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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.
Sheela Foam Limited is an India-based company, which manufactures polyurethane (PU) foam and mattresses. The Company offers a wide range of products for home comfort, technical applications and institutional use. Its product portfolio includes mattresses segmentation, comfort…
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A decent, stagnant business, trading cheap versus its own history.
Sheela Foam is scored on the consumer / fmcg framework. It keeps a thin 3.6% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Those profits are backed by real cash — operating cash flow runs 2.94× reported profit. It throws off free cash worth 12.2% of its market value — a strong free-cash yield.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 9%/yr and profit at -11%/yr. Book value itself has compounded 27%/yr — the hallmark of a genuine compounder. Return on equity is a weak 7.5%. In the latest quarter profit fell 24% versus the prior quarter.
At 36× earnings, the stock sits at the 3rd percentile of its own 3.6-year range — the cheap end of where it has historically traded. Today's price implies ~11%/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 | 22.92 | 34.06 | better |
| P/B | 1.73 | 6.9 | better |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.76 | 24.59 | better |
| ROE | 7.49 | 12.65 | worse |
| ROCE | 8.53 | 20.34 | worse |
| ROA | 4.4 | 10.04 | worse |
| Quick Ratio | 0.49 | — | — |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| LG Electronics India | 61.9 | 13.5 | 21.9% |
| Dixon Techno | 44.2 | 13.1 | 26.4% |
| Havells India | 42.4 | 7.2 | 17.0% |
Revenue has grown every year across all 4 financial years shown. 9% CAGR — growing but slowly. Growth is decelerating — latest year grew slower than the year before.
Revenue is outpacing profit (9% vs -11%) — costs are rising faster than the top line. The latest year saw a +57% swing — check if it's a one-off or structural.
Operating margin has compressed from 9% to 5% — costs or competition are eating into profitability. Margins have declined for 2 consecutive years — watch for a structural cost problem.
ROE at 4% — modest; the capital isn't working hard. Capital efficiency declining — ROE down 8pp.
-10% 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. Cash conversion at 2.9× 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.
Profit fell 24% QoQ — one-quarter drops can be noise, but a pattern matters. Quarterly net margins are expanding (1% → 6%) — profitability per rupee of revenue is improving.
How today's P/E compares to the stock's own historical range. Dashed line = the 3.6y median.
Promoters hold 65.4% — heavily owner-operated with strong skin in the game. MF stake down 2.0pp — domestic funds are booking profits or rebalancing out.
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