MOS Utility Ltd

Price story Before the numbers, the tape. A stock price moves through four repeating seasons: a flat base (stage 1), an advance (2), a top (3), a decline (4). Where the price sits in that cycle frames everything below.

MOS Utility Ltd trades at ₹14.7, in a downtrend and 47 weeks into that stage. That is −19.4% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 60% of a 52-week range of ₹12 to ₹17. On relative strength it has no relative-strength read yet.

Today the stock is in a downtrend — week 47 of stage 4, confirmed. At ₹14.7 it trades −19.4% versus its 200-day average and sits at 60% of its 52-week range (₹12–₹17).

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 1 months the stock moved +16% while the NIFTY 500 moved +3% — ahead of the index over the full window. Recent form: no trailing-13-week read yet — the ribbon below is that same metric, week by week.

What would end the trend, mechanically: two Friday closes in a row below the 200-day line. That is the exit rule — no debates.

→ The trend is one thing; the bill is another. Are you paying up for it? Next: the P/E sits at the 8th percentile of its own range.

Valuation P/E is the price of ₹1 of annual profit: how many rupees the market pays for each rupee the company earns in a year.

MOS Utility Ltd trades at 21.0× P/E, near the bottom of its own range — cheaper only 8% of the time. Its long-run median P/E is 53.5×, measured across 1.8 years of weekly readings. This places the multiple against the stock’s own record, and says nothing about what the business is worth.

Today's P/E of 21.0× is near the bottom of its own range — cheaper only 8% of the time, against a long-run median of 53.5× measured over 1.8 years of weekly readings. This is a comparison against the stock's own history — not a claim about what it is worth.

Put together: the multiple is low against its own past, so the story rests on the earnings line underneath it, not the multiple.

→ Cheap or dear rides on the earnings. Are they actually growing? Next: the fundamental stage — where the business sits in its arc, and how growth has compounded.

Stage: No read Every business sits somewhere on a fundamental arc, and this page names the spot before anything else. The last twelve quarters of revenue, profit and EPS growth — plus the return the business earns on its capital — are read as curves: Deteriorating (the curves are falling), Turning around (a trough has just formed and the last few quarters lift off it), Improving (the climb off the trough is sustained), Consistent (steadily positive with healthy returns), Topping out (still high but decelerating from the peak). When the curves genuinely disagree the read is Mixed; too little history is No read. CAGR (compound annual growth rate) is the smooth yearly pace that turns the starting value into the latest one — the fairest way to compare growth across different time spans. Read the columns together: if the 1-year number towers over the 10-year, recent growth is running hotter than the long-run trend. A dash means that window is not held, or the base year was a loss (where a growth rate is not meaningful).

MOS Utility Ltd reads as no read on its fundamental arc. Under eight usable quarters on the growth trio — not enough history for an honest trajectory read.

Why it matters: with too little history, an honest page says so instead of guessing a trajectory.

One or more growth curves carry a base-effect spike — a large year-on-year move off a near-zero or loss-making comparable quarter. Those spikes are capped before the classifier reads the trajectory, and shown pinned on the chart, so a single distorted quarter does not drive the stage call.

Return readings here are annual, not quarterly — read as level and direction only; they can confirm the growth curves but never drive the stage on their own.

Fewer than eight usable quarters on the growth curves — this page will not guess a trajectory from a stub of history.

→ The stage names the trajectory. Next: the revenue line that produces it, quarter by quarter.

Revenue Revenue is the top line: everything the company billed its customers in the period.

MOS Utility Ltd reported ₹153 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, −12.5% year on year. Over 3 years it has compounded at 81.6% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹635 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹635 Cr.

MOS Utility Ltd reported ₹153 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, −12.5% year on year. Over 3 years it has compounded at 81.6% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹635 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹635 Cr.

FY26 revenue came in at ₹635 Cr (+3.1% on the year), capping 3 years at 81.6% compound. The latest quarter (Mar 26) printed ₹153 Cr, −12.5% year on year.

