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Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd

DALMIASUG
Sugar

Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd's price has outrun its earnings. −7.4% in a year against EPS −35.2% — the market is paying now for delivery later.

The sharpest disagreement: the price moved −7.4% in a year while annual EPS moved −35.2% — the difference is re-rating, and re-rating has to be repaid with earnings.

The price is in a confirmed uptrend (12 weeks in) while the P/E sits at the 80th percentile of its own 10-year range. Underneath, the last four quarters read deteriorating — profit −47.7% year on year, and 45% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash. What settles it: whether earnings grow into a price that has already moved.

Stage
Mixed
fundamental trajectory, 12 quarters
Price
₹367
−7.4% 1Y
P/E
12.7×
80th pctile
of its own 10-year range
Revenue (Mar 26)
₹991 Cr
−2.5% YoY
Profit (Mar 26)
₹104 Cr
−47.7% YoY
Operating margin
17.0%
−2.0 pp YoY
ROCE
8%
FY26
ROIC
5.8%
vs WACC 12.0% → −6.2 pp
Cash conversion
45%
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.

Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd trades at ₹367, in a confirmed uptrend and 12 weeks into that stage. That is +7.0% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 76% of a 52-week range of ₹274 to ₹398. 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 12 of stage 2. At ₹367 it trades +7.0% versus its 200-day average and sits at 76% of its 52-week range (₹274–₹398).

Jul 26: ₹367 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.
+7.0% versus the 200-day line, week 12 of stage 2
Price50-day avg200-day avg
S2S4S2S4S4S2₹590₹505₹420₹335₹251₹367₹343Jul 23Apr 24Feb 25Nov 25Jul 26
S2S4S2S4S4S2₹590₹505₹420₹335₹251₹367₹343Jul 23Feb 25Jul 26
Beating or trailing, week by week since 2016 Each cell is one week from 2016 to now (544 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
Apr 16Jul 26

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 10.3 years the stock moved +236% while the NIFTY 500 moved +266% — behind 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 80th 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.

Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd trades at 12.7× P/E, at the pricey end of its own range (80th percentile). Its long-run median P/E is 10.0×, measured across 10.4 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 12.7× is at the pricey end of its own range (80th percentile), against a long-run median of 10.0× measured over 10.4 years of weekly readings. This is a comparison against the stock's own history — not a claim about what it is worth.

P/E 12.7× vs a 10.0× long-run median P/E, weekly (left axis); earnings per share, trailing twelve months, weekly (right axis). 10.4-year window; loss-period spikes above 28× 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 (80th percentile)
P/EMedianEPS (TTM) (quarterly)
30.5×₹39.522.9×₹29.615.4×₹19.87.9×₹9.90.3×₹0.0×12.70×₹29Feb 16Mar 19Sep 21Mar 24Jul 26
30.5×₹39.522.9×₹29.615.4×₹19.87.9×₹9.90.3×₹0.0×12.70×₹29Feb 16Sep 21Jul 26
PEG 0.33 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. Computed here as quarter-end P/E ÷ trailing-twelve-month EPS growth (only quarters with positive growth), because a reported quarterly PEG is not held for this stock. Last 6 quarters.
below 1.0, the growth looks cheap against the multiple
PEGPEG = 1.0
3.9×2.9×1.9×1.0×0.0××0.33×Q2 FY24Q3 FY24Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q3 FY26
3.9×2.9×1.9×1.0×0.0××0.33×Q2 FY24Q4 FY25Q3 FY26
P/E
12.7×
80th percentile of 10y
PEG
n/m
not derivable — 3-year earnings growth unavailable

🚨 Why the multiple sits where it does: over the past year annual EPS moved −35.2% against a −7.4% price move — the price outran earnings, pushing the multiple UP its own range.

The price move, decomposed: over 5y, of the −4.2%/yr price move, ~−3.2%/yr came from earnings growth and ~−1.0 pp from the multiple (compressing); over 10y, of the +8.9%/yr price move, ~+16.7%/yr came from earnings growth and ~−7.8 pp from the multiple (compressing). The split is the honest approximate (price return minus earnings growth); it makes the rally itself visible instead of hiding it behind the percentile.

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).

Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd reads as mixed on its fundamental arc. Mixed — no clean majority across the growth curves, ROCE holding at 9.6% — the per-curve reads carry the story. The read is built from 11 quarters across 4 curves, on full 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. A missing point means that reading is not held for the quarter.
the trajectory the stage is read from
RevenueProfitEPS
32%45%20%23%8.5%0.0%−3.4%−22%−15%−44%%%−3.2%−37.7%−37.6%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
32%45%20%23%8.5%0.0%−3.4%−22%−15%−44%%%−3.2%−37.7%−37.6%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
17%15%13%11%9.1%%9.6%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
17%15%13%11%9.1%%9.6%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
Revenue growth
Falling
latest −3.2% · span −12.0% to +29.0%
Profit growth
Falling
latest −37.7% · span −37.7% to +39.3%
EPS growth
Falling
latest −37.6% · span −37.6% to +39.1%
ROCE
Stuck low
latest 9.6% · span 9.6%–16.1%

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

Growth, year by year: revenue −2.9% in FY26, profit −35.5% 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
49%327%33%230%17%132%0.8%35%−15%−62%%%−2.9%−35.5%FY16FY21FY26
49%327%33%230%17%132%0.8%35%−15%−62%%%−2.9%−35.5%FY16FY21FY26
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 (−3.2%) with the last 8 annualized (+11.7%).
revenue rolling over, profit rolling over
Revenue TTM YoYProfit TTM YoYEPS TTM YoY
32%45%20%23%8.5%0.0%−3.4%−22%−15%−44%%%−3.2%−37.7%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
32%45%20%23%8.5%0.0%−3.4%−22%−15%−44%%%−3.2%−37.7%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−2.9%+3.6%+6.1%+12.0%
Profit−35.5%−1.9%−2.7%+15.1%
EPS−35.2%−1.8%−2.6%+15.0%
Share price−7.4%−1.2%−4.2%+8.9%
Revenue YoY (Mar 26)
−2.5%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Profit YoY (Mar 26)
−47.7%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Revenue 10y
12.0%
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

54.3/100 — rank 5 of 20 in Sugar · 96% evidence confidence

Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd scores 54.3 out of 100 against the 20 companies it is compared with in Sugar, ranking 5. Price leads the evidence: RS versus the benchmark is 7.9%, but earnings trajectory is weak. Wait for revenue and profit confirmation.

The four contributions add to the total exactly: 9.8 + 13.2 + 15 + 16.3 = 54.3. 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.

Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd reported ₹991 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, −2.5% year on year. Over 10 years it has compounded at 12.0% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹3,617 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹3,619 Cr.

Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd reported ₹991 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, −2.5% year on year. Over 10 years it has compounded at 12.0% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹3,617 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹3,619 Cr.

FY26 revenue came in at ₹3,617 Cr (−2.9% on the year), capping 10 years at 12.0% compound. The latest quarter (Mar 26) printed ₹991 Cr, −2.5% year on year.

FY26 revenue ₹3,617 Cr (−2.9% YoY) Revenue bars, ₹ Cr (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 11-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
12.0% a year over 10 years
RevenueYoY growth
4.0k49%3.0k33%2.0k17%1.0k0.8%0−15%₹ Cr%₹3,617−2.9%FY16FY21FY26
4.0k49%3.0k33%2.0k17%1.0k0.8%0−15%₹ Cr%₹3,617−2.9%FY16FY21FY26
Mar 26: ₹991 Cr (−2.5% 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.
Revenue (quarterly)YoY growth
1.1k50%82327%5494.4%274−18%0−41%₹ Cr%₹991−2.5%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
1.1k50%82327%5494.4%274−18%0−41%₹ Cr%₹991−2.5%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged −3.6% growth against the decade's 12.0% — the current year is running slower than its own long-run rate.

Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew −3.2% over the last 4 quarters against +11.7%/yr over the last 8 — rolling over; TTM profit −37.7% vs −6.9%/yr — rolling over.

→ Revenue slipped — did margins hold as it scaled? Next: 17.0% 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.

Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd's operating margin is 17.0% in the Mar 26 quarter, −2.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 9.0% to 22.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd's operating margin is 17.0% in the Mar 26 quarter, −2.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 9.0% to 22.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

The latest quarter's operating margin is 17.0%, −2.0 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 9.0%–22.0%.

