Driven by short-term liabilities exceed short-term assets, negative free cash flow, the company is currently loss-making.
In simple words: The company is currently losing money, but sales are shrinking. Cash generation is currently 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.
The 60-second version of Steel Strips Infrastructures Limited — what it does, how it earns, and who it competes with, before any of the numbers below.
What does this company do?
Steel Strips Infrastructures Limited engages in the infrastructure, real estate, trading, and commission businesses primarily in India. The company is also involved in the rental of commercial properties; hoarding and publicity activities; and parking area receipts.
IndustryReal Estate Services
SectorReal Estate
Employees3
Annual revenue₹1 Cr
How does it make money?
Turns over ₹1 Cr a year. Of every ₹100 of sales, about ₹-254 reaches shareholders as profit, with ₹-253 left at the operating level before interest, tax and depreciation. Each of its 3 employees supports ₹45.3 lakh of revenue a year, the signature of a people-led business.
EBITDA margin-253.4%
Net margin-253.8%
Revenue / employee₹45.3 lakh
Who are its competitors?
The closest listed comparisons in its industry are DLF LIMITED, GODREJ PROPERTIES LTD, OBEROI REALTY LIMITED. These are the companies its valuation and returns are measured against elsewhere in this report.
DLF LIMITEDP/E 36.6x · ROE 10.3%
GODREJ PROPERTIES LTDP/E 30.2x · ROE 8.4%
OBEROI REALTY LIMITEDP/E 23.5x · ROE 14.7%
What is its competitive advantage?Little sign of one
Returns on capital of -5.1% are at or below what the capital likely costs. That is the financial pattern of a business competing largely on price, where advantage has to come from execution rather than position.
ROCE-5.1%
ROE-5.2%
Peer median ROE10.3%
What has been driving growth?
Profit has moved mainly because margins changed, not because the business sold much more. Over 3 years revenue moved +22% while net margin moved +107% 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+22%
Margin effect+107%
DalalBaazaar Score
40/ 100
Moderate
Weighted across six categories. Every point is explained below.
✗ ROCE of -5.1% is below 10% — capital is not working hard
✓ ROCE has improved by 14.5 points over the period — returns are strengthening
✗ EBITDA margin of -253.4% is thin — little cushion if costs rise
✗ The business is lossmaking at the net level
• Revenue has compounded at 6.9% a year, which is the base these returns are earned on
Quality vs. Valuation
Company Quality
39/ 100
Weak
How good the business is, ignoring the share price entirely.
vs
Valuation
36/ 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
No P/E — the company is lossmaking
P/E (Trailing)
Not meaningful
P/B
0.27x
EV/EBITDA
—
PEG
—
Dividend Yield
None
What's Good / What's Bad
🟢 What's Going Well3
Return on equity is rising
ROE has improved from -58.0% to -5.2%.
Return on capital is rising
ROCE has improved from -19.6% to -5.1%.
Very low debt
Debt/Equity of 0.24x leaves the balance sheet with plenty of headroom.
🔴 What Needs Attention3
Margins are compressing
EBITDA margin has slipped from -86.8% to -253.4% over 3 years.
Free cash flow is negative
The business is not currently covering its capital spending from operations.
Short-term liquidity is tight
Current ratio of 0.66 — near-term obligations exceed near-term assets.
Red Flags
7 items require attention · 4 high · 3 watch
🔴Thin interest coverageFinancial
Operating profit covers interest only -17261.5x — little room if earnings dip.
🔴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 -₹3 Cr in the latest reported year.
🔴Significant margin compressionFinancial
EBITDA margin has fallen 166.6 points, from -86.8% to -253.4%.
🟡Interest coverage is deterioratingFinancial
Cover has fallen from -162.9x to -17261.5x.
🟡Free cash flow is negativeFinancial
Free cash flow was -₹0 Cr in the latest year.
🟡Short-term liquidity is tightFinancial
Current ratio of 0.66 — 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?
Margins are being competed away
EBITDA margin has fallen from -86.8% to -253.4%. If the trend continues, profit falls even on flat sales — and margin decline rarely reverses quickly.
Growth barely outpaces inflation
Revenue compounding at 6.9% a year is close to the rate prices rise, so the business is gaining little ground in real terms. That leaves the share price dependent on a re-rating rather than on earnings growth.
