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Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd

NSE: IMFA BSE: 533047

1230.30

(0.22%)

Sun, 15 Mar 2026, 10:53 am

Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Analysis

dividend

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Pros

  • Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys's pays a higher dividend yield than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in India (0.76%).
  • Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys's dividend is above the markets top 25% of dividend payers in India (3.08%).
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Cons

  • No dividend growth in 10 years.
  • The company is paying a dividend however it is incurring a loss.
  • Dividends per share have been volatile in the past 10 years (annual drop of over 20%).

health

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Pros

  • Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys is able to meet its short term (1 year) commitments with its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
  • Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys has been profitable on average in the past, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
  • Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys has been profitable on average in the past, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
  • Debt is covered by short term assets, assets are 1.1x debt.
  • Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys's cash and other short term assets cover its long term commitments.
  • The level of debt compared to net worth has been reduced over the past 5 years (122.6% vs 60.7% today).
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Cons

  • Debt is not well covered by operating cash flow (17%, less than 20% of total debt).
  • Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys is making a loss, therefore interest payments are not well covered by earnings.
  • Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys's level of debt (60.7%) compared to net worth is high (greater than 40%).
  • High level of physical assets or inventory.

management

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Pros

  • The average tenure for the Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys board of directors is over 10 years, this suggests they are a seasoned and experienced board.
  • Subhrakant's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year, both up more than 20%.
  • The average tenure for the Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys management team is over 5 years, this suggests they are a seasoned and experienced team.
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Cons

  • Subhrakant's remuneration is higher than average for companies of similar size in India.

misc

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    Cons

    • Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys is not covered by any analysts.
    • Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys has significant price volatility in the past 3 months.

    past

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    Pros

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      Cons

      • Unable to compare Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys's 1-year earnings growth to the 5-year average as it is not currently profitable.
      • Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys does not make a profit and their year on year earnings growth rate was negative over the past 5 years.
      • It is difficult to establish if Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys has efficiently used its assets last year compared to the IN Metals and Mining industry average (Return on Assets) as it is loss-making.
      • It is difficult to establish if Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys improved its use of capital last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed) as it is currently loss-making.
      • It is difficult to establish if Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys has efficiently used shareholders’ funds last year (Return on Equity greater than 20%) as it is loss-making.
      • Unable to compare Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys's 1-year growth to the IN Metals and Mining industry average as it is not currently profitable.

      value

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      Pros

      • Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys is good value based on assets compared to the IN Metals and Mining industry average.
      • IMFA outperformed the Metals and Mining industry which returned -28.6% over the past year.
      • NSEI:IMFA is up 8.5% outperforming the Metals and Mining industry which returned 7.5% over the past month.
      • NSEI:IMFA is up 8.5% along with the India market (8%) over the past month.
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      Cons

      • Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys's share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a moderate discount (< 20%).
      • Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys's share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a substantial discount (< 40%).
      • Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys is loss making, we can't compare its value to the IN Metals and Mining industry average.
      • Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys is loss making, we can't compare the value of its earnings to the India market.
      • IMFA underperformed the Market in India which returned -14.5% over the past year.

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