Morarjee Textiles Limited

Consumer Cyclical — Textile Manufacturing · BSE

₹8.16₹0.00 (0.00%)

DalalBaazaar Score

19 / 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, the company is currently loss-making.

In simple words: The company owes more than it owns — years of losses have wiped out its net worth, but sales are shrinking. 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, 6:08 pm

Caution warranted. Multiple fundamental metrics — flagged in red below — point to either valuation stretch, leverage risk, or weakening profitability. This doesn't mean avoid the stock outright, but it does mean the burden of proof is on the growth story to justify the current price.

Understanding the Business

Company site ↗

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

What does this company do?

Morarjee Textiles Limited engages in the manufacture and sale of yarns and fabrics in India and internationally.

IndustryTextile Manufacturing

SectorConsumer Cyclical

Annual revenue₹200 Cr

How does it make money?

Turns over ₹200 Cr a year. Of every ₹100 of sales, about ₹-93 reaches shareholders as profit, with ₹-27 left at the operating level before interest, tax and depreciation.

EBITDA margin-26.9%

Net margin-92.7%

Who are its competitors?

The closest listed comparisons in its industry are MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA LTD., TITAN COMPANY LIMITED, TRENT LTD, AVENUE SUPERMARTS LIMITED. These are the companies its valuation and returns are measured against elsewhere in this report.

MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA LTD.P/E 25.2x · ROE 13.4%

TITAN COMPANY LIMITEDP/E 68.5x · ROE 36.7%

TRENT LTDP/E 87.2x · ROE 25.9%

AVENUE SUPERMARTS LIMITEDP/E 69.9x · ROE 12.7%

What has been driving growth?

Profit has moved mainly because margins changed, not because the business sold much more. Over 1 years revenue moved -24% while net margin moved +177% 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-24%

Margin effect+177%

DalalBaazaar Score

19/ 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

18/ 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

P/E (Trailing)

Not meaningful

P/B

—

EV/EBITDA

—

PEG

—

Dividend Yield

None

What's Good / What's Bad

🟢 What's Going Well0

Nothing stands out as clearly improving on the years of data available.

🔴 What Needs Attention3

Margins are compressing
EBITDA margin has slipped from 1.4% to -26.9% over 1 years.
Negative shareholders' equity
Liabilities exceed assets — this is a solvency question that sits above every other consideration here.
Short-term liquidity is tight
Current ratio of 0.05 — near-term obligations exceed near-term assets.

Red Flags

6 items require attention · 4 high · 2 watch

🔴Negative shareholders' equityFinancial
Liabilities exceed assets — accumulated losses have wiped out the company's net worth.
🔴Thin interest coverageFinancial
Operating profit covers interest only -1.4x — little room if earnings dip.
🔴The company is lossmakingFinancial
Net profit of -₹185 Cr in the latest reported year.
🔴Significant margin compressionFinancial
EBITDA margin has fallen 28.3 points, from 1.4% to -26.9%.
🟡Interest coverage is deterioratingFinancial
Cover has fallen from -0.3x to -1.4x.
🟡Short-term liquidity is tightFinancial
Current ratio of 0.05 — 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 1.4% to -26.9%. If the trend continues, profit falls even on flat sales — and margin decline rarely reverses quickly.
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.
Several serious flags at once
4 high-severity checks triggered. Individually each has an explanation; together they raise the chance that something structural is wrong rather than a one-off.

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

1EBITDA margin holds above -29%✓ -26.9%
Two points below today's level — enough room for noise, tight enough to catch real compression.
2Interest cover stays above 3x✗ -1.4x
How much operating profit can fall before interest stops being comfortably covered.
3Free cash flow remains positive✓ ₹7 Cr
Profit that never becomes cash eventually stops being profit.

