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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.
PTL Enterprises Ltd. (PTL) is an India-based company. The Company is engaged in leasing activity. Its tire manufacturing facility of PTL at Kalamassery, Kerala, is leased out to Apollo Tyres Limited on a long-term basis. The truck-bus, cross-ply Tires manufactured at the…
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A high-quality, fast-growing business, trading cheap versus its own history.
PTL Enterprises is scored on the general / industrial framework. It keeps a fat 62.4% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Cash broadly tracks reported profit (CFO/PAT 0.99×). It throws off free cash worth 10.5% of its market value — a strong free-cash yield.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 3%/yr and profit at 26%/yr. Book value has grown 6%/yr. Return on equity is an elite 43.7%. In the latest quarter profit fell 34% versus the prior quarter.
At 11× earnings, the stock sits at the 11th percentile of its own 3.6-year range — the cheap end of where it has historically traded. Today's price implies ~9%/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 | 20.4 | 68.08 | better |
| P/B | 7.32 | 1.76 | worse |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.44 | 31.87 | better |
| ROE | 43.71 | 10.5 | better |
| ROCE | 29.62 | — | — |
| ROA | 4.94 | — | — |
| Quick Ratio | 0.65 | — | — |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| GMR Airports Infra | 133.1 | -27.7 | -25.6% |
| NBCC | 25.8 | 6.6 | 24.8% |
| INTL Gemological INST | 26.5 | 10.1 | 38.0% |
Revenue has grown every year across all 4 financial years shown. 3% CAGR — growing but slowly.
Net profit has risen every year — the hallmark of a compounder. Profit is growing faster than revenue (26% vs 3%) — margin expansion is at work.
Operating margin has expanded from 78% to 83% — the business is keeping more of each rupee earned. Interest or tax burden is shrinking — more of the operating profit is reaching the bottom line.
ROE at 5% — modest; the capital isn't working hard. Low variance across years — a predictable business that earns steadily on its equity base.
EPS has grown every year — each share earns more than the last, consistently. 26% 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. 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 19% QoQ — could be seasonality or a genuine slowdown.
Profit fell 34% QoQ — one-quarter drops can be noise, but a pattern matters. Quarterly margins are compressing (68% → 54%) — 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 69.8% — heavily owner-operated with strong skin in the game.
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