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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.
Cantabil Retail India Limited is an India-based company that is engaged in the business of designing, manufacturing, branding, and retailing of apparel and apparel accessories through a chain of retail stores under the flagship brand Cantabil. The Company is engaged in…
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A high-quality, steadily growing business, trading cheap versus its own history.
CANTABIL RETAIL LTD is scored on the general / industrial framework. It keeps a healthy 11.1% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Those profits are backed by real cash — operating cash flow runs 2.08× reported profit. It throws off free cash worth 5.1% of its market value — a strong free-cash yield.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 16%/yr and profit at 13%/yr. Book value itself has compounded 29%/yr — the hallmark of a genuine compounder. Return on equity is an elite 20.0%. In the latest quarter profit fell 44% versus the prior quarter.
At 22× earnings, the stock sits at the 18th percentile of its own 3.6-year range — the cheap end of where it has historically traded. Today's price implies ~10%/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 | 22.01 | 75.78 | better |
| P/B | 4.49 | 2.32 | worse |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.46 | — | — |
| ROE | 20.03 | 10.87 | better |
| ROCE | 16.68 | 5.74 | better |
| ROA | 8.47 | — | — |
| Quick Ratio | 0.54 | — | — |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grasim Industries | 19.5 | 2.1 | 4.8% |
| Welspun India | 51.6 | 4.5 | 8.6% |
| Vardhman Textiles | 14.3 | 1.3 | 7.1% |
Revenue has grown every year across all 4 financial years shown. 16% CAGR over 3 years — steady double-digit compounder.
Revenue is outpacing profit (16% vs 13%) — costs are rising faster than the top line.
Operating margins have been stable around 15% — no major structural shift.
ROE at 20% — the business earns well above its cost of equity. Capital efficiency declining — ROE down 10pp.
12% 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 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 fell 29% QoQ — could be seasonality or a genuine slowdown. Wide quarterly swings (33% spread) — likely seasonality, lumpy orders, or project-based revenue.
Profit fell 44% QoQ — one-quarter drops can be noise, but a pattern matters. Quarterly net margins are expanding (4% → 9%) — 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 74.5% — heavily owner-operated with strong skin in the game. FIIs trimmed 2.1pp — foreign money is rotating out.
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