52-week range
Price risk
Balance sheet & cash
Was the rally earned?
Mostly yes, with a catch.
- Per-share earnings added 41 points, but investors now pay less per rupee of profit (P/E 23.2x to 22.7x), which took 2 points back.
- The share count barely moved.
Mostly yes.
- Per-share earnings added 144 points to the rise, while the multiple moved less (P/E 19.5x to 22.7x).
- The share count barely moved.
What do "pts" mean?
"pts" are percentage points of the share price return. The parts add up to the total shown for each period. Because price = P/E × net profit ÷ share count, higher profit pushes the price up, a higher P/E pushes it up, and more shares push it down.
Example: if the price rose 34% and profit growth accounts for +58 pts while a lower P/E accounts for -24 pts, then 58 - 24 = 34. The +58 is not the profit growth rate itself: it is the part of the price move that profit growth explains.
Not shown for 1 year: earnings were negative at one end, or there is not enough history.
Net profit is trailing twelve months as reported with a 60-day lag.
Is it expensive against its own past and its peers?
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How to read this
Shaded band: 10th to 90th percentile of the company's own P/E history; dashed line: its median; orange line: sector median (companies with a positive multiple, at least 5 in the sector).
Sector figures are built from today's listed companies, so they exclude companies that are no longer listed.
What is the price implying?
At normalised P/E (five-year average earnings) of 27.8x, a holder earning 12%/yr needs earnings to grow about 18.2%/yr for 10 years, then trade at 15x.
Over time
Implied growth by month (solid) and delivered growth (dashed).
Change the assumptions
| Exit P/E / return | 11% | 12% | 13% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12x | 19.6% | 20.7% | 21.8% |
| 15x | 17.1% | 18.2% | 19.2% |
| 20x | 13.9% | 14.9% | 16.0% |
Looking back
- Jan 2022Price implied 15%/yr; EPS has since grown 19%/yr (5.0 yrs)
Past comparisons cover only companies listed today (survivorship bias) and say nothing about future outcomes.
“Implied growth” is what the current price would require under our stated assumptions, not what we expect. How this is calculated and the market-wide lists.
What prices imply across Process Industries The market-wide Expectations lists
What changed?
- Sep '26Slipped to the 2nd quartile of Process Industries on operating margin (from the top quartile).
- Sep '26Volume reached 60.8x its 50-day median on 2026-09-18; price +9.5% that day.
- Jun '26Moved into the top quartile of Process Industries on operating margin (from the 2nd quartile).
- May '26Volume reached 13.0x its 50-day median on 2026-05-26; price +10.2% that day.
- Apr '26Revenue (TTM) reached a new high of ₹1,175 cr.
- Aug '23Volume reached 13.5x its 50-day median on 2023-08-17; price +12.5% that day.
- Jun '23Revenue (TTM) reached a new high of ₹981 cr.
- Jun '23Moved into the top quartile of Process Industries on ROCE (from the 2nd quartile).
Show 13 earlier events
- Apr '23Volume reached 14.6x its 50-day median on 2023-04-13; price +9.5% that day.
- Mar '23Regained the 2022-11 peak, 3 months after the low.
- Mar '23Volume reached 8.2x its 50-day median on 2023-03-06; price +3.8% that day.
- Dec '22Fell 25% from the Nov 2022 peak to the Dec 2022 low.
- Oct '22Regained the 2022-05 peak, 4 months after the low.
- Oct '22Volume reached 14.4x its 50-day median on 2022-10-17; price +8.2% that day.
- Sep '22Volume reached 12.8x its 50-day median on 2022-09-13; price +6.2% that day.
- Jun '22Fell 31% from the May 2022 peak to the Jun 2022 low.
- Apr '22Regained the 2021-10 peak, 2 months after the low.
- Apr '22Volume reached 45.9x its 50-day median on 2022-04-29; price +5.4% that day.
- Feb '22Fell 26% from the Oct 2021 peak to the Feb 2022 low.
