Sturdy Industries Limited

Basic Materials — Aluminum · BSE

₹0.20₹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, 6:09 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 Sturdy Industries Limited — what it does, how it earns, and who it competes with, before any of the numbers below.

What does this company do?

Sturdy Industries Limited engages in the plastic pipes and irrigation, aluminum, and trading businesses in India.

IndustryAluminum

SectorBasic Materials

Annual revenue₹0 Cr

How does it make money?

Turns over ₹0 Cr a year. Of every ₹100 of sales, about ₹-2700 reaches shareholders as profit, with ₹-2812 left at the operating level before interest, tax and depreciation.

EBITDA margin-2811.8%

Net margin-2700.0%

Who are its competitors?

The closest listed comparisons in its industry are HINDALCO INDUSTRIES LTD, VEDANTA LIMITED, TATA STEEL LIMITED, JSW STEEL LIMITED. These are the companies its valuation and returns are measured against elsewhere in this report.

HINDALCO INDUSTRIES LTDP/E 12.3x · ROE 12.0%

VEDANTA LIMITEDP/E 10.4x · ROE 18.7%

TATA STEEL LIMITEDP/E 19.8x · ROE 10.8%

JSW STEEL LIMITEDP/E 12.0x · ROE 24.7%

What has been driving growth?

Profit has moved mainly because margins changed, not because the business sold much more. Over 2 years revenue moved -97% while net margin moved -9203% 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-97%

Margin effect-9203%

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 Well1

Debt is being paid down
Total debt is down 15% over 2 years.

🔴 What Needs Attention3

Margins are compressing
EBITDA margin has slipped from -80.8% to -2811.8% over 2 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 0.11 — near-term obligations exceed near-term assets.

Red Flags

4 items require attention · 3 high · 1 watch

🔴Negative shareholders' equityFinancial
Liabilities exceed assets — accumulated losses have wiped out the company's net worth.
🔴The company is lossmakingFinancial
Net profit of -₹9 Cr in the latest reported year.
🔴Significant margin compressionFinancial
EBITDA margin has fallen 2731.0 points, from -80.8% to -2811.8%.
🟡Short-term liquidity is tightFinancial
Current ratio of 0.11 — near-term obligations exceed near-term assets.

Investment Thesis

🟢 Bull CaseWhat could make this work?

Deleveraging frees up earnings
Debt is down 15% over 2 years. Every rupee of interest not paid drops to the bottom line, so profit can grow even if revenue does not.

🔴 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 -80.8% to -2811.8%. If the trend continues, profit falls even on flat sales — and margin decline rarely reverses quickly.
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
3 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 -2814%✓ -2811.8%
Two points below today's level — enough room for noise, tight enough to catch real compression.
2Free cash flow remains positive✓ ₹3 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

₹3 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)

₹-0.44

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)

-90.0%

Shrinking

Sales are contracting

Profit Growth (YoY)

-117.0%

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

₹3 Cr

Cash generative

Generates cash even after funding its capex

More Metrics

CMP

₹0.2

Operating Margin

-3184.8%

Weak

Thin margins leave little room for error

Net Margin

0.0%

Weak

Very little revenue reaches the bottom line

Current Ratio

0.11

Tight

Tight short-term liquidity

Beta (vs Nifty)

0.06

Defensive

Steadier than the market

52W Range Position

Near low

Near its 52-week low

Technical Snapshot

SMA 20 / SMA 50

0.2 / 0.2

Bearish alignment (short < long)

Price vs SMA 200

Below

Long-term downtrend

RSI (14)

0.0

Oversold zone

Financial Trend (3-Year)

Metric	FY22	FY23	FY24	2Y CAGR
Revenue	₹12 Cr	₹3 Cr	₹0 Cr	-83.2%
EBITDA	-₹10 Cr	-₹6 Cr	-₹10 Cr	—
EBITDA Margin	-80.8%	-174.3%	-2811.8%	—
PAT (Net Profit)	₹4 Cr	-₹4 Cr	-₹9 Cr	—
EPS	₹0.24	₹-0.28	₹-0.61	—
Total Debt	₹208 Cr	₹204 Cr	₹176 Cr	-7.9%
Free Cash Flow	₹5 Cr	-₹2 Cr	₹3 Cr	-25.5%

🔴 Revenue has shrunk at 83.2% a year over 2 years.

🔴 EBITDA Margin has fallen from -80.8% to -2811.8% over 2 years (-2731.0 pts).

🔴 PAT (Net Profit) has turned negative, from ₹4 Cr to -₹9 Cr.

🔴 EPS has turned negative, from ₹0.24 to ₹-0.61.

🟢 Total Debt has shrunk at 7.9% a year over 2 years.

🔴 Free Cash Flow has shrunk at 25.5% a year over 2 years.

Balance Sheet & Cash Flow — FY2024

Total Assets

₹109 Cr

Total Liabilities

₹194 Cr

Total Debt

₹176 Cr

Cash & Equivalents

₹0 Cr

Operating Cash Flow

₹3 Cr

Capex

—

Shareholding (proxy)

Institutional Holding

0.0%

Insider Holding

12.1%

Peer Comparison

Company	P/E	ROE
HINDALCO INDUSTRIES LTD	12.3x	12.0%
VEDANTA LIMITED	10.4x	18.7%
TATA STEEL LIMITED	19.8x	10.8%
JSW STEEL LIMITED	12.0x	24.7%

Recent News

6 general

Sturdy Industries Ltd Share Price

Business Today, 12 Oct

Himadri subsidiary Trancemarine sells 34% stake in Sturdy Niketan

scanx.trade, 23 Sept

Zacks Industry Outlook Highlights ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP and Eni SpA

The Globe and Mail, 23 Sept

Almonty Industries: Buy The Dip And Profit From Tungsten's Supply Chain War (NASDAQ:ALM)

Seeking Alpha, 05 Jun

GSMFOILS Stock Price and Chart — NSE:GSMFOILS

TradingView, 14 Jun

Aluminium Conductors Market Size, Share | CAGR of 6.1%

Market.us, 07 Jan

Watch Items

Revenue growth is negative (-90.0%) on the latest reported period — check if this is one-off or a trend.
Trading very close to its 52-week low — worth checking whether this reflects a temporary setback or a structural problem.
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

Sturdy Industries 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. 3 high-severity red flags sit above this conclusion and should be read first.

This thesis breaks if

✓EBITDA margin holds above -2814%-2811.8%
✓Free cash flow remains positive₹3 Cr