* price as on 04 Feb 2025
Financial
Mar-24A Mar-25F Mar-26F Mar-27F
Revenue (Rsm) 132,785 141,861 156,588 174,048
Operating EBITDA (Rsm) 24,220 26,337 29,188 32,547
Net Profit (Rsm) 15,549 16,916 19,541 22,190
Core EPS (Rs) 81.9 88.8 102.4 116.3
Core EPS Growth (5.1%) 8.4% 15.3% 13.6%
FD Core P/E (x) 30.19 27.85 24.16 21.28
DPS (Rs) 55.0 65.0 71.7 81.4
Dividend Yield 2.23% 2.63% 2.90% 3.29%
EV/EBITDA (x) 18.89 17.16 15.25 13.43
P/FCFE (x) 21.93 25.19 23.99 22.54
Net Gearing (13.5%) (20.6%) (27.4%) (33.4%)
P/BV (x) 5.35 5.11 4.80 4.50
ROE 18.6% 18.8% 20.5% 21.8%
% Change In Core EPS Estimates
InCred Research/Consensus EPS (x)
(Rs mn) Mar-24A Mar-25F Mar-26F Mar-27F
Total Net Revenues 132,785 141,861 156,588 174,048
Gross Profit 40,013 44,519 49,231 54,825
Operating EBITDA 24,220 26,337 29,188 32,547
Depreciation And Amortisation (4,105) (4,692) (5,011) (5,570)
Operating EBIT 20,115 21,646 24,177 26,978
Financial Income/(Expense) 569 872 1,878 2,689
Pretax Income/(Loss) from Assoc.
Non-Operating Income/(Expense)
Profit Before Tax (pre-EI) 20,685 22,517 26,055 29,666
Exceptional Items
Pre-tax Profit 20,685 22,517 26,055 29,666
Taxation (5,135) (5,602) (6,514) (7,476)
Exceptional Income - post-tax
Profit After Tax 15,549 16,916 19,541 22,190
Minority Interests
Preferred Dividends
FX Gain/(Loss) - post tax
Other Adjustments - post-tax
Net Profit 15,549 16,916 19,541 22,190
Recurring Net Profit 15,549 16,916 19,541 22,190
Fully Diluted Recurring Net Profit 15,549 16,916 19,541 22,190
(Rs mn) Mar-24A Mar-25F Mar-26F Mar-27F
EBITDA 24,220 26,337 29,188 32,547
Cash Flow from Invt. & Assoc.
Change In Working Capital 4,028 (1,035) (1,797) (2,130)
(Incr)/Decr in Total Provisions
Other Non-Cash (Income)/Expense
Other Operating Cashflow
Net Interest (Paid)/Received
Tax Paid (5,902) (5,602) (6,514) (7,476)
Cashflow From Operations 22,346 19,701 20,877 22,941
Capex (937) (1,000) (1,200) (2,000)
Disposals Of FAs/subsidiaries
Acq. Of Subsidiaries/investments
Other Investing Cashflow (23,884) 2,559 2,662 2,924
Cash Flow From Investing (24,821) 1,559 1,462 924
Debt Raised/(repaid)
Proceeds From Issue Of Shares
Shares Repurchased
Dividends Paid (9,427) (12,414) (13,679) (15,533)
Preferred Dividends
Other Financing Cashflow 10,198 (1,687) (784) (235)
Cash Flow From Financing 771 (14,101) (14,463) (15,768)
Total Cash Generated (1,704) 7,159 7,877 8,097
Free Cashflow To Equity 21,409 18,701 19,677 20,941
Free Cashflow To Firm (2,475) 21,260 22,339 23,865
(Rs mn) Mar-24A Mar-25F Mar-26F Mar-27F
Total Cash And Equivalents 34,071 41,230 49,107 57,203
Total Debtors 24,256 25,819 28,499 31,677
Inventories
Total Other Current Assets 7,997 7,997 7,997 7,997
Total Current Assets 66,324 75,046 85,603 96,877
Fixed Assets 9,352 5,661 1,850 (1,720)
Total Investments 8,454 8,454 8,454 8,454
Intangible Assets 46,588 46,588 46,588 46,588
Total Other Non-Current Assets 10,583 10,583 10,583 10,583
Total Non-current Assets 74,978 71,287 67,476 63,906
Short-term Debt 15,436 15,436 15,436 15,436
Current Portion of Long-Term Debt
Total Creditors 7,983 8,512 9,395 10,443
Other Current Liabilities 18,627 18,627 18,627 18,627
Total Current Liabilities 42,046 42,575 43,458 44,506
Total Long-term Debt
Hybrid Debt - Debt Component
Total Other Non-Current Liabilities 11,310 11,310 11,310 11,310
Total Non-current Liabilities 11,310 11,310 11,310 11,310
Total Provisions
Total Liabilities 53,356 53,885 54,769 55,816
Shareholders Equity 87,946 92,448 98,310 104,967
Minority Interests
Total Equity 87,946 92,448 98,310 104,967
Mar-24A Mar-25F Mar-26F Mar-27F
Revenue Growth (3.8%) 6.8% 10.4% 11.2%
Operating EBITDA Growth (0.5%) 8.7% 10.8% 11.5%
Operating EBITDA Margin 18.2% 18.6% 18.6% 18.7%
Net Cash Per Share (Rs) 62.55 99.82 141.10 183.54
BVPS (Rs) 462.86 484.54 515.27 550.16
Gross Interest Cover 12.50 12.83 30.84 114.70
Effective Tax Rate 24.8% 24.9% 25.0% 25.2%
Net Dividend Payout Ratio 67.4% 73.4% 70.0% 70.0%
Accounts Receivables Days 67.98 64.42 63.31 63.10
Inventory Days
Accounts Payables Days 32.70 30.92 30.44 30.37
ROIC (%) 25.2% 22.5% 26.1% 29.9%
ROCE (%) 15.3% 14.5% 15.4% 16.3%
Return On Average Assets 11.7% 11.3% 12.1% 12.9%

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