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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.
Flair Writing Industries Limited is an India-based company that manufactures and distributes writing instruments, stationery products, and other products. It has also diversified into producing houseware products and steel bottles. It sells its products under its brands, such…
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A high-quality, slow-growing business, trading cheap versus its own history.
FLAIR WRITING INDUST LTD is scored on the general / industrial framework. It keeps a healthy 11.1% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Cash broadly tracks reported profit (CFO/PAT 0.97×). Free cash flow is worth about -0.9% of its market value.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 10%/yr and profit at 7%/yr. Book value itself has compounded 38%/yr — the hallmark of a genuine compounder. Return on equity is a modest 10.7%. In the latest quarter profit fell 20% versus the prior quarter.
At 19× earnings, the stock sits at the 10th percentile of its own 3-year range — the cheap end of where it has historically traded. Today's price implies ~9%/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 | 20.02 | 31.39 | better |
| P/B | 2.18 | 2.64 | better |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.32 | 14.1 | better |
| ROE | 10.74 | 4.47 | better |
| ROCE | 14.37 | 8.74 | better |
| ROA | 8.84 | 4.1 | better |
| Quick Ratio | 2.91 | 1.49 | better |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOMS Industries | 61.4 | 9.7 | 15.3% |
| Navneet Education | 7.8 | 1.3 | 5.4% |
| Kokuyo Camlin | 63.5 | 3.9 | 6.2% |
Revenue has grown every year across all 4 financial years shown. 10% CAGR over 3 years — steady double-digit compounder.
Net profit has risen every year — the hallmark of a compounder. Revenue is outpacing profit (10% vs 6%) — costs are rising faster than the top line.
Operating margin has compressed from 17% to 15% — costs or competition are eating into profitability. Margins have declined for 2 consecutive years — watch for a structural cost problem.
ROE at 12% — a respectable return on shareholder capital. Capital efficiency declining — ROE down 15pp.
Profit grew faster than EPS (6% 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. Investing outflows exceed operating cash — the company relies on external funding to finance expansion. 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 (3% spread) — a predictable, non-seasonal revenue stream.
Profit fell 20% QoQ — one-quarter drops can be noise, but a pattern matters. Quarterly margins are compressing (13% → 9%) — 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 3y median.
Promoters hold 78.6% — heavily owner-operated with strong skin in the game.
Produced by a rules-based engine over licensed exchange fundamentals — every sentence above is derived from the numbers shown, no analyst or AI opinion involved. Education and research context, not investment advice. We are not SEBI-registered as an Investment Adviser or Research Analyst.