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NELCO Ltd

NSE: NELCO BSE: 504112

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(-1.55%)

Sun, 01 Mar 2026, 04:29 am

NELCO Analysis

dividend

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Pros

  • Dividends per share have increased over the past 10 years.
  • Dividends paid are well covered by earnings (5.3x coverage).
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Cons

  • Dividends per share have been volatile in the past 10 years (annual drop of over 20%).
  • Nelco's pays a lower dividend yield than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in India (0.76%).
  • Nelco's dividend is below the markets top 25% of dividend payers in India (3.08%).

health

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Pros

  • Nelco is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
  • Nelco is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
  • Debt is well covered by operating cash flow (33.8%, greater than 20% of total debt).
  • Debt is covered by short term assets, assets are 1.3x debt.
  • Nelco'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 (1039.2% vs 148.7% today).
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Cons

  • Nelco's short term (1 year) commitments are greater than its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
  • Interest payments on debt are not well covered by earnings (EBIT is 2.2x annual interest expense, ideally 3x coverage).
  • Nelco's level of debt (148.7%) compared to net worth is high (greater than 40%).
  • High level of physical assets or inventory.

management

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    Cons

    • The average tenure for the Nelco board of directors is less than 3 years, this suggests a new board.
    • Pradip's remuneration is higher than average for companies of similar size in India.
    • Pradip's compensation has increased by more than 20% whilst company earnings have fallen more than 20% in the past year.

    misc

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    Pros

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      Cons

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

      past

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      Pros

      • Nelco has delivered over 20% year on year earnings growth in the past 5 years.
      • Nelco used its assets more efficiently than the IN Communications industry average last year based on Return on Assets.
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      Cons

      • Nelco's 1-year earnings growth is negative, it can't be compared to the 5-year average.
      • Nelco's use of capital deteriorated last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed).
      • Whilst Nelco has efficiently used shareholders’ funds last year (Return on Equity greater than 20%), this is metric is skewed due to its high level of debt.
      • Nelco's 1-year earnings growth is negative, it can't be compared to the IN Communications industry average.

      value

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      Pros

      • NELCO matched the Communications industry (-29.7%) over the past year.
      • NSEI:NELCO is up 24.3% outperforming the Communications industry which returned 2.1% over the past month.
      • NSEI:NELCO is up 24.3% outperforming the market in India which returned 8% over the past month.
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      Cons

      • Nelco's share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a moderate discount (< 20%).
      • Nelco's share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a substantial discount (< 40%).
      • Nelco is overvalued based on assets compared to the IN Communications industry average.
      • Nelco is overvalued based on earnings compared to the IN Communications industry average.
      • Nelco is overvalued based on earnings compared to the India market.
      • NELCO underperformed the Market in India which returned -14.5% over the past year.

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