Sector Alpha Week of 2026-07-24
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DCX Systems Ltd

DCXINDIA
Aerospace & Defence - Equipments

DCX Systems Ltd's price has outrun its earnings. −31.1% in a year against EPS −119.8% — the market is paying now for delivery later.

The sharpest disagreement: the price moved −31.1% in a year while annual EPS moved −119.8% — the difference is re-rating, and re-rating has to be repaid with earnings.

The price is in a downtrend (52 weeks in) while the P/E sits at the 99th percentile of its own 4-year range. Underneath, the last four quarters read deteriorating — profit −101.4% year on year, and −48% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash. What settles it: whether earnings grow into a price that has already moved.

Stage
Deteriorating
partial read
Price
₹187
−31.1% 1Y
P/E
169.8×
99th pctile
of its own 4-year range
Revenue (Mar 26)
₹207 Cr
−62.3% YoY
Profit (Mar 26)
₹−0.3 Cr
−101.4% YoY
Operating margin
−0.2%
−2.0 pp YoY
ROCE
1%
FY26
ROIC
4.0%
vs WACC 12.0% → −8.0 pp
Cash conversion
−48%
of profit, last 3 FY
Unverified figures: Some figures on this page come from a second financial-data feed that could not be cross-checked against the primary source — the two do not share enough overlapping reported history to compare. They are drawn, because they are the only evidence there is, and every section carrying one is marked unverified. PEG is the exception: the quarterly curve is not drawn at all. PEG asks what is being paid for growth — both sides of that division come from the source that could not be checked, so it is withheld instead of marked.
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.

DCX Systems Ltd trades at ₹187, in a downtrend and 52 weeks into that stage. That is −8.3% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 23% of a 52-week range of ₹160 to ₹279. On relative strength it is currently behind the NIFTY 500 on a trailing-13-week view (5 weeks and counting).

Today the stock is in a downtrend — week 52 of stage 4, confirmed. At ₹187 it trades −8.3% versus its 200-day average and sits at 23% of its 52-week range (₹160–₹279).

Jul 26: ₹187 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.
−8.3% versus the 200-day line, week 52 of stage 4
Price50-day avg200-day avg
S2S2S4S4S4₹459₹379₹298₹218₹137₹187₹204Jul 23Apr 24Jan 25Oct 25Jul 26
S2S2S4S4S4₹459₹379₹298₹218₹137₹187₹204Jul 23Jan 25Jul 26
Beating or trailing, week by week since 2022 Each cell is one week from 2022 to now (196 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
Nov 22Jul 26

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 3.7 years the stock moved −39% while the NIFTY 500 moved +49% — behind the index over the full window. Recent form: on a trailing-13-week view the stock is currently behind (5 weeks and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-06-24) — 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 99th 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.

DCX Systems Ltd trades at 169.8× P/E, about the priciest it has ever traded. Its long-run median P/E is 49.2×, measured across 3.5 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 169.8× is about the priciest it has ever traded, against a long-run median of 49.2× measured over 3.5 years of weekly readings. This is a comparison against the stock's own history — not a claim about what it is worth.

P/E 169.8× vs a 49.2× long-run median P/E, weekly (left axis); earnings per share, trailing twelve months, weekly (right axis). 3.5-year window; loss-period spikes above 148× shown pinned at the top. The eps (ttm) bars are red where the reading is lower than the quarter before.
about the priciest it has ever traded
P/EMedianEPS (TTM) (quarterly)
158.0×₹9.8120.2×₹7.482.3×₹4.944.5×₹2.56.7×₹0.0×147.60×₹1Nov 22Sep 23Aug 24Jul 25May 26
158.0×₹9.8120.2×₹7.482.3×₹4.944.5×₹2.56.7×₹0.0×147.60×₹1Nov 22Aug 24May 26
P/E
169.8×
99th percentile of 4y

🚨 Why the multiple sits where it does: over the past year annual EPS moved −119.8% against a −31.1% price move — the price outran earnings, pushing the multiple UP its own range.

The price move, decomposed: over 3y, of the −12.2%/yr price move, ~−46.5%/yr came from earnings growth and ~+34.3 pp from the multiple (expanding). 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.

A quarterly PEG curve, which only the second data source carries, is not drawn on this page: its two data sources do not share enough overlapping reported history to be compared. A figure nobody could check is not used to price growth — the gap is a decision, not missing data.

→ 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: Deteriorating

Stage: Deteriorating 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).

