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Azad Engineering Ltd

AZAD
Aerospace & Defence - Equipments

Azad Engineering Ltd's earnings have outrun its stock. EPS grew +52.2% in a year against a +42.5% price move.

The sharpest disagreement: profits are rising, but only −26% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as operating cash — the gap between the P&L and the bank account is the thing to watch.

The price is in a confirmed uptrend (14 weeks in) while the P/E sits at the 78th percentile of its own 3-year range. Underneath, the last four quarters read improving — profit +48.0% year on year, and −26% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash. What settles it: whether the cash starts following the profit.

Stage
Mixed
partial read
Price
₹2,330
+42.5% 1Y
P/E
119.0×
78th pctile
of its own 3-year range
Revenue (Mar 26)
₹162 Cr
+27.6% YoY
Profit (Mar 26)
₹37.0 Cr
+48.0% YoY
Operating margin
38.0%
+2.0 pp YoY
ROCE
12%
FY26
ROIC
7.5%
vs WACC 12.0% → −4.5 pp
Cash conversion
−26%
of profit, last 3 FY
01 · Price story

Price story Before the numbers, the tape. A stock price moves through four repeating seasons: a flat base (stage 1), an advance (2), a top (3), a decline (4). Where the price sits in that cycle frames everything below.

Azad Engineering Ltd trades at ₹2,330, in a confirmed uptrend and 14 weeks into that stage. That is +25.9% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 86% of a 52-week range of ₹1,391 to ₹2,480. On relative strength it has been ahead of the NIFTY 500 on a trailing-13-week view for 2 straight weeks.

Today the stock is in a confirmed uptrend — week 14 of stage 2, confirmed. At ₹2,330 it trades +25.9% versus its 200-day average and sits at 86% of its 52-week range (₹1,391–₹2,480).

Jul 26: ₹2,330 Weekly closing price (₹) with 50- and 200-day averages; shaded bands mark the price stage (grey base, green advance, amber top, red decline). 3-year window.
+25.9% versus the 200-day line, week 14 of stage 2
Price50-day avg200-day avg
S2S4S2S2₹2,625₹2,098₹1,571₹1,043₹516₹2,330₹1,851Dec 23Aug 24Apr 25Dec 25Jul 26
S2S4S2S2₹2,625₹2,098₹1,571₹1,043₹516₹2,330₹1,851Dec 23Apr 25Jul 26
Beating or trailing, week by week since 2023 Each cell is one week from 2023 to now (140 weeks): the stock's trailing 13-week return minus the NIFTY 500's, green ahead / red behind (±25% ramp). Grey cells are the 13-week warm-up or weeks where the NIFTY 500 reading is not held.
trailing 13-week return vs the NIFTY 500
Dec 23Jul 26

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 2.6 years the stock moved +237% while the NIFTY 500 moved +20% — ahead of the index over the full window. Recent form: on a trailing-13-week view the stock has been ahead for 2 straight weeks — the ribbon below is that same metric, week by week.

What would end the trend, mechanically: two Friday closes in a row below the 200-day line. That is the exit rule — no debates.

→ The trend is one thing; the bill is another. Are you paying up for it? Next: the P/E sits at the 78th percentile of its own range.

02 · Valuation

Valuation P/E is the price of ₹1 of annual profit: how many rupees the market pays for each rupee the company earns in a year.

Azad Engineering Ltd trades at 119.0× P/E, at the pricey end of its own range (78th percentile). Its long-run median P/E is 99.9×, measured across 2.6 years of weekly readings. This places the multiple against the stock’s own record, and says nothing about what the business is worth.

Today's P/E of 119.0× is at the pricey end of its own range (78th percentile), against a long-run median of 99.9× measured over 2.6 years of weekly readings. This is a comparison against the stock's own history — not a claim about what it is worth.

P/E 119.0× vs a 99.9× long-run median P/E, weekly (left axis); earnings per share, trailing twelve months, weekly (right axis). 2.6-year window; loss-period spikes above 149× shown pinned at the top. The eps (ttm) bars are red where the reading is lower than the quarter before.
at the pricey end of its own range (78th percentile)
P/EMedianEPS (TTM) (quarterly)
159.7×₹58.4120.3×₹43.880.9×₹29.241.4×₹14.62.0×₹0.0×118.50×₹21Dec 23Aug 24May 25Jan 26Jul 26
159.7×₹58.4120.3×₹43.880.9×₹29.241.4×₹14.62.0×₹0.0×118.50×₹21Dec 23May 25Jul 26
PEG 2.14 PEG ratio per quarter — the P/E divided by the earnings-growth rate. The dashed line marks 1.0: below it the growth is cheap against the multiple, above it the price already prices the growth in. Last 7 quarters.
above 1.0, the multiple already banks the growth
PEGPEG = 1.0
2.2×1.9×1.6×1.2×0.9××2.14×Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q4 FY26
2.2×1.9×1.6×1.2×0.9××2.14×Q2 FY25Q1 FY26Q4 FY26
P/E
119.0×
78th percentile of 3y
PEG
3.21
as reported

Why the multiple sits where it does: over the past year annual EPS moved +52.2% against a +42.5% price move — earnings outran the price, pushing the multiple DOWN its own range.

