Bharat Road Network Limited — financial distress indicators
Financial-health summary
Bharat Road Network Limited's reported numbers place it in the 'Very weak' financial-health band (distress score 75/100). The main indicators are operating profit does not cover interest, market-implied default probability >20% and revenue collapse. Independently, the Ohlson accounting model puts its 1-year failure probability at 85% and the market-implied (Merton) default probability is 42.9%. In its favour: strong current ratio (1.58).
Stress by dimension
Share price — last 12 months
Indicators behind the score
Each red flag shows the evidence from the company’s own filings and the financial or legal principle behind it. Points add to the 0–100 score.
Interest coverage (EBIT / interest) is -3862.30×.
When EBIT < interest, debt service is funded from cash reserves or new borrowing — the classic precursor to payment default and covenant breach.
Merton distance-to-default 0.18 σ → PD 43%.
Structural (Merton/KMV) model: equity is a call option on assets; low distance-to-default means assets are close to the default point.
Revenue changed -44% year over year.
A >30% sales drop typically breaches leverage covenants and starves fixed-cost coverage.
Total debt is 66.8× EBITDA.
Debt above ~6× EBITDA is deep sub-investment-grade territory; refinancing becomes difficult when rates or earnings move against the company.
O-score 1.70 → model probability 85%.
Ohlson (1980) logit model of 1-year corporate failure; O > 0 (p > 50%) is the original failure cut-off.
Recurring net losses.
Repeated losses are a core input in both Ohlson and Altman failure models.
Operating margin fell from 30% to -58% in two years.
Sharp margin compression signals loss of pricing power or cost control.
Revenue vs net income
Cash generation
Debt vs cash vs equity
✅ Mitigating factors
- Strong current ratio (1.58).
- High insider/promoter ownership (78%) aligns management with survival.
📰 Recent news scan
- Bharat Road Network Holds Steady at ₹17.29 as BRNL Consolidates Between Support and Resistance - Buffered ETF - https://www.siam.in/Google News · 2026-08-28
- BRNL Forecast — Price Target — Prediction for 2027 - TradingViewGoogle News · 2026-06-28
- Bharat Road Network Share Price Target 2026: Rs 22.5 Analyst Forecast - UnivestGoogle News · 2026-06-17
- BRNL Board to consider SREI reclassification to Public - scanx.tradeGoogle News · 2026-05-19
⚖️ Indian legal pathway — the IBC, 2016
How insolvency starts
- A financial creditor (§7), an operational creditor after a demand notice (§§8–9) or the company itself (§10) can apply to the NCLT once a default of at least ₹1 crore occurs (§4).
- On admission a moratorium (§14) stops suits and recovery; the board is suspended and an insolvency professional runs the company.
- The Committee of Creditors approves a resolution plan with 66% of voting share (§30(4)) within an outer limit of 330 days (§12); otherwise liquidation (§33) under the §53 waterfall — equity ranks last. Defaulting promoters are generally barred from bidding (§29A).
Earlier warning stages
- RBI's Prudential Framework for Resolution of Stressed Assets (7 June 2019): lenders must review a borrower within 30 days of default and implement a resolution plan, or provide more.
- Listed companies must disclose loan defaults to exchanges under SEBI (LODR); a rating downgrade to “D” is a public signal.
- Auditors must report going-concern uncertainty (SA 570 / Ind AS 1).
Frequently asked questions
What do Bharat Road Network Limited's financial-health indicators show?
As of 2026-10-09, Bharat Road Network Limited's public financial data places it in the 'Very weak' band with a distress score of 75/100, driven by operating profit does not cover interest, market-implied default probability >20% and revenue collapse. This is a statistical screen of reported numbers — it does not mean the company is insolvent, has defaulted or will enter insolvency proceedings.
What is Bharat Road Network Limited's financial distress score?
75/100 ('Very weak'). Ohlson O-score 1.7 (model 1-year failure probability 85%). Merton distance-to-default 0.18 σ (model default probability 42.9%).
What works in Bharat Road Network Limited's favour?
Strong current ratio (1.58). High insider/promoter ownership (78%) aligns management with survival.
How are shareholders treated if a company enters insolvency?
Under the IBC the Committee of Creditors controls the resolution; the §53 waterfall pays secured creditors and workers first and equity last. In most resolution plans existing shareholders are wiped out or left with a token stake, and the company may be delisted.
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Methodology
Score = capped sum of rule-based red flags across seven dimensions (liquidity, solvency, profitability, cash flow, sales trend, market signal, news). Ohlson O-score (1980) gives an accounting-based 1-year failure probability; Merton distance-to-default (Bharath & Shumway 2008) gives a market-implied probability. Financial institutions use a capital-based rule set. Recalculated every trading day from the latest filings, prices and news.