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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.
CarTrade Tech Limited is an India-based multi-channel auto platform with presence across vehicle types and value-added services. The Company offers a variety of solutions across the automotive transaction value chain, such as the buying, selling, marketing, valuation, and…
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A middling, fast-growing business, trading cheap versus its own history.
Cartrade Tech is scored on the general / industrial framework. It keeps a fat 28.0% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Cash broadly tracks reported profit (CFO/PAT 1.06×). Free cash flow is worth about 0.2% of its market value.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 27%/yr and profit at 82%/yr. Book value has grown 7%/yr. Return on equity is a modest 8.8%. In the latest quarter profit grew 16% versus the prior quarter.
At 58× earnings, the stock sits at the 18th percentile of its own 3.4-year range — the cheap end of where it has historically traded. Today's price already implies ~22%/yr earnings growth sustained for a decade — a demanding bar. 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 | 51.44 | — | — |
| P/B | 4.99 | 1.74 | worse |
| EV/EBITDA | 34.62 | 9.37 | worse |
| ROE | 8.79 | 4.75 | better |
| ROCE | 11.69 | 6.34 | better |
| ROA | 8.06 | 2.4 | better |
| Quick Ratio | 4.79 | 7.36 | worse |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avenue Supermarts | 71.7 | 8.6 | 11.9% |
| Trent | 85.9 | 21.1 | 24.4% |
| Vishal Mega Mart | 49.0 | 5.6 | 11.4% |
Revenue has grown every year across all 4 financial years shown. 27% CAGR over 3 years — high-growth territory. Growth is decelerating — latest year grew slower than the year before.
Profit is growing faster than revenue (82% vs 27%) — margin expansion is at work. The latest year saw a +68% swing — check if it's a one-off or structural.
Operating margin has expanded from 14% to 33% — the business is keeping more of each rupee earned.
ROE at 9% — modest; the capital isn't working hard. Capital efficiency improving — ROE up 7pp across the window.
EPS outpaced profit growth — possible buybacks are concentrating earnings into fewer shares. 86% 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 broadly flat QoQ — stable but not accelerating. Low quarterly variance (7% spread) — a predictable, non-seasonal revenue stream.
Profit jumped 16% 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 3.4y median.
FIIs trimmed 13.4pp — foreign money is rotating out. MF holding up 6.5pp — domestic institutional discovery underway.
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.