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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.
CMS Info Systems Limited is an India-based company. The Company provides logistics and technology solutions to banks, financial institutions, organized retail, and e-commerce companies with a presence across Cash Logistics, Managed Services, and Technology Solutions. The…
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A decent, stagnant business, trading cheap versus its own history.
CMS Info Systems is scored on the it / services framework. It keeps a healthy 12.0% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Those profits are backed by real cash — operating cash flow runs 1.28× reported profit. Free cash flow is worth about 3.5% of its market value.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 10%/yr and profit at 1%/yr. Book value itself has compounded 16%/yr — the hallmark of a genuine compounder. Return on equity is a healthy 12.5%. In the latest quarter profit grew 6% versus the prior quarter.
At 12× earnings, the stock sits at the 2nd percentile of its own 3.6-year range — the cheap end of where it has historically traded. Today's price asks for only ~2%/yr growth over a decade — undemanding expectations. 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 | 11.77 | 17.44 | better |
| P/B | 1.42 | 3.64 | better |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.18 | 5.6 | better |
| ROE | 12.47 | 38.58 | worse |
| ROCE | 15.97 | 13.04 | better |
| ROA | 9.06 | 5.68 | better |
| Quick Ratio | 2.45 | 12.86 | worse |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| GMR Airports Infra | 133.1 | -27.7 | -25.6% |
| NBCC | 25.8 | 6.6 | 24.8% |
| INTL Gemological INST | 26.5 | 10.1 | 38.0% |
Revenue has grown every year across all 4 financial years shown. 9% CAGR — growing but slowly. Growth is decelerating — latest year grew slower than the year before.
Profit is on a 2-year growth streak. Revenue is outpacing profit (9% vs 1%) — costs are rising faster than the top line.
Operating margin has compressed from 21% to 16% — costs or competition are eating into profitability. Margins have declined for 3 consecutive years — watch for a structural cost problem.
ROE at 12% — a respectable return on shareholder capital. Capital efficiency declining — ROE down 7pp.
EPS dropped in the latest year despite possible profit changes — dilution or a profit dip could be at play. Profit grew faster than EPS (1% vs -2%) — share dilution is eroding per-share value. -2% 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 1.3× 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 broadly flat QoQ — stable but not accelerating. Low quarterly variance (5% spread) — a predictable, non-seasonal revenue stream.
How today's P/E compares to the stock's own historical range. Dashed line = the 3.6y median.
FIIs trimmed 8.4pp — foreign money is rotating out. MF holding up 2.0pp — domestic institutional discovery underway.
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