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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.
Tanla Platforms Limited is an India-based company, which is engaged in providing application to person (A2P) messaging platform. The Company develops and delivers cutting-edge technology and products which meet the discerning needs of a diverse clientele, from enterprises to…
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An exceptional, slow-growing business, fairly priced.
Tanla Platforms is scored on the it / services framework. It keeps a healthy 11.4% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Those profits are backed by real cash — operating cash flow runs 1.13× reported profit. It throws off free cash worth 7.2% of its market value — a strong free-cash yield.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 10%/yr and profit at 4%/yr. Book value itself has compounded 18%/yr — the hallmark of a genuine compounder. Return on equity is an elite 20.4%. In the latest quarter profit grew 3% versus the prior quarter.
At 17× earnings, the stock sits at the 46th percentile of its own 3.6-year range — the middle of where it has historically traded. Today's price implies ~6%/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 | 15.59 | 58.63 | better |
| P/B | 3.17 | 7.84 | better |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.35 | — | — |
| ROE | 20.36 | 5.36 | better |
| ROCE | 25.17 | 67.95 | worse |
| ROA | 13.35 | — | — |
| Quick Ratio | 2.3 | 11.28 | worse |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| TCS | 17.4 | 7.6 | 43.4% |
| Infosys | 15.6 | 5.1 | 31.0% |
| HCL Technologies | 21.3 | 5.1 | 24.1% |
Revenue has grown every year across all 4 financial years shown. 10% CAGR — growing but slowly. Growth is accelerating — latest year outpaced the prior year's rate.
Revenue is outpacing profit (10% vs 4%) — costs are rising faster than the top line.
Operating margin has compressed from 17% to 14% — costs or competition are eating into profitability.
ROE at 20% — the business earns well above its cost of equity. Capital efficiency declining — ROE down 9pp.
5% 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 rose 10% sequentially — momentum is building. Run-rate stepping up — recent quarters average 13% above earlier ones.
How today's P/E compares to the stock's own historical range. Dashed line = the 3.6y median.
Promoters at 46.2% — dispersed ownership; institutional flows drive the stock. Both FII and MF added last quarter — broad institutional confidence.
Produced by a rules-based engine over licensed exchange fundamentals — every sentence above is derived from the numbers shown, no analyst or AI opinion involved. Education and research context, not investment advice. We are not SEBI-registered as an Investment Adviser or Research Analyst.