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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.
Gujarat Pipavav Port Limited is engaged in developing and operating a port, along with cargo handling activities incidental to water transport. It operates through the Port Services segment, which includes marine services, berth hire, wharfage, container handling, yard…
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An exceptional, steadily growing business, trading cheap versus its own history.
Gujarat Pipavav Port is scored on the general / industrial framework. It keeps a fat 41.8% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Cash broadly tracks reported profit (CFO/PAT 0.99×). It throws off free cash worth 6.1% of its market value — a strong free-cash yield.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 8%/yr and profit at 18%/yr. Book value has been broadly flat (1.1%/yr). Return on equity is an elite 22.5%. In the latest quarter profit grew 4% versus the prior quarter.
At 16× earnings, the stock sits at the 16th percentile of its own 3.6-year range — the cheap end of where it has historically traded. Today's price implies ~5%/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 | 14.63 | 26.78 | better |
| P/B | 3.29 | 3.35 | better |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.93 | 14.34 | better |
| ROE | 22.52 | 16.07 | better |
| ROCE | 29.53 | 18.12 | better |
| ROA | 17.61 | 10.96 | better |
| Quick Ratio | 2.51 | 2.01 | better |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adani Port | 32.6 | 4.4 | 13.3% |
| JSW Infra | 53.5 | 4.4 | 8.0% |
| Allcargo Terminals | 15.2 | 2.0 | 13.3% |
Revenue has grown every year across all 4 financial years shown. 8% CAGR — growing but slowly. Growth is accelerating — latest year outpaced the prior year's rate.
Net profit has risen every year — the hallmark of a compounder. Profit is growing faster than revenue (18% vs 8%) — margin expansion is at work.
Operating margin has expanded from 43% to 56% — the business is keeping more of each rupee earned. The gap between operating and net margin is widening — interest or tax costs are rising.
ROE at 22% — the business earns well above its cost of equity. ROE powered by fat margins — the hallmark of a high-quality franchise with pricing power. Capital efficiency improving — ROE up 8pp across the window.
EPS has grown every year — each share earns more than the last, consistently. 18% 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. Heavy investing spend every year, but operations generate enough to cover it — the business self-funds its growth. 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.
Quarterly margins are compressing (50% → 43%) — 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 3.6y median.
Promoters at 44.0% — dispersed ownership; institutional flows drive the stock. FII stake up 2.2pp over 4 quarters — growing foreign interest. MF stake down 2.0pp — domestic funds are booking profits or rebalancing out.
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