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The BSE, founded in 1875, is Asia's oldest stock exchange — it started under a banyan tree on Dalal Street, where the bronze bull stands today.
The BSE, founded in 1875, is Asia's oldest stock exchange — it started under a banyan tree on Dalal Street, where the bronze bull stands today.
Action Construction Equipment Limited is an India-based material handling and construction equipment manufacturing company offering technology products with a market share in mobile cranes and tower cranes segment. Its segments include Cranes, Construction Equipment, Material…
Weekly engine runs — movement reflects the numbers, not analyst opinion.
A decent, fast-growing business, fairly priced.
Action Const Equip is scored on the general / industrial framework. It keeps a healthy 12.2% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Cash broadly tracks reported profit (CFO/PAT 1.01×). Free cash flow is worth about 0.5% of its market value.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 16%/yr and profit at 34%/yr. Book value itself has compounded 30%/yr — the hallmark of a genuine compounder. Return on equity is an elite 20.6%. In the latest quarter profit grew 8% versus the prior quarter.
At 33× earnings, the stock sits at the 40th percentile of its own 3.6-year range — the middle of where it has historically traded. Today's price implies ~15%/yr earnings growth for a decade. The books come through clean — a forensic grade of A, and Altman puts distress risk in the safe zone.
A plain-English restatement of the figures on this page — rules-based, for education and research context, not investment advice or a recommendation.
| Ratio | Company | Sector | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| P/E | 31.81 | 13.83 | worse |
| P/B | 6.89 | 5.03 | worse |
| EV/EBITDA | 20.79 | 9.51 | worse |
| ROE | 20.64 | 10.2 | better |
| ROCE | 28.67 | 12.05 | better |
| ROA | 13.44 | 4.66 | better |
| Quick Ratio | 0.84 | 3.69 | worse |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cummins India | 49.9 | 13.5 | 27.1% |
| Welspun Corp | 24.6 | 5.5 | 22.3% |
| Indo-mim | 109.9 | 21.2 | 23.4% |
Revenue is on a 2-year growth streak. 15% CAGR over 3 years — steady double-digit compounder. Growth is decelerating — latest year grew slower than the year before.
Net profit has risen every year — the hallmark of a compounder. Profit is growing faster than revenue (34% vs 15%) — margin expansion is at work.
Operating margin has expanded from 11% to 16% — the business is keeping more of each rupee earned.
ROE at 21% — the business earns well above its cost of equity.
EPS has grown every year — each share earns more than the last, consistently. 34% EPS CAGR — this is the rate at which each share's claim on earnings is compounding.
Operating cash flow has been positive every year — the business generates real cash, not just accounting profit. Heavy investing spend every year, but operations generate enough to cover it — the business self-funds its growth. Financing outflows in consecutive years — balance-sheet discipline through debt repayment or dividends.
When operating cash keeps pace with reported profit, earnings are cash-backed; a persistent shortfall is a quality flag.
Revenue fell 18% QoQ — could be seasonality or a genuine slowdown. Run-rate stepping up — recent quarters average 12% above earlier ones.
Quarterly net margins are expanding (12% → 14%) — profitability per rupee of revenue is improving.
How today's P/E compares to the stock's own historical range. Dashed line = the 3.6y median.
Promoters hold 65.4% — heavily owner-operated with strong skin in the game. Both FII and MF added last quarter — broad institutional confidence.
Produced by a rules-based engine over licensed exchange fundamentals — every sentence above is derived from the numbers shown, no analyst or AI opinion involved. Education and research context, not investment advice. We are not SEBI-registered as an Investment Adviser or Research Analyst.