Kuantum Papers Limited — financial distress indicators
Financial-health summary
Kuantum Papers Limited's reported numbers place it in the 'Watch' financial-health band (distress score 36/100). The main indicators are severe working-capital shortfall, elevated market-implied default probability and near-term debt exceeds cash. Independently, the Ohlson accounting model puts its 1-year failure probability at 53% and the market-implied (Merton) default probability is 7.9%. In its favour: operating cash flow is positive over the latest 12 months.
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.
Current ratio is 0.66 (current assets cover 66% of near-term obligations).
Cash-flow insolvency test: inability to pay debts as they fall due is the trigger for both U.S. involuntary petitions and Indian IBC default.
Merton distance-to-default 1.41 σ → PD 7.9%.
Investment-grade issuers typically have 1-year PD well below 1%.
Short-term debt is 6.8× cash on hand.
Maturity wall: debt due within a year must be refinanced, which is the most common proximate cause of filings.
Operating margin fell from 25% to 9% in two years.
Sharp margin compression signals loss of pricing power or cost control.
Revenue declined every year for three years.
Structural, not cyclical, decline.
Revenue vs net income
Cash generation
Debt vs cash vs equity
✅ Mitigating factors
- Operating cash flow is positive over the latest 12 months.
- High insider/promoter ownership (73%) aligns management with survival.
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⚖️ 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 Kuantum Papers Limited's financial-health indicators show?
As of 2026-10-24, Kuantum Papers Limited's public financial data places it in the 'Watch' band with a distress score of 36/100, driven by severe working-capital shortfall, elevated market-implied default probability and near-term debt exceeds cash. 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 Kuantum Papers Limited's financial distress score?
36/100 ('Watch'). Ohlson O-score 0.12 (model 1-year failure probability 53%). Merton distance-to-default 1.41 σ (model default probability 7.9%).
What works in Kuantum Papers Limited's favour?
Operating cash flow is positive over the latest 12 months. High insider/promoter ownership (73%) 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.