Put together: the multiple is full against its own past, so the story rests on the earnings line underneath it, not the multiple.

→ Cheap or dear rides on the earnings. Are they actually growing? Next: the fundamental stage — where the business sits in its arc, and how growth has compounded.

03 · Stage: Mixed

Stage: Mixed Every business sits somewhere on a fundamental arc, and this page names the spot before anything else. The last twelve quarters of revenue, profit and EPS growth — plus the return the business earns on its capital — are read as curves: Deteriorating (the curves are falling), Turning around (a trough has just formed and the last few quarters lift off it), Improving (the climb off the trough is sustained), Consistent (steadily positive with healthy returns), Topping out (still high but decelerating from the peak). When the curves genuinely disagree the read is Mixed; too little history is No read. CAGR (compound annual growth rate) is the smooth yearly pace that turns the starting value into the latest one — the fairest way to compare growth across different time spans. Read the columns together: if the 1-year number towers over the 10-year, recent growth is running hotter than the long-run trend. A dash means that window is not held, or the base year was a loss (where a growth rate is not meaningful).

Azad Engineering Ltd reads as mixed on its fundamental arc. Mixed — no clean majority across the growth curves, ROCE holding at 12.4% — the per-curve reads carry the story. The read is built from 11 quarters across 3 curves, on partial evidence.

Three growth curves, twelve quarters Year-on-year growth of trailing-twelve-month revenue (left axis), profit and EPS (right axis — they swing far wider), % at each quarter-end. Where the trailing-twelve-month history is short, the curve falls back to single-quarter year-on-year growth — noisier, and the classifier smooths and caps base-effect spikes before reading. Base-effect spikes shown pinned (▲). A missing point means that reading is not held for the quarter.
the trajectory the stage is read from
RevenueProfitEPS
51%331%40%218%29%104%18%−10%6.3%−124%%%27.6%48%42.8%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
51%331%40%218%29%104%18%−10%6.3%−124%%%27.6%48%42.8%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
ROCE Trailing-twelve-month operating profit (before interest and tax) as a share of average capital employed — total assets minus current liabilities, the standard textbook basis, %.
the return curve, computed quarterly
ROCE
29%25%20%16%11%%12.4%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
29%25%20%16%11%%12.4%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
Revenue growth
Steady high
latest +27.6% · span +9.4% to +39.8%
Profit growth
Rolling over
latest +48.0% · span +0.0% to +100.0%
ROCE
Stuck low
latest 12.4% · span 12.2%–28.1%

Why it matters: when the curves disagree, the per-curve reads above matter more than any single verdict.

One or more growth curves carry a base-effect spike — a large year-on-year move off a near-zero or loss-making comparable quarter. Those spikes are capped before the classifier reads the trajectory, and shown pinned on the chart, so a single distorted quarter does not drive the stage call.

A partial read: at least one curve is short, or the returns curve is not the computed quarterly series — hold the stage word a little more loosely.

Growth, year by year: revenue +31.9% in FY26, profit +54.0% Year-over-year growth per fiscal year, %: revenue (left axis); net profit and EPS (right axis — profit growth swings far wider). Zero line drawn. Turnaround-year spikes shown pinned (▲).
Revenue YoYProfit YoYEPS YoY
60%330%52%220%44%110%36%0.0%28%−111%%%31.9%54%FY21FY23FY26
60%330%52%220%44%110%36%0.0%28%−111%%%31.9%54%FY21FY23FY26
TTM growth by quarter Trailing-twelve-month growth versus the year-ago TTM, per quarter, %: revenue (left axis); profit and EPS (right axis). The acceleration read compares the last 4 quarters (+32.2%) with the last 8 annualized (+33.1%).
revenue stabilising, profit stabilising
Revenue TTM YoYProfit TTM YoYEPS TTM YoY
37%71%35%27%32%−17%29%−61%26%−105%%%32.2%54%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
37%71%35%27%32%−17%29%−61%26%−105%%%32.2%54%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
Compound annual growth rate (%) Compound annual growth rate over each window, %. Revenue, profit and EPS from fiscal-year figures; share price is the price CAGR over the same spans. A dash = that window is not held, or the base was a loss.
1yr3yr5yr10yr
Revenue+31.9%+33.8%+37.4%
Profit+54.0%+155.9%+62.0%
EPS+52.2%−26.2%−23.0%
Share price+42.5%
Revenue YoY (Mar 26)
+27.6%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Profit YoY (Mar 26)
+48.0%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Revenue 10y
37.4%
long-run compound pace

→ The stage names the trajectory. Next: the revenue line that produces it, quarter by quarter.