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +6.2% growth against the decade's 81.6% — the current year is running slower than its own long-run rate.

→ Revenue slipped — did margins hold as it scaled? Next: 5.0% this quarter (+0.6 pp YoY).

Operating margin Operating margin is what is left of every ₹100 of sales after running the business, before interest and tax. It is the cleanest read on pricing power and cost control.

MOS Utility Ltd's operating margin is 5.0% in the Mar 26 quarter, +0.6 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 4 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 3.0% to 7.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

MOS Utility Ltd's operating margin is 5.0% in the Mar 26 quarter, +0.6 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 4 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 3.0% to 7.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

The latest quarter's operating margin is 5.0%, +0.6 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 4 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 3.0%–7.0%.

Why the margin moved: operating margin went +0.6 pp year on year while gross margin went −2.4 pp — the gain came mostly from the gross line: input costs and pricing.

→ Margins held — did that reach the bottom line? Next: profit +8.1% in the latest quarter.

Net profit Net profit is what survives every cost, interest and tax — the number EPS, dividends and book value all grow from.

MOS Utility Ltd earned ₹4.9 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +8.1% year on year. It is the 2nd consecutive quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹19.0 Cr. The 3-year compound rate is 46.8%. That is 3.2% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹4.5 Cr.

MOS Utility Ltd earned ₹4.9 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +8.1% year on year. It is the 2nd consecutive quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹19.0 Cr. The 3-year compound rate is 46.8%. That is 3.2% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹4.5 Cr.

Mar 26 profit was ₹4.9 Cr, +8.1% year on year — the 2nd consecutive quarter of growth. On the full year, FY26 printed ₹19.0 Cr (+35.7%), and the 3-year compound rate is 46.8%.

→ Profit rose — but did the cash follow? Next: 42% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash.

Cash flow — the router The P&L says what was earned; the cash-flow statement says what actually arrived. Operating cash flow (CFO) against profit is the cleanest lie detector in the accounts.

Over the last 3 fiscal years 42% of MOS Utility Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash — a gap worth watching. In FY26 that was ₹−4.0 Cr of operating cash against ₹19.0 Cr of profit. After ₹1.0 Cr of capital spending, ₹−5.0 Cr was left as free cash.

FY26: operating cash of ₹−4.0 Cr against reported profit of ₹19.0 Cr, leaving free cash of ₹−5.0 Cr after ₹1.0 Cr of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is 42% of profit.

Cash-flow readings here are annual — that is the resolution our series carries, so this section moves once a year.

🚨 Why conversion sits at 42%: the cash cycle tightened 12 days between FY23 and FY26 — cash that used to wait in the cycle now reaches the bank sooner. Less than 70% of profit arriving as cash is the thing to watch on this page.

Router verdict: the bigger cash user is investment — capital spending ran 2.4× depreciation over three years, so the next section's job is to check what that build-out is buying.

→ So follow the cash to where it goes. Next: ₹26.0 Cr of building over 3 years.

Where the cash goes Working capital is the cash tied up between paying suppliers and getting paid: debtor days (customers owe), inventory days (stock waits), and the cash conversion cycle (the whole loop, in days of sales).

MOS Utility Ltd's cash conversion cycle runs 2 days in FY26, down from 14 days in FY23. Capital spending ran ₹26.0 Cr over the last 3 years. At FY26 sales of ₹635 Cr each day of that cycle holds about ₹1.7 Cr, so roughly ₹3.0 Cr sits inside the business at any moment.

FY26: debtors at 2 days (an asset-light business — no inventory to speak of) — for a full cycle of 2 days, tighter than FY23's 14.

In money terms: at FY26 sales of ₹635 Cr, each day of the cycle holds about ₹1.7 Cr — so the 2-day loop keeps roughly ₹3.0 Cr sitting inside the business at any moment.

