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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.
R K Swamy Limited is an India-based integrated marketing services company, offering a single-window solution for creative, media, data analytics and market research services. The Company's services include integrated marketing communications, customer data analytics and…
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A decent, stagnant business, trading cheap versus its own history.
R K SWAMY LIMITED is scored on the general / industrial framework. It keeps a slim 6.3% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Those profits are backed by real cash — operating cash flow runs 1.74× reported profit. It throws off free cash worth 7.9% of its market value — a strong free-cash yield.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 6%/yr and profit at -11%/yr. Book value itself has compounded 80%/yr — the hallmark of a genuine compounder. Return on equity is a modest 9.2%. In the latest quarter profit fell 78% versus the prior quarter.
At 18× earnings, the stock sits at the 2nd percentile of its own 2.7-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 | 17.75 | — | — |
| P/B | 1.53 | 2.11 | better |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.16 | — | — |
| ROE | 9.23 | 10.49 | worse |
| ROCE | 11.67 | 12.9 | worse |
| ROA | 5.3 | 8.72 | worse |
| Quick Ratio | 2.66 | 13.6 | worse |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Network18 Media & Inv | -206.5 | 0.8 | 0.2% |
| D.b.corp | 8.5 | 1.1 | 13.0% |
| Jagran Prakashan | 8.0 | 0.7 | 9.8% |
5% CAGR — growing but slowly. Growth is accelerating — latest year outpaced the prior year's rate.
Revenue is outpacing profit (5% vs -11%) — costs are rising faster than the top line.
Operating margin has compressed from 14% to 8% — costs or competition are eating into profitability.
ROE at 8% — modest; the capital isn't working hard. Capital efficiency declining — ROE down 61pp.
Profit grew faster than EPS (-11% vs -15%) — share dilution is eroding per-share value. -15% 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 1.7× 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 fell 18% QoQ — could be seasonality or a genuine slowdown. Run-rate stepping up — recent quarters average 14% above earlier ones.
Profit fell 78% QoQ — one-quarter drops can be noise, but a pattern matters. Quarterly net margins are expanding (1% → 4%) — profitability per rupee of revenue is improving.
How today's P/E compares to the stock's own historical range. Dashed line = the 2.7y median.
Promoters hold 69.6% — heavily owner-operated with strong skin in the game. MF stake down 3.4pp — domestic funds are booking profits or rebalancing out.
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