04 · 4-Factor Sector Score

4-Factor Sector Score

57.0/100 — rank 8 of 24 in Aerospace & Defence - Equipments · 89% evidence confidence

Azad Engineering Ltd scores 57.0 out of 100 against the 24 companies it is compared with in Aerospace & Defence - Equipments, ranking 8. Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.

The four contributions add to the total exactly: 24.9 + 12.7 + 7.6 + 11.8 = 57. This is the SAME number shown on the sector comparison — it is computed once, for the whole peer set, and read here.

What would change it: The read weakens if profit growth turns negative or margin improvement reverses while sector-relative strength deteriorates.

05 · Revenue

Revenue Revenue is the top line: everything the company billed its customers in the period.

Azad Engineering Ltd reported ₹162 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +27.6% year on year. That is the 10th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 5 years it has compounded at 37.4% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹603 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹604 Cr.

Azad Engineering Ltd reported ₹162 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +27.6% year on year. That is the 10th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 5 years it has compounded at 37.4% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹603 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹604 Cr.

FY26 revenue came in at ₹603 Cr (+31.9% on the year), capping 5 years at 37.4% compound. The latest quarter (Mar 26) printed ₹162 Cr, +27.6% year on year — the 10th consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.

FY26 revenue ₹603 Cr (+31.9% YoY) Revenue bars, ₹ Cr (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 6-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
37.4% a year over 5 years
RevenueYoY growth
65160%48852%32644%16336%028%₹ Cr%₹60331.9%FY21FY23FY26
65160%48852%32644%16336%028%₹ Cr%₹60331.9%FY21FY23FY26
Mar 26: ₹162 Cr (+27.6% YoY) Quarterly revenue bars, ₹ Cr (left); YoY growth-% line (right). Last 12 quarters. A bar is red when it is lower than the quarter before.
10th straight quarter of growth
Revenue (quarterly)YoY growth
17551%13140%8729%4418%06.3%₹ Cr%₹16227.6%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
17551%13140%8729%4418%06.3%₹ Cr%₹16227.6%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +32.6% growth against the decade's 37.4% — the current year is running slower than its own long-run rate.

Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew +32.2% over the last 4 quarters against +33.1%/yr over the last 8 — stabilising; TTM profit +54.0% vs +52.0%/yr — stabilising.

→ Revenue grew — did margins hold as it scaled? Next: 38.0% this quarter (+2.0 pp YoY).

06 · Operating margin

Operating margin Operating margin is what is left of every ₹100 of sales after running the business, before interest and tax. It is the cleanest read on pricing power and cost control.

Azad Engineering Ltd's operating margin is 38.0% in the Mar 26 quarter, +2.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. That is the widest this company has ever printed on a full-year basis. Across 6 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 23.0% to 37.0%. The current quarter is running above every full year in that window.

Azad Engineering Ltd's operating margin is 38.0% in the Mar 26 quarter, +2.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. That is the widest this company has ever printed on a full-year basis. Across 6 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 23.0% to 37.0%. The current quarter is running above every full year in that window.

The latest quarter's operating margin is 38.0%, +2.0 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 6 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 23.0%–37.0%, and FY26's 37.0% is the top of that band — a record year.

Why the margin moved: operating margin went +2.1 pp year on year while gross margin went +5.9 pp — the gain came mostly from the gross line: input costs and pricing.

Worth repeating from the valuation section: cheap against its own history on record margins is not the same thing as cheap — a record margin flatters every ratio built on top of it.

FY26: 37.0% Operating margin by fiscal year, %, line (left); year-on-year change in the margin, in percentage points, line (right). 6-year window.
the widest a 23.0–37.0% band over 6 years
operating marginYoY change (pp)
38%10.0%34%6.5%30%3.0%26%−0.5%22%−4.0%%%37%2%FY21FY23FY26
38%10.0%34%6.5%30%3.0%26%−0.5%22%−4.0%%%37%2%FY21FY23FY26
Mar 26: 38.0% operating margin (+2.0 pp YoY) Quarterly operating margin, %, line (left); year-on-year change in the margin, in percentage points, line (right). Last 12 quarters. Operating profit as a share of revenue, per quarter.
Operating marginYoY change (pp)
40%8.8%38%5.9%36%3.0%33%0.0%31%−2.8%%%38%2%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
40%8.8%38%5.9%36%3.0%33%0.0%31%−2.8%%%38%2%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

→ Margins held — did that reach the bottom line? Next: profit +48.0% in the latest quarter.

