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HFCL Overview

HFCL Ltd is an India-based agency that is mainly engaged in manufacturing of telecommunication system, optical fiber cables and intelligent power systems. The Company is a manufacturer of optical fiber cables, optical delivery, power electronics and broadband device for the telecommunication enterprise. It provides solutions for constructing wi-fi and optical telecommunication networks, such as optical shipping networks (DWDM), rural global device for cellular communications (GSM) networks, broadband access networks, radio backhaul, fiber to th...Read More

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HFCL Key Financials

Market Cap ₹9522 Cr.

Stock P/E 55

P/B 2.3

Current Price ₹66

Book Value ₹ 28.6

Face Value 1

52W High ₹127.2

Dividend Yield 0.15%

52W Low ₹ 65

HFCL Share Price

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HFCL Quarterly Results

#(Fig in Cr.) Jun 2023 Sep 2023 Dec 2023 Mar 2024 Jun 2024 Sep 2024 Dec 2024 Mar 2025 Jun 2025 Sep 2025
Net Sales 995 1111 1032 1326 1158 1094 1012 801 871 1043
Other Income 13 17 47 14 11 14 20 14 15 13
Total Income 1008 1129 1079 1340 1169 1107 1032 814 886 1056
Total Expenditure 849 979 916 1130 983 935 860 837 843 853
Operating Profit 160 150 163 209 185 172 172 -22 43 203
Interest 36 35 37 40 42 45 47 51 56 61
Depreciation 21 21 19 20 24 25 26 30 32 36
Exceptional Income / Expenses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Profit Before Tax 102 94 108 150 119 101 100 -104 -45 107
Provision for Tax 27 24 25 40 8 29 28 -22 -15 34
Profit After Tax 75 70 82 109 111 72 72 -82 -29 72
Adjustments -7 -0 0 1 0 2 2 1 -3 -4
Profit After Adjustments 68 69 82 110 111 74 74 -81 -32 68
Adjusted Earnings Per Share 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.5 -0.6 -0.2 0.5

HFCL Profit & Loss

#(Fig in Cr.) Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025 TTM
Net Sales 2553 2580 2131 3227 4738 3839 4423 4727 4743 4465 4065 3727
Other Income 225 36 21 35 47 56 35 43 47 101 58 62
Total Income 2778 2616 2153 3262 4785 3895 4458 4770 4790 4566 4122 3788
Total Expenditure 2388 2266 1939 2955 4327 3379 3873 4077 4125 3884 3616 3393
Operating Profit 390 351 214 308 458 516 584 693 666 682 507 396
Interest 44 62 62 64 92 115 175 166 152 147 185 215
Depreciation 34 26 22 23 27 42 69 78 83 82 106 124
Exceptional Income / Expenses 0 -110 0 -2 0 0 -4 -6 0 0 0 0
Profit Before Tax 312 156 124 220 339 358 337 442 431 454 217 58
Provision for Tax 0 0 1 49 107 121 91 116 113 117 43 25
Profit After Tax 312 156 124 172 232 237 246 326 318 338 173 33
Adjustments 12 0 -1 -4 -12 -10 -7 0 0 0 0 -4
Profit After Adjustments 324 156 123 168 220 227 239 326 318 338 173 29
Adjusted Earnings Per Share 2.6 1.3 1 1.4 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.4 2.3 2.3 1.2 0.2

Growth Rates

# 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year
Sales CAGR -9% -5% 1% 5%
Operating Profit CAGR -26% -10% -0% 3%
PAT CAGR -49% -19% -6% -6%
# 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year
Share Price CAGR -47% -7% 22% 14%
ROE Average 4% 8% 10% 16%
ROCE Average 8% 12% 15% 18%

HFCL Balance Sheet

#(Fig in Cr.) Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025
Shareholder's Funds 958 840 964 1179 1442 1668 1916 2798 3108 3956 4079
Minority's Interest 0 0 2 -22 -10 -0 7 20 37 44 40
Borrowings 162 332 268 141 134 201 251 121 110 169 390
Other Non-Current Liabilities 16 13 -104 -95 -53 37 48 49 76 134 149
Total Current Liabilities 711 957 1023 1267 1701 1911 2987 2178 2142 2184 2888
Total Liabilities 1847 2141 2153 2470 3214 3817 5209 5166 5473 6487 7546
Fixed Assets 199 175 188 196 238 504 508 528 548 652 852
Other Non-Current Assets 278 72 59 129 310 252 551 819 842 1320 1324
Total Current Assets 1370 1895 1906 2145 2666 3061 4150 3819 4082 4515 5371
Total Assets 1847 2141 2153 2470 3214 3817 5209 5166 5473 6487 7546

HFCL Cash Flow

#(Fig in Cr.) Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025
Opening Cash & Cash Equivalents 16 27 9 6 67 18 16 21 17 63 23
Cash Flow from Operating Activities 129 0 136 207 34 172 145 205 235 -45 396
Cash Flow from Investing Activities -45 37 -25 -30 -150 -167 -165 -458 -44 -449 -518
Cash Flow from Financing Activities -74 -55 -114 -116 67 -7 25 248 -145 454 170
Net Cash Inflow / Outflow 10 -18 -3 61 -49 -1 5 -5 46 -40 47
Closing Cash & Cash Equivalent 27 9 6 67 18 16 21 17 63 23 71

