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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.
Kokuyo Camlin Limited is an India-based holding company, which is engaged in the business of manufacturing, trading, and selling of stationery. It manufactures art material, marker pens, inks, pencils, and others stationery products. The Company has diversified portfolio in…
Weekly engine runs — movement reflects the numbers, not analyst opinion.
A middling, stagnant business, trading cheap versus its own history.
KOKUYO CAMLIN is scored on the general / industrial framework. It keeps a thin 3.1% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Those profits are backed by real cash — operating cash flow runs 1.61× reported profit. Free cash flow is worth about 3.3% of its market value.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 1%/yr and profit at 1%/yr. Book value has grown 7%/yr. Return on equity is a weak 6.2%. In the latest quarter profit grew 153% versus the prior quarter.
At 29× earnings, the stock sits at the 9th percentile of its own 3.6-year range — the cheap end of where it has historically traded. Today's price already implies ~25%/yr earnings growth sustained for a decade — a demanding bar. 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 | 63.52 | 31.28 | worse |
| P/B | 3.89 | 2.66 | worse |
| EV/EBITDA | 21.71 | 14.27 | worse |
| ROE | 6.24 | 4.71 | better |
| ROCE | 8.43 | 9.17 | worse |
| ROA | 3.53 | 4.21 | worse |
| Quick Ratio | 0.58 | 1.49 | worse |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOMS Industries | 61.4 | 9.7 | 15.3% |
| Navneet Education | 7.8 | 1.3 | 5.4% |
| Flair Writing Indust | 20.0 | 2.2 | 10.7% |
1% CAGR — growing but slowly. Growth is accelerating — latest year outpaced the prior year's rate.
The latest year saw a +325% swing — check if it's a one-off or structural.
Operating margins have been stable around 4% — no major structural shift.
ROE at 8% — modest; the capital isn't working hard.
0% 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 1.6× 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 29% above earlier ones.
Profit jumped 153% QoQ — check if this is operating leverage or a one-off item.
How today's P/E compares to the stock's own historical range. Dashed line = the 3.6y median.
Promoters hold 75.0% — heavily owner-operated with strong skin in the game.
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