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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.
Foods and Inns Limited is an India-based food processing company. The Company is engaged in the business of processing and marketing fruit pulps, concentrates and spray dried fruit and vegetable powders in both domestic and international markets. It offers a diverse product…
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A middling, stagnant business, trading cheap versus its own history — but flagged on governance.
Foods & Inns is scored on the consumer / fmcg framework. It keeps a thin 3.1% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Those profits are backed by real cash — operating cash flow runs 4.76× reported profit. It throws off free cash worth 18.6% of its market value — a strong free-cash yield.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at -4%/yr and profit at -16%/yr. Book value itself has compounded 22%/yr — the hallmark of a genuine compounder. Return on equity is a weak 4.9%. In the latest quarter profit fell 80% versus the prior quarter.
At 12× earnings, the stock sits at the 9th 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 forensic screen raises 2 red flags: Only ₹0.34 of cash per ₹1 profit over 4 years — earnings not converting to cash; Share count up 44% over 4 years — heavy equity dilution.
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 | 17.05 | 8.06 | worse |
| P/B | 0.57 | — | — |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.01 | — | — |
| ROE | 4.89 | 6.57 | worse |
| ROCE | 8.77 | 9.38 | worse |
| ROA | 1.65 | 6.06 | worse |
| Quick Ratio | 0.45 | — | — |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hindustan Unilever | 31.1 | 9.6 | 22.9% |
| ITC | 18.4 | 5.0 | 26.4% |
| Nestle India | 60.5 | 42.7 | 70.6% |
Revenue declined 12% in the latest year — a break from prior trajectory. Negative CAGR — the top line has shrunk over this window. Growth is decelerating — latest year grew slower than the year before.
Revenue is outpacing profit (-4% vs -16%) — costs are rising faster than the top line. The latest year saw a -35% swing — check if it's a one-off or structural.
Operating margin has compressed from 6% to 5% — costs or competition are eating into profitability. Margins have declined for 3 consecutive years — watch for a structural cost problem.
ROE at 5% — modest; the capital isn't working hard. Capital efficiency declining — ROE down 10pp.
EPS dropped in the latest year despite possible profit changes — dilution or a profit dip could be at play. Profit grew faster than EPS (-16% vs -26%) — share dilution is eroding per-share value. -26% EPS CAGR — this is the rate at which each share's claim on earnings is compounding.
2 of 4 years had negative operating cash flow — profitability on paper may not translate to cash. Cash conversion at 4.8× 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 fell 46% QoQ — could be seasonality or a genuine slowdown. Wide quarterly swings (48% spread) — likely seasonality, lumpy orders, or project-based revenue. Run-rate stepping up — recent quarters average 30% above earlier ones.
Profit fell 80% QoQ — one-quarter drops can be noise, but a pattern matters. Quarterly net margins are expanding (0% → 2%) — profitability per rupee of revenue is improving.
How today's P/E compares to the stock's own historical range. Dashed line = the 3.6y median.
Promoters hold just 25.4% — widely held; sentiment-driven.
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