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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.
Monte Carlo Fashions Limited is an India-based apparel company. The Company is engaged in manufacturing of designer woolen/cotton readymade apparels and trading of readymade apparels including blankets under its brand MONTE CARLO for men, women and kids. The Company also has…
Weekly engine runs — movement reflects the numbers, not analyst opinion.
A decent, stagnant business, trading cheap versus its own history.
Monte Carlo Fashions is scored on the general / industrial framework. It keeps a slim 8.5% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Cash broadly tracks reported profit (CFO/PAT 0.89×). It throws off free cash worth 8.3% of its market value — a strong free-cash yield.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 5%/yr and profit at -5%/yr. Book value has grown 5%/yr. Return on equity is a modest 10.2%. In the latest quarter profit fell 566% versus the prior quarter.
At 9× earnings, the stock sits at the 1st percentile of its own 3.6-year range — the cheap end of where it has historically traded. Today's price asks for only ~1%/yr growth over a decade — undemanding expectations. 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 | 11.48 | — | — |
| P/B | 1.17 | 2.32 | better |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.64 | — | — |
| ROE | 10.16 | 10.87 | worse |
| ROCE | 9.39 | 5.74 | better |
| ROA | 4.06 | — | — |
| Quick Ratio | 0.92 | — | — |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grasim Industries | 19.5 | 2.1 | 4.8% |
| Welspun India | 51.6 | 4.5 | 8.6% |
| Vardhman Textiles | 14.3 | 1.3 | 7.1% |
5% CAGR — growing but slowly. Growth is accelerating — latest year outpaced the prior year's rate.
Revenue is outpacing profit (5% vs -5%) — costs are rising faster than the top line. The latest year saw a +38% swing — check if it's a one-off or structural.
Operating margin has compressed from 15% to 11% — costs or competition are eating into profitability.
ROE at 12% — a respectable return on shareholder capital.
-5% 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. 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 45% QoQ — could be seasonality or a genuine slowdown. Wide quarterly swings (74% spread) — likely seasonality, lumpy orders, or project-based revenue. Run-rate fading — recent quarters 49% below earlier ones.
1 of 4 quarters loss-making — quarterly profitability is uneven. Profit fell 566% QoQ — one-quarter drops can be noise, but a pattern matters. Quarterly margins are compressing (6% → -15%) — 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.
Promoters hold 73.2% — heavily owner-operated with strong skin in the game.
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