Infomedia Press (INFOMEDIA)

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

Key Financials

Current Price₹5.16
Market Cap₹25.9 Cr
P/E Ratio0
ROCE0%
ROE5.49%
Dividend Yield0%
Profit Growth13.51%
Debt/Equity—
Sales Growth0%
Free Cash Flow₹-80,791.25 Cr
Promoter Holding50.69%
52-Week Range₹4.5 — ₹7.9
SectorPrinting & Publication
Book Value₹-12.8

AI Analysis

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

Buffett’s first rule is: don’t lose money. Infomedia Press makes that hard. The latest quarter shows zero sales and a ₹1 crore loss. With no revenue, there is no economic engine to analyse. P/E of 0.00 is not a bargain signal; it is a meaningless number because earnings are not positive. Book value is -₹12.07 per share, so the equity has been hollowed out. The 13.51% profit growth looks attractive only if you ignore the base: a company going from one loss to a slightly smaller loss is still losing money. ROCE is 0.00%, sales growth is 0.00%, and an ROE of 5.49% on negative book value is an accounting artifact, not a return on real capital. The reported FCF of -₹80,791 crore is so extreme that I would check the data before making any decision, but taken at face value it implies a cash burn beyond anything the ₹26 crore market cap can justify. Promoter holding of 50.69% is a point in favor, and a Piotroski score of 5/9 shows marginal improvement, but neither can transform a negative-book-value shell into a compounding machine. Graham would not call this an investment; it is an operation. The stock is at ₹5.99, down from the 52-week high of ₹8.05, but a falling price only creates value if the underlying business improves. I cannot calculate a fair value with no sales and negative equity. There is no margin of safety in paying even ₹26 crore for a company with zero revenue and negative net worth. Turnarounds can happen in Indian publishing, but I need evidence in the financials, not hope. This belongs on the watchlist, not in my portfolio.

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