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Mercantile Ventures Ltd (MERCANTILE)
Share Analysis – Quality, Valuation Zone, Price Trend & DeciZen Rating BSE: 538942 NSE: MERCANTILE Business Support | Small Cap | Mercantile Ventures Share Price
₹22.98 0.00 (0.00%)
As on 22-Sep'26 16:59
Mercantile Ventures Ltd (MERCANTILE)
Share Analysis – Quality, Valuation Zone, Price Trend & DeciZen Rating BSE: 538942 NSE: MERCANTILE Business Support | Small Cap | Mercantile Ventures Share Price
₹22.98 0.00 (0.00%)
As on 22-Sep'26 16:59
Key Metrics
Valuation Multiples
Market Cap
₹258 Cr.
Current Price
₹23
52-Week Low / High
₹18 / 33
TTM EPS
₹0.6
TTM Sales
₹95.3 Cr.
Book Value per Share
₹24.3
P/E Ratio
36.18
In line with its 5-year historical median
Industry PE
27
Price to Book (P/B)
0.95
Higher than its 5-year historical median
Price to Sales (P/S)
2.70
Lower than its 5-year historical median
EV/EBITDA
41.02
Higher than its 5-year historical median
Dividend Yield
0%
Profitability Efficiency
Return on Equity (ROE)
0.68%
Underperforms industry median
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
0.87%
Underperforms industry median
Return on Assets (ROA)
0.59%
Operating Profit Margin
4.3%
Net Profit Margin
2.19%
Gross Profit Margin
3.6%
Growth Momentum
1-yr vs 3-yr growth
1-yr vs 3-yr growth
Sales Growth (1 Year)
Slowing versus 3-year growth rate
17.42%
Operating Profit Growth (1 Year)
Slowing versus 3-year growth rate
-63.97%
Net Profit Growth (1 Year)
Slowing versus 3-year growth rate
-87.46%
Asset Quality
Promoter Holding
72.75%
Pledged shares (%) of Promoter's holding (%)
0.00%
Reserves
₹160 Cr.
Equity
₹112.1 Cr.
Face Value
₹10
All Time Low / High
₹2.74 / 37.14
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Quality
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Price Trend
Semi Strong
Is Mercantile Ventures Ltd a good quality company?
Mercantile Ventures Ltd is a weak quality company, based on a inconsistent multi-year financial track record.
This assessment is based on company’s performance on Revenue growth, ROCE, Equity and Assets, key margin ratios, cash conversion cycle, and debt to cash flow from operations and how it compares with its long term averages.
We have analysed the performance of the company on the following:
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How has it performed on generating Profits?
By checking its Revenue growth, Gross, Operating and Net Margins compared to its last 5-year median.
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How efficiently has it utilized Capital?
By checking its ROCE, ROA, ROE and its Cash Conversion Cycle.
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How is it managing its Debt?
By checking its Debt to Equity and Cash Flow from Operations.
How does Mercantile Ventures Ltd performance compare with that of its Peers?
Revenue growth of Mercantile Ventures Ltd vs industry peers?
Mercantile Ventures Ltd revenue CAGR is 20.14%, compared to the industry median CAGR of 0%, indicating faster growth and gaining its market share.
Promoter shareholding and pledge status of Mercantile Ventures Ltd?
Promoters hold 72.75% of the Mercantile Ventures Ltd, with 0.00% of their stake pledged, indicating no pledge risk.
Stock return of Mercantile Ventures Ltd over the last decade?
Over the last 9 year(s), the stock has delivered a CAGR of 5.9% based on the current price.
10 Year X-Ray :
Analysis of Financial Track Record (Data adjusted to bonus, split, extra-ordinary income, rights issue and change in financial year end)
Data adjusted to bonus, split, extra-ordinary income, rights issue and change in financial year endData adjusted to bonus, split, extra-ordinary income, rights issue and change in financial year end.
What is a Financial Track Record? How to read this chart in order to understand the data present here?
Financial track record gives insight into the company's performance on key parameters over the past ten years. MoneyWorks4me’s proprietary colour codes make it easy for retail investors to gauge the company’s past performance.
