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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.
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited is engaged in providing online railway tickets, catering services to railways and packaged drinking water at railway stations and trains in India. The Company's segments include Catering, Rail Neer, Internet Ticketing,…
Weekly engine runs — movement reflects the numbers, not analyst opinion.
A decent, steadily growing business, trading cheap versus its own history.
Indian Railway Tourism Corp is scored on the general / industrial framework. It keeps a fat 25.4% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Cash broadly tracks reported profit (CFO/PAT 0.91×). Free cash flow is worth about 2.3% of its market value.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 14%/yr and profit at 12%/yr. Book value itself has compounded 20%/yr — the hallmark of a genuine compounder. Return on equity is an elite 32.3%. In the latest quarter profit grew 1% versus the prior quarter.
At 26× earnings, the stock sits at the 2nd percentile of its own 3.6-year range — the cheap end of where it has historically traded. Today's price implies ~13%/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 | 26.28 | 18.04 | worse |
| P/B | 8.5 | 2.11 | worse |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.41 | 7.72 | worse |
| ROE | 32.34 | 25.17 | better |
| ROCE | 41.98 | 15.35 | better |
| ROA | 18.38 | 3.96 | better |
| Quick Ratio | 2.15 | 1.94 | better |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Railtel Corp Of India | 69.5 | 8.7 | 10.9% |
Revenue has grown every year across all 4 financial years shown. 14% CAGR over 3 years — steady double-digit compounder.
Net profit has risen every year — the hallmark of a compounder.
Operating margin has compressed from 37% to 34% — costs or competition are eating into profitability.
ROE at 32% — 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 declining — ROE down 8pp.
EPS has grown every year — each share earns more than the last, consistently. 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. 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 6% QoQ — could be seasonality or a genuine slowdown. Run-rate stepping up — recent quarters average 9% above earlier ones.
Quarterly margins are compressing (28% → 23%) — 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 62.4% — majority control intact. FIIs trimmed 3.7pp — foreign money is rotating out.
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