- Jan '22Volume reached 13.6x its 50-day median on 2022-01-04; price +6.4% that day.
- Oct '21Volume reached 8.8x its 50-day median on 2021-10-06; price +5.3% that day.
Events are generated from the data by fixed rules.
The month shown is when the change became visible in the reported figures, assuming a 60-day lag after each quarter end; it is not an announcement date.
Where price and fundamentals disagree, market-wide Rewind the whole market to any month
Are profits backed by cash?
4 of 5 checks are within range, 1 near a threshold.
Tap a check to see how it is measured.
Other income reliance23%Near threshold
Other income as a share of pre-tax profit (trailing twelve months): 22.8%. Bands: below 15%, 15% to 35%, above 35%.
Tax rate26%Within range
Median quarterly effective tax rate over about 2.5 years: 26.0%. Bands: 15% to 35%, 5% to 15% or 35% to 50%, outside 5% to 50%.
Cash conversion0.98xWithin range
Operating cash flow divided by net profit over the last three fiscal years: 0.98x (cash from operations ₹456 cr, net profit ₹467 cr). Bands: 0.8x and above, 0.5x to 0.8x, below 0.5x.
Free cash flow5 of 5 yrsWithin range
Fiscal years with positive free cash flow in the last 5: 5. Bands: at least 80% of years, 40% to 80%, below 40%.
Receivable days vs history—Not enough data
Not enough reported data to compute this.
Capital work in progress13% of fixed assetsWithin range
Capital work-in-progress is 13% of fixed assets. Bands: not rising or up to 30%; rising for three years and above 30%; rising and above 60%.
Payable days—Not enough data
Not enough reported data to compute this.
How to read this
Each check is a named rule with fixed thresholds, not a score. Annual statements are the latest restated figures, so a past year may differ from what was originally reported.
How rough has the ride been?
Monthly share price
Last 90 trading days
Drawdown from peak
Largest drawdowns
-31.3% (2022-05 peak to 2022-06 low, recovered 2022-10)
-25.6% (2021-10 peak to 2022-02 low, recovered 2022-04)
-25.3% (2022-11 peak to 2022-12 low, recovered 2023-03)
Most recent volume spikes
2026-09-23: 5.4x the 50-day median, price +3.5% that day
2026-09-21: 5.4x the 50-day median, price -1.5% that day
2026-09-18: 60.8x the 50-day median, price +9.5% that day
Beta is the slope of daily returns against a market-cap-weighted index of the sector's other listed companies, built from today's constituents (so it excludes companies no longer listed).
Where does it rank among Process Industries peers?
Each cell is the company's percentile rank among its Process Industries peers (non-financial companies) that month.
Darker is better-ranked.
Rows marked ↓ are inverted (lower debt, shorter cash cycle and a lower P/E rank higher).
Percentiles use today's listed companies in the sector and need at least 5 peers with a value; grey cells have too few.
ROE is computed from net profit and book value where the source does not report it.
The Process Industries sector page Watch it move against Process Industries in the Observatory
What else looks like this?
Companies with the most similar financial profile today, regardless of industry.
| Company | Sector | Similarity | Closest on |
|---|---|---|---|
| FDC (FDC) | Health Technology | 69% | promoter holding, revenue growth |
| JYOTHY LABS (JYOTHYLAB) | Consumer Non-Durables | 66% | operating margin, debt/equity |
| DATAMATICS GLOBAL SERVICES LIM (DATAMATICS) | Technology Services | 65% | ROCE, market cap |
| FEDERAL MOGUL GOETZE INDIA (FMGOETZE) | Producer Manufacturing | 65% | revenue growth, ROCE |
| SAKSOFT (SAKSOFT) | Technology Services | 65% | promoter holding, revenue |
| DHANUKA AGRITECH (DHANUKA) | Process Industries | 64% | EPS growth, market cap |
| INDIGO PAINTS (INDIGOPNTS) | Process Industries | 64% | debt/equity, operating margin |
| VEEDOL CORPORATION (VEEDOL) | Process Industries | 63% | operating margin, debt/equity |
Similarity is statistical, based on reported metrics; it does not imply similar business quality or future returns.