Why the margin moved: operating margin went +5.1 pp year on year while gross margin went +4.0 pp — the gain came mostly from the gross line: input costs and pricing.

FY26: 12.0% Operating margin by fiscal year, %, line (left); year-on-year change in the margin, in percentage points, line (right). 13-year window.
within a 9.0–22.0% band over 13 years
operating marginYoY change (pp)
23%11%19%4.6%16%−1.5%12%−7.6%8.0%−14%%%12%−1%FY14FY20FY26
23%11%19%4.6%16%−1.5%12%−7.6%8.0%−14%%%12%−1%FY14FY20FY26
Mar 26: 17.0% 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)
20%4.9%16%1.7%13%−1.5%8.7%−4.7%5.0%−7.9%%%17%−2%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
20%4.9%16%1.7%13%−1.5%8.7%−4.7%5.0%−7.9%%%17%−2%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

→ Margins slipped — did that reach the bottom line? Next: profit −47.7% 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.

Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd earned ₹104 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, −47.7% year on year. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹236 Cr. The 10-year compound rate is 15.1%. That is 10.5% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹199 Cr.

Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd earned ₹104 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, −47.7% year on year. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹236 Cr. The 10-year compound rate is 15.1%. That is 10.5% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹199 Cr.

Mar 26 profit was ₹104 Cr, −47.7% year on year. On the full year, FY26 printed ₹236 Cr (−35.5%), and the 10-year compound rate is 15.1%.

FY26 profit ₹236 Cr (−35.5% YoY) Net profit bars, ₹ Cr (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 11-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
15.1% a year over 10 years
Net profitYoY growth
3956,159%2964,496%1982,832%991,169%0−494%₹ Cr%₹236−35.5%FY16FY21FY26
3956,159%2964,496%1982,832%991,169%0−494%₹ Cr%₹236−35.5%FY16FY21FY26
Mar 26: ₹104 Cr (−47.7% 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.
Net profit (quarterly)YoY growth
215133%16180%10727%54−27%0−80%₹ Cr%₹104−47.7%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
215133%16180%10727%54−27%0−80%₹ Cr%₹104−47.7%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

🚨 Why profit moved: revenue contributed −2.5% and the margin −2.0 pp — the quarter was revenue-led despite a thinner margin.

Pace comparison, last four quarters: profit −30.9% vs revenue −3.6%. Profit is growing slower than sales — costs are eating the growth before it reaches the bottom line.

→ Profit rose — but did the cash follow? Next: 45% 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 45% of Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash — a gap worth watching. In FY26 that was ₹219 Cr of operating cash against ₹236 Cr of profit. After ₹124 Cr of capital spending, ₹95.0 Cr was left as free cash.

FY26: operating cash of ₹219 Cr against reported profit of ₹236 Cr, leaving free cash of ₹95.0 Cr after ₹124 Cr of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is 45% of profit.

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

FY26: CFO ₹219 Cr vs profit ₹236 Cr Operating cash flow and net profit by fiscal year, ₹ Cr; the line is free cash flow (CFO minus capital spending). 11-year window, annual resolution.
45% of 3-year profit arrived as cash
Operating cashNet profitFree cash
81641617−383−783₹ Cr₹219₹236₹95FY16FY21FY26
81641617−383−783₹ Cr₹219₹236₹95FY16FY21FY26
FY26: CFO = 93% of profit (three-year rate 45%) Operating cash as a share of net profit, per fiscal year, % (line). Dashed line = 100% — every unit of profit arriving as cash; outlier years shown pinned.
Conversion100%
334%211%87%−37%−160%%93%FY16FY21FY26
334%211%87%−37%−160%%93%FY16FY21FY26

🚨 Why conversion sits at 45%: the cash cycle held roughly steady between FY21 and FY26 — so conversion tracks profitability rather than the cycle. Less than 70% of profit arriving as cash is the thing to watch on this page.

Router verdict: no single sink dominates — the next section checks both the working-capital cycle and the capital spending.

→ So follow the cash to where it goes. Next: a 230-day cycle and ₹552 Cr of building.