Mercantile Ventures Ltd has not performed well majority of the past ten years indicating its past ten year financial track record is not good
Value Creation ⓘ
| Mar'17 | Mar'18 | Mar'19 | Mar'20 | Mar'21 | Mar'22 | Mar'23 | Mar'24 | Mar'25 | Mar'26 | TTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROCE % ⓘ | -9.8% | 2.5% | 1.8% | 2.7% | 3.5% | 3% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.6% | - |
| Value Creation Index ⓘ | -1.7 | -0.8 | -0.9 | -0.8 | -0.8 | -0.8 | -0.8 | -0.9 | -0.9 | -1.0 | - |
Growth Parameters ⓘ |
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| Sales ⓘ | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 16.1 | 15.5 | 14.6 | 20.8 | 29.8 | 36.6 | 42.9 | 43 |
| Sales YoY Gr. | - | 9.8% | 5.1% | 196.9% | -3.6% | -5.6% | 42.2% | 43.6% | 22.6% | 17.4% | - |
| Adj EPS ⓘ | -0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| YoY Gr. | - | NA | 115.4% | 171.4% | -18.4% | -8.1% | -19.3% | -43.5% | 211.5% | -55.6% | - |
| BVPS (₹) ⓘ | 21.8 | 22 | 23.3 | 23.2 | 25.7 | 27.8 | 26 | 30.6 | 30.6 | 25.8 | 25.8 |
| Adj Net Profit ⓘ | -7.1 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 8.5 | 7 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 2.9 | 9.1 | 4 | 2 |
| Cash Flow from Ops. ⓘ | -27.6 | 4 | 11.2 | 4.7 | 24.5 | 17.8 | -12.2 | 39.1 | -7.8 | -69.7 | - |
| Debt/CF from Ops. ⓘ | -0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
CAGR ⓘ
| 9 Years | 5 Years | 3 Years | 1 Years | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales ⓘ | 27.9% | 22.6% | 27.4% | 17.4% | ||||
| Adj EPS ⓘ | NA | -10.3% | -7.9% | -55.6% | ||||
| BVPSⓘ | 1.9% | 0.1% | -0.3% | -15.7% | ||||
| Share Price | 5.9% | 7.1% | 1.7% | -27.8% | ||||
Key Financial Parameters ⓘ
| Mar'17 | Mar'18 | Mar'19 | Mar'20 | Mar'21 | Mar'22 | Mar'23 | Mar'24 | Mar'25 | Mar'26 | TTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on Equity % ⓘ | -2.8 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| Op. Profit Mgn % ⓘ | 35.1 | 42.6 | 34.1 | 21.4 | 20.3 | 17.1 | 14.1 | 11.8 | 12.7 | 9.2 | 0.7 |
| Net Profit Mgn % ⓘ | -150.8 | 28.4 | 58 | 53 | 45 | 44 | 25 | 9.7 | 24.8 | 9.3 | 5.7 |
| Debt to Equity ⓘ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Working Cap Days ⓘ | 11,959 | 5,653 | 3,734 | 1,352 | 1,580 | 2,089 | 1,490 | 772 | 518 | 356 | 187 |
| Cash Conv. Cycle ⓘ | 54 | 62 | 64 | 44 | 72 | 83 | 69 | 64 | 68 | 59 | 139 |
Valuation of Mercantile Ventures - Consolidated
Analyst's Notes
No data found!
Management X-Ray
Shareholding Pattern
Promoter's Holding & Share Pledging
| Pledged * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
* Pledged shares as % of Promoter's holding (%)
Financials
| PARTICULARS | Mar'17 | Mar'18 | Mar'19 | Mar'20 | Mar'21 | Mar'22 | Mar'23 | Mar'24 | Mar'25 | Mar'26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 27 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 37 | 37 | 47 | 60 | 72 | 93 |
| Operating Expenses ⓘ + | 24 | 29 | 32 | 34 | 33 | 35 | 44 | 60 | 71 | 93 |
| Operating Profit ⓘ | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Operating Profit Margin (%) | 9.8% | 2.5% | 7.5% | 10.2% | 11.8% | 6.0% | 7.2% | 0.2% | 1.9% | 0.5% |
| Other Income ⓘ + | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 3 |
| Interest ⓘ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Depreciation ⓘ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Profit Before Tax ⓘ | -26 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 9 | -6 | 13 | 2 |
| Tax ⓘ | 1 | 5 | 2 | -3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| Profit After Tax | -28 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 7 | -8 | 16 | 2 |
| PAT Margin (%) | -102.0% | 3.8% | 10.8% | 29.7% | 17.1% | 31.0% | 14.3% | -12.9% | 22.5% | 2.2% |
| Adjusted EPS (₹) | -1.9 | 0.8 | 1.6 | -0.0 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.4 | -1.8 | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| Dividend Payout Ratio (%) | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| PARTICULARS | Mar'17 | Mar'18 | Mar'19 | Mar'20 | Mar'21 | Mar'22 | Mar'23 | Mar'24 | Mar'25 | Mar'26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Equity and Liabilities | |||||||||||
