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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.
Castrol India Limited is an India-based lubricant company. The Company is engaged in manufacturing and marketing of automotive and industrial lubricants and related services. The Company's brands include Castrol CRB, Castrol GTX, Castrol Activ, Castrol POWER1, Castrol…
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A high-quality, slow-growing business, fairly priced.
Castrol India is scored on the general / industrial framework. It keeps a healthy 16.4% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Those profits are backed by real cash — operating cash flow runs 1.15× reported profit. It throws off free cash worth 6.8% of its market value — a strong free-cash yield.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 6%/yr and profit at 5%/yr. Book value has been broadly flat (0.3%/yr). Return on equity is an elite 46.9%. In the latest quarter profit grew 44% versus the prior quarter.
At 20× earnings, the stock sits at the 46th percentile of its own 3.9-year range — the middle of where it has historically traded. Today's price implies ~8%/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 | 18.75 | 9.23 | worse |
| P/B | 10.06 | 2.81 | worse |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.07 | 6.24 | worse |
| ROE | 46.94 | 25.66 | better |
| ROCE | 71.77 | 32.68 | better |
| ROA | 46.22 | 18.9 | better |
| Quick Ratio | 1.28 | 1.75 | 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% |
Revenue has grown every year across all 4 financial years shown. 6% CAGR — growing but slowly.
Net profit has risen every year — the hallmark of a compounder.
Operating margins have been stable around 22% — no major structural shift.
ROE at 50% — the business earns well above its cost of equity. Capital efficiency improving — ROE up 7pp across the window.
EPS has grown every year — each share earns more than the last, consistently. 5% 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. 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 rose 20% sequentially — momentum is building. Run-rate stepping up — recent quarters average 22% above earlier ones.
Profit jumped 44% 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 3.9y median.
Promoter holding at 51.0% — majority control intact. Both FII and MF added last quarter — broad institutional confidence.
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