* price as on 12 Sep 2025
Financial
Mar-24A Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F
Revenue (Rsm) 257,741 275,476 297,799 323,369
Operating EBITDA (Rsm) 62,910 71,279 71,834 77,195
Net Profit (Rsm) 41,343 52,725 49,603 52,374
Core EPS (Rs) 53.0 65.3 61.5 64.9
Core EPS Growth 45.9% 23.3% (5.9%) 5.6%
FD Core P/E (x) 29.72 24.10 25.62 24.26
DPS (Rs) 5.5 6.0 6.0 6.5
Dividend Yield 0.35% 0.38% 0.38% 0.41%
EV/EBITDA (x) 19.28 16.63 16.30 14.34
P/FCFE (x) 18.39 15.25 35.53 9.35
Net Gearing (19.4%) (25.6%) (26.4%) (39.2%)
P/BV (x) 4.76 4.07 3.56 3.15
ROE 17.1% 18.2% 14.8% 13.8%
% Change In Core EPS Estimates
InCred Research/Consensus EPS (x)
(Rs mn) Mar-24A Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F
Total Net Revenues 257,741 275,476 297,799 323,369
Gross Profit 169,545 186,186 199,715 216,536
Operating EBITDA 62,910 71,279 71,834 77,195
Depreciation And Amortisation (10,510) (11,070) (12,500) (13,700)
Operating EBIT 52,400 60,210 59,334 63,495
Financial Income/(Expense) (899) (620) (600) (550)
Pretax Income/(Loss) from Assoc.
Non-Operating Income/(Expense) 7,466 8,619 8,500 8,000
Profit Before Tax (pre-EI) 58,967 68,208 67,234 70,945
Exceptional Items (1,948)
Pre-tax Profit 57,019 68,208 67,234 70,945
Taxation (15,466) (15,298) (17,481) (18,446)
Exceptional Income - post-tax
Profit After Tax 41,553 52,911 49,753 52,499
Minority Interests (211) (185) (150) (125)
Preferred Dividends
FX Gain/(Loss) - post tax
Other Adjustments - post-tax
Net Profit 41,343 52,725 49,603 52,374
Recurring Net Profit 42,762 52,725 49,603 52,374
Fully Diluted Recurring Net Profit 42,762 52,725 49,603 52,374
(Rs mn) Mar-24A Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F
EBITDA 62,910 71,279 71,834 77,195
Cash Flow from Invt. & Assoc.
Change In Working Capital (8,061) (6,655) (29,621) 15,355
(Incr)/Decr in Total Provisions
Other Non-Cash (Income)/Expense
Other Operating Cashflow (13,510) (14,575) (17,631) (18,571)
Net Interest (Paid)/Received (899) (620) (600) (550)
Tax Paid (20,077) (22,573) (25,531) (26,021)
Cashflow From Operations 41,339 50,050 24,582 73,979
Capex (13,151) (15,148) (13,401) (12,000)
Disposals Of FAs/subsidiaries
Acq. Of Subsidiaries/investments (420) (1,606)
Other Investing Cashflow
Cash Flow From Investing 27,768 33,296 11,181 61,979
Debt Raised/(repaid)
Proceeds From Issue Of Shares 0 (403)
Shares Repurchased
Dividends Paid (6,862) (364) (4,848) (4,850)
Preferred Dividends
Other Financing Cashflow 47,961 24,875 14,132 8,400
Cash Flow From Financing 41,100 24,109 9,284 3,550
Total Cash Generated 68,868 57,404 20,466 65,529
Free Cashflow To Equity 69,107 83,345 35,764 135,958
Free Cashflow To Firm 70,006 83,965 36,364 136,508
(Rs mn) Mar-24A Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F
Total Cash And Equivalents 56,822 80,931 101,396 166,926
Total Debtors 47,707 55,064 56,582 64,674
Inventories 52,380 56,421 86,362 61,440
Total Other Current Assets 37,506 40,470 44,670 51,739
Total Current Assets 194,414 232,885 289,009 344,778
Fixed Assets 60,469 65,863 66,764 65,064
Total Investments 6,422 6,395 6,395 6,395
Intangible Assets 47,130 49,864 49,864 49,864
Total Other Non-Current Assets 18,743 18,863 18,863 18,863
Total Non-current Assets 132,764 140,985 141,886 140,186
Short-term Debt 2,470 801 801 801
Current Portion of Long-Term Debt
Total Creditors 24,740 28,375 30,809 31,994
Other Current Liabilities 25,248 25,664 29,268 33,678
Total Current Liabilities 52,458 54,840 60,878 66,472
Total Long-term Debt 2,254 120 6,352 7,302
Hybrid Debt - Debt Component
Total Other Non-Current Liabilities 4,443 6,019 6,019 6,019
Total Non-current Liabilities 6,697 6,138 12,370 13,321
Total Provisions
Total Liabilities 59,155 60,978 73,248 79,793
Shareholders Equity 267,064 311,935 356,540 403,939
Minority Interests 959 958 1,108 1,233
Total Equity 268,023 312,893 357,648 405,172
Mar-24A Mar-25A Mar-26F Mar-27F
Revenue Growth 13.3% 6.9% 8.1% 8.6%
Operating EBITDA Growth 25.1% 13.3% 0.8% 7.5%
Operating EBITDA Margin 24.4% 25.9% 24.1% 23.9%
Net Cash Per Share (Rs) 64.56 99.14 116.78 196.81
BVPS (Rs) 330.93 386.54 441.81 500.54
Gross Interest Cover 58.30 97.10 98.89 115.44
Effective Tax Rate 27.1% 22.4% 26.0% 26.0%
Net Dividend Payout Ratio
Accounts Receivables Days 62.51 68.08 68.42 68.43
Inventory Days 215.09 222.38 265.67 252.49
Accounts Payables Days 102.04 108.56 110.12 107.28
ROIC (%) 18.3% 19.4% 16.9% 19.3%
ROCE (%) 20.3% 20.5% 17.5% 16.3%
Return On Average Assets 14.2% 15.2% 12.5% 11.6%

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