Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank (XNEP:MLBL) Piotroski F-Score: 6 (As of Aug. 14, 2026) — 50% Above Median

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XNEP:MLBL Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank Ltd XNEP:MLBL
87 GF Score
Price NPR351.00
GF Value NPR374.65
Valuation Fairly Valued
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What is Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank Piotroski F-Score?

Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank XNEP:MLBL +1.30% 87 Piotroski F-Score is 6 as of Aug. 14, 2026, which is 50% above its 10-year median of 4.00. GuruFocus rates XNEP:MLBL with a GF Score™ of 87/100 and a GF Value™ of NPR374.65 (Fairly Valued). The stock has 1 warning sign investors should review. Among 1,496 Banks companies, Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank ranks worse than 57.09% on this metric.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

The historical rank and industry rank for Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

XNEP:MLBL' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 4   Max: 8
Current: 6

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank was 8. The lowest was 3. And the median was 4.

Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank  (XNEP:MLBL) Piotroski F-Score Explanation

The developer of the system is Joseph D. Piotroski is relatively unknown accounting professor who shuns publicity and rarely gives interviews.

He graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in accounting in 1989, received an M.B.A. from Indiana University in 1994. Five years later, in 1999, after earning a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Michigan, he became an associate professor of accounting at the University of Chicago.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers" (pdf).

He wanted to see if he can develop a system (using a simple nine-point scoring system) that can increase the returns of a strategy of investing in low price to book (referred to in the paper as high book to market) value companies.

What he found was something that exceeded his most optimistic expectations.

Buying only those companies that scored highest (8 or 9) on his nine-point scale, or F-Score as he called it, over the 20 year period from 1976 to 1996 led to an average out-performance over the market of 13.4%.

Even more impressive were the results of a strategy of investing in the highest F-Score companies (8 or 9) and shorting companies with the lowest F-Score (0 or 1).

Over the same period from 1976 to 1996 (20 years) this strategy led to an average yearly return of 23%, substantially outperforming the average S&P 500 index return of 15.83% over the same period.


Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank Piotroski F-Score Related Terms


Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's Piotroski F-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank Piotroski F-Score Chart

Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank Annual Data
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Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank Quarterly Data
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Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank Piotroski F-Score Competitor Comparison

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's Piotroski F-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Piotroski F-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank Piotroski F-Score vs Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's Piotroski F-Score falls into.


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How is the Piotroski F-Score calculated?

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

This Year (Jul26) TTM:Last Year (Jul25) TTM:
Net Income was 97.512 + 208.419 + 154.033 + 169.987 = NPR630 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = NPR0 Mil.
Revenue was 613.385 + 659.505 + 640.46 + 575.275 = NPR2,489 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Jul25)
to the end of this year (Jul26) was
(65129.204 + 63858.524 + 63189.699 + 62858.592 + 65057.015) / 5 = NPR64018.6068 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Jul25) was NPR65,129 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NPR996 Mil.
Total Assets was NPR65,057 Mil.
Total Liabilities was NPR57,594 Mil.
Net Income was 94.289 + 193.211 + 149.06 + -12.241 = NPR424 Mil.

Revenue was 561.672 + 603.371 + 592.827 + 513.952 = NPR2,272 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Jul24)
to the end of last year (Jul25) was
(64688.995 + 62445.479 + 63031.524 + 62729.847 + 65129.204) / 5 = NPR63605.0098 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Jul24) was NPR64,689 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NPR1,154 Mil.
Total Assets was NPR65,129 Mil.
Total Liabilities was NPR58,045 Mil.

*Note: If the latest quarterly/semi-annual/annual total assets data is 0, then we will use previous quarterly/semi-annual/annual data for all the items in the balance sheet.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

Net income before extraordinary items for the year divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's current Net Income (TTM) was 630. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 2. Cash Flow Return on Assets (CFROA)

Net cash flow from operating activities (operating cash flow) divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 0. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

Question 3. Change in Return on Assets

Compare this year's return on assets (1) to last year's return on assets.

Score 1 if it's higher, 0 if it's lower.

ROA (This Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Jul25)
=629.951/65129.204
=0.00967233

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Jul24)
=424.319/64688.995
=0.00655937

Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's return on assets of this year was 0.00967233. Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's return on assets of last year was 0.00655937. ==> This year is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)

Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)

Score 1 if CFROA > ROA, 0 if CFROA <= ROA.

Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's current Net Income (TTM) was 630. Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 0. ==> 0 <= 630 ==> CFROA <= ROA ==> Score 0.

Funding

Question 5. Change in Gearing or Leverage

Compare this year's gearing (long-term debt divided by average total assets) to last year's gearing.

Score 0 if this year's gearing is higher, 1 otherwise.

Gearing (This Year: Jul26)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Jul25 to Jul26
=995.844/64018.6068
=0.01555554

Gearing (Last Year: Jul25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Jul24 to Jul25
=1154.109/63605.0098
=0.01814494

Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's gearing of this year was 0.01555554. Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's gearing of last year was 0.01814494. ==> This year is lower or equal to last year. ==> Score 1.

Question 6. Change in Working Capital (Liquidity)

Compare this year's current ratio (current assets divided by current liabilities) to last year's current ratio.

Score 1 if this year's current ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

* Note that for banks and insurance companies, there's no Total Current Assets and Total Current Liabilities reported. Thus, we use Total Assets and Total Liabilities to calculate current ratio for banks and insurance companies.

