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Megastar Foods Ltd

NSE: MEGASTAR BSE: 541352

254.55

(0.04%)

Wed, 01 Apr 2026, 11:05 am

Megastar Foods Analysis

dividend

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Pros

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    Cons

    • Unable to evaluate Megastar Foods's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers as the company has not reported any payouts.
    • Unable to evaluate Megastar Foods's dividend against the top 25% market benchmark as the company has not reported any payouts.

    health

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    Pros

    • Megastar Foods is able to meet its short term (1 year) commitments with its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
    • Megastar Foods is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
    • Megastar Foods is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
    • Debt is covered by short term assets, assets are 1.3x debt.
    • Megastar Foods's cash and other short term assets cover its long term commitments.
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    Cons

    • Debt is not well covered by operating cash flow (3.3%, less than 20% of total debt).
    • The level of debt compared to net worth has increased over the past 5 years (175.5% vs 187.9% today).
    • Interest payments on debt are not well covered by earnings (EBIT is 2.7x annual interest expense, ideally 3x coverage).
    • Megastar Foods's level of debt (187.9%) compared to net worth is high (greater than 40%).
    • High level of physical assets or inventory.

    management

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    Pros

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

    • The average tenure for the Megastar Foods board of directors is less than 3 years, this suggests a new board.
    • Vikas's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year whilst earnings fell less than 20%.

    misc

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    Pros

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      • Megastar Foods is not covered by any analysts.
      • Megastar Foods's last earnings update was 217 days ago.
      • Megastar Foods has significant price volatility in the past 3 months.

      past

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      Pros

      • Megastar Foods's 1-year earnings growth exceeds its 5-year average (82.8% vs 41.6%)
      • Megastar Foods has delivered over 20% year on year earnings growth in the past 5 years.
      • Megastar Foods used its assets more efficiently than the IN Food industry average last year based on Return on Assets.
      • Megastar Foods has significantly improved its use of capital last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed).
      • Megastar Foods's earnings growth has exceeded the IN Food industry average in the past year (82.8% vs 20.5%).
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      Cons

      • Megastar Foods has not efficiently used shareholders’ funds last year (Return on Equity less than 20%).

      value

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      Pros

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        Cons

        • Megastar Foods is overvalued based on assets compared to the IN Food industry average.
        • Megastar Foods is overvalued based on earnings compared to the IN Food industry average.
        • Megastar Foods is overvalued based on earnings compared to the India market.
        • 541352 underperformed the Food industry which returned 18.8% over the past year.
        • 541352 underperformed the Market in India which returned -14.5% over the past year.
        • BSE:541352 is down -22.8% underperforming the Food industry which returned 5% over the past month.
        • BSE:541352 is down -22.8% underperforming the market in India which returned 8% over the past month.

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