
Interest	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1
Depreciation	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	4
Profit before tax	24	32	16	219	14	17	16	27	35	35	8	18
Tax %	34%	35%	23%	3%	-5%	28%	21%	26%	26%	26%	28%	25%
	16	20	13	213	15	12	13	20	26	26	6	13
EPS in Rs	51.16	65.87	40.97	687.39	48.55	38.39	40.90	65.77	83.81	84.70	19.16	42.77
Dividend Payout %	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	-2%
5 Years:	-7%
3 Years:	-33%
TTM:	-39%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	-4%
5 Years:	1%
3 Years:	-20%
TTM:	100%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	-8%
5 Years:	-5%
3 Years:	6%
1 Year:	-32%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	9%
5 Years:	4%
3 Years:	3%
Last Year:	3%

Balance Sheet

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	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	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3
Reserves	118	138	151	364	379	390	403	424	449	473	479	492
	21	24	18	17	0	1	5	10	20	14	16	7
	55	52	60	85	17	22	18	37	56	53	34	25
Total Liabilities	195	216	230	467	397	414	427	471	526	543	532	527
	40	50	50	75	75	62	59	58	57	61	61	62
CWIP	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Investments	4	9	11	190	259	223	203	196	190	237	243	372
	150	155	167	201	63	129	165	217	279	245	228	94
Total Assets	195	216	230	467	397	414	427	471	526	543	532	527

Cash Flows

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	108	23	19	-213	94	5	-5	22	20	-14	-27	-3
	-22	-18	1	176	-95	-8	4	-22	-25	17	34	8
	-76	-2	-6	-2	-18	-0	4	4	9	-8	2	-10
Net Cash Flow	11	2	14	-38	-19	-3	3	5	3	-5	8	-5
Free Cash Flow	85	10	16	23	92	14	-4	22	19	-21	-31	-6
CFO/OP	404%	99%	322%	-882%	592%	47%	-10%	102%	78%	-15%	-205%	-17%

Ratios

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	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	8	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Inventory Days	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
Days Payable	7	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cash Conversion Cycle	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Working Capital Days	1	1	-1	-1	3	7	17	11	11	10	17	15
ROCE %	17%	23%	11%	80%	4%	4%	4%	7%	8%	8%	2%	4%

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International Money Transfer (Western Union) Transaction Volume
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Western Union Gross Remittances (MTSS)
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Shareholding Pattern

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	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026
	74.66%	74.66%	74.66%	74.66%	74.66%	74.66%	74.66%	74.66%	74.66%	74.66%	74.66%	74.66%
	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.22%	0.22%	0.16%	0.16%	0.16%	0.16%	0.00%
	25.35%	25.35%	25.35%	25.35%	25.36%	25.12%	25.14%	25.19%	25.19%	25.19%	25.19%	25.35%
No. of Shareholders	2,417	2,758	3,415	3,950	4,128	4,273	4,402	4,457	4,419	4,368	4,316	4,255

	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	72.71%	72.71%	72.71%	72.71%	72.71%	72.71%	72.71%	72.71%	74.66%	74.66%	74.66%
	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.16%	0.00%
	27.29%	27.29%	27.29%	27.29%	27.29%	27.29%	27.29%	27.30%	25.35%	25.19%	25.35%
No. of Shareholders	499	659	988	1,199	1,367	1,485	1,899	2,484	3,950	4,457	4,255

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