* price as on 12 Sep 2025
Financial
Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F Mar-28F
Revenue (Rsm) 7,581,058 7,431,465 7,888,039 7,956,970
Operating EBITDA (Rsm) 359,905 541,425 607,234 568,768
Net Profit (Rsm) 139,509 253,186 288,599 251,852
Core EPS (Rs) 8.8 17.9 20.4 17.8
Core EPS Growth (70.3%) 103.2% 14.0% (12.7%)
FD Core P/E (x) 14.43 7.95 6.98 8.00
DPS (Rs) 2.5 2.5 2.5
Dividend Yield
EV/EBITDA (x) 9.57 6.15 5.48 5.84
P/FCFE (x) 27.35 12.48 32.70 43.69
Net Gearing 72.6% 61.4% 55.9% 51.8%
P/BV (x) 1.08 1.00 0.92 0.86
ROE 6.7% 13.0% 13.7% 11.1%
% Change In Core EPS Estimates
InCred Research/Consensus EPS (x)
(Rs mn) Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F Mar-28F
Total Net Revenues 7,581,058 7,431,465 7,888,039 7,956,970
Gross Profit 1,013,203 1,207,883 1,318,688 1,311,673
Operating EBITDA 359,905 541,425 607,234 568,768
Depreciation And Amortisation (167,773) (164,546) (181,641) (198,736)
Operating EBIT 192,132 376,878 425,592 370,032
Financial Income/(Expense) (89,089) (87,757) (87,507) (85,319)
Pretax Income/(Loss) from Assoc. 17,604
Non-Operating Income/(Expense) 35,137 53,074 56,074 59,074
Profit Before Tax (pre-EI) 155,785 342,195 394,159 343,787
Exceptional Items 18,380
Pre-tax Profit 174,165 342,195 394,159 343,787
Taxation (32,746) (86,232) (99,307) (86,128)
Exceptional Income - post-tax
Profit After Tax 141,419 255,963 294,852 257,659
Minority Interests (1,910) (2,778) (6,253) (5,808)
Preferred Dividends
FX Gain/(Loss) - post tax
Other Adjustments - post-tax
Net Profit 139,509 253,186 288,599 251,852
Recurring Net Profit 124,584 253,186 288,599 251,852
Fully Diluted Recurring Net Profit 124,584 253,186 288,599 251,852
(Rs mn) Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F Mar-28F
EBITDA 359,905 541,425 607,234 568,768
Cash Flow from Invt. & Assoc.
Change In Working Capital 7,091 146,702 (2,586) 4,581
(Incr)/Decr in Total Provisions
Other Non-Cash (Income)/Expense
Other Operating Cashflow (106,141) (176,766) (193,067) (177,254)
Net Interest (Paid)/Received
Tax Paid 15,745
Cashflow From Operations 276,601 511,360 411,581 396,096
Capex (186,201) (350,000) (350,000) (350,000)
Disposals Of FAs/subsidiaries
Acq. Of Subsidiaries/investments
Other Investing Cashflow (16,766)
Cash Flow From Investing (202,967) (350,000) (350,000) (350,000)
Debt Raised/(repaid)
Proceeds From Issue Of Shares
Shares Repurchased
Dividends Paid (116,544) (29,136) (100,098) (112,764)
Preferred Dividends
Other Financing Cashflow 255,221 29,074 52,074 55,074
Cash Flow From Financing 138,677 (62) (48,024) (57,690)
Total Cash Generated 212,311 161,298 13,557 (11,595)
Free Cashflow To Equity 73,634 161,360 61,581 46,096
Free Cashflow To Firm 73,634 161,360 61,581 46,096
(Rs mn) Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F Mar-28F
Total Cash And Equivalents 136,739 229,907 237,105 244,717
Total Debtors 185,510 123,059 130,226 131,301
Inventories 1,138,785 1,085,914 1,151,403 1,161,274
Total Other Current Assets 115,409 112,319 114,310 114,609
Total Current Assets 1,576,442 1,551,199 1,633,044 1,651,902
Fixed Assets 1,971,620 2,124,074 2,259,433 2,377,696
Total Investments 568,496 568,496 568,496 568,496
Intangible Assets 81,600 81,600 81,600 81,600
Total Other Non-Current Assets 870,513 903,513 936,513 969,513
Total Non-current Assets 3,492,229 3,677,682 3,846,041 3,997,305
Short-term Debt 939,362 964,362 979,362 994,362
Current Portion of Long-Term Debt
Total Creditors 605,349 561,553 589,973 596,215
Other Current Liabilities 775,499 847,585 891,227 900,812
Total Current Liabilities 2,320,211 2,373,500 2,460,561 2,491,389
Total Long-term Debt 583,344 534,344 515,344 496,344
Hybrid Debt - Debt Component
Total Other Non-Current Liabilities 48,220 48,220 48,220 48,220
Total Non-current Liabilities 631,564 582,564 563,564 544,564
Total Provisions 206,650 206,650 206,650 206,650
Total Liabilities 3,158,424 3,162,714 3,230,775 3,242,602
Shareholders Equity 1,864,873 2,018,016 2,193,906 2,346,393
Minority Interests 45,373 48,151 54,404 60,211
Total Equity 1,910,247 2,066,167 2,248,310 2,406,604
Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F Mar-28F
Revenue Growth (2.4%) (2.0%) 6.1% 0.9%
Operating EBITDA Growth (52.4%) 50.4% 12.2% (6.3%)
Operating EBITDA Margin 4.7% 7.3% 7.7% 7.1%
Net Cash Per Share (Rs) (98.15) (89.85) (89.06) (88.24)
BVPS (Rs) 132.06 142.91 155.36 166.16
Gross Interest Cover
Effective Tax Rate 18.8% 25.2% 25.2% 25.1%
Net Dividend Payout Ratio
Accounts Receivables Days 7.80 7.58 5.86 6.00
Inventory Days 65.37 65.24 62.15 63.51
Accounts Payables Days 33.34 34.22 31.99 32.58
ROIC (%) 2.3% 10.1% 10.2% 11.1%
ROCE (%) 5.5% 10.2% 11.0% 9.2%
Return On Average Assets 3.1% 6.3% 6.8% 6.2%

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