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).

Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd's cash conversion cycle runs 230 days in FY26, down from 237 days in FY21. Capital spending ran ₹552 Cr over the last 3 years. At FY26 sales of ₹3,617 Cr each day of that cycle holds about ₹9.9 Cr, so roughly ₹2,279 Cr sits inside the business at any moment.

FY26: debtors at 18 days, inventory at 233 days — roughly 7.7 months of stock waiting to sell; that is where the cash sits while it waits — for a full cycle of 230 days, tighter than FY21's 237.

The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0; stock waits 233 days to sell; customers pay about 18 days after that; and suppliers themselves are paid at 21 days — netting out to the 230-day cycle.

In money terms: at FY26 sales of ₹3,617 Cr, each day of the cycle holds about ₹9.9 Cr — so the 230-day loop keeps roughly ₹2,279 Cr sitting inside the business at any moment.

FY26: a 230-day cash cycle Debtor days, inventory days, payable days and the cash conversion cycle by fiscal year. 13-year window.
−7 days vs FY21
Cash cycleInventory daysDebtor daysPayable days
514377241105−32days230d233d18d21dFY14FY17FY20FY23FY26
514377241105−32days230d233d18d21dFY14FY20FY26

On the investment side: capital spending of ₹552 Cr over the last 3 fiscal years against ₹394 Cr of depreciation — building somewhat ahead of wear-and-tear. Capital work-in-progress stands at ₹47.0 Cr (FY26) — capacity paid for but not yet earning.

FY26: capex ₹124 Cr, work-in-progress ₹47.0 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.
steady investment
CapexWork-in-progress
626456287117−53₹ Cr₹124₹47FY16FY18FY21FY23FY26
626456287117−53₹ Cr₹124₹47FY16FY21FY26

The synthesis: neither the cycle nor the build-out is hoarding the cash — the machine is reasonably clean.

→ Does all this activity actually earn its cost of capital? Next: ROCE is 8% and the ROIC − WACC spread is −6.2 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.

Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd earns a ROCE of 8% in FY26. That is up from a trough of 5% in FY15. Return on invested capital clears the cost of that capital by −6.2 percentage points, so growth here is not yet paying for the capital it uses.

FY26 ROCE is 8%, recovered from a FY15 trough of 5% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.

🚨 Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY26): 6.5% net margin × 0.66× asset turns × 1.70× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 7.3% on equity. Margin does its share; leverage is a meaningful part of the equation.

The capstone test — ROIC − WACC: 5.8% − 12.0% = a −6.2 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 8% Return on capital employed by fiscal year, % (line); ROIC by fiscal year, % (line). 13-year window, dips included. Dashed line = the 12.0% cost of capital used on this page.
the climb back from FY15's 5%
ROCEROIC (annual)WACC
18%14%11%7.5%4.0%%8%5%FY14FY20FY26
18%14%11%7.5%4.0%%8%5%FY14FY20FY26
Q4 FY26: ROCE 7.1% (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
13%9.7%6.3%3.0%−0.4%%7.1%2.1%Q1 FY24Q2 FY25Q4 FY26
13%9.7%6.3%3.0%−0.4%%7.1%2.1%Q1 FY24Q2 FY25Q4 FY26

→ Returns like these — is the balance sheet borrowing to make them? Next: debt-to-equity is 0.56.

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.

Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd carries total debt of ₹1,803 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹3,235 Cr as of Mar 26, a debt-to-equity of 0.56. On the annual view that ratio went from 0.35 in FY22 to 0.56 in FY26. Read the returns elsewhere on this page with that leverage in mind.

Mar 26: total debt of ₹1,803 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹3,235 Cr — a debt-to-equity of 0.56. On the annual view, debt-to-equity went from 0.35 (FY22) to 0.56 (FY26). Read the returns on this page with that leverage in mind.

