* price as on 12 Sep 2025
Financial
Mar-24A Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F
Revenue (Rsm) 52,678 57,202 62,448 68,006
Operating EBITDA (Rsm) 8,528 8,726 9,311 10,419
Net Profit (Rsm) 3,010 2,524 2,834 3,310
Core EPS (Rs) 126.7 106.2 119.3 139.3
Core EPS Growth (18.8%) (16.1%) 12.3% 16.8%
FD Core P/E (x) 45.18 53.88 47.99 41.09
DPS (Rs) 25.0 25.0 25.0
Dividend Yield 0.44% 0.44% 0.44%
EV/EBITDA (x) 16.05 15.62 14.17 12.21
P/FCFE (x) 26.47 33.29 30.74 25.16
Net Gearing 6.5% 2.1% (22.2%) (41.8%)
P/BV (x) 9.95 8.72 7.38 6.47
ROE 23.6% 17.3% 16.7% 16.8%
% Change In Core EPS Estimates
InCred Research/Consensus EPS (x)
(Rs mn) Mar-24A Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F
Total Net Revenues 52,678 57,202 62,448 68,006
Gross Profit 21,835 23,040 24,877 27,309
Operating EBITDA 8,528 8,726 9,311 10,419
Depreciation And Amortisation (4,329) (4,849) (5,091) (5,588)
Operating EBIT 4,199 3,877 4,220 4,831
Financial Income/(Expense) (781) (824) (796) (796)
Pretax Income/(Loss) from Assoc.
Non-Operating Income/(Expense) 508 420 458 499
Profit Before Tax (pre-EI) 3,927 3,472 3,882 4,534
Exceptional Items
Pre-tax Profit 3,927 3,472 3,882 4,534
Taxation (917) (948) (1,048) (1,224)
Exceptional Income - post-tax
Profit After Tax 3,010 2,524 2,834 3,310
Minority Interests
Preferred Dividends
FX Gain/(Loss) - post tax
Other Adjustments - post-tax
Net Profit 3,010 2,524 2,834 3,310
Recurring Net Profit 3,010 2,524 2,834 3,310
Fully Diluted Recurring Net Profit 3,010 2,524 2,834 3,310
(Rs mn) Mar-24A Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F
EBITDA 8,528 8,726 9,311 10,419
Cash Flow from Invt. & Assoc.
Change In Working Capital 790 (498) (2) 8
(Incr)/Decr in Total Provisions
Other Non-Cash (Income)/Expense
Other Operating Cashflow
Net Interest (Paid)/Received (272) (404) (337) (296)
Tax Paid (917) (948) (1,048) (1,224)
Cashflow From Operations 8,129 6,876 7,924 8,906
Capex (1,674) (1,459) (3,500) (3,500)
Disposals Of FAs/subsidiaries (1,364) (785)
Acq. Of Subsidiaries/investments
Other Investing Cashflow
Cash Flow From Investing (3,037) (2,244) (3,500) (3,500)
Debt Raised/(repaid) 47 (547)
Proceeds From Issue Of Shares
Shares Repurchased
Dividends Paid (593) (593) (712)
Preferred Dividends
Other Financing Cashflow (3,838) (3,481)
Cash Flow From Financing (4,384) (4,621) (712)
Total Cash Generated 707 11 4,424 4,694
Free Cashflow To Equity 5,138 4,085 4,424 5,406
Free Cashflow To Firm 5,872 5,456 5,219 6,202
(Rs mn) Mar-24A Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F
Total Cash And Equivalents 1,662 1,673 6,097 10,791
Total Debtors 6,704 7,861 8,118 8,841
Inventories 518 515 563 613
Total Other Current Assets 901 1,128 1,230 1,339
Total Current Assets 9,786 11,177 16,008 21,583
Fixed Assets 18,266 18,329 16,738 14,650
Total Investments 3,073 3,858 3,858 3,858
Intangible Assets 698 576 576 576
Total Other Non-Current Assets 2,786 2,688 2,688 2,688
Total Non-current Assets 24,823 25,451 23,860 21,772
Short-term Debt
Current Portion of Long-Term Debt
Total Creditors 6,073 6,845 7,135 7,770
Other Current Liabilities 2,630 2,741 2,857 3,111
Total Current Liabilities 8,704 9,586 9,992 10,881
Total Long-term Debt 2,547 2,000 2,000 2,000
Hybrid Debt - Debt Component
Total Other Non-Current Liabilities 9,678 9,439 9,439 9,439
Total Non-current Liabilities 12,225 11,439 11,439 11,439
Total Provisions 8 12 12 12
Total Liabilities 20,936 21,037 21,443 22,332
Shareholders Equity 13,673 15,590 18,425 21,023
Minority Interests
Total Equity 13,673 15,590 18,425 21,023
Mar-24A Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F
Revenue Growth 1.8% 8.6% 9.2% 8.9%
Operating EBITDA Growth (9.0%) 2.3% 6.7% 11.9%
Operating EBITDA Margin 16.2% 15.3% 14.9% 15.3%
Net Cash Per Share (Rs) (37.23) (13.76) 172.42 369.99
BVPS (Rs) 575.45 656.16 775.44 884.80
Gross Interest Cover 5.38 4.71 5.30 6.07
Effective Tax Rate 23.3% 27.3% 27.0% 27.0%
Net Dividend Payout Ratio 19.7% 23.5% 17.9%
Accounts Receivables Days 45.28 46.47 46.70 45.51
Inventory Days 5.40 5.52 5.24 5.27
Accounts Payables Days 70.56 69.01 67.91 66.84
ROIC (%) 19.2% 18.3% 19.6% 24.2%
ROCE (%) 27.5% 22.9% 22.2% 22.2%
Return On Average Assets 11.3% 9.4% 9.5% 9.9%

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