07 · Net profit

Net profit Net profit is what survives every cost, interest and tax — the number EPS, dividends and book value all grow from.

Azad Engineering Ltd earned ₹37.0 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +48.0% year on year. It is the 8th consecutive quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹134 Cr. The 5-year compound rate is 62.0%. That is 22.8% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹25.0 Cr.

Azad Engineering Ltd earned ₹37.0 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +48.0% year on year. It is the 8th consecutive quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹134 Cr. The 5-year compound rate is 62.0%. That is 22.8% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹25.0 Cr.

Mar 26 profit was ₹37.0 Cr, +48.0% year on year — the 8th consecutive quarter of growth. On the full year, FY26 printed ₹134 Cr (+54.0%), and the 5-year compound rate is 62.0%.

FY26 profit ₹134 Cr (+54.0% YoY) Net profit bars, ₹ Cr (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 6-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
62.0% a year over 5 years
Net profitYoY growth
145694%109488%72283%3677%0−129%₹ Cr%₹13454%FY21FY23FY26
145694%109488%72283%3677%0−129%₹ Cr%₹13454%FY21FY23FY26
Mar 26: ₹37.0 Cr (+48.0% YoY) Quarterly net profit bars, ₹ Cr (left); YoY growth-% line (right). Last 12 quarters. A bar is red when it is lower than the quarter before.
8th straight quarter of growth
Net profit (quarterly)YoY growth
40351%30257%20163%1068%0−26%₹ Cr%₹3748%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
40351%30257%20163%1068%0−26%₹ Cr%₹3748%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

Why profit moved: revenue contributed +27.6% and the margin +2.0 pp — the quarter was margin-led: most of the profit growth came from keeping more of each sale.

Pace comparison, last four quarters: profit +55.4% vs revenue +32.6%. Profit is growing faster than sales — fixed costs are being spread over a bigger base, and each extra rupee of revenue drops more to the bottom line.

→ Profit rose — but did the cash follow? Next: −26% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash.

08 · Cash flow — the router

Cash flow — the router The P&L says what was earned; the cash-flow statement says what actually arrived. Operating cash flow (CFO) against profit is the cleanest lie detector in the accounts.

Over the last 3 fiscal years −26% of Azad Engineering Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash — a gap worth watching. In FY26 that was ₹−119 Cr of operating cash against ₹134 Cr of profit. After ₹573 Cr of capital spending, ₹−692 Cr was left as free cash.

FY26: operating cash of ₹−119 Cr against reported profit of ₹134 Cr, leaving free cash of ₹−692 Cr after ₹573 Cr of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is −26% of profit.

Cash-flow readings here are annual — that is the resolution our series carries, so this section moves once a year.

FY26: CFO ₹−119 Cr vs profit ₹134 Cr Operating cash flow and net profit by fiscal year, ₹ Cr; the line is free cash flow (CFO minus capital spending). 6-year window, annual resolution. FY23/FY26 reflects an acquisition year — point shown clipped.
−26% of 3-year profit arrived as cash
Operating cashNet profitFree cash
16066−28−121−215₹ Cr₹−119₹134₹−189FY21FY23FY26
16066−28−121−215₹ Cr₹−119₹134₹−189FY21FY23FY26
FY26: CFO = −89% of profit (three-year rate −26%) Operating cash as a share of net profit, per fiscal year, % (line). Dashed line = 100% — every unit of profit arriving as cash.
Conversion100%
118%53%−13%−78%−143%%−89%FY21FY23FY26
118%53%−13%−78%−143%%−89%FY21FY23FY26

🚨 Why conversion sits at −26%: the cash cycle stretched 1,643 days between FY21 and FY26 — more of each rupee of profit waits inside the cycle before arriving. Less than 70% of profit arriving as cash is the thing to watch on this page.

Router verdict: conversion is below par and the cash cycle has stretched 1,643 days — the next section's job is to find where the cash is stuck.

→ So follow the cash to where it goes. Next: the 1,720-day cycle, in money terms.

09 · Where the cash goes

Where the cash goes Working capital is the cash tied up between paying suppliers and getting paid: debtor days (customers owe), inventory days (stock waits), and the cash conversion cycle (the whole loop, in days of sales).

Azad Engineering Ltd's cash conversion cycle runs 1,720 days in FY26, up from 77 days in FY21. Capital spending ran ₹884 Cr over the last 3 years. At FY26 sales of ₹603 Cr each day of that cycle holds about ₹1.7 Cr, so roughly ₹2,842 Cr sits inside the business at any moment.