Current Ratio (This Year: Jul26)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=65057.015/57594.372
=1.12957243

Current Ratio (Last Year: Jul25)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=65129.204/58045.358
=1.12203984

Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's current ratio of this year was 1.12957243. Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's current ratio of last year was 1.12203984. ==> This year's current ratio is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 7. Change in Shares in Issue

Compare the number of shares in issue this year, to the number in issue last year.

Score 0 if there is larger number of shares in issue this year, 1 otherwise.

Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's number of shares in issue this year was 45.125. Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's number of shares in issue last year was 45.113. ==> There is larger number of shares in issue this year. ==> Score 0.

Efficiency

Question 8. Change in Gross Margin

Compare this year's gross margin (Gross Profit divided by sales) to last year's.

Score 1 if this year's gross margin is higher, 0 if it's lower.

* Note that for banks and insurance companies, there's no Gross Profit reported. Thus, we use net income instead of gross profit and calculate Net Margin for this score.

Net Margin (This Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=629.951/2488.625
=0.25313215

Net Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=424.319/2271.822
=0.18677476

Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's net margin of this year was 0.25313215. Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's net margin of last year was 0.18677476. ==> This year's net margin is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 9. Change in asset turnover

Compare this year's asset turnover (total sales for the year divided by total assets at the beginning of the year) to last year's asset turnover ratio.

Score 1 if this year's asset turnover ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Asset Turnover (This Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of This Year (Jul25)
=2488.625/65129.204
=0.03821059

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Jul24)
=2271.822/64688.995
=0.03511914

Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's asset turnover of this year was 0.03821059. Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's asset turnover of last year was 0.03511914. ==> This year's asset turnover is higher. ==> Score 1.

Evaluation

Piotroski F-Score= Que. 1+ Que. 2+ Que. 3+Que. 4+Que. 5+Que. 6+Que. 7+Que. 8+Que. 9
=1+0+1+0+1+1+0+1+1
=6

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Frequently Asked Questions Learn more about Piotroski F-Score →
What does a Piotroski F-Score of 6 mean?
Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank (XNEP:MLBL) has a Piotroski F-Score of 6 as of Aug. 14, 2026. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank and its competitors. This is 50% above median its historical median of 4.00. Over the past decade, Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 3.00 to 8.00. According to the industry distribution chart, Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank ranks #854 out of 1496 companies in the Banks industry, placing it in the top 57.1%.
Is Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's Piotroski F-Score too high?
Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's current Piotroski F-Score of 6 is 50% above median its 10-year median of 4.00. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 3.00 to a high of 8.00. The Banks industry median Piotroski F-Score is 6.00. Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's value of 6 is 0% at this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank ranks #854 out of 1496 companies in the Banks industry, which is below the industry midpoint. Overall, Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank has a GF Score™ of 87/100 and is considered Fairly Valued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's Piotroski F-Score compare to competitors?
According to the Banks industry distribution chart, Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank ranks #854 out of 1496 companies for Piotroski F-Score. This places Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank in the lower half of its industry. The industry median Piotroski F-Score is 6.00. Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's value of 6 is 0% at this benchmark. Historically, Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's own Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 3.00 to 8.00 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 4.00 vs. the industry median of 6.00, Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank has consistently been at the industry average. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Piotroski F-Score for a Banks company?
The median Piotroski F-Score among Banks companies is 6.00, based on 1,496 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Piotroski F-Score significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Piotroski F-Score should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's current Piotroski F-Score of 6 is 0% at the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Piotroski F-Score mean?
A high Piotroski F-Score can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank and its competitors. For the Banks industry, the median Piotroski F-Score is 6.00 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's current Piotroski F-Score is 6, which is 50% above median its own 10-year median of 4.00. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank (XNEP:MLBL) is currently considered Fairly Valued. The stock's GF Value™ is NPR374.65, compared to a current price of NPR351.00 — trading 6.3% below its estimated fair value. The current Piotroski F-Score is 6, which is 50% above median its 10-year median of 4.00 and 0% at the Banks industry median of 6.00. Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank's overall GF Score™ is 87/100 with 1 warning sign to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Piotroski F-Score calculated?
Piotroski F-Score is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank (XNEP:MLBL), the current Piotroski F-Score is 6 as of Aug. 14, 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Is Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank (XNEP:MLBL) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of NPR351.00 is trading 6.3% below its estimated GF Value™ of NPR374.65. GuruFocus considers Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for XNEP:MLBL:

  • Piotroski F-Score: 6 (50% above median its 10-year median of 4.00)
  • GF Value™: NPR374.65 vs. price of NPR351.00 (6.3% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 87/100 with 1 warning sign
  • Industry Position: 0% at the Banks median (#854 of 1496)

No single metric tells the full story. See the XNEP:MLBL stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank Business Description

Address DurbarMarg, Annapurna Arcade-II, 2nd Floor, Kathmandu, NPL
Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank Ltd is engaged in providing banking products and services. The bank's principal offerings include comprehensive range of financial services encompassing accepting of deposits, corporate and retail credit, project financing, hire purchase financing, micro credit, trade financing, personal and corporate banking, foreign currency operations, digital products such as debit cards, internet banking, mobile banking, QR services, demat service, remittance facilities including dealing in government securities and treasury related products, agency services and others ancillary services. The bank has four segments namely: Business Banking, Treasury, Card and remittance.
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