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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.
Alok Industries Limited is an India-based vertically integrated textile company with integration in both cotton and polyester segments. In the cotton segment, the Company is integrated right from spinning to weaving, processing, finished fabrics, bedsheets, towels and…
Weekly engine runs — movement reflects the numbers, not analyst opinion.
A weak business — but carrying elevated distress risk.
Alok Industries is scored on the general / industrial framework. It keeps a thin -19.6% of every rupee of sales as net profit. It throws off free cash worth 7.8% of its market value — a strong free-cash yield.
Return on equity is a weak 3.5%.
It trades at -5× earnings. The books come through clean — a forensic grade of A, and Altman puts distress risk in the distress 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 | -5.33 | 44.55 | better |
| P/B | — | 2.77 | — |
| EV/EBITDA | 164.75 | — | — |
| ROE | 3.46 | 11.56 | worse |
| ROCE | -2.85 | 6.05 | worse |
| ROA | -10.98 | — | — |
| Quick Ratio | 0.24 | — | — |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grasim Industries | 20.0 | 2.2 | 4.8% |
| Welspun India | 69.9 | 4.1 | 4.2% |
| Vardhman Textiles | 19.9 | 1.6 | 7.1% |
Negative CAGR — the top line has shrunk over this window. Growth is accelerating — latest year outpaced the prior year's rate.
4 of the 4 years shown had a loss — profitability is inconsistent.
Operating margin has compressed from -12% to -20% — costs or competition are eating into profitability. Margins have declined for 2 consecutive years — watch for a structural cost problem.
EPS has grown every year — each share earns more than the last, consistently.
1 of 4 years had negative operating cash flow — profitability on paper may not translate to cash. 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 broadly flat QoQ — stable but not accelerating.
4 of 4 quarters loss-making — quarterly profitability is uneven. Profit jumped 28% QoQ — check if this is operating leverage or a one-off item. Quarterly net margins are expanding (-16% → -14%) — profitability per rupee of revenue is improving.
P/E band unavailable — needs 5y of consistent EPS + price history.
Promoters hold 75.0% — heavily owner-operated with strong skin in the game.
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