FY26: debtors at 189 days, inventory at 2,067 days — roughly 68.0 months of stock waiting to sell; that is where the cash sits while it waits — for a full cycle of 1,720 days, looser than FY21's 77.

The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0; stock waits 2,067 days to sell; customers pay about 189 days after that; and suppliers themselves are paid at 536 days — netting out to the 1,720-day cycle.

In money terms: at FY26 sales of ₹603 Cr, each day of the cycle holds about ₹1.7 Cr — so the 1,720-day loop keeps roughly ₹2,842 Cr sitting inside the business at any moment.

FY26: a 1,720-day cash cycle Debtor days, inventory days, payable days and the cash conversion cycle by fiscal year. 6-year window.
+1,643 days vs FY21
Cash cycleInventory daysDebtor daysPayable days
2,2261,6491,072495−82days1,720d2,067d189d536dFY21FY22FY23FY24FY26
2,2261,6491,072495−82days1,720d2,067d189d536dFY21FY23FY26

On the investment side: capital spending of ₹884 Cr over the last 3 fiscal years against ₹103 Cr of depreciation — the company is building well ahead of wear-and-tear. Capital work-in-progress stands at ₹257 Cr (FY26) — capacity paid for but not yet earning.

FY26: capex ₹573 Cr, work-in-progress ₹257 Cr Capital spending per fiscal year, ₹ Cr (bars); capital work-in-progress, ₹ Cr (line). Quarterly capital-spending history is not held for India — annual is the honest resolution.
a build-out
CapexWork-in-progress
6194643091550₹ Cr₹573₹257FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
6194643091550₹ Cr₹573₹257FY22FY24FY26

The synthesis: the working-capital loop is the cash sink the router flagged — watch the cycle, not the P&L.

→ Does all this activity actually earn its cost of capital? Next: ROCE is 12% and the ROIC − WACC spread is −4.5 pp.

10 · Return on capital

Return on capital Return on capital employed (ROCE) is the profit the whole business earns on all the money in it — equity and debt together. It is the single best test of whether growth creates value or just size.

Azad Engineering Ltd earns a ROCE of 12% in FY26. That is up from a trough of 12% in FY25. Return on invested capital clears the cost of that capital by −4.5 percentage points, so growth here is not yet paying for the capital it uses. The wiring behind it is 22.2% net margin on 0.27× asset turns.

FY26 ROCE is 12%, recovered from a FY25 trough of 12% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.

🚨 Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY26): 22.2% net margin × 0.27× asset turns × 1.44× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 8.6% on equity. Margin is doing the heavy lifting; leverage is modest — this is an earned return, not a borrowed one.

The capstone test — ROIC − WACC: 7.5% − 12.0% = a −4.5 pp spread. The 12.0% is a standing assumption for the cost of capital in India, not a per-stock estimate — read the sign and the size of the spread, not the decimals. Negative — growth at these returns destroys value until the returns recover.

FY26: ROCE 12% Return on capital employed by fiscal year, % (line); ROIC by fiscal year, % (line). 5-year window, dips included. Dashed line = the 12.0% cost of capital used on this page.
the climb back from FY25's 12%
ROCEROIC (annual)WACC
23%19%15%10%6.0%%12%7.2%FY22FY24FY26
23%19%15%10%6.0%%12%7.2%FY22FY24FY26
Q4 FY26: ROCE 9.1% (TTM) vs WACC 12.0% Trailing-twelve-month ROCE and ROIC, per quarter, %; dashed line = the cost of capital. Last 12 quarters, put on a trailing-twelve-month basis and anchored to the annual figure.
ROCE (TTM)ROIC (TTM)WACC
19%16%13%10%7.3%%9.1%9%Q1 FY24Q2 FY25Q4 FY26
19%16%13%10%7.3%%9.1%9%Q1 FY24Q2 FY25Q4 FY26

→ Returns like these — is the balance sheet borrowing to make them? Next: debt-to-equity is 0.31.

11 · Debt

Debt Debt-to-equity says how much of the business is funded by borrowings. Low is the safe corner; the trend matters as much as the level.

Azad Engineering Ltd carries total debt of ₹474 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹1,529 Cr as of Mar 26, a debt-to-equity of 0.31. On the annual view that ratio went from 1.48 in FY23 to 0.31 in FY26. Read the returns elsewhere on this page with that leverage in mind.

Mar 26: total debt of ₹474 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹1,529 Cr — a debt-to-equity of 0.31. On the annual view, debt-to-equity went from 1.48 (FY23) to 0.31 (FY26). Read the returns on this page with that leverage in mind.

