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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.
Clean Science and Technology Limited is an India-based fine and specialty chemical manufacturing company. The Company is engaged in the business of manufacturing organic and inorganic chemicals. Its specialty chemical chemistry is diversified into three segments: performance…
Weekly engine runs — movement reflects the numbers, not analyst opinion.
A middling, stagnant business, trading cheap versus its own history.
Clean Science & Tech is scored on the general / industrial framework. It keeps a fat 23.2% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Those profits are backed by real cash — operating cash flow runs 1.20× reported profit. Free cash flow is worth about 1.0% of its market value.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 1%/yr and profit at -15%/yr. Book value itself has compounded 16%/yr — the hallmark of a genuine compounder. Return on equity is a healthy 13.9%. In the latest quarter profit fell 24% versus the prior quarter.
At 31× 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 ~15%/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 | 30.46 | — | — |
| P/B | 4.25 | 2.66 | worse |
| EV/EBITDA | 18.13 | 9.95 | worse |
| ROE | 13.95 | — | — |
| ROCE | 18.76 | 70.06 | worse |
| ROA | 12.14 | 54 | worse |
| Quick Ratio | 4.08 | 2.26 | better |
| 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.
Revenue is outpacing profit (1% vs -15%) — costs are rising faster than the top line.
Operating margin has compressed from 49% to 31% — 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.
ROE at 15% — a respectable return on shareholder capital. Capital efficiency declining — ROE down 15pp.
EPS dropped in the latest year despite possible profit changes — dilution or a profit dip could be at play. EPS outpaced profit growth — possible buybacks are concentrating earnings into fewer shares. -8% 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. Run-rate stepping up — recent quarters average 24% above earlier ones.
Profit fell 24% QoQ — one-quarter drops can be noise, but a pattern matters.
How today's P/E compares to the stock's own historical range. Dashed line = the 3.6y median.
Promoter holding at 51.3% — majority control intact. FII stake up 3.7pp over 4 quarters — growing foreign interest. MF stake down 2.6pp — domestic funds are booking profits or rebalancing out.
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