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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.
Welspun Corp Limited is an India-based company, which is engaged in the line pipes and home solutions, along with other lines of businesses in infrastructure, pipe solutions, building materials, warehousing, retail, advanced textiles and flooring solutions. The Company is…
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A decent, fast-growing business, fully valued.
Welspun Corp is scored on the commodity / cyclical framework. It keeps a slim 9.6% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Those profits are backed by real cash — operating cash flow runs 1.98× reported profit. Free cash flow is worth about -0.9% of its market value.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 19%/yr and profit at 101%/yr. Book value itself has compounded 25%/yr — the hallmark of a genuine compounder. Return on equity is an elite 22.3%. In the latest quarter profit fell 53% versus the prior quarter.
At 36× earnings, the stock sits at the 73rd percentile of its own 3.6-year range — the middle of where it has historically traded. Today's price implies ~12%/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 | 24.59 | 21.11 | worse |
| P/B | 5.49 | 2.12 | worse |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.65 | 8.94 | worse |
| ROE | 22.29 | 18.05 | better |
| ROCE | 26.05 | 11.11 | better |
| ROA | 10.22 | 3.13 | better |
| Quick Ratio | 0.77 | 3.33 | worse |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cummins India | 49.9 | 13.5 | 27.1% |
| Indo-mim | 109.9 | 21.2 | 23.4% |
| APL Apollo Tubes | 46.3 | 10.6 | 22.8% |
19% CAGR over 3 years — steady double-digit compounder. Growth is accelerating — latest year outpaced the prior year's rate.
Profit is on a 2-year growth streak. Profit is growing faster than revenue (101% vs 19%) — margin expansion is at work.
Operating margin has expanded from 3% to 13% — the business is keeping more of each rupee earned.
ROE at 17% — a respectable return on shareholder capital. Capital efficiency improving — ROE up 13pp across the window.
EPS dropped in the latest year despite possible profit changes — dilution or a profit dip could be at play. Profit grew faster than EPS (101% vs 98%) — share dilution is eroding per-share value. 98% 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 2.0× PAT — earnings are well-backed by cash; strong accrual quality. Raising capital despite positive cash flow — could signal expansion plans or opportunistic fundraising.
When operating cash keeps pace with reported profit, earnings are cash-backed; a persistent shortfall is a quality flag.
Revenue rose 13% sequentially — momentum is building.
Profit fell 53% 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 at 47.5% — dispersed ownership; institutional flows drive the stock. Promoters reduced 2.3pp over 4 quarters — watch whether this is planned divestment or pledge invocations. FII stake up 11.7pp over 4 quarters — growing foreign interest.
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.