* price as on 12 Sep 2025
Financial
Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F Mar-28F
Revenue (Rsm) 125,631 134,091 143,801 154,443
Operating EBITDA (Rsm) 23,163 24,796 27,168 29,728
Net Profit (Rsm) 17,676 18,781 20,751 22,761
Core EPS (Rs) 10.0 10.6 11.7 12.9
Core EPS Growth (4.1%) 6.4% 10.6% 9.7%
FD Core P/E (x) 54.02 50.77 45.89 41.84
DPS (Rs) 5.4 4.8 5.1 5.4
Dividend Yield 1.02% 0.90% 0.96% 1.01%
EV/EBITDA (x) 40.66 37.78 34.20 30.96
P/FCFE (x) 129.60 181.21 99.04 75.01
Net Gearing (15.3%) (16.6%) (19.5%) (23.5%)
P/BV (x) 8.84 7.84 7.15 6.50
ROE 17.1% 16.4% 16.3% 16.3%
% Change In Core EPS Estimates
InCred Research/Consensus EPS (x)
(Rs mn) Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F Mar-28F
Total Net Revenues 125,631 134,091 143,801 154,443
Gross Profit 60,282 64,634 70,224 76,395
Operating EBITDA 23,163 24,796 27,168 29,728
Depreciation And Amortisation (4,456) (4,337) (4,635) (4,939)
Operating EBIT 18,707 20,458 22,533 24,788
Financial Income/(Expense) 3,866 3,470 3,818 4,100
Pretax Income/(Loss) from Assoc.
Non-Operating Income/(Expense)
Profit Before Tax (pre-EI) 22,573 23,928 26,351 28,888
Exceptional Items
Pre-tax Profit 22,573 23,928 26,351 28,888
Taxation (5,175) (5,477) (5,990) (6,517)
Exceptional Income - post-tax
Profit After Tax 17,399 18,451 20,361 22,371
Minority Interests 278 330 390 390
Preferred Dividends
FX Gain/(Loss) - post tax
Other Adjustments - post-tax
Net Profit 17,676 18,781 20,751 22,761
Recurring Net Profit 17,676 18,781 20,751 22,761
Fully Diluted Recurring Net Profit 17,676 18,781 20,751 22,761
(Rs mn) Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F Mar-28F
EBITDA 23,163 24,796 27,168 29,728
Cash Flow from Invt. & Assoc. 278 330 390 390
Change In Working Capital 511 (15,145) (1,122) (1,356)
(Incr)/Decr in Total Provisions
Other Non-Cash (Income)/Expense
Other Operating Cashflow 5,501 5,150 5,418 5,700
Net Interest (Paid)/Received (1,635) (1,680) (1,600) (1,600)
Tax Paid (5,175) (5,477) (5,990) (6,517)
Cashflow From Operations 22,644 7,974 24,265 26,344
Capex (5,776) (8,164) (4,500) (3,500)
Disposals Of FAs/subsidiaries
Acq. Of Subsidiaries/investments (5,352) 3,217 (10,000) (10,000)
Other Investing Cashflow
Cash Flow From Investing (11,128) (4,947) (14,500) (13,500)
Debt Raised/(repaid) (4,147) 2,236 (150) (150)
Proceeds From Issue Of Shares
Shares Repurchased
Dividends Paid (9,748) (8,526) (9,095) (9,615)
Preferred Dividends
Other Financing Cashflow 1,496 2,568 (278) (271)
Cash Flow From Financing (12,399) (3,722) (9,523) (10,036)
Total Cash Generated (884) (696) 242 2,808
Free Cashflow To Equity 7,368 5,262 9,615 12,694
Free Cashflow To Firm 13,151 4,707 11,365 14,444
(Rs mn) Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F Mar-28F
Total Cash And Equivalents 26,656 32,507 38,249 46,558
Total Debtors 8,885 18,261 18,830 20,290
Inventories 23,001 24,409 25,442 27,413
Total Other Current Assets 8,417 6,919 8,773 9,269
Total Current Assets 66,959 82,096 91,294 103,530
Fixed Assets 37,510 36,337 35,201 33,762
Total Investments 53,803 44,038 48,538 53,038
Intangible Assets 4,051 4,053 4,053 4,053
Total Other Non-Current Assets
Total Non-current Assets 95,364 84,428 87,792 90,853
Short-term Debt 4,644 7,306 7,306 7,306
Current Portion of Long-Term Debt
Total Creditors 28,253 30,587 32,731 35,092
Other Current Liabilities 7,701
Total Current Liabilities 40,598 37,893 40,037 42,398
Total Long-term Debt 4,860 4,433 4,283 4,133
Hybrid Debt - Debt Component
Total Other Non-Current Liabilities
Total Non-current Liabilities 4,860 4,433 4,283 4,133
Total Provisions 4,763 3,737 3,928 4,138
Total Liabilities 50,220 46,063 48,248 50,669
Shareholders Equity 108,007 121,474 133,243 146,507
Minority Interests 4,096 3,985 3,595 3,205
Total Equity 112,103 125,459 136,837 149,712
Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F Mar-28F
Revenue Growth 1.3% 6.7% 7.2% 7.4%
Operating EBITDA Growth (3.5%) 7.0% 9.6% 9.4%
Operating EBITDA Margin 18.4% 18.5% 18.9% 19.2%
Net Cash Per Share (Rs) 9.68 11.75 15.09 19.87
BVPS (Rs) 60.94 68.74 75.40 82.91
Gross Interest Cover 11.44 12.18 14.08 15.49
Effective Tax Rate 22.9% 22.9% 22.7% 22.6%
Net Dividend Payout Ratio 55.1% 45.4% 43.8% 42.2%
Accounts Receivables Days 25.96 36.95 47.07 46.23
Inventory Days 118.61 124.57 123.65 123.59
Accounts Payables Days 146.54 154.60 157.05 158.59
ROIC (%) 40.7% 34.4% 37.8% 41.5%
ROCE (%) 19.7% 19.3% 19.2% 19.4%
Return On Average Assets 8.6% 9.1% 9.6% 9.8%

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