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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.
KEC International Limited is an India-based global infrastructure engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company. Its segments include EPC and others. Its EPC comprises infrastructure-related projects, systems, products and related activities for power transmission…
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A decent, fast-growing business, trading cheap versus its own history.
KEC International is scored on the general / industrial framework. It keeps a thin 2.6% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Cash conversion lags the reported profit (CFO/PAT -0.68×) — worth a closer look. Free cash flow is worth about -7.4% of its market value.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 11%/yr and profit at 51%/yr. Book value itself has compounded 18%/yr — the hallmark of a genuine compounder. Return on equity is a weak 7.7%. In the latest quarter profit fell 62% versus the prior quarter.
At 15× 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 ~10%/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 | 20.98 | 22.44 | better |
| P/B | 1.46 | 2.58 | better |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.12 | 29.45 | better |
| ROE | 7.71 | 6.27 | better |
| ROCE | 10.51 | 29.51 | worse |
| ROA | 1.7 | 3.35 | worse |
| Quick Ratio | 1.15 | — | — |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larsen & Toubro | 27.1 | 5.0 | 15.8% |
| RVNL | 44.7 | 4.1 | 8.9% |
| ACME Solar Holdings | 36.9 | 3.3 | 9.1% |
Revenue has grown every year across all 4 financial years shown. 11% CAGR over 3 years — steady double-digit compounder.
Net profit has risen every year — the hallmark of a compounder. Profit is growing faster than revenue (51% vs 11%) — margin expansion is at work.
Operating margin has expanded from 1% to 3% — the business is keeping more of each rupee earned.
ROE at 10% — modest; the capital isn't working hard. Capital efficiency improving — ROE up 5pp across the window.
EPS has grown every year — each share earns more than the last, consistently. 49% EPS CAGR — this is the rate at which each share's claim on earnings is compounding.
1 of 4 years had negative operating cash flow — profitability on paper may not translate to cash. Investing outflows exceed operating cash — the company relies on external funding to finance expansion.
When operating cash keeps pace with reported profit, earnings are cash-backed; a persistent shortfall is a quality flag.
Revenue fell 22% QoQ — could be seasonality or a genuine slowdown.
Profit fell 62% 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.
Promoter holding at 50.1% — majority control intact. FIIs trimmed 3.1pp — foreign money is rotating out. MF stake down 4.7pp — domestic funds are booking profits or rebalancing out.
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