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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.
CRISIL Limited is a global analytics company. It is engaged in providing ratings, research, and risk and policy advisory services. Its segments include Ratings services and Research, Analytics & Solutions. The Ratings services segment includes credit ratings for corporates,…
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A decent, steadily growing business, trading cheap versus its own history.
Crisil is scored on the nbfc / financials framework. It keeps a fat 20.4% of every rupee of sales as net profit.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 9%/yr and profit at 11%/yr. Book value itself has compounded 19%/yr — the hallmark of a genuine compounder. Return on equity is an elite 25.8%. In the latest quarter profit fell 6% versus the prior quarter.
At 42× earnings, the stock sits at the 17th percentile of its own 3.9-year range — the cheap end of where it has historically traded. Today's price already implies ~20%/yr earnings growth sustained for a decade — a demanding bar. The books come through clean — a forensic grade of A.
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 | 45.5 | 30.34 | worse |
| P/B | 12.1 | 6.8 | worse |
| EV/EBITDA | 30.1 | 20.05 | worse |
| ROE | 25.83 | 20.62 | better |
| ROCE | 31.55 | 26.76 | better |
| ROA | 17.71 | 15.8 | better |
| Quick Ratio | 1.88 | 3.81 | worse |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Care Ratings | 24.2 | 4.7 | 19.2% |
| ICRA | 21.4 | 3.6 | 16.8% |
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Revenue has grown every year across all 4 financial years shown. 9% CAGR — growing but slowly. Growth is accelerating — latest year outpaced the prior year's rate.
Net profit has risen every year — the hallmark of a compounder.
Operating margin has expanded from 26% to 28% — the business is keeping more of each rupee earned.
ROE at 25% — the business earns well above its cost of equity. ROE powered by fat margins — the hallmark of a high-quality franchise with pricing power. Capital efficiency declining — ROE down 6pp.
EPS has grown every year — each share earns more than the last, consistently. 11% 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 (2% spread) — a predictable, non-seasonal revenue stream.
Quarterly margins are compressing (22% → 18%) — 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 3.9y median.
Promoters hold 66.6% — heavily owner-operated with strong skin in the game.
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