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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.
Godrej Consumer Products Limited is an India-based fast moving consumer goods company. The Company is engaged in manufacturing and marketing household and personal care products. The Company operates through four geographical segments: India, Indonesia, Africa, and others.…
Weekly engine runs — movement reflects the numbers, not analyst opinion.
A decent, slow-growing business, trading cheap versus its own history.
Godrej Consumer Products is scored on the consumer / fmcg framework. It keeps a healthy 12.1% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Those profits are backed by real cash — operating cash flow runs 1.34× reported profit. Free cash flow is worth about 3.3% of its market value.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 5%/yr and profit at 3%/yr. Net worth has actually shrunk (-3%/yr) — value is not being built. Return on equity is a healthy 15.7%. In the latest quarter profit grew 4% versus the prior quarter.
At 47× earnings, the stock sits at the 2nd percentile of its own 2.6-year range — the cheap end of where it has historically traded. Today's price already implies ~20%/yr earnings growth sustained for a decade — a demanding bar. 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 | 43.95 | 34.06 | worse |
| P/B | 6.89 | 6.9 | better |
| EV/EBITDA | 27.58 | 24.59 | worse |
| ROE | 15.67 | 12.65 | better |
| ROCE | 17.34 | 20.34 | worse |
| ROA | 8.86 | 10.04 | worse |
| Quick Ratio | 0.7 | — | — |
| 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% |
5% CAGR — growing but slowly. Growth is accelerating — latest year outpaced the prior year's rate.
1 of the 4 years shown had a loss — profitability is inconsistent.
Operating margins have been stable around 17% — no major structural shift.
ROE at 15% — a respectable return on shareholder capital.
5% 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 1.3× PAT — earnings are well-backed by cash; strong accrual quality. 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. Run-rate stepping up — recent quarters average 9% above earlier ones.
How today's P/E compares to the stock's own historical range. Dashed line = the 2.6y median.
Promoter holding at 53.0% — majority control intact. FIIs trimmed 4.4pp — foreign money is rotating out. MF holding up 2.2pp — domestic institutional discovery underway.
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