Trio Merc. Trad. (534755)

Score breakdown: P/E: 0/3 · ROCE: 0/2 · Growth: 2/2 · Dividend: 0/1

Key Financials

Current Price₹1.07
Market Cap₹7.27 Cr
P/E Ratio0
ROCE-0.16%
ROE-0.39%
Dividend Yield0%
Profit Growth0%
Debt/Equity—
Sales Growth0%
52-Week Range₹0.62 — ₹1.25
SectorFinance
Book Value₹3.23

AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

At ₹1.07, this is exactly the kind of stock Graham would call a cigar butt—but with caveats. The market capitalisation is only ₹7 crore while book value is ₹3.23 per share, so price-to-book is 0.33. For every rupee of net worth, I am paying just 33 paise. That sounds like margin of safety. But a business is not an asset play unless the assets are productive or eventually realised. Trio Merchandise Trading reported latest quarter sales of ₹1 crore and net profit of ₹-0 crore. ROE is -0.39% and ROCE is -0.16%. That means the equity is earning nothing; in fact, it is slightly destroying value. With zero sales growth and zero profit growth, there is no engine of compounding. The P/E of 0.00 is meaningless when earnings are zero or negligible. The Piotroski F-Score of 6/9 suggests the balance sheet is not in immediate distress, but debt/equity is not available, so I cannot assess leverage properly. A book value that earns a negative return will eventually shrink unless management allocates capital wisely. This is a micro-cap financial services company with no dividend, no disclosed promoter holding, and a 52-week range of ₹0.62 to ₹1.25. It is speculative and thinly followed. I would not call it a great business; there is no durable moat, no pricing power, no growth. It may be a basket of assets trading cheaply, but minority shareholders in such situations depend entirely on management integrity. If they unlock value, the upside from 0.33× book is real. If not, the negative ROE grinds book value down. I would watch quarterly sales, book value trend, capital raising, and related-party dealings. This is an asset play, not a compounder.

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