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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.
Indigo Paints Limited (IPL) is engaged in the manufacture and sale of decorative paints, construction chemicals and waterproofing products. IPL operates in one segment, namely Paints. Its product offerings include interior emulsions, exterior emulsions, exterior & interior…
Weekly engine runs — movement reflects the numbers, not analyst opinion.
A decent, slow-growing business, trading cheap versus its own history.
Indigo Paints is scored on the consumer / fmcg framework. It keeps a healthy 10.4% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Those profits are backed by real cash — operating cash flow runs 1.51× reported profit. Free cash flow is worth about 0.6% of its market value.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 9%/yr and profit at 4%/yr. Book value has grown 14%/yr. Return on equity is a healthy 12.6%. In the latest quarter profit fell 68% versus the prior quarter.
At 30× earnings, the stock sits at the 5th percentile of its own 3.6-year range — the cheap end of where it has historically traded. Today's price implies ~14%/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 | 28.8 | 29.28 | better |
| P/B | 3.69 | 5.08 | better |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.14 | 15.08 | worse |
| ROE | 12.6 | 5.54 | better |
| ROCE | 16.08 | 11.51 | better |
| ROA | 9.18 | 10.58 | worse |
| Quick Ratio | 1.72 | 1.44 | better |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asian Paints | 49.7 | 11.2 | 22.3% |
| Berger Paints | 45.4 | 7.9 | 17.3% |
| Kansai Nerolac Paints | 26.5 | 2.3 | 8.9% |
Revenue has grown every year across all 4 financial years shown. 9% CAGR — growing but slowly.
Revenue is outpacing profit (9% vs 4%) — costs are rising faster than the top line.
Operating margins have been stable around 14% — no major structural shift.
ROE at 13% — a respectable return on shareholder capital.
3% 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. 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.
Profit fell 68% QoQ — one-quarter drops can be noise, but a pattern matters. Quarterly margins are compressing (10% → 4%) — 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.
Promoter holding at 53.8% — majority control intact. FIIs trimmed 5.5pp — foreign money is rotating out. MF holding up 3.2pp — domestic institutional discovery underway.
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