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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.
Rana Sugars Limited is an India-based company that is engaged in the manufacturing of sugar, distillery and co-generation of power. The Company's segments include Sugar, Power and Distillery. Its sugar segment manufactures and sells sugar, molasses and bagasse. The Company…
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A middling, stagnant business, fully valued — but flagged on governance.
Rana Sugars is scored on the commodity / cyclical framework. It keeps a thin 1.3% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Those profits are backed by real cash — operating cash flow runs 3.87× reported profit. It throws off free cash worth 55.6% of its market value — a strong free-cash yield.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 2%/yr and profit at -28%/yr. Book value has grown 5%/yr. Return on equity is a weak 0.4%. In the latest quarter profit fell 174% versus the prior quarter.
At 8× earnings, the stock sits at the 62nd percentile of its own 3.6-year range — the middle of where it has historically traded. Today's price implies ~16%/yr earnings growth for a decade. The forensic screen raises a red flag: 85% of pre-tax profit is other income, not operations.
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 | 33.78 | 13.84 | worse |
| P/B | 0.34 | 1.06 | better |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.29 | 3.42 | worse |
| ROE | 0.44 | — | — |
| ROCE | 3.65 | 5.34 | worse |
| ROA | 0.43 | 0.28 | better |
| Quick Ratio | 0.54 | 0.62 | worse |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balrampur Chini Mills | 33.9 | 3.0 | 8.8% |
| Eid Parry India | 9.3 | 1.3 | 9.9% |
| Triveni Engineering & Industries | 15.5 | 1.7 | 11.0% |
2% CAGR — growing but slowly. Growth is decelerating — latest year grew slower than the year before.
Revenue is outpacing profit (2% vs -28%) — costs are rising faster than the top line. The latest year saw a -31% swing — check if it's a one-off or structural.
Operating margin has compressed from 5% to 2% — costs or competition are eating into profitability.
ROE at 4% — modest; the capital isn't working hard. Capital efficiency declining — ROE down 8pp.
EPS dropped in the latest year despite possible profit changes — dilution or a profit dip could be at play. -28% 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. Cash conversion at 3.9× PAT — earnings are well-backed by cash; strong accrual quality. 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 17% above earlier ones.
2 of 4 quarters loss-making — quarterly profitability is uneven. Profit fell 174% 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.
Promoters hold just 22.6% — widely held; sentiment-driven.
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