Monthly history (63 months)
| Month | P/E | Revenue (TTM) | ROE | ROCE | Debt / Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10 | 22.7x | ₹1236 cr | 14.8% | 21.0% | 0.0x |
| 2026-09 | 23.4x | ₹1236 cr | 14.9% | 21.0% | 0.0x |
| 2026-08 | 19.8x | ₹1190 cr | 15.3% | 21.0% | 0.0x |
| 2026-07 | 21.2x | ₹1190 cr | 15.3% | 21.0% | 0.0x |
| 2026-06 | 21.5x | ₹1190 cr | 15.3% | 21.0% | 0.0x |
| 2026-05 | 22.6x | ₹1175 cr | 15.0% | 23.0% | 0.0x |
| 2026-04 | 22.5x | ₹1175 cr | 15.0% | 23.0% | 0.0x |
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| 2023-10 | 23.2x | ₹981 cr | 16.6% | 24.0% | 0.0x |
| 2023-09 | 26.3x | ₹981 cr | 16.6% | 24.0% | 0.0x |
| 2023-08 | 27.2x | ₹981 cr | 16.6% | 24.0% | 0.0x |
| 2023-07 | 23.2x | ₹981 cr | 16.6% | 24.0% | 0.0x |
| 2023-06 | 22.5x | ₹981 cr | 16.6% | 24.0% | 0.0x |
| 2023-05 | 30.6x | ₹768 cr | 13.6% | 19.0% | 0.0x |
| 2023-04 | 32.3x | ₹768 cr | 13.6% | 19.0% | 0.0x |
| 2023-03 | 28.3x | ₹768 cr | 13.6% | 19.0% | 0.0x |
| 2023-02 | 28.0x | ₹768 cr | 13.6% | 19.0% | 0.0x |
| 2023-01 | 25.2x | ₹768 cr | 13.6% | 19.0% | 0.0x |
| 2022-12 | 25.3x | ₹768 cr | 13.6% | 19.0% | 0.0x |
| 2022-11 | 30.7x | ₹768 cr | 13.6% | 19.0% | 0.0x |
| 2022-10 | 26.5x | ₹768 cr | 13.6% | 19.0% | 0.0x |
| 2022-09 | 19.3x | ₹768 cr | 13.6% | 19.0% | 0.0x |
| 2022-08 | 19.5x | ₹768 cr | 13.6% | 19.0% | 0.0x |
| 2022-07 | 17.9x | ₹768 cr | 13.6% | 19.0% | 0.0x |
| 2022-06 | 16.3x | ₹768 cr | 13.6% | 19.0% | 0.0x |
| 2022-05 | 22.3x | ₹605 cr | 13.4% | 19.0% | 0.0x |
| 2022-04 | 23.9x | ₹605 cr | 13.4% | 19.0% | 0.0x |
| 2022-03 | 19.3x | ₹605 cr | 13.4% | 19.0% | 0.0x |
| 2022-02 | 17.9x | ₹605 cr | 13.4% | 19.0% | 0.0x |
| 2022-01 | 19.9x | ₹605 cr | 13.4% | 19.0% | 0.0x |
| 2021-12 | 19.2x | ₹605 cr | 13.4% | 19.0% | 0.0x |
| 2021-11 | 19.5x | ₹605 cr | 13.4% | 19.0% | 0.0x |
| 2021-10 | 19.5x | ₹605 cr | 13.4% | 19.0% | 0.0x |
| 2021-09 | 20.1x | ₹605 cr | 13.4% | 19.0% | 0.0x |
| 2021-08 | 19.3x | ₹605 cr | 13.4% | 19.0% | 0.0x |