Investment Checklist

3 / 9 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)
✗ Revenue growing year-over-year
✗ 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 · 4 neutral · 6 weak

Market Cap

₹28 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)

₹-49.49

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)

-74.2%

Shrinking

Sales are contracting

Profit Growth (YoY)

-110.2%

Falling

Profits are shrinking

Dividend Yield

None

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

Free Cash Flow

₹89 Cr

Cash generative

Generates cash even after funding its capex

More Metrics

CMP

₹8.16

P/E (Forward)

2.2x

ROA

-5.8%

Weak

Assets generate little profit

Operating Margin

-134.0%

Weak

Thin margins leave little room for error

Net Margin

0.0%

Weak

Very little revenue reaches the bottom line

Current Ratio

0.05

Tight

Tight short-term liquidity

Beta (vs Nifty)

0.37

Defensive

Steadier than the market

52W Range Position

37%

Mid-range

Technical Snapshot

SMA 20 / SMA 50

9.2 / 9.6

Bearish alignment (short < long)

Price vs SMA 200

Below

Long-term downtrend

RSI (14)

0.0

Oversold zone

Financial Trend (2-Year)

Metric	FY22	FY23	1Y CAGR
Revenue	₹263 Cr	₹200 Cr	-24.0%
EBITDA	₹4 Cr	-₹54 Cr	—
EBITDA Margin	1.4%	-26.9%	—
PAT (Net Profit)	-₹88 Cr	-₹185 Cr	—
EPS	₹-24.26	₹-50.99	—
Total Debt	₹525 Cr	₹512 Cr	-2.5%
Free Cash Flow	₹18 Cr	₹7 Cr	-57.8%

🔴 Revenue has shrunk at 24.0% a year over 1 years.

🔴 EBITDA has turned negative, from ₹4 Cr to -₹54 Cr.

🔴 EBITDA Margin has fallen from 1.4% to -26.9% over 1 years (-28.3 pts).

🟢 Total Debt has shrunk at 2.5% a year over 1 years.

🔴 Free Cash Flow has shrunk at 57.8% a year over 1 years.

Balance Sheet & Cash Flow — FY2023

Total Assets

₹504 Cr

Total Liabilities

₹782 Cr

Total Debt

₹512 Cr

Cash & Equivalents

₹2 Cr

Operating Cash Flow

₹7 Cr

Capex

-₹0 Cr

Shareholding (proxy)

Institutional Holding

3.9%

Insider Holding

67.1%

Corporate Actions

Ex-Dividend Date

10 Aug 2017

Peer Comparison

Company	P/E	ROE
MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA LTD.	25.2x	13.4%
TITAN COMPANY LIMITED	68.5x	36.7%
TRENT LTD	87.2x	25.9%
AVENUE SUPERMARTS LIMITED	69.9x	12.7%

Recent News

2 mixed4 general

Morarjee Textiles Share Price Target 2026: Bull Case Rs 10.00

Univest, 30 JunAnalyst view

🟡Mixed / dependsBroker commentary — an opinion about the price rather than new information about the business.

Morarjee Textiles Ltd. Peer Comparison – Compare with Others

Value Research, 31 Aug

NCLT Approves Morarjee Textiles INR 156 Cr Resolution Plan; IMC Holds First Meeting

scanx.trade, 13 May

Morarjee Textiles Share Price Forecast: 3 Year Outlook to 2030

Univest, 21 Jul

Morarjee Textiles Q4 Results 2026: Date, Revenue, PAT and Analyst Outlook

Univest, 16 AprAnalyst view

🟡Mixed / dependsBroker commentary — an opinion about the price rather than new information about the business.

Shriniwas Spintex reportedly emerges as winning bidder for Morarjee Textiles | Manufacturing News India

Apparel Resources, 18 Apr

Watch Items

Revenue growth is negative (-74.2%) on the latest reported period — check if this is one-off or a trend.
Cross-check against the company's latest quarterly filing / investor presentation before acting.
2 metrics couldn't be retrieved for this stock — this is more common for smaller or thinly-covered listings.
RSI is in oversold territory — could mean either a bargain or a stock still falling for good reason. Check the 'why' before assuming reversal.

DalalBaazaar Thesis

🔴Business QualityWeak6/20

🔴Financial HealthStretched1/20

🔴GrowthWeak5/20

🔴ProfitabilityWeak1.5/15

🔴ValuationDemanding4.5/15

🔴RiskHigh0.5/10

Avoid until solvency is resolved

Morarjee Textiles 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. 4 high-severity red flags sit above this conclusion and should be read first.

This thesis breaks if

✓EBITDA margin holds above -29%-26.9%
✗Interest cover stays above 3x-1.4x
✓Free cash flow remains positive₹7 Cr