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Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd

NSE: MTNL BSE: 500108

30.68

(-1.19%)

Sat, 28 Feb 2026, 09:41 pm

Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Analysis

dividend

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Pros

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    Cons

    • Unable to calculate sustainability of dividends as Mahanagar Telephone Nigam has not reported any payouts.
    • Unable to evaluate Mahanagar Telephone Nigam's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers as the company has not reported any payouts.
    • Unable to evaluate Mahanagar Telephone Nigam's dividend against the top 25% market benchmark as the company has not reported any payouts.

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    Pros

    • Whilst loss making Mahanagar Telephone Nigam has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years, even with free cash flow being positive and shrinking by -39.6% per year.
    • Whilst loss making Mahanagar Telephone Nigam has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years if it maintains the current positive free cash flow level.
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    Cons

    • Mahanagar Telephone Nigam's short term (1 year) commitments are greater than its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
    • Debt is not well covered by operating cash flow (6.3%, less than 20% of total debt).
    • Mahanagar Telephone Nigam has negative shareholder equity (liabilities exceed assets) therefore debt is not covered by short term assets.
    • Mahanagar Telephone Nigam's long term commitments exceed its cash and other short term assets.
    • Irrelevant to check if Mahanagar Telephone Nigam's debt level has increased considering it has negative shareholder equity.
    • Mahanagar Telephone Nigam has negative shareholder equity (liabilities exceed assets), this is a more serious situation compared with a high debt level.
    • High level of physical assets or inventory.

    management

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    Pros

    • Sunil's remuneration is about average for companies of similar size in India.
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    Cons

    • The average tenure for the Mahanagar Telephone Nigam board of directors is less than 3 years, this suggests a new board.
    • Sunil's compensation has increased whilst company is loss making.
    • The average tenure for the Mahanagar Telephone Nigam management team is less than 2 years, this suggests a new team.

    misc

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    Pros

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      • Mahanagar Telephone Nigam is not covered by any analysts.
      • Mahanagar Telephone Nigam has significant price volatility in the past 3 months.

      past

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      Pros

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        Cons

        • Unable to compare Mahanagar Telephone Nigam's 1-year earnings growth to the 5-year average as it is not currently profitable.
        • Mahanagar Telephone Nigam 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 Mahanagar Telephone Nigam has efficiently used its assets last year compared to the Asia Telecom industry average (Return on Assets) as it is loss-making.
        • It is difficult to establish if Mahanagar Telephone Nigam 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 Mahanagar Telephone Nigam has efficiently used shareholders’ funds last year (Return on Equity greater than 20%) due to its liabilities exceeding its assets.
        • Unable to compare Mahanagar Telephone Nigam's 1-year growth to the Asia Telecom industry average as it is not currently profitable.

        value

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        Pros

        • Mahanagar Telephone Nigam's share price is below the future cash flow value, and at a moderate discount (> 20%).
        • Mahanagar Telephone Nigam's share price is below the future cash flow value, and at a substantial discount (> 40%).
        • MTNL outperformed the Telecom industry which returned -14.4% over the past year.
        • MTNL outperformed the Market in India which returned -14.5% over the past year.
        • NSEI:MTNL is up 27.3% outperforming the Telecom industry which returned -0% over the past month.
        • NSEI:MTNL is up 27.3% outperforming the market in India which returned 8% over the past month.
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        Cons

        • Mahanagar Telephone Nigam has negative assets, we can't compare the value of its assets to the Asia Telecom industry average.
        • Mahanagar Telephone Nigam is loss making, we can't compare its value to the Asia Telecom industry average.
        • Mahanagar Telephone Nigam is loss making, we can't compare the value of its earnings to the India market.

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