💡 Did you know?
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.
History
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.
TCI Express Limited is an India-based company, which is engaged in carrying express cargo distribution through road, rail, air, and water modes. The Company specializes in offering time definite solutions. Its services include surface express, domestic air express,…
Weekly engine runs — movement reflects the numbers, not analyst opinion.
A middling, stagnant business, trading cheap versus its own history.
TCI Express is scored on the general / industrial framework. It keeps a slim 6.5% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Those profits are backed by real cash — operating cash flow runs 1.25× reported profit. Free cash flow is worth about 0.7% of its market value.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 0%/yr and profit at -16%/yr. Book value has grown 11%/yr. Return on equity is a modest 9.5%. In the latest quarter profit grew 28% versus the prior quarter.
At 23× 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 ~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 | 22.84 | 18.08 | worse |
| P/B | 2.17 | — | — |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.63 | 5.94 | worse |
| ROE | 9.49 | 7.76 | better |
| ROCE | 12.28 | 12.25 | better |
| ROA | 7.49 | 1.74 | better |
| Quick Ratio | 3.12 | 2.24 | better |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meesho | -117.3 | 25.7 | -21.9% |
| Container Corp Of India | 27.4 | 2.5 | 9.1% |
| Delhivery | 172.8 | 3.3 | 2.1% |
0% CAGR — growing but slowly. Growth is accelerating — latest year outpaced the prior year's rate.
Revenue is outpacing profit (0% vs -16%) — costs are rising faster than the top line.
Operating margin has compressed from 15% to 9% — costs or competition are eating into profitability. Margins have declined for 3 consecutive years — watch for a structural cost problem.
ROE at 10% — modest; the capital isn't working hard. Capital efficiency declining — ROE down 13pp.
EPS dropped in the latest year despite possible profit changes — dilution or a profit dip could be at play. -16% 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 1.2× PAT — earnings are well-backed by cash; strong accrual quality. Heavy investing spend every year, but operations generate enough to cover it — the business self-funds its growth.
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. Low quarterly variance (6% spread) — a predictable, non-seasonal revenue stream.
Profit jumped 28% QoQ — check if this is operating leverage or a one-off item.
How today's P/E compares to the stock's own historical range. Dashed line = the 3.6y median.
Promoters hold 69.4% — heavily owner-operated with strong skin in the game.
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.