* price as on 06 Jun 2025
Financial
Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F Mar-28F
Revenue (Rsm) 180,874 200,825 221,963 243,443
Operating EBITDA (Rsm) 23,097 27,235 29,244 31,824
Net Profit (Rsm) 20,119 22,912 24,584 26,846
Core EPS (Rs) 682.0 776.7 833.3 910.0
Core EPS Growth 31.5% 13.9% 7.3% 9.2%
FD Core P/E (x) 46.33 40.68 37.91 34.72
DPS (Rs) 450.0 520.0 550.0 550.0
Dividend Yield 1.42% 1.65% 1.74% 1.74%
EV/EBITDA (x) 35.73 30.43 28.17 25.55
P/FCFE (x) 41.56 111.02 64.43 55.07
Net Gearing (77.2%) (70.9%) (70.3%) (72.2%)
P/BV (x) 6.75 6.39 6.05 5.66
ROE 15.5% 16.1% 16.4% 16.8%
% Change In Core EPS Estimates
InCred Research/Consensus EPS (x)
(Rs mn) Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F Mar-28F
Total Net Revenues 180,874 200,825 221,963 243,443
Gross Profit 66,239 74,506 82,126 89,344
Operating EBITDA 23,097 27,235 29,244 31,824
Depreciation And Amortisation (3,756) (4,730) (5,565) (6,181)
Operating EBIT 19,341 22,506 23,680 25,644
Financial Income/(Expense) (171) (500) (400) (400)
Pretax Income/(Loss) from Assoc.
Non-Operating Income/(Expense) 8,142 8,956 9,941 11,035
Profit Before Tax (pre-EI) 27,312 30,962 33,221 36,279
Exceptional Items
Pre-tax Profit 27,312 30,962 33,221 36,279
Taxation (7,193) (8,050) (8,638) (9,432)
Exceptional Income - post-tax
Profit After Tax 20,119 22,912 24,584 26,846
Minority Interests
Preferred Dividends
FX Gain/(Loss) - post tax
Other Adjustments - post-tax
Net Profit 20,119 22,912 24,584 26,846
Recurring Net Profit 20,119 22,912 24,584 26,846
Fully Diluted Recurring Net Profit 20,119 22,912 24,584 26,846
(Rs mn) Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F Mar-28F
EBITDA 23,097 27,235 29,244 31,824
Cash Flow from Invt. & Assoc.
Change In Working Capital 1,585 (7,417) (3,417) (1,020)
(Incr)/Decr in Total Provisions 9,028 (1,429) 1,504 1,754
Other Non-Cash (Income)/Expense 1,606
Other Operating Cashflow 14
Net Interest (Paid)/Received 7,971 8,456 9,541 10,635
Tax Paid (7,193) (8,050) (8,638) (9,432)
Cashflow From Operations 36,108 18,796 28,235 33,761
Capex (3,999) (6,819) (7,000) (7,000)
Disposals Of FAs/subsidiaries
Acq. Of Subsidiaries/investments
Other Investing Cashflow (9,684) (3,581) (6,768) (9,836)
Cash Flow From Investing (13,683) (10,400) (13,768) (16,836)
Debt Raised/(repaid)
Proceeds From Issue Of Shares
Shares Repurchased
Dividends Paid (13,275) (15,340) (16,225) (16,225)
Preferred Dividends
Other Financing Cashflow
Cash Flow From Financing (13,275) (15,340) (16,225) (16,225)
Total Cash Generated 9,150 (6,945) (1,758) 699
Free Cashflow To Equity 22,425 8,395 14,467 16,924
Free Cashflow To Firm 22,596 8,895 14,867 17,324
(Rs mn) Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F Mar-28F
Total Cash And Equivalents 106,696 103,332 108,342 118,878
Total Debtors 42,945 50,510 54,406 57,681
Inventories 19,423 25,309 28,582 30,014
Total Other Current Assets 11,934 13,127 14,440 15,884
Total Current Assets 180,998 192,279 205,770 222,457
Fixed Assets 19,405 22,274 23,709 24,529
Total Investments
Intangible Assets
Total Other Non-Current Assets 1,271 1,271 1,271 1,271
Total Non-current Assets 20,676 23,545 24,980 25,800
Short-term Debt
Current Portion of Long-Term Debt
Total Creditors 47,112 51,195 55,874 60,683
Other Current Liabilities
Total Current Liabilities 47,112 51,195 55,874 60,683
Total Long-term Debt
Hybrid Debt - Debt Component
Total Other Non-Current Liabilities
Total Non-current Liabilities
Total Provisions 17,164 18,880 20,768 22,845
Total Liabilities 64,276 70,075 76,642 83,528
Shareholders Equity 138,177 145,749 154,108 164,729
Minority Interests
Total Equity 138,177 145,749 154,108 164,729
Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F Mar-28F
Revenue Growth 8.1% 11.0% 10.5% 9.7%
Operating EBITDA Growth 10.3% 17.9% 7.4% 8.8%
Operating EBITDA Margin 12.8% 13.6% 13.2% 13.1%
Net Cash Per Share (Rs) 3,616.81 3,502.79 3,672.62 4,029.76
BVPS (Rs) 4,683.97 4,940.64 5,223.99 5,584.03
Gross Interest Cover 113.11 45.01 59.20 64.11
Effective Tax Rate 26.3% 26.0% 26.0% 26.0%
Net Dividend Payout Ratio 66.0% 67.0% 66.0% 60.4%
Accounts Receivables Days 45.88 46.49 47.62 47.29
Inventory Days 61.06 64.63 70.33 69.39
Accounts Payables Days 87.97 88.84 86.89 85.28
ROIC (%) 34.5% 47.0% 38.6% 38.5%
ROCE (%) 14.9% 15.9% 15.8% 16.1%
Return On Average Assets 10.9% 11.2% 11.2% 11.4%

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