MLCF Stock Overview

Produces and sells cement primarily in Pakistan. More details

MLCF fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	3/6
Future Growth	0/6
Past Performance	3/6
Financial Health	6/6
Dividends	0/6

Rewards

Price-To-Earnings ratio (7.1x) is below the PK market (8.5x)

Earnings have grown 43.4% per year over the past 5 years

Analysts in good agreement that stock price will rise by 26.5%

Risk Analysis

No risks detected for MLCF from our risk checks.

My Notes

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Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited Competitors

Pioneer Cement

KASE:PIOC

PK₨45.0b

D.G. Khan Cement

KASE:DGKC

PK₨42.5b

Cherat Cement

KASE:CHCC

PK₨52.6b

Kohat Cement

KASE:KOHC

PK₨76.5b

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Maple Leaf Cement Factory
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	PK₨44.78
52 Week High	PK₨51.40
52 Week Low	PK₨31.50
Beta	0.57
1 Month Change	15.12%
3 Month Change	36.82%
1 Year Change	17.72%
3 Year Change	31.09%
5 Year Change	89.02%
Change since IPO	-69.02%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	MLCF	PK Basic Materials	PK Market
7D	-1.8%	-0.3%	0.6%
1Y	17.7%	70.5%	59.9%

Return vs Industry: MLCF underperformed the PK Basic Materials industry which returned 76.2% over the past year.

Return vs Market: MLCF underperformed the PK Market which returned 63.7% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is MLCF's price volatile compared to industry and market?
MLCF volatility
MLCF Average Weekly Movement	7.3%
Basic Materials Industry Average Movement	7.4%
Market Average Movement	7.2%
10% most volatile stocks in PK Market	10.2%
10% least volatile stocks in PK Market	4.9%

Stable Share Price: MLCF has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the PK market.

Volatility Over Time: MLCF's weekly volatility (7%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1956	1,879	Sayeed Saigol	www.kmlg.com/mlcfl

Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited produces and sells cement primarily in Pakistan. The company offers ordinary Portland, sulphate resistant, low alkali, and white cement, as well as HD putty, white plast, and wall coats. Its products are used for the construction of airports, runways, dams, barrages, waterways, residential complexes, high-rise buildings, highways, and motorways.

Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited Fundamentals Summary

How do Maple Leaf Cement Factory's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
MLCF fundamental statistics
Market cap	PK₨46.91b
Earnings (TTM)	PK₨6.61b
Revenue (TTM)	PK₨65.50b

7.1x

P/E Ratio

0.7x

P/S Ratio

Is MLCF overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
MLCF income statement (TTM)
Revenue	PK₨65.50b
Cost of Revenue	PK₨43.33b
Gross Profit	PK₨22.17b
Other Expenses	PK₨15.56b
Earnings	PK₨6.61b

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	6.31
Gross Margin	33.84%
Net Profit Margin	10.09%
Debt/Equity Ratio	28.5%

How did MLCF perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/25 06:32
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/24 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2024/06/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited is covered by 20 analysts. 1 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
null null	AKD Research
null null	Akseer Research (Pvt.) Limited
Misha Zahid	Arif Habib Limited

MLCF Stock Overview

Rewards

Risk Analysis

Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited Competitors

KASE:PIOC

PK₨45.0b

KASE:DGKC

PK₨42.5b

KASE:CHCC

PK₨52.6b

KASE:KOHC

PK₨76.5b

Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

Price target increased by 7.6% to PK₨56.67

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 25%

Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited (KASE:MLCF) proposed to acquire an additional 37.86% stake in Agritech Limited (KASE:AGL) for PKR 6.3 billion.

First quarter 2025 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

Price target decreased by 8.8% to PK₨51.00

Full year 2024 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations

Recent updates

Price target increased by 7.6% to PK₨56.67

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 25%

Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited (KASE:MLCF) proposed to acquire an additional 37.86% stake in Agritech Limited (KASE:AGL) for PKR 6.3 billion.

First quarter 2025 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

Price target decreased by 8.8% to PK₨51.00

Full year 2024 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations

Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited, Annual General Meeting, Oct 28, 2024

Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited, Annual General Meeting, Oct 28, 2024

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 18%

Third quarter 2024 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

Second quarter 2024 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Price target increased by 7.4% to PK₨41.33

First quarter 2024 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 40%

Now 21% undervalued

Full year 2023 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 11%

Price target increased by 8.6% to PK₨37.10

Third quarter 2023 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

Second quarter 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Price target decreased by 15% to PK₨35.71

Price target increased to PK₨44.40

Price target decreased to PK₨40.40

Less than half of directors are independent

First quarter 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 59%

Price target decreased to PK₨43.67

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Price target decreased to PK₨49.37

Less than half of directors are independent

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Price target decreased to PK₨54.64

Consensus EPS estimates fall to PK₨4.00

Price target decreased to PK₨61.23

First quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS PK₨0.76 (vs PK₨0.51 in 1Q 2021)

Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS PK₨3.49 (vs PK₨3.89 loss in FY 2020)

Consensus forecasts updated

Third quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS PK₨1.11 (vs PK₨0.87 loss in 3Q 2020)

Price target increased to PK₨63.23

Price target increased to PK₨60.61

Second quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS PK₨0.97 (vs PK₨1.02 loss in 2Q 2020)

Revenue and earnings beat expectations

New 90-day high: PK₨47.10

Price target raised to PK₨47.58

New 90-day high: PK₨45.49

Price target raised to PK₨46.76

New 90-day high: PK₨45.01

First quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS PK₨0.51

Revenue and earnings beat expectations

First quarter earnings released

First-quarter earnings released: Revenue and earnings beat expectations

Analysts update estimates

New 90-day high: PK₨42.18

Price target raised to PK₨40.24

Full year earnings released

Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited Declares No Dividend for 2020

Full year earnings released - PK₨3.89 loss per share

Price target raised to PK₨36.49