On the investment side: capital spending of ₹26.0 Cr over the last 3 fiscal years against ₹11.0 Cr of depreciation — the company is building well ahead of wear-and-tear. Capital work-in-progress stands at ₹0.0 Cr (FY26) — capacity paid for but not yet earning.

The synthesis: the cash is going into capacity, not disappearing into the cycle — the question becomes whether the new capacity earns.

→ Does all this activity actually earn its cost of capital? Next: ROCE is 20% and the ROIC − WACC spread is +1.8 pp.

Return on capital Return on capital employed (ROCE) is the profit the whole business earns on all the money in it — equity and debt together. It is the single best test of whether growth creates value or just size.

MOS Utility Ltd earns a ROCE of 20% in FY26. That is up from a trough of 17% in FY24. Return on invested capital clears the cost of that capital by +1.8 percentage points, so growth here adds value rather than only size. The wiring behind it is 3.0% net margin on 2.90× asset turns.

FY26 ROCE is 20%, recovered from a FY24 trough of 17% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.

Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY26): 3.0% net margin × 2.90× asset turns × 2.07× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 18.0% on equity. Margin does its share; leverage is a meaningful part of the equation.

The capstone test — ROIC − WACC: 13.8% − 12.0% = a +1.8 pp spread. The 12.0% is a standing assumption for the cost of capital in India, not a per-stock estimate — read the sign and the size of the spread, not the decimals. Positive but thin — value creation with little room for error.

→ Returns like these — is the balance sheet borrowing to make them? Next: debt-to-equity is 0.67.

Debt Debt-to-equity says how much of the business is funded by borrowings; interest cover says how many times operating profit pays the interest bill. Low and high, respectively, is the safe corner.

MOS Utility Ltd carries ₹71.0 Cr of borrowings against ₹106 Cr of equity in FY26, a debt-to-equity of 0.67. Operating profit covers the interest bill 7×. Over 3 years borrowings went from ₹8.0 Cr to ₹71.0 Cr. Capital spending ran ₹26.0 Cr across the last 3 of those years.

FY26: borrowings of ₹71.0 Cr against equity of ₹106 Cr — a debt-to-equity of 0.67. Operating profit covers the interest bill 7×. Over 3 years borrowings went from ₹8.0 Cr to ₹71.0 Cr while capital spending ran ₹26.0 Cr in just the last 3 — part of the build-out is riding on borrowed money.

→ Who owns this, and are they adding or leaving? Next: Promoters cut 13.6 points over 7 quarters.

Ownership Who owns the stock, quarter by quarter: promoters (the controlling owners), foreign and domestic institutions, and the public. Steady accumulation by people close to the numbers is a signal; a quiet register is also an answer.

Promoters cut 13.6 points of MOS Utility Ltd over 7 quarters, the biggest move on the register. That takes promoters to 51.1% of the company. Foreign institutions moved +4.0 points over the same window, to 12.1%. The register is read on the four disclosed classes only; nothing is inferred between filings.

The register over the last two years — Promoters: −13.6 points over 7 quarters to 51.1%; Foreign institutions: +4.0 points over 7 quarters to 12.1%; Domestic institutions: +0.4 points over 7 quarters to 1.8%.

🚨 Why the register moved: promoters drove it (−13.6 points), absorbed on the other side by foreign institutions (+4.0 points) — distribution into the market’s bid.

→ One last check: does the safety math agree? Next: the balance-sheet safety line.

Safety line The Z-score estimates how far a company sits from balance-sheet distress — above roughly 3 is safe, below roughly 1.8 is the danger zone. It was built for manufacturers, so it is not applied to banks and lenders.

MOS Utility Ltd: the Z-score is not available for this stock, so we say so rather than invent one. It is a distance-to-distress estimate from the balance sheet, not a forecast of failure. The debt, cash-flow and return sections above carry the balance-sheet evidence this page does hold, and each of them states its own reporting date.

The safety line in one sentence: the Z-score is not available for this stock, so we say so rather than invent one.

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