Miven Machine Tools Limited

Industrials — Specialty Industrial Machinery · BSE

₹81.34₹0.00 (0.00%)

DalalBaazaar Score

16 / 100

🔴 Poor

Verdict

HIGH RISK

Risk

Very High

Driven by negative shareholders' equity — the company owes more than it owns, short-term liabilities exceed short-term assets, negative free cash flow.

In simple words: The company owes more than it owns — years of losses have wiped out its net worth. Solvency — whether it can keep funding itself at all — is the main factor to watch.

Decision support, not a buy or sell call.

As of 18 Oct 2026, 7:01 pm

Understanding the Business

Company site ↗

The 60-second version of Miven Machine Tools Limited — what it does, how it earns, and who it competes with, before any of the numbers below.

What does this company do?

Miven Machine Tools Limited manufactures and sells CNC turning machines and ancillary machines in India. The company was incorporated in 1985 and is based in Hyderabad, India. Miven Machine Tools Limited is a prior subsidiary of N A Sirur (Hubli) Private Limited.

IndustrySpecialty Industrial Machinery

SectorIndustrials

Annual revenue₹0 Cr

How does it make money?

Turns over ₹0 Cr a year. Of every ₹100 of sales, about ₹-257 reaches shareholders as profit, with ₹-274 left at the operating level before interest, tax and depreciation.

Who are its competitors?

The closest listed comparisons in its industry are SIEMENS LTD, ABB INDIA LIMITED, LARSEN & TOUBRO LTD., HAVELLS INDIA LIMITED. These are the companies its valuation and returns are measured against elsewhere in this report.

Compared side by side in Peers ↓

What has been driving growth?

Profit has moved mainly because margins changed, not because the business sold much more. Over 3 years revenue moved -81% while net margin moved -132% relative to itself. What this cannot tell you is which products, customers or geographies did the work — that lives in the segment disclosures of the annual report.

Revenue effect-81%

Margin effect-132%

DalalBaazaar Score

16/ 100

Poor

Weighted across six categories. Every point is explained below.

✗ Shareholders' equity is negative — accumulated losses exceed the capital in the business

Quality vs. Valuation

Company Quality

15/ 100

Weak

How good the business is, ignoring the share price entirely.

Valuation

30/ 100

Expensive

What you are being asked to pay, ignoring how good the business is.

Weak on business quality and not cheap enough to compensate.

vs. its own history

Not enough price and earnings history

vs. sector peers

Not enough peers with a usable P/E

vs. generic bands

N/A

Multiples unreliable — equity base is negative

EV/EBITDA

—

PEG

—

Red Flags

8 items require attention · 7 high · 1 watch

🔴Negative shareholders' equityFinancial
Liabilities exceed assets — accumulated losses have wiped out the company's net worth.
🔴Debt has risen sharplyFinancial
Total debt is up 63% over 3 years, from ₹2 Cr to ₹4 Cr.
🔴Free cash flow negative for 3 yearsFinancial
The business has not covered its capital spending from operations for several years running, which has to be funded externally.
🔴Profit up while operating cash flow fallsFinancial
Reported profit rose but cash generated by operations declined — worth checking whether earnings are being supported by non-cash items or working capital.
🔴The company is lossmakingFinancial
Net profit of -₹0 Cr in the latest reported year.
🔴Significant margin compressionFinancial
EBITDA margin has fallen 292.1 points, from 17.7% to -274.4%.
🔴Receivables growing faster than salesFinancial
Receivables up 481% against revenue up -81% — sales are being booked faster than they are collected.
🟡Short-term liquidity is tightFinancial
Current ratio of 0.13 — near-term obligations exceed near-term assets.

Investment Thesis

🟢 Bull CaseWhat could make this work?

No clear supporting case emerges from the available numbers.

🔴 Bear CaseWhat could go wrong?

Solvency comes before everything else
Liabilities exceed assets. Until net worth is rebuilt, the equity is a claim on a business that owes more than it owns, and further losses or a funding squeeze can leave shareholders with nothing.
Margins are being competed away
EBITDA margin has fallen from 17.7% to -274.4%. If the trend continues, profit falls even on flat sales — and margin decline rarely reverses quickly.
Sales are being booked faster than collected
Receivables are up 481% against revenue up -81%. If customers keep taking longer to pay, reported profit will not turn into cash — and write-offs follow if some never do.
Earnings are hard to forecast
Profit has swung sharply from year to year, so any single year — good or bad — is a weak guide to the next. Cyclical earnings deserve lower multiples for that reason.
Size brings its own risk
Micro Cap businesses are thinly traded, so exits are harder in a falling market and single events move the price more than they would for a larger company.

🟡 Key Things to WatchMeasurable tripwires, set against where this company stands today

1EBITDA margin holds above -276%✓ -274.4%
Two points below today's level — enough room for noise, tight enough to catch real compression.
2Free cash flow remains positive✗ -₹1 Cr
Profit that never becomes cash eventually stops being profit.

