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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.
Quess Corp Limited is an India-based staffing company. The Company is engaged in the business of providing services in general staffing, professional staffing, overseas business and digital platform business. Its segments include General Staffing, Professional Staffing,…
Weekly engine runs — movement reflects the numbers, not analyst opinion.
A high-quality, stagnant business, trading cheap versus its own history.
Quess Corp is scored on the general / industrial framework. It keeps a thin 1.4% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Cash broadly tracks reported profit (CFO/PAT 1.04×). Free cash flow is worth about 3.3% of its market value.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at -4%/yr and profit at -0%/yr. Net worth has actually shrunk (-25%/yr) — value is not being built. Return on equity is an elite 23.3%. In the latest quarter profit fell 9% versus the prior quarter.
At 22× 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 ~7%/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 | 17.31 | 68.08 | better |
| P/B | 4.04 | 1.76 | worse |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.57 | 31.87 | better |
| ROE | 23.29 | 10.5 | better |
| ROCE | 24.81 | — | — |
| ROA | 7.57 | — | — |
| Quick Ratio | 1.38 | — | — |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3M India | 58.2 | 16.6 | 27.2% |
| NAVA | 15.4 | 1.7 | 9.0% |
| DCM Shriram | 10.1 | 1.7 | 16.3% |
Negative CAGR — the top line has shrunk over this window. Growth is decelerating — latest year grew slower than the year before.
Profit is growing faster than revenue (-0% vs -4%) — margin expansion is at work. The latest year saw a +384% swing — check if it's a one-off or structural.
Operating margins have been stable around 2% — no major structural shift. Margins have declined for 2 consecutive years — watch for a structural cost problem.
ROE at 19% — a respectable return on shareholder capital. High ROE despite single-digit margins — an asset-turn play with high capital velocity. Capital efficiency improving — ROE up 11pp across the window.
-1% 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 broadly flat QoQ — stable but not accelerating. Run-rate stepping up — recent quarters average 10% above earlier ones.
How today's P/E compares to the stock's own historical range. Dashed line = the 3.6y median.
Promoter holding at 56.8% — majority control intact. Both FII and MF added last quarter — broad institutional confidence.
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