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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.
Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Limited is an India-based consumer electrical company. The Company’s segments include Electric Consumer Durables (ECD), Lighting Products, and Butterfly Products. It is engaged in dealing in consumer electrical goods, home appliances,…
Weekly engine runs — movement reflects the numbers, not analyst opinion.
A middling business, trading cheap versus its own history.
Crompt Grea Con Elec is scored on the consumer / fmcg framework. It keeps a thin -2.8% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Free cash flow is worth about 4.0% of its market value.
Book value has grown 3%/yr. Return on equity is a healthy 16.1%. In the latest quarter profit fell 13% versus the prior quarter.
At 27× earnings, the stock sits at the 2nd percentile of its own 3-year range — the cheap end of where it has historically traded. 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 | -85.18 | 5.98 | better |
| P/B | 4.57 | 3.42 | worse |
| EV/EBITDA | 58.83 | — | — |
| ROE | 16.08 | 6.28 | better |
| ROCE | 24.08 | 12.4 | better |
| ROA | -2.71 | 0.91 | worse |
| Quick Ratio | 1.11 | 0.93 | better |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| LG Electronics India | 61.9 | 13.5 | 21.9% |
| Dixon Techno | 44.2 | 13.1 | 26.4% |
| Havells India | 42.4 | 7.2 | 17.0% |
Revenue has grown every year across all 4 financial years shown. 6% CAGR — growing but slowly.
1 of the 4 years shown had a loss — profitability is inconsistent. The latest year saw a -141% swing — check if it's a one-off or structural.
Operating margin has compressed from 9% to -1% — costs or competition are eating into profitability.
Negative ROE — the business is destroying shareholder value. Capital efficiency declining — ROE down 22pp.
EPS dropped in the latest year despite possible profit changes — dilution or a profit dip could be at play. 9% 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 broadly flat QoQ — stable but not accelerating.
1 of 4 quarters loss-making — quarterly profitability is uneven. Profit fell 13% 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 3y median.
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