FY26: debt ₹474 Cr at 0.31× equity Total debt by fiscal year, ₹ Cr (bars); debt-to-equity, × (line). 4-year window.
Total debtDebt-to-equity
5121.6×3841.2×2560.8×1280.4×0−0.1×₹ Cr×₹4740.31×FY23FY24FY26
5121.6×3841.2×2560.8×1280.4×0−0.1×₹ Cr×₹4740.31×FY23FY24FY26
Mar 26: debt ₹474 Cr, debt-to-equity 0.31 Total debt per quarter, ₹ Cr (bars); debt-to-equity, × (line). Last 12 quarters. India reports the full balance sheet half-yearly, so the intervening quarter carries the prior reading forward.
Total debt (quarterly)Debt-to-equity
5121.7×3841.2×2560.8×1280.4×0−0.1×₹ Cr×₹4740.31×Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
5121.7×3841.2×2560.8×1280.4×0−0.1×₹ Cr×₹4740.31×Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

→ Who owns this, and are they adding or leaving? Next: Promoters cut 10.1 points over 8 quarters.

12 · Ownership

Ownership Who owns the stock, quarter by quarter: promoters (the controlling owners), foreign and domestic institutions, and the public. Steady accumulation by people close to the numbers is a signal; a quiet register is also an answer.

Promoters cut 10.1 points of Azad Engineering Ltd over 8 quarters, the biggest move on the register. That takes promoters to 55.8% of the company. Domestic institutions moved +6.9 points over the same window, to 10.3%. The register is read on the four disclosed classes only; nothing is inferred between filings.

The register over the last two years — Promoters: −10.1 points over 8 quarters to 55.8%; Domestic institutions: +6.9 points over 8 quarters to 10.3%; Foreign institutions: +3.6 points over 8 quarters to 13.3%.

🚨 Why the register moved: promoters drove it (−10.1 points), absorbed on the other side by domestic institutions (+6.9 points) — distribution into the market’s bid.

Fiscal-year ends: promoters −10.1 pts from Mar 24 to Mar 26 Shareholding at each fiscal-year end (March quarter), % of the company. 3 year-ends held.
PromotersForeign inst.Domestic inst.Public
71%53%35%18%0.0%%55.8%14.8%11.7%17.7%Mar 24Mar 25Mar 26
71%53%35%18%0.0%%55.8%14.8%11.7%17.7%Mar 24Mar 25Mar 26
Promoters cut 10.1 points over 8 quarters Shareholding by holder class, % of the company, quarterly, last 11 quarters.
PromotersForeign inst.Domestic inst.Public
71%53%35%17%−1.6%%55.8%13.3%10.3%20.5%Dec 23Mar 25Jun 26
71%53%35%17%−1.6%%55.8%13.3%10.3%20.5%Dec 23Mar 25Jun 26

→ One last check: does the safety math agree? Next: the balance-sheet safety line.

13 · Safety line

Safety line The Z-score estimates how far a company sits from balance-sheet distress — above roughly 3 is safe, below roughly 1.8 is the danger zone. It was built for manufacturers, so it is not applied to banks and lenders.

Azad Engineering Ltd: the Z-score is not available for this stock, so we say so rather than invent one. It is a distance-to-distress estimate from the balance sheet, not a forecast of failure. The debt, cash-flow and return sections above carry the balance-sheet evidence this page does hold, and each of them states its own reporting date.

The safety line in one sentence: the Z-score is not available for this stock, so we say so rather than invent one.

