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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.
Coal India Ltd. is an India-based coal mining company. The Company along with its subsidiaries, is primarily engaged in the mining and production of coal. It operates approximately 310 working mines, consisting of 129 underground, 168 opencast, and 13 mixed mines. Its…
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A high-quality, stagnant business, fully valued.
Coal India is scored on the commodity / cyclical framework. It keeps a healthy 17.3% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Cash broadly tracks reported profit (CFO/PAT 0.94×). It throws off free cash worth 7.8% of its market value — a strong free-cash yield.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 8%/yr and profit at -1%/yr. Book value itself has compounded 25%/yr — the hallmark of a genuine compounder. Return on equity is an elite 26.2%. In the latest quarter profit fell 26% versus the prior quarter.
At 8× earnings, the stock sits at the 69th percentile of its own 3.6-year range — the middle of where it has historically traded. Today's price asks for only ~-5%/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 | 7.35 | — | — |
| P/B | 1.93 | 6.21 | better |
| EV/EBITDA | 3.44 | 4.38 | better |
| ROE | 26.17 | — | — |
| ROCE | 29.46 | 6.68 | better |
| ROA | 11.1 | — | — |
| Quick Ratio | 1.62 | 4.5 | worse |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyds Metals | 18.6 | 6.2 | 32.3% |
| NMDC | 8.3 | 1.8 | 21.9% |
| Kiocl | 522.5 | 11.7 | 0.9% |
Revenue has grown every year across all 4 financial years shown. 7% CAGR — growing but slowly. Growth is decelerating — latest year grew slower than the year before.
Revenue is outpacing profit (7% vs -1%) — costs are rising faster than the top line.
Operating margin has compressed from 30% to 23% — costs or competition are eating into profitability.
ROE at 26% — the business earns well above its cost of equity. Capital efficiency declining — ROE down 26pp.
EPS dropped in the latest year despite possible profit changes — dilution or a profit dip could be at play. -1% 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.
Profit fell 26% QoQ — one-quarter drops can be noise, but a pattern matters. Quarterly margins are compressing (19% → 14%) — more revenue isn't translating to proportionally more profit.
How today's P/E compares to the stock's own historical range. Dashed line = the 3.6y median.
Promoter holding at 61.1% — majority control intact. Promoters reduced 2.0pp over 4 quarters — watch whether this is planned divestment or pledge invocations. MF holding up 2.7pp — domestic institutional discovery underway.
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