FY26: debt ₹1,803 Cr at 0.56× equity Total debt by fiscal year, ₹ Cr (bars); debt-to-equity, × (line). 5-year window.
Total debtDebt-to-equity
1.9k0.6×1.5k0.5×9740.4×4870.3×00.1×₹ Cr×₹1,8030.56×FY22FY24FY26
1.9k0.6×1.5k0.5×9740.4×4870.3×00.1×₹ Cr×₹1,8030.56×FY22FY24FY26
Mar 26: debt ₹1,803 Cr, debt-to-equity 0.56 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
1.9k0.6×1.5k0.5×9740.3×4870.2×00.1×₹ Cr×₹1,8030.56×Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
1.9k0.6×1.5k0.5×9740.3×4870.2×00.1×₹ Cr×₹1,8030.56×Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

→ Who owns this, and are they adding or leaving? Next: the register is quiet.

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.

No holder of Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd moved a full percentage point over the last two years — the register is quiet. Domestic institutions moved +0.2 points over the same window, to 0.3%. The register is read on the four disclosed classes only; nothing is inferred between filings.

The register over the last two years — Foreign institutions: −0.4 points over 8 quarters to 0.5%; Domestic institutions: +0.2 points over 8 quarters to 0.3%; Promoters: +0.0 points over 8 quarters to 74.9%.

Fiscal-year ends: promoters +0.0 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
81%59%37%16%−5.9%%74.9%0.7%0.1%24.1%Mar 24Mar 25Mar 26
81%59%37%16%−5.9%%74.9%0.7%0.1%24.1%Mar 24Mar 25Mar 26
A quiet register: no holder moved a full point in two years Shareholding by holder class, % of the company, quarterly, last 13 quarters.
PromotersForeign inst.Domestic inst.Public
81%59%37%16%−5.9%%74.9%0.5%0.3%24.1%Jun 23Dec 24Jun 26
81%59%37%16%−5.9%%74.9%0.5%0.3%24.1%Jun 23Dec 24Jun 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.

Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries 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 · Sugar 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
Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd this page12.7×₹2,930 CrMixed
DCM Shriram Ltd18.5×₹15,685 CrImproving
EID Parry (India) Ltd20.6×₹13,489 CrMixed
Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd34.1×₹12,890 CrMixed
Triveni Engineering and Industries Ltd19.6×₹5,480 CrNo read
Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd₹4,732 CrNo read
Bannari Amman Sugars Ltd29.7×₹4,391 CrMixed
Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar Ltd29.4×₹4,133 CrNo read
M.V.K. Agro Food Product Ltd42.0×₹1,958 Cr
Godavari Biorefineries Ltd42.4×₹1,427 CrNo read
Andhra Sugars Ltd11.7×₹1,170 CrMixed
Avadh Sugar & Energy Ltd16.8×₹1,052 CrNo read
Dhampur Sugar Mills Ltd14.0×₹914 CrNo read
Uttam Sugar Mills Ltd8.6×₹871 CrNo read
Dwarikesh Sugar Industries Ltd₹803 CrNo read
Zuari Industries Ltd6.6×₹765 CrNo read
Magadh Sugar & Energy Ltd11.0×₹696 CrNo read
Dhampur Bio Organics Ltd26.5×₹678 CrNo read
Davangere Sugar Company Ltd58.6×₹499 CrMixed
DCM Shriram Industries Ltd8.2×₹498 CrDeteriorating
12 · Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

What is Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd's share price today?

Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd trades at ₹367, −7.4% over the past year. The company is valued at ₹2,930 Cr. The stock sits at 76% of its 52-week range of ₹274–₹398, +7.0% versus its 200-day average. On the tape, the price is in a confirmed uptrend, 12 weeks in. — as of 24 July 2026.

What were Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd's latest quarterly results?

Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd reported revenue of ₹991 Cr and net profit of ₹104 Cr for the Mar 26 quarter. Revenue fell 2.5% and profit fell 47.7% year on year. Earnings per share were ₹12.91. The operating margin was 17.0%, 2.0 pp lower than a year earlier. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd's revenue?

Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd reported revenue of ₹991 Cr in the Mar 26 quarter, −2.5% year on year. For the full FY26 fiscal year, revenue was ₹3,617 Cr (−2.9%). Over the last 10 years revenue compounded at 12.0% a year. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd's profit?

Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd earned ₹104 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, −47.7% year on year. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹236 Cr. The operating margin ran 17.0% in the latest quarter. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd's market cap?

Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd's market capitalisation is ₹2,930 Cr at a share price of ₹367. 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 Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd's P/E ratio?

Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd trades at a P/E of 12.7×, at the 80th percentile of its own 10-year range, against a long-run median of 10.0×. This is a comparison with the stock's own history, not a value call — as of 24 July 2026.

Does Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd pay a dividend?

Yes — Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd's dividend payout was 21% of profit in FY26, and it recorded a payout in 11 of its last 13 reported fiscal years. This page holds the payout ratio, not a per-share amount. — as of 24 July 2026.

Is Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd overvalued?

On its own history, Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd looks expensive against its own history: its P/E of 12.7× sits at the 80th percentile of its 10-year range (long-run median 10.0×). That is a percentile read against the stock's own past, not a price opinion or a direction call. — as of 24 July 2026.

Is Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd growing?

Not right now — Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd's latest numbers are shrinking: latest-quarter revenue −2.5% year on year, profit −47.7%, and the margin −2.0 pp at 17.0%. The 10-year compound rates are 12.0% (revenue) and 15.1% (profit). The earnings engine currently reads: deteriorating — as of 24 July 2026.

How is Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd performing?

Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd is in a confirmed uptrend, 12 weeks in. Its latest quarter's revenue fell 2.5% and profit fell 47.7% year on year. Against the NIFTY 500 it has been ahead on a trailing-13-week view for 2 weeks. — as of 24 July 2026.

What stage is Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd in?

Mixed — no clean majority across the growth curves, ROCE holding at 9.6% — the per-curve reads carry the story. The read comes from the last 12 quarters of growth (revenue growth −3.2% latest, profit growth −37.7% latest, eps growth −37.6% latest) plus the ROCE curve, classified by deterministic rules — a trajectory read, not a buy or sell call — as of 24 July 2026.

Is Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd in an uptrend?

Yes — the price is in a confirmed uptrend (week 12 of stage 2), trading +7.0% versus its 200-day average and at 76% 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 Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd beating the market?

On recent form, yes — Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries 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 10.3 years the stock moved +236% against the NIFTY 500's +266% — behind the index over the full window. — as of 24 July 2026.

Will Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd's share price go up?

This page publishes no price forecast for Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd. What it measures instead: the share price is ₹367, the price is in a confirmed uptrend 12 weeks in. Its P/E of 12.7× sits at the 80th percentile of its own 10-year range. — as of 24 July 2026.

Who owns Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd?

Promoters hold 74.9% of Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd, foreign institutions 0.5%, domestic institutions 0.3% and the public 24.1% (latest quarter). No holder moved a full point over the last two years — the register is quiet. — as of 24 July 2026.

Does Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd have too much debt?

It is moderate — Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd's debt-to-equity is 0.56, and operating profit covers the interest bill 7×. FY26 borrowings were ₹1,803 Cr against equity of ₹3,242 Cr. Read the returns on this page with that leverage in mind — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd's capex?

Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd spent ₹552 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 ₹124 Cr, with ₹47.0 Cr in capital work-in-progress — capacity paid for but not yet earning. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd's cash flow?

Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd generated ₹219 Cr of operating cash flow in FY26 and ₹95.0 Cr of free cash flow after ₹124 Cr of capital spending. Reported profit that year was ₹236 Cr, so operating cash ran behind profit. Cash-flow resolution for India is annual. — as of 24 July 2026.

Is Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd's profit real cash?

Not fully — over the last 3 fiscal years, 45% of Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash. In FY26, operating cash was ₹219 Cr against reported profit of ₹236 Cr. The cash then goes into a mix of the working-capital cycle and capacity. Cash-flow resolution is annual — as of 24 July 2026.

Where is Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd in its business cycle?

Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd's FY26 operating margin was 12.0%, against a 13-year band of 9.0%–22.0%: the low end of its own band, which is where recoveries start when they come. The latest quarter ran 17.0%. 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 Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd story?

The sharpest disagreement: the price moved −7.4% in a year while annual EPS moved −35.2% — the difference is re-rating, and re-rating has to be repaid with earnings. 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 Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd a stock worth studying right now?

This is not investment advice. The machine read: Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries Ltd's price has outrun its earnings. −7.4% in a year against EPS −35.2% — the market is paying now for delivery later. The sharpest open question: whether earnings grow into a price that has already moved. 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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