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PAUL MERCHANTS LTD.

Financial Services › Finance
₹444.05
at close · 28 Oct 2026
▼ 25.85 (-5.50%)

Latest filings

  1. IVR assigns BBB+/Stable ratings to Paul Merchants Finance subsidiary · Credit & Debt
  2. Reg 74(5) Certificate - Q2 FY27, No Securities for Dematerialisation · Compliance
  3. RBI imposes Rs 20,000 penalty on Paul Merchants for FEMA violations at two branches · Regulatory & Legal
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Snapshot

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Runs an RBI-licensed foreign exchange and money changing business under an Authorised Dealer Category-II licence, where the principal activity is buying and selling foreign currency. The forex segment is the largest reporting line, generating Rs 470.69 crore of revenue in the latest reporting period, while travel and money-transfer segments are very small. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary Paul Merchants Finance Private Limited (now classified as a Base Layer NBFC), the group lends against securities and silver in the domestic market after selling its gold-loan business to L&T Finance during FY26, which contributed Rs 25.17 crore as profit from discontinued operations. A separate real-estate subsidiary (Paul Merchants Realtors Private Limited) is funded by the parent with term-loan exposure increased from Rs 100 crore to Rs 150 crore, plus a delegated buffer of Rs 50 crore. For FY26, total revenue was Rs 2,073.63 crore against total assets of Rs 940.06 crore, with EBITDA margins of just 1.22% and employee costs at 1.8% of revenue, reflecting the thin-spread trading model.

Operating scale
Forex segment revenue (latest period)
Rs 470.69 croreFY26
Travel segment revenue (latest period)
Rs 1.26 croreFY26
Money Transfer segment revenue (latest period)
Rs 0.07 croreFY26
Other Loan revenue
Rs 9.77 croreFY26
Total revenue
Rs 2,073.63 croreFY26
Total assets
Rs 940.06 croreFY26
Who pays it
Retail customers exchanging foreign currency; remitters using money-transfer services; domestic borrowers from the NBFC subsidiary
Biggest cost
Spread between currency purchase and sale rates; overall EBITDA margin is just 1.22% of revenue
Kind of business
Spread-based forex trading with ancillary lending and real-estate exposure
Where it sits
RBI Authorised Dealer Category-II money changer with a Base Layer NBFC subsidiary and a real-estate subsidiary
Market Cap
₹137 Cr
P / E (TTM)
0.4×
EV / EBITDA
4.7×
Div Yield
—
Growth
-7.3%▼
Revenue 5y CAGR
PAT +51.7% · EBITDA -13.4%
Quality
13.0%▲
ROCE (5y median)
ROE 9.7% (5y median) · margin 1.2%
Leverage
0.01·
Debt / Equity · low
Net cash ₹19 Cr
Revenue FY21→FY26
0.7×▼
Margin +11.9 pts
₹3,035 Cr → ₹2,074 Cr
Cash conversion
1.13×▲
Operating cash ÷ profit · 5 yrs
₹533 Cr on ₹471 Cr
Moves on a normal day
1.39%·
Median daily move
Last 130 sessions · the yardstick for filing-day moves
Where it sits among 120 Other Financial Services peersBar = share of peers beaten · tick = industry median · latest reported figures
P/E (TTM)#4/76
P/B#10/105
ROCE#37/83
ROE#3/111
Debt / Equity#41/77
EBITDA margin#66/91
Revenue growth#52/85
Profit growth#88/109

Scorecard

Measured from the filed financials, judged against its Other Financial Services peers · as of FY26 — not investment advice

Strengths
Profit compounding 52% a year over 5 years
Profit grew in every one of the last 5 years
Over 5 years it reported ₹471 Cr of profit and ₹533 Cr of operating cash — 1.13×
Profit is converting into cash
Concerns
Revenue shrinking over 5 years (−7% a year)
EPS grew slower than profit — the share count rose (bonus or dilution)

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Common questions

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What does PAUL MERCHANTS LTD. do?

PAUL MERCHANTS LTD. is a Finance company listed on NSE and BSE, trading under the symbol PML.

Is PAUL MERCHANTS LTD. profitable?

Yes. Over the trailing twelve months PAUL MERCHANTS LTD. reported a net profit of ₹269 Cr on revenue of ₹2,074 Cr.

Does PAUL MERCHANTS LTD. pay a dividend?

Not in the latest reported year — PAUL MERCHANTS LTD.'s dividend payout for FY26 was nil.

Is PAUL MERCHANTS LTD. debt-free?

On a net basis, yes. It reported borrowings of ₹10 Cr on its 31 Mar 2026 balance sheet, but holds ₹19 Cr more cash than debt.

Is PAUL MERCHANTS LTD. expensive compared with its peers?

On trailing P/E, PAUL MERCHANTS LTD. ranks 4 of 76 in Other Financial Services — cheaper than 96% of them, against an industry median of 19.0×. This is a position, not a valuation judgement.

How much does the PAUL MERCHANTS LTD. share price move in a day?

On a typical session PAUL MERCHANTS LTD. moves 1.39% — that is the median absolute close-to-close move across its last 130 trading days. MarketPing measures each filing's price reaction against it.

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