Related companies · same sector · Aerospace & Defence - Equipments Every company is compared on the shape of its own curves, not static ratios. The Revenue, EPS and ROCE columns each draw that company's last 12 quarters as a mini line of the ACTUAL level (trailing-twelve-month revenue and EPS, and the ROCE itself) — so a line that climbs is a business getting bigger, a line that sinks is one shrinking. The colour tracks the same line: green when it is rising or steadily healthy, amber when it is rolling over from a high (still elevated but turning down), red when it is falling, grey when flat or stuck. Colour and direction always agree — a green line never points down. The ROCE curve is the return on capital (annual readings for peers, so a slightly coarser line than the quarterly one at the top of this page). The Stage column then runs the same 12-quarter trajectory classifier used at the top of the page on each company and names where it sits. What lands a company in each bucket: CONSISTENT — growth stays positive across the window and returns are healthy (ROCE ≥ 15%, or ROE ≥ 12% for lenders); IMPROVING — profit or EPS fell into real decline, bottomed a few quarters back, and has climbed back to positive and held there; TURNING AROUND — the same kind of trough but more recent, with the latest quarters just lifting off it (an early, unconfirmed turn); TOPPING OUT — growth is still positive but decelerating hard from its own peak while returns have stopped rising; DETERIORATING — two or more growth curves are shrinking (latest below zero) and staying there, not one soft quarter; MIXED — the curves genuinely disagree, or no clean majority, so no single word fits; NO READ — fewer than eight usable quarters. It is a like-for-like read of every company against its own past, not a ranking against the group.
CompanyP/EMkt capRevenueEPSROCEStage
Azad Engineering Ltd this page119.0×₹15,751 CrMixed
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd33.6×₹3.1L CrConsistent
Bharat Electronics Ltd48.8×₹3L CrMixed
Bharat Dynamics Ltd108.0×₹45,564 CrDeteriorating
Data Patterns (India) Ltd104.0×₹25,666 CrTurning around
MTAR Technologies Ltd184.0×₹17,856 CrImproving
Astra Microwave Products Ltd89.2×₹17,217 CrMixed
Zen Technologies Ltd87.9×₹15,970 CrDeteriorating
Aequs Ltd₹15,374 Cr
Apollo Micro Systems Ltd130.0×₹14,652 CrMixed
BEML Ltd101.0×₹14,269 CrMixed
Sigma Advanced System Ltd35.7×₹9,911 CrNo read
Paras Defence and Space Technologies Ltd112.0×₹9,632 CrMixed
Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd56.0×₹7,357 CrMixed
Dynamatic Technologies Ltd142.0×₹7,102 CrTurning around
AXISCADES Technologies Ltd86.6×₹6,839 CrMixed
AXISCADES Technologies Ltd82.5×₹6,520 CrTopping out
Avantel Ltd253.0×₹4,344 CrDeteriorating
Ideaforge Technology Ltd₹4,326 CrNo read
Rossell Techsys Ltd164.0×₹3,707 CrNo read
Sika Interplant Systems Ltd68.8×₹2,416 CrMixed
NIBE Ltd414.0×₹2,332 CrTurning around
Jaykay Enterprises Ltd32.1×₹2,152 CrNo read
DCX Systems Ltd₹2,013 CrDeteriorating
Sika Interplant Systems Ltd49.4×₹1,813 CrMixed
Vinyas Innovative Technologies Ltd51.9×₹1,602 CrNo read
12 · Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

What is Azad Engineering Ltd's share price today?

Azad Engineering Ltd trades at ₹2,330, +42.5% over the past year. The company is valued at ₹15,751 Cr. The stock sits at 86% of its 52-week range of ₹1,391–₹2,480, +25.9% versus its 200-day average. On the tape, the price is in a confirmed uptrend, 14 weeks in. — as of 24 July 2026.

What were Azad Engineering Ltd's latest quarterly results?

Azad Engineering Ltd reported revenue of ₹162 Cr and net profit of ₹37.0 Cr for the Mar 26 quarter. Revenue rose 27.6% and profit rose 48.0% year on year. Earnings per share were ₹5.57. The operating margin was 38.0%, 2.0 pp higher than a year earlier. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Azad Engineering Ltd's revenue?

Azad Engineering Ltd reported revenue of ₹162 Cr in the Mar 26 quarter, +27.6% year on year. For the full FY26 fiscal year, revenue was ₹603 Cr (+31.9%). Over the last 5 years revenue compounded at 37.4% a year. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Azad Engineering Ltd's profit?

Azad Engineering Ltd earned ₹37.0 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +48.0% year on year — the 8th straight quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹134 Cr. The operating margin ran 38.0% in the latest quarter. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Azad Engineering Ltd's market cap?

Azad Engineering Ltd's market capitalisation is ₹15,751 Cr at a share price of ₹2,330. Market cap is the share price multiplied by shares outstanding, so it is restated whenever the price moves. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Azad Engineering Ltd's P/E ratio?

Azad Engineering Ltd trades at a P/E of 119.0×, at the 78th percentile of its own 3-year range, against a long-run median of 99.9×. This is a comparison with the stock's own history, not a value call — as of 24 July 2026.

Does Azad Engineering Ltd pay a dividend?

No — Azad Engineering Ltd has recorded a dividend payout of 0% of profit in each of its last 6 reported fiscal years, so there is no payout history to quote. That is a reading of the filed annual statements, not an estimate. — as of 24 July 2026.

Is Azad Engineering Ltd overvalued?

On its own history, Azad Engineering Ltd looks expensive against its own history: its P/E of 119.0× sits at the 78th percentile of its 3-year range (long-run median 99.9×). That is a percentile read against the stock's own past, not a price opinion or a direction call. One caveat: margins are the best this company has ever printed — cheap on record margins is not the same thing as cheap. — as of 24 July 2026.

Is Azad Engineering Ltd growing?

