NMDC Ltd.
NSE: NMDCNMDC Ltd.: A 30-second snapshot
NMDC trades at ₹85.09, up 23.82% over the past year but down 4.59% over the trailing three months and 12.72% below its 52-week high; it sits above its 200-day moving average (₹81.42) but below its 50-day (₹87.06), with RSI at a neutral 50.64. Fundamentals show ROE of 23.36%, profit margin of 23.23%, and a PE of 10.14 (forward PE 8.30), against a mean analyst rating of 3.3 across 21 analysts (1–5 scale, lower = more constructive).
P/E
10.1
Forward P/E
8.3
ROE
+23.4%
Debt / Equity
18.80
Profit Margin
+23.2%
Div. Yield
+4.1%
5Y ROE > 15%
4/5
5Y FCF > 0
3/5
Quality
67/100
News
8 headlines · 0 positive · 1 negative
NMDC shares fall after price cut; Morgan Stanley cites soft global demand - CNBC TV18
CNBC TV18
NMDC Steel appoints Paraj Kanti Saha as Company Secretary - scanx.trade
scanx.trade
Shri Vivek Nishant Nath takes charge as Director (Commercial), NMDC - PIB
PIB
NMDC Limited Revenue Breakdown – BSE:NMDC - TradingView
TradingView
Kudremukh Mazdoor Sangh seeks merger of KIOCL with NMDC - The Hindu
The Hindu
Recent context
- ·"NMDC shares fall after price cut; Morgan Stanley cites soft global demand" (CNBC TV18, Jul 13) was the sole negative headline among 8 tracked articles.
- ·NMDC Steel appointed Paraj Kanti Saha as Company Secretary (scanx.trade, Jul 30) and Shri Vivek Nishant Nath took charge as Director (Commercial) at NMDC (PIB, Jul 18) — routine leadership updates.
- ·Kudremukh Mazdoor Sangh sought a merger of KIOCL with NMDC (The Hindu, Jul 25) — a labour-union petition on corporate structure, not a confirmed corporate action.
Strengths
- +ROE of 23.36%, with return on equity above 15% in 4 of the tracked persistence years, alongside a quality score of 77 that ranks first among the 6-name Metals peer set on this run's PE, ROE and quality-score comparisons.
- +Trades at a PE of 10.14 (forward PE 8.30) with a profit margin of 23.23% and a dividend yield of 4.08%.
- +5-year revenue growth of 61.9% and 5-year earnings growth of 37.7%.
- +Price sits above the 200-day moving average (₹81.42), with identified support levels at ₹83, ₹81.77 and ₹74.55.
Weaknesses
- −Reported debt-to-equity of 18.802 is an outlier against the rest of the fundamental profile (ROE 23.36%, margin 23.23%, quality score 77) and is flagged as a probable data/scale anomaly requiring verification rather than confirmed extreme leverage.
- −FCF was positive in only 3 of the tracked persistence years even as the debt trend is classified 'rising' (consistencyScore 66), pointing to capital deployment that has periodically outpaced internally generated cash.
- −The lone negative headline among 8 tracked articles (Jul 13) reported a price cut with Morgan Stanley citing soft global demand, coinciding with a 4.59% three-month price decline and price currently below the 50-day moving average.
- −Sector peer comparison data is incomplete — ROE is missing for 3 of 5 peers and 1-year price change is missing for all 5 — so the #1-of-6 ranking on PE, ROE and quality score reflects a partial dataset.
Open questions
- ?Is the reported debt-to-equity of 18.802 consistent with company filings, or does it reflect a unit/scale discrepancy in the data feed?
- ?Does FCF being positive in only 3 of 5 tracked years, alongside ROE above 15% in most of those years, reflect capex-cycle timing or a more structural cash-conversion pattern?
- ?How much of the Jul 13 price-cut/soft-demand headline is company-specific versus a broader trend across the Metals sector peers?
- ?Given the sector peer set is missing ROE and price-change data for most names, how would NMDC's PE/ROE/quality ranking change with a fuller peer dataset?
Peer comparison: Metals
Ranks 1 of 6 on qualityTechnical state
Current price
₹85.09
SMA 50
₹87.06
SMA 200
₹81.42
RSI (14)
50.6 (neutral)
From 52w high
-12.7%
1Y return
+23.8%
3M return
-4.6%
50-DMA
Below
200-DMA
Above
Algorithmic support levels
Algorithmic resistance levels
Risk flags
- highReported debt-to-equity of 18.802 is an order-of-magnitude outlier relative to the rest of the fundamental profile (ROE 23.36%, profit margin 23.23%, quality score 77, dividend yield 4.08%) for a PSU commodity miner; the figure does not reconcile with those metrics and should be treated as a probable data/scale anomaly pending verification rather than confirmed extreme leverage.
- mediumFCF was positive in only 3 of the tracked persistence years even as the debt trend is classified 'rising' (consistencyScore 66), even though ROE stayed above 15% in 4 of those years — capital deployment has periodically outpaced internally generated cash.
- mediumThe most recent substantive headline (Jul 13, CNBC TV18) reports a price cut with Morgan Stanley citing soft global demand — the sole negative item among 8 tracked articles and the only one addressing operating fundamentals; price is down 4.59% over the trailing 3 months and currently sits below the 50-day moving average (₹87.06 vs ₹85.09).
- lowSector peer dataset is incomplete: ROE is missing for 3 of 5 peers (ADANIENT, JSWSTEEL, HINDZINC) and 1-year price change is missing for all 5 peers, so the reported #1-of-6 ranking on PE, ROE and quality score reflects a partial comparison set rather than full sector coverage.
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Fundamentals & technicals: refreshed 11 Aug 2026 · refreshed daily at 01:00 IST
AI synthesis (narrative, snapshot, strengths/weaknesses, peer ranking): generated 31 Jul 2026 · rotates through NIFTY 500 every ~5 days