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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.
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is an India-based company engaged in the design, development, manufacture, repair, overhaul, upgrade, and servicing of a wide range of products, including aircraft, helicopters, aero-engines, avionics, accessories, and aerospace structures. The…
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A decent, steadily growing business, fully valued.
HAL is scored on the general / industrial framework. It keeps a fat 24.8% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Those profits are backed by real cash — operating cash flow runs 1.20× reported profit. Free cash flow is worth about 0.8% of its market value.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 9%/yr and profit at 16%/yr. Book value itself has compounded 20%/yr — the hallmark of a genuine compounder. Return on equity is an elite 22.2%. In the latest quarter profit fell 62% versus the prior quarter.
At 37× earnings, the stock sits at the 69th percentile of its own 3.6-year range — the middle of where it has historically traded. Today's price implies ~17%/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 | 35.71 | 6.14 | worse |
| P/B | 8.11 | 5.07 | worse |
| EV/EBITDA | 20.93 | 22.72 | better |
| ROE | 22.21 | 61.47 | worse |
| ROCE | 14.09 | 7.44 | better |
| ROA | 7.04 | — | — |
| Quick Ratio | 1.92 | 3.1 | worse |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEL | 45.1 | 11.0 | 24.4% |
| Solar Industries (india) | 72.0 | 21.9 | 29.5% |
| Mazagon DOCK Shipbuil | 30.3 | 7.1 | 23.4% |
Revenue has grown every year across all 4 financial years shown. 9% 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 (16% vs 9%) — margin expansion is at work.
Operating margin has expanded from 23% to 33% — 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. Low variance across years — a predictable business that earns steadily on its equity base.
EPS has grown every year — each share earns more than the last, consistently. 16% 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 fell 57% QoQ — could be seasonality or a genuine slowdown. Wide quarterly swings (57% spread) — likely seasonality, lumpy orders, or project-based revenue. Run-rate stepping up — recent quarters average 33% above earlier ones.
Profit fell 62% QoQ — one-quarter drops can be noise, but a pattern matters. Quarterly net margins are expanding (22% → 25%) — 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 71.6% — 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.