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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.
Camlin Fine Sciences Limited is an India-based company, which is engaged in the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of specialty chemicals, ingredients, and additive blends. The Company’s products are categorized into shelf-life solutions, performance…
Weekly engine runs — movement reflects the numbers, not analyst opinion.
A weak, stagnant business, fully valued.
Camlin Fine Sciences is scored on the general / industrial framework. It keeps a thin 1.3% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Those profits are backed by real cash — operating cash flow runs 3.49× reported profit. Free cash flow is worth about 2.0% of its market value.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 1%/yr and profit at -16%/yr. Book value has grown 7%/yr. Return on equity is a weak -4.5%. In the latest quarter profit fell 139% versus the prior quarter.
At 52× earnings, the stock sits at the 63rd percentile of its own 1.6-year range — the middle of where it has historically traded. 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 | -102.77 | 0.42 | better |
| P/B | 1.5 | 2.66 | better |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.88 | 9.95 | worse |
| ROE | -4.5 | — | — |
| ROCE | 0.8 | — | — |
| ROA | -0.62 | 54 | worse |
| Quick Ratio | 0.75 | 2.26 | worse |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pidilite Industries | 59.1 | 14.3 | 23.9% |
| SRF | 32.3 | 4.8 | 14.9% |
| Linde India | 118.3 | 13.3 | 11.3% |
1% CAGR — growing but slowly. Growth is decelerating — latest year grew slower than the year before.
2 of the 4 years shown had a loss — profitability is inconsistent. The latest year saw a +115% swing — check if it's a one-off or structural.
Operating margin has compressed from 5% to -2% — costs or competition are eating into profitability. Interest or tax burden is shrinking — more of the operating profit is reaching the bottom line. Margins have declined for 3 consecutive years — watch for a structural cost problem.
Negative ROE — the business is destroying shareholder value. Capital efficiency declining — ROE down 8pp.
Profit grew faster than EPS (-41% vs -58%) — share dilution is eroding per-share value. -58% 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. Cash conversion at 3.5× 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 16% sequentially — momentum is building.
3 of 4 quarters loss-making — quarterly profitability is uneven. Profit fell 139% QoQ — one-quarter drops can be noise, but a pattern matters. Quarterly margins are compressing (-3% → -6%) — more revenue isn't translating to proportionally more profit.
How today's P/E compares to the stock's own historical range. Dashed line = the 1.6y median.
Promoters at 48.0% — dispersed ownership; institutional flows drive the stock. MF stake down 2.0pp — domestic funds are booking profits or rebalancing out.
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.