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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.
Generic Engineering Construction and Projects Limited is an India-based construction company. The Company is engaged in the business of construction of residential, industrial, commercial, and institutional buildings. It is focused on general contracting, design-build, and…
Weekly engine runs — movement reflects the numbers, not analyst opinion.
A middling, stagnant business, trading cheap versus its own history.
GENERIC ENGINEERING is scored on the general / industrial framework. It keeps a thin 2.7% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Cash broadly tracks reported profit (CFO/PAT 1.02×). It throws off free cash worth 13.1% of its market value — a strong free-cash yield.
Over the last 1 years revenue compounded at -0%/yr and profit at -30%/yr. Book value has grown 8%/yr. Return on equity is a weak 2.9%. In the latest quarter profit fell 23% versus the prior quarter.
At 16× earnings, the stock sits at the 7th percentile of its own 2.6-year range — the cheap end of where it has historically traded. Today's price implies ~8%/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 | 18.03 | 22.25 | better |
| P/B | 0.53 | 2.6 | better |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.71 | 30.35 | better |
| ROE | 2.9 | 6.19 | worse |
| ROCE | 7.03 | 29.33 | worse |
| ROA | 1.64 | 3.28 | worse |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Man Infra | 20.2 | 1.9 | 9.8% |
| PSP Projects | 35.9 | 2.4 | 6.7% |
| Glass WALL System (I) | 24.2 | 6.0 | 24.6% |
Negative CAGR — the top line has shrunk over this window.
Revenue is outpacing profit (-0% vs -30%) — costs are rising faster than the top line.
Operating margins have been stable around 5% — no major structural shift.
Revenue rose 40% sequentially — momentum is building. Wide quarterly swings (54% spread) — likely seasonality, lumpy orders, or project-based revenue. Run-rate stepping up — recent quarters average 67% above earlier ones.
Profit fell 23% QoQ — one-quarter drops can be noise, but a pattern matters. Quarterly margins are compressing (4% → 2%) — 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 2.6y median.
Promoters at 40.3% — dispersed ownership; institutional flows drive the stock.
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