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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.
HPL Electric & Power Limited is an India-based company, which is an electric equipment manufacturer. The Company offers low-voltage electrical solutions. It operates through two segments: Metering, Systems & Services and Consumer, Industrial & Services. The Company has its…
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A decent, fast-growing business, trading cheap versus its own history.
HPL Electric & Power is scored on the commodity / cyclical framework. It keeps a slim 5.0% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Those profits are backed by real cash — operating cash flow runs 2.48× reported profit. Free cash flow is worth about 0.2% of its market value.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 13%/yr and profit at 45%/yr. Book value has grown 8%/yr. Return on equity is a modest 8.9%. In the latest quarter profit fell 40% versus the prior quarter.
At 19× earnings, the stock sits at the 4th percentile of its own 3.6-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 | 18.5 | 28.09 | better |
| P/B | 1.65 | 6.18 | better |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.87 | 18.03 | better |
| ROE | 8.92 | 6.94 | better |
| ROCE | 11.75 | 11.6 | better |
| ROA | 3.62 | — | — |
| Quick Ratio | 0.76 | 1.61 | worse |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| BHEL | 50.7 | 5.5 | 10.8% |
| ABB India | 70.7 | 47.9 | 22.4% |
| CG Power | 89.3 | 13.9 | 15.7% |
Revenue has grown every year across all 4 financial years shown. 13% CAGR over 3 years — steady double-digit compounder. Growth is decelerating — latest year grew slower than the year before.
Profit is on a 2-year growth streak. Profit is growing faster than revenue (44% vs 13%) — margin expansion is at work.
Operating margin has expanded from 4% to 7% — the business is keeping more of each rupee earned.
ROE at 9% — modest; the capital isn't working hard. Capital efficiency improving — ROE up 5pp across the window.
EPS dropped in the latest year despite possible profit changes — dilution or a profit dip could be at play. 44% 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 2.5× PAT — earnings are well-backed by cash; strong accrual quality. Heavy investing spend every year, but operations generate enough to cover it — the business self-funds its growth.
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 14% above earlier ones.
Profit fell 40% 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 72.7% — heavily owner-operated with strong skin in the game.
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