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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.
EPL Limited is an India-based packaging company. The Company is engaged in the manufacturing of plastic packaging material in the form of multilayer collapsible tubes, corrugated boxes and laminates used primarily for packaging of consumer products in the beauty and…
Weekly engine runs — movement reflects the numbers, not analyst opinion.
A decent, steadily growing business, trading cheap versus its own history.
EPL Limited is scored on the general / industrial framework. It keeps a slim 8.2% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Those profits are backed by real cash — operating cash flow runs 1.84× reported profit. Free cash flow is worth about 3.8% of its market value.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 9%/yr and profit at 20%/yr. Book value has grown 13%/yr. Return on equity is a healthy 12.5%. In the latest quarter profit fell 3% versus the prior quarter.
At 18× earnings, the stock sits at the 13th percentile of its own 3.6-year range — the cheap end of where it has historically traded. Today's price implies ~7%/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 | 17.84 | 38.38 | better |
| P/B | 2.26 | 2.02 | worse |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.9 | 10.1 | better |
| ROE | 12.53 | 8.48 | better |
| ROCE | 14.7 | 7.07 | better |
| ROA | 7.12 | — | — |
| Quick Ratio | 0.88 | — | — |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| INOX India | 65.4 | 13.9 | 21.2% |
| Garware Hi-tech Films | 41.7 | 6.1 | 14.7% |
| AGI Greenpac | 11.8 | 1.6 | 13.9% |
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.
Profit is growing faster than revenue (20% vs 9%) — margin expansion is at work.
Operating margin has expanded from 7% to 10% — the business is keeping more of each rupee earned.
ROE at 14% — a respectable return on shareholder capital. Low variance across years — a predictable business that earns steadily on its equity base.
19% 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 1.8× 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 rose 6% sequentially — momentum is building. Run-rate stepping up — recent quarters average 13% above earlier ones.
How today's P/E compares to the stock's own historical range. Dashed line = the 3.6y median.
Promoters reduced 26.4pp over 4 quarters — watch whether this is planned divestment or pledge invocations. FII stake up 6.1pp over 4 quarters — growing foreign interest. MF holding up 11.2pp — domestic institutional discovery underway. Both FII and MF added last quarter — broad institutional confidence.
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