Investment Checklist

3 / 8 checks passed

✗ Shareholders' equity is positive (assets exceed liabilities)
✗ Healthy net margin (≥ 10%)
✗ Generates positive free cash flow
✗ Adequate short-term liquidity (Current Ratio ≥ 1.0)
✓ Profit growing year-over-year
✓ Not trading at an extreme valuation (P/E < 40x)
✓ Not buying right at the 52-week high
✗ Short-term technical trend isn't bearish

Price history

Quick Metrics

1 good · 5 neutral · 5 weak

Market Cap

₹24 Cr

Micro Cap

Smaller company — thin liquidity and deep drawdowns are normal here

P/E (Trailing)

Not meaningful

Loss-making

Earnings are negative, so a P/E multiple can't be read here

P/B Ratio

Not available

No data

Source didn't return this field

EPS (TTM)

₹-1.42

Loss-making

Negative earnings per share — the business is losing money

ROE

Not meaningful

Negative equity

Return on equity can't be read when equity itself is negative

ROCE

Not available

No data

Source didn't return this field

Debt/Equity

Not meaningful

Negative equity

Shareholders' equity is negative, so this ratio can't be read

Revenue Growth (YoY)

Not available

No data

Source didn't return this field

Profit Growth (YoY)

28.3%

Healthy

Profits growing at a healthy clip

Dividend Yield

None

No dividend yield reported — usually means no payout, but verify if one was recently initiated

Free Cash Flow

-₹1 Cr

Cash burning

Spending more cash than the operations bring in

More Metrics

Operating Margin

0.0%

Weak

Thin margins leave little room for error

Net Margin

0.0%

Weak

Very little revenue reaches the bottom line

Current Ratio

0.13

Tight

Tight short-term liquidity

52W Range Position

56%

Mid-range

Technical Snapshot

SMA 20 / SMA 50

74.0 / 74.4

Bearish alignment (short < long)

Price vs SMA 200

Above

Long-term uptrend

RSI (14)

85.2

Overbought zone

Financial Trend (4-Year)

Metric	FY23	FY24	FY25	FY26	3Y CAGR
Revenue	₹1 Cr	₹1 Cr	—	₹0 Cr	-42.6%
EBITDA	₹0 Cr	-₹1 Cr	-₹1 Cr	-₹0 Cr	—
EBITDA Margin	17.7%	-91.5%	—	-274.4%	—
PAT (Net Profit)	₹7 Cr	-₹0 Cr	-₹1 Cr	-₹0 Cr	—
EPS	₹24.57	₹-0.93	₹-2.04	₹-1.46	—
Total Debt	₹2 Cr	₹2 Cr	₹3 Cr	₹4 Cr	+17.8%
Free Cash Flow	₹4 Cr	-₹0 Cr	-₹1 Cr	-₹1 Cr	—

🔴 Revenue has shrunk at 42.6% a year over 3 years.

🔴 EBITDA has turned negative, from ₹0 Cr to -₹0 Cr.

🔴 EBITDA Margin has fallen from 17.7% to -274.4% over 3 years (-292.1 pts).

🔴 PAT (Net Profit) has turned negative, from ₹7 Cr to -₹0 Cr.

🔴 EPS has turned negative, from ₹24.57 to ₹-1.46.

🔴 Total Debt has grown at 17.8% a year over 3 years.

🔴 Free Cash Flow has turned negative, from ₹4 Cr to -₹1 Cr.

Balance Sheet & Cash Flow — FY2026

Total Assets

₹0 Cr

Total Liabilities

₹6 Cr

Cash & Equivalents

₹0 Cr

Operating Cash Flow

-₹1 Cr

Capex

—

Shareholding (proxy)

Institutional Holding

0.0%

Insider Holding

79.5%

Corporate Actions

Ex-Dividend Date

22 Sept 1997

Peer Comparison

Company	P/E	ROE
SIEMENS LTD	88.8x	10.5%
ABB INDIA LIMITED	92.6x	19.1%
LARSEN & TOUBRO LTD.	30.1x	15.2%
HAVELLS INDIA LIMITED	43.5x	17.1%

Recent News

2 mixed3 general

Miven Machine Tools AGM resolutions pass unanimously with 100% support

scanx.trade, 15 Sept

Esaar (India) reports standalone net profit of Rs 1.65 crore in the June 2026 quarter

Business Standard, 14 AugResults

🟡Mixed / dependsA results event. The figures on this page update once the new statements reach the data feed, which usually lags the announcement.

Q3 results 2026: LIC, Tata Motors PV, SBI & Adani Entp among 680 companies set to post Dec quarterly earnings this week

Livemint, 01 FebResults

🟡Mixed / dependsA results event. The figures on this page update once the new statements reach the data feed, which usually lags the announcement.

Cyient DLM appoints R M Subramanian as CFO

Business Standard, 24 Oct

6 Penny Stocks that Rallied 2,500%+ in One Year

Equitymaster, 30 Mar

Watch Items

Cross-check against the company's latest quarterly filing / investor presentation before acting.
3 metrics couldn't be retrieved for this stock — this is more common for smaller or thinly-covered listings.
RSI is in overbought territory — momentum entries here carry more short-term pullback risk.

DalalBaazaar Thesis

WeakBusiness Quality · Financial Health · Growth · Profitability · Valuation · Risk

Points for each in the Score ↑

Avoid until solvency is resolved

Miven Machine Tools Limited owes more than it owns. Whatever the operating numbers show, the equity is a residual claim on a business with negative net worth, and that question has to be settled before any of the rest is worth weighing. 7 high-severity red flags sit above this conclusion and should be read first.

1 of 2 tripwires tripped — Free cash flow remains positive · see Key things to watch ↑