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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.
HeidelbergCement India Limited is an India-based company, which is engaged in the manufacturing and sale of cement. The Company's products include mycem, mycem Power, mycem Primo and Mycem Power Shield. Its mycem Portland Pozzolana Cement is a kind of Blended Cement which is…
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A middling, steadily growing business, trading cheap versus its own history.
HeidelbergCement India is scored on the general / industrial framework. It keeps a slim 5.7% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Those profits are backed by real cash — operating cash flow runs 1.48× reported profit. Free cash flow is worth about -5.2% of its market value.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 1%/yr and profit at 11%/yr. Net worth has actually shrunk (-2%/yr) — value is not being built. Return on equity is a modest 8.6%. In the latest quarter profit fell 32% versus the prior quarter.
At 20× earnings, the stock sits at the 1st percentile of its own 3.6-year range — the cheap end of where it has historically traded. Today's price implies ~12%/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 | 25.23 | 12.16 | worse |
| P/B | 2.16 | 1.82 | worse |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.19 | 11.78 | better |
| ROE | 8.58 | — | — |
| ROCE | 12.56 | — | — |
| ROA | 4.83 | — | — |
| Quick Ratio | 0.92 | 1.02 | worse |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ultratech Cement | 41.5 | 5.0 | 12.0% |
| Ambuja Cements | 30.7 | 1.6 | 8.0% |
| Shree Cement | 57.0 | 3.8 | 6.6% |
1% CAGR — growing but slowly. Growth is accelerating — latest year outpaced the prior year's rate.
Profit is growing faster than revenue (11% vs 1%) — margin expansion is at work.
Operating margin has expanded from 6% to 8% — the business is keeping more of each rupee earned.
ROE at 10% — modest; the capital isn't working hard. Low variance across years — a predictable business that earns steadily on its equity base.
11% 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 1.5× 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 17% above earlier ones.
Profit fell 32% QoQ — one-quarter drops can be noise, but a pattern matters.
How today's P/E compares to the stock's own historical range. Dashed line = the 3.6y median.
Promoters hold 69.4% — heavily owner-operated with strong skin in the game.
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