* price as on 06 Jun 2025
Financial
Mar-24A Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F
Revenue (Rsm) 257,741 275,476 300,874 322,016
Operating EBITDA (Rsm) 62,910 71,279 73,438 77,200
Net Profit (Rsm) 41,343 52,725 50,050 52,378
Core EPS (Rs) 53.0 65.3 62.0 64.9
Core EPS Growth 45.9% 23.3% (5.1%) 4.7%
FD Core P/E (x) 28.39 23.02 24.25 23.18
DPS (Rs) 5.5 6.0 6.0 6.5
Dividend Yield 0.37% 0.40% 0.40% 0.43%
EV/EBITDA (x) 18.38 15.83 15.19 13.58
P/FCFE (x) 17.57 14.56 34.06 8.63
Net Gearing (19.4%) (25.6%) (26.0%) (39.4%)
P/BV (x) 4.55 3.89 3.40 3.00
ROE 17.1% 18.2% 15.0% 13.8%
% Change In Core EPS Estimates
InCred Research/Consensus EPS (x)
(Rs mn) Mar-24A Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F
Total Net Revenues 257,741 275,476 300,874 322,016
Gross Profit 169,545 186,186 201,513 213,168
Operating EBITDA 62,910 71,279 73,438 77,200
Depreciation And Amortisation (10,510) (11,070) (12,500) (13,700)
Operating EBIT 52,400 60,210 60,938 63,500
Financial Income/(Expense) (899) (620) (600) (550)
Pretax Income/(Loss) from Assoc.
Non-Operating Income/(Expense) 7,466 8,619 7,500 8,000
Profit Before Tax (pre-EI) 58,967 68,208 67,838 70,950
Exceptional Items (1,948)
Pre-tax Profit 57,019 68,208 67,838 70,950
Taxation (15,466) (15,298) (17,638) (18,447)
Exceptional Income - post-tax
Profit After Tax 41,553 52,911 50,200 52,503
Minority Interests (211) (185) (150) (125)
Preferred Dividends
FX Gain/(Loss) - post tax
Other Adjustments - post-tax
Net Profit 41,343 52,725 50,050 52,378
Recurring Net Profit 42,762 52,725 50,050 52,378
Fully Diluted Recurring Net Profit 42,762 52,725 50,050 52,378
(Rs mn) Mar-24A Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F
EBITDA 62,910 71,279 73,438 77,200
Cash Flow from Invt. & Assoc.
Change In Working Capital (8,061) (6,655) (31,060) 17,670
(Incr)/Decr in Total Provisions
Other Non-Cash (Income)/Expense
Other Operating Cashflow (13,510) (14,575) (17,788) (18,572)
Net Interest (Paid)/Received (899) (620) (600) (550)
Tax Paid (20,077) (22,573) (24,688) (26,022)
Cashflow From Operations 41,339 50,050 24,590 76,298
Capex (13,151) (15,148) (13,539) (12,000)
Disposals Of FAs/subsidiaries
Acq. Of Subsidiaries/investments (420) (1,606)
Other Investing Cashflow
Cash Flow From Investing 27,768 33,296 11,051 64,298
Debt Raised/(repaid)
Proceeds From Issue Of Shares 0 (403)
Shares Repurchased
Dividends Paid (6,862) (364) (4,848) (4,850)
Preferred Dividends
Other Financing Cashflow 47,961 24,875 13,141 8,401
Cash Flow From Financing 41,100 24,109 8,293 3,550
Total Cash Generated 68,868 57,404 19,344 67,848
Free Cashflow To Equity 69,107 83,345 35,641 140,595
Free Cashflow To Firm 70,006 83,965 36,241 141,145
(Rs mn) Mar-24A Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F
Total Cash And Equivalents 56,822 80,931 100,275 168,123
Total Debtors 47,707 55,064 57,166 64,403
Inventories 52,380 56,421 87,254 61,183
Total Other Current Assets 37,506 40,470 45,131 51,523
Total Current Assets 194,414 232,885 289,825 345,232
Fixed Assets 60,469 65,863 66,902 65,202
Total Investments 6,422 6,395 6,395 6,395
Intangible Assets 47,130 49,864 49,864 49,864
Total Other Non-Current Assets 18,743 18,863 18,863 18,863
Total Non-current Assets 132,764 140,985 142,025 140,325
Short-term Debt 2,470 801 801 801
Current Portion of Long-Term Debt
Total Creditors 24,740 28,375 31,064 32,058
Other Current Liabilities 25,248 25,664 29,511 33,745
Total Current Liabilities 52,458 54,840 61,376 66,604
Total Long-term Debt 2,254 120 6,361 7,311
Hybrid Debt - Debt Component
Total Other Non-Current Liabilities 4,443 6,019 6,019 6,019
Total Non-current Liabilities 6,697 6,138 12,379 13,330
Total Provisions
Total Liabilities 59,155 60,978 73,755 79,934
Shareholders Equity 267,064 311,935 356,987 404,389
Minority Interests 959 958 1,108 1,233
Total Equity 268,023 312,893 358,095 405,622
Mar-24A Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F
Revenue Growth 13.3% 6.9% 9.2% 7.0%
Operating EBITDA Growth 25.1% 13.3% 3.0% 5.1%
Operating EBITDA Margin 24.4% 25.9% 24.4% 24.0%
Net Cash Per Share (Rs) 64.56 99.14 115.38 198.28
BVPS (Rs) 330.93 386.54 442.36 501.10
Gross Interest Cover 58.30 97.10 101.56 115.45
Effective Tax Rate 27.1% 22.4% 26.0% 26.0%
Net Dividend Payout Ratio
Accounts Receivables Days 62.51 68.08 68.07 68.90
Inventory Days 215.09 222.38 263.89 248.87
Accounts Payables Days 102.04 108.56 109.17 105.83
ROIC (%) 18.3% 19.4% 17.2% 19.4%
ROCE (%) 20.3% 20.5% 17.9% 16.3%
Return On Average Assets 14.2% 15.2% 12.6% 11.5%

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