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.
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 -255%✓ -253.4%
Two points below today's level — enough room for noise, tight enough to catch real compression.
2Free cash flow remains positive✗ -₹0 Cr
Profit that never becomes cash eventually stops being profit.
3Interest cover stays above 3x✗ -17261.5x
How much operating profit can fall before interest stops being comfortably covered.
4Revenue growth stays above 5% a year✓ 6.9% CAGR
Latest reported year was -30.0%. The bar is set below the established compounding rate, so ordinary variation does not trip it.
5ROCE stays above 8%✗ -5.1%
Falling returns on capital are usually competition arriving, and show up here before they reach the margin.
Investment Checklist
3 / 10 checks passed
✗ Strong return on equity (ROE ≥ 15%)
✗ Strong return on capital employed (ROCE ≥ 15%)
✗ Healthy net margin (≥ 10%)
✗ Generates positive free cash flow
✓ Manageable leverage (Debt/Equity < 1.0)
✗ 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
Price history
Quick Metrics
2 good · 2 neutral · 7 weak
Market Cap
₹18 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
0.27x
Reasonable
Reasonable against the company's book value
EPS (TTM)
₹-15.43
Loss-making
Negative earnings per share — the business is losing money
ROE
-5.2%
Weak
Weak capital efficiency
ROCE
-5.1%
Weak
Low return on total capital employed
Debt/Equity
0.24x
Low
Conservative leverage
Revenue Growth (YoY)
-30.0%
Shrinking
Sales are contracting
Profit Growth (YoY)
-29.7%
Falling
Profits are shrinking
Dividend Yield
None
None
No dividend yield reported — usually means no payout, but verify if one was recently initiated
Free Cash Flow
-₹0 Cr
Cash burning
Spending more cash than the operations bring in
More Metrics
CMP
₹20.65
Operating Margin
98.5%
Good
Healthy core-business profitability
Net Margin
0.0%
Weak
Very little revenue reaches the bottom line
Current Ratio
0.66
Tight
Tight short-term liquidity
Beta (vs Nifty)
-0.01
Defensive
Steadier than the market
52W Range Position
46%
Mid-range
Mid-range
Technical Snapshot
RSI (14)
30.4
Neutral momentum
Financial Trend (4-Year)
Metric
FY23
FY24
FY25
FY26
3Y CAGR
Revenue
₹1 Cr
₹1 Cr
₹1 Cr
₹1 Cr
+6.9%
EBITDA
-₹1 Cr
₹26 Cr
-₹17 Cr
-₹3 Cr
—
EBITDA Margin
-86.8%
2113.9%
-1299.3%
-253.4%
—
PAT (Net Profit)
-₹1 Cr
₹26 Cr
-₹17 Cr
-₹3 Cr
—
EPS
₹-1.58
₹29.54
₹-19.49
₹-3.99
—
ROE
-58.0%
28.5%
-23.6%
-5.2%
—
ROCE
-19.6%
28.4%
-23.4%
-5.1%
—
Total Debt
₹3 Cr
₹2 Cr
—
—
—
Free Cash Flow
₹1 Cr
₹1 Cr
₹1 Cr
-₹0 Cr
—
🟢 Revenue has grown at 6.9% a year over 3 years.
🔴 EBITDA Margin has fallen from -86.8% to -253.4% over 3 years (-166.6 pts).
🟢 ROE has risen from -58.0% to -5.2% over 3 years (+52.9 pts).
🟢 ROCE has risen from -19.6% to -5.1% over 3 years (+14.5 pts).
🔴 Free Cash Flow has turned negative, from ₹1 Cr to -₹0 Cr.
🟡Mixed / dependsA results event. The figures on this page update once the new statements reach the data feed, which usually lags the announcement.
Watch Items
Revenue growth is negative (-30.0%) 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.
DalalBaazaar Thesis
🔴Business QualityWeak7.5/20
🔴Financial HealthStretched7.8/20
🔴GrowthWeak7.6/20
🔴ProfitabilityWeak6.2/15
🟡ValuationFair7.1/15
🔴RiskHigh4/10
Weak on the fundamentals
Poor scores on business quality without a price low enough to compensate. There is no obvious argument for owning this over a stronger company at a similar valuation. 4 high-severity red flags sit above this conclusion and should be read first.