Yes — Azad Engineering Ltd is growing: latest-quarter revenue +27.6% year on year, profit +48.0%, and the margin +2.0 pp at 38.0%. The 5-year compound rates are 37.4% (revenue) and 62.0% (profit). The earnings engine currently reads: improving — as of 24 July 2026.

How is Azad Engineering Ltd performing?

Azad Engineering Ltd is in a confirmed uptrend, 14 weeks in. Its latest quarter's revenue rose 27.6% and profit rose 48.0% year on year. Against the NIFTY 500 it has been ahead on a trailing-13-week view for 2 weeks. This describes what the data did, not a rating. — as of 24 July 2026.

What stage is Azad Engineering Ltd in?

Mixed — no clean majority across the growth curves, ROCE holding at 12.4% — the per-curve reads carry the story. The read comes from the last 12 quarters of growth (revenue growth +27.6% latest, profit growth +48.0% latest) plus the ROCE curve, classified by deterministic rules — a trajectory read, not a buy or sell call — as of 24 July 2026.

Is Azad Engineering Ltd in an uptrend?

Yes — the price is in a confirmed uptrend (week 14 of stage 2), trading +25.9% versus its 200-day average and at 86% of its 52-week range. Price stages cycle base → advance → top → decline, and the stage names where this stock sits in that cycle — as of 24 July 2026.

Is Azad Engineering Ltd beating the market?

On recent form, yes — Azad Engineering Ltd has been ahead of the NIFTY 500 on a trailing-13-week view for 2 straight weeks, the same metric the week-by-week ribbon on this page draws. Separately, on the cumulative view: over the last 2.6 years the stock moved +237% against the NIFTY 500's +20% — ahead of the index over the full window. — as of 24 July 2026.

Will Azad Engineering Ltd's share price go up?

This page publishes no price forecast for Azad Engineering Ltd. What it measures instead: the share price is ₹2,330, the price is in a confirmed uptrend 14 weeks in. Its P/E of 119.0× sits at the 78th percentile of its own 3-year range. — as of 24 July 2026.

Who owns Azad Engineering Ltd?

Promoters hold 55.8% of Azad Engineering Ltd, foreign institutions 13.3%, domestic institutions 10.3% and the public 20.5% (latest quarter). The biggest move on the register over the last two years: Promoters cut 10.1 points over 8 quarters. — as of 24 July 2026.

Does Azad Engineering Ltd have too much debt?

It is moderate — Azad Engineering Ltd's debt-to-equity is 0.31, and operating profit covers the interest bill 7×. FY26 borrowings were ₹474 Cr against equity of ₹1,529 Cr. Read the returns on this page with that leverage in mind — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Azad Engineering Ltd's capex?

Azad Engineering Ltd spent ₹884 Cr on capital expenditure over the last 3 fiscal years, a figure derived from the change in fixed assets plus depreciation. In FY26 alone that was ₹573 Cr, with ₹257 Cr in capital work-in-progress — capacity paid for but not yet earning. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Azad Engineering Ltd's cash flow?

Azad Engineering Ltd generated ₹−119 Cr of operating cash flow in FY26 and ₹−692 Cr of free cash flow after ₹573 Cr of capital spending. Reported profit that year was ₹134 Cr, so operating cash ran behind profit. Cash-flow resolution for India is annual. — as of 24 July 2026.

Is Azad Engineering Ltd's profit real cash?

Not fully — over the last 3 fiscal years, −26% of Azad Engineering Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash. In FY26, operating cash was ₹−119 Cr against reported profit of ₹134 Cr. The cash then goes mostly into the working-capital cycle. Cash-flow resolution is annual — as of 24 July 2026.

Where is Azad Engineering Ltd in its business cycle?

Azad Engineering Ltd's FY26 operating margin was 37.0%, against a 6-year band of 23.0%–37.0%: the top of the band — a record year. Record profitability is late-cycle territory: every ratio flatters at the top, and the story leans on margins holding. The latest quarter ran 38.0%. Profitability versus a company's own long band is the cleanest cycle clock this page holds — as of 24 July 2026.

What could break the Azad Engineering Ltd story?

The sharpest disagreement: profits are rising, but only −26% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as operating cash — the gap between the P&L and the bank account is the thing to watch. Mechanically, two Friday closes in a row below the 200-day average would end the price trend — that is the exit rule this page tracks — as of 24 July 2026.

Is Azad Engineering Ltd a stock worth studying right now?

This is not investment advice. The machine read: Azad Engineering Ltd's earnings have outrun its stock. EPS grew +52.2% in a year against a +42.5% price move. The sharpest open question: whether the cash starts following the profit. Every number on this page is drawn deterministically from the raw series, with no forecasts and no price opinions — as of 24 July 2026.

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