| Shareholders Fund + | 249 | 254 | 272 | 271 | 303 | 338 | 311 | 333 | 331 | 273 | |
| Debt + | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Minority Interest | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | -9 | -4 | -4 | 15 | 13 | 8 | |
| Trade Payables | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Others Liabilities ⓘ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 49 | 46 | 25 | |
| Total Liabilities ⓘ | 258 | 261 | 274 | 270 | 301 | 347 | 337 | 397 | 391 | 306 | |
Fixed Assets | |||||||||||
| Net Fixed Assets ⓘ + | 86 | 85 | 84 | 76 | 77 | 77 | 77 | 90 | 94 | 94 | |
| CWIP ⓘ | 0 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Investments ⓘ | 64 | 66 | 81 | 70 | 90 | 148 | 177 | 175 | 223 | 150 | |
| Inventories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trade Receivables | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 17 | |
| Cash Equivalents | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 58 | 7 | 7 | |
| Others Assets ⓘ | 100 | 58 | 52 | 58 | 59 | 107 | 67 | 60 | 50 | 38 | |
| Total Assets ⓘ | 258 | 261 | 274 | 270 | 301 | 347 | 337 | 397 | 391 | 306 | |
| PARTICULARS | Mar'17 | Mar'18 | Mar'19 | Mar'20 | Mar'21 | Mar'22 | Mar'23 | Mar'24 | Mar'25 | Mar'26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash Flow From Operating Activity ⓘ + | -27 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 23 | -6 | -14 | 39 | -33 | 1 |
| Cash Flow From Investing Activity ⓘ + | 34 | -4 | -4 | 17 | -13 | -10 | 9 | 17 | -18 | -0 |
| Cash Flow From Financing Activity ⓘ + | -5 | -0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 0 | -0 |
| Net Cash Flow ⓘ | 2 | -0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -16 | -1 | 52 | -51 | 0 |
| PARTICULARS | Mar'17 | Mar'18 | Mar'19 | Mar'20 | Mar'21 | Mar'22 | Mar'23 | Mar'24 | Mar'25 | Mar'26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratios | ||||||||||
| ROE (%) | -10.78 | 0.45 | 1.41 | 4.19 | 2.22 | 3.58 | 2.05 | -2.38 | 4.93 | 0.68 |
| ROCE (%) | -9.22 | 2.69 | 2.18 | 3.44 | 3.6 | 5.47 | 2.99 | -1.52 | 4.03 | 0.87 |
| Asset Turnover Ratio | 0.1 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.27 |
| PAT to CFO Conversion(x) | N/A | 4 | 2.5 | -0.82 | 3.83 | -0.55 | -2 | N/A | -2.06 | 0.5 |
| Working Capital Days | ||||||||||
| Receivable Days | 55.60 | 66.80 | 67.10 | 74.40 | 79.60 | 77.70 | 68.70 | 68.70 | 75 | 66.30 |
| Inventory Days | 1.60 | 0.30 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | 0.20 |
| Payable Days | 104.90 | 162.50 | 159.50 | 439.70 | 560.30 | 411.30 | 363.40 | 303.30 | 421.90 | 253.30 |
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The current trading price of Mercantile Ventures on 22-Sep-2026 16:59 is ₹22.98.
Market capitalization or market cap is determined by multiplying the current market price of a company's shares with the total number of shares outstanding. As of 21-Sep-2026 the market cap of Mercantile Ventures stood at ₹257.5 Cr
The latest P/E ratio of Mercantile Ventures as of 21-Sep-2026 is 104.5.
The latest P/B ratio of Mercantile Ventures as of 21-Sep-2026 is 0.89.
The 52-week high of Mercantile Ventures is ₹32.85 and the 52-week low is ₹17.50.
The TTM revenue is Trailing Twelve Months sales. The TTM revenue/sales of Mercantile Ventures is ₹42.94 ( Cr.) .
Past 10 year’s financial track record analysis by Moneyworks4me indicates that Mercantile Ventures Ltd is a below average quality company.
The key valuation ratios of Mercantile Ventures Ltd's currently when compared to its past seem to suggest it is in the Overvalued zone.
The Price Trend analysis by MoneyWorks4Me indicates it is Semi Strong which suggest that the price of Mercantile Ventures Ltd is likely to Rise-somewhat in the short term. However, please check the rating on Quality and Valuation before investing.
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