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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.
Automotive Stampings and Assemblies Limited is an India-based company engaged in the business of manufacturing sheet metal stampings, welded assemblies and modules for the automotive industry. Its product range includes body-in-white (BIW) structural panels, skin panels, fuel…
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A high-quality, fast-growing business, trading cheap versus its own history.
Automotive Stampings & AS is scored on the general / industrial framework. It keeps a thin 3.1% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Those profits are backed by real cash — operating cash flow runs 2.13× reported profit. It throws off free cash worth 7.5% of its market value — a strong free-cash yield.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 2%/yr and profit at 49%/yr. Return on equity is an elite 69.9%. In the latest quarter profit grew 115% versus the prior quarter.
At 26× earnings, the stock sits at the 4th percentile of its own 3.6-year range — the cheap end of where it has historically traded. Today's price implies ~9%/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 | 20.13 | 37.55 | better |
| P/B | 14.08 | 4.15 | worse |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.36 | 17.82 | better |
| ROE | 69.94 | 13.31 | better |
| ROCE | 33.15 | 11.95 | better |
| ROA | 9.41 | 5.72 | better |
| Quick Ratio | 0.56 | — | — |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samvardhana Motherson Intl | 34.3 | 3.6 | 10.4% |
| Bosch | 63.4 | 10.1 | 15.8% |
| Uno Minda | 54.4 | 10.3 | 17.7% |
2% CAGR — growing but slowly. Growth is accelerating — latest year outpaced the prior year's rate.
Profit is growing faster than revenue (49% vs 2%) — margin expansion is at work. The latest year saw a +65% swing — check if it's a one-off or structural.
Operating margin has expanded from 1% to 3% — the business is keeping more of each rupee earned.
ROE at 77% — the business earns well above its cost of equity. High ROE despite single-digit margins — an asset-turn play with high capital velocity. Capital efficiency declining — ROE down 116pp.
49% EPS CAGR — this is the rate at which each share's claim on earnings is compounding.
1 of 4 years had negative operating cash flow — profitability on paper may not translate to cash. Cash conversion at 2.1× PAT — earnings are well-backed by cash; strong accrual quality. Heavy investing spend every year, but operations generate enough to cover it — the business self-funds its growth.
When operating cash keeps pace with reported profit, earnings are cash-backed; a persistent shortfall is a quality flag.
Revenue rose 33% sequentially — momentum is building. Run-rate stepping up — recent quarters average 17% above earlier ones.
Profit jumped 115% QoQ — check if this is operating leverage or a one-off item.
How today's P/E compares to the stock's own historical range. Dashed line = the 3.6y median.
Promoters hold 75.0% — heavily owner-operated with strong skin in the game.
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