HFCL Ratios

# Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025
Earnings Per Share (Rs) 2.57 1.26 0.99 1.35 1.73 1.77 1.86 2.37 2.31 2.34 1.2
CEPS(Rs) 2.79 1.47 1.17 1.57 2.03 2.17 2.45 2.94 2.91 2.91 1.93
DPS(Rs) 0 0 0 0.06 0.1 0 0.15 0.18 0.2 0.2 0.1
Book NAV/Share(Rs) 7.08 6.78 7.78 9.37 11.21 12.9 14.8 20.34 22.36 27.43 28.28
Core EBITDA Margin(%) 6.32 10.95 8.76 8.39 8.68 11.99 12.43 13.75 13.04 13.02 11.05
EBIT Margin(%) 13.62 7.58 8.47 8.74 9.1 12.33 11.57 12.87 12.29 13.47 9.88
Pre Tax Margin(%) 11.92 5.44 5.64 6.78 7.16 9.33 7.62 9.35 9.08 10.17 5.33
PAT Margin (%) 11.92 5.44 5.62 5.29 4.9 6.18 5.57 6.89 6.7 7.56 4.26
Cash Profit Margin (%) 13.23 6.35 6.6 6 5.47 7.27 7.12 8.55 8.45 9.39 6.86
ROA(%) 17.71 7.84 5.76 7.43 8.17 6.75 5.46 6.28 5.97 5.64 2.47
ROE(%) 43.55 18.21 13.71 16.16 17.94 15.38 13.84 13.87 10.82 9.6 4.32
ROCE(%) 31.93 16.38 12.93 18.03 23.43 21.45 19.62 19.04 15.38 13.43 7.64
Receivable days 45.19 93.92 189.88 132.68 102.26 146.53 174.16 174 145.52 167.64 184.42
Inventory Days 30.41 34.27 43.21 25.78 18.42 28.91 32.14 38.94 51.22 62.63 75.13
Payable days 313.65 254.6 271.3 133.77 110.55 234.16 192.45 235.57 141.05 147.34 151.82
PER(x) 5.21 12.88 12.85 19.12 13.21 5.1 13.54 33.21 26.43 39.21 65.77
Price/Book(x) 1.89 2.4 1.64 2.77 2.03 0.7 1.7 3.87 2.73 3.35 2.79
Dividend Yield(%) 0 0 0 0.23 0.44 0 0.6 0.23 0.33 0.22 0.13
EV/Net Sales(x) 0.74 0.96 0.95 1.1 0.7 0.44 0.87 2.34 1.9 3.11 3.05
EV/Core EBITDA(x) 4.86 7.04 9.43 11.53 7.28 3.25 6.59 15.94 13.5 20.34 24.48
Net Sales Growth(%) 26.42 1.06 -17.39 51.42 46.8 -18.97 15.21 6.88 0.34 -5.87 -8.97
EBIT Growth(%) -31.6 -38.8 -14.35 52.21 51.8 9.74 8.12 18.95 -4.23 3.17 -33.21
PAT Growth(%) -34.16 -49.82 -20.88 38.79 35.27 2.18 3.75 32.33 -2.5 6.24 -48.67
EPS Growth(%) -30.43 -50.93 -21.37 36.55 27.41 2.53 5.18 27.37 -2.61 1.53 -48.74
Debt/Equity(x) 0.33 0.65 0.56 0.4 0.41 0.43 0.48 0.27 0.3 0.25 0.37
Current Ratio(x) 1.93 1.98 1.86 1.69 1.57 1.6 1.39 1.75 1.91 2.07 1.86
Quick Ratio(x) 1.56 1.69 1.62 1.52 1.41 1.42 1.24 1.49 1.55 1.71 1.55
Interest Cover(x) 8.02 3.54 2.99 4.46 4.69 4.12 2.93 3.66 3.83 4.08 2.17
Total Debt/Mcap(x) 0.19 0.27 0.34 0.15 0.2 0.61 0.28 0.07 0.11 0.07 0.13

HFCL Shareholding Pattern

# Jun 2023 Sep 2023 Dec 2023 Mar 2024 Jun 2024 Sep 2024 Dec 2024 Mar 2025 Jun 2025 Sep 2025
Promoter 39.24 37.84 37.84 37.68 37.63 36.24 35.89 34.37 31.58 30.02
FII 7.53 8.35 8.18 7.65 7.02 6.68 6.7 6.97 7.75 7.48
DII 2.95 4.64 4.54 5.68 7.39 8.69 9.32 11.62 12.38 11.93
Public 50.29 49.17 49.44 48.99 47.97 48.38 48.08 47.04 48.29 50.57
Others 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

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HFCL Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Company is almost debt free.

Cons

  • Promoter holding is low: 30.02%.
  • Company has a low return on equity of 8% over the last 3 years.
  • Debtor days have increased from 147.34 to 151.82days.
  • The company has delivered a poor profit growth of -6% over past five years.
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