DCX Systems Ltd reads as deteriorating on its fundamental arc. Deteriorating — revenue and profit growth are shrinking (revenue growth −62.3% latest (single-quarter readings) against +60.9% at its 12-quarter best), ROCE slipping at 1.0%. The read is built from 10 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. A missing point means that reading is not held for the quarter.
the trajectory the stage is read from
RevenueProfitEPS
71%63%35%−27%0.0%−118%−36%−208%−72%−298%%%−62.3%−101.4%−120.1%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
71%63%35%−27%0.0%−118%−36%−208%−72%−298%%%−62.3%−101.4%−120.1%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
ROCE Annual readings — the quarterly balance-sheet pieces this curve needs are not held for this stock, so the returns read moves once a year and carries less weight in the call.
the return curve, annual readings
ROCE
14%10%7.0%3.5%0.0%%1%FY23FY24FY26
14%10%7.0%3.5%0.0%%1%FY23FY24FY26
Revenue growth
Falling
latest −62.3% · span −60.9% to +60.9%
Profit growth
Falling
latest −101.4% · span −100.0% to +38.1%
ROCE
Falling
latest 1.0% · span 1.0%–13.0%

🚨 Why it matters: falling curves mean every cheap-looking ratio below needs a discount for direction.

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.

Return readings here are annual, not quarterly — read as level and direction only; they can confirm the growth curves but never drive the stage on their own.

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 −31.5% in FY26, profit −120.5% Year-over-year growth per fiscal year, %: revenue (left axis); net profit and EPS (right axis — profit growth swings far wider). Zero line drawn.
Revenue YoYProfit YoYEPS YoY
80%139%50%69%20%0.0%−9.8%−70%−40%−140%%%−31.5%−120.5%FY21FY23FY26
80%139%50%69%20%0.0%−9.8%−70%−40%−140%%%−31.5%−120.5%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 (−31.4%) with the last 8 annualized (−27.7%).
revenue rolling over
Revenue TTM YoYProfit TTM YoYEPS TTM YoY
11%−31%−0.5%−55%−12%−79%−23%−103%−35%−127%%%−31.4%−119.8%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
11%−31%−0.5%−55%−12%−79%−23%−103%−35%−127%%%−31.4%−119.8%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−31.5%−16.0%+3.0%
Share price−31.1%−12.2%
Revenue YoY (Mar 26)
−62.3%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Profit YoY (Mar 26)
−101.4%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Revenue 10y
3.0%
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

29.2/100 — rank 23 of 24 in Aerospace & Defence - Equipments · 67% evidence confidence

DCX Systems Ltd scores 29.2 out of 100 against the 24 companies it is compared with in Aerospace & Defence - Equipments, ranking 23. Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.

The four contributions add to the total exactly: 8 + 7.8 + 10 + 3.4 = 29.2. 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.

DCX Systems Ltd reported ₹207 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, −62.3% year on year. Over 5 years it has compounded at 3.0% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹743 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹743 Cr.

DCX Systems Ltd reported ₹207 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, −62.3% year on year. Over 5 years it has compounded at 3.0% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹743 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹743 Cr.

FY26 revenue came in at ₹743 Cr (−31.5% on the year), capping 5 years at 3.0% compound. The latest quarter (Mar 26) printed ₹207 Cr, −62.3% year on year.

FY26 revenue ₹743 Cr (−31.5% YoY) Revenue bars, ₹ Cr (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 6-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
3.0% a year over 5 years
RevenueYoY growth
1.5k80%1.2k50%76920%384−9.8%0−40%₹ Cr%₹743−31.5%FY21FY23FY26
1.5k80%1.2k50%76920%384−9.8%0−40%₹ Cr%₹743−31.5%FY21FY23FY26
Mar 26: ₹207 Cr (−62.3% 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
80671%60435%4030.0%201−36%0−72%₹ Cr%₹207−62.3%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
80671%60435%4030.0%201−36%0−72%₹ Cr%₹207−62.3%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged −10.6% growth against the decade's 3.0% — the current year is running slower than its own long-run rate.

Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew −31.4% over the last 4 quarters against −27.7%/yr over the last 8 — rolling over.

→ Revenue slipped — did margins hold as it scaled? Next: −0.2% 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.

DCX Systems Ltd's operating margin is −0.2% in the Mar 26 quarter, −2.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 6 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged −2.0% to 7.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

DCX Systems Ltd's operating margin is −0.2% in the Mar 26 quarter, −2.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 6 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged −2.0% to 7.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

The latest quarter's operating margin is −0.2%, −2.0 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 6 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged −2.0%–7.0%.

🚨 Why the margin moved: operating margin went −2.0 pp year on year while gross margin went +5.9 pp — the loss came mostly from the gross line: input costs and pricing.

FY26: −2.0% Operating margin by fiscal year, %, line (left); year-on-year change in the margin, in percentage points, line (right). 6-year window.
within a −2.0–7.0% band over 6 years
operating marginYoY change (pp)
7.7%4.8%5.1%1.9%2.5%−1.0%−0.1%−3.9%−2.7%−6.8%%%−2%−2%FY21FY23FY26
7.7%4.8%5.1%1.9%2.5%−1.0%−0.1%−3.9%−2.7%−6.8%%%−2%−2%FY21FY23FY26
Mar 26: −0.2% 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)
8.5%5.0%4.4%1.5%0.4%−2.0%−3.7%−5.4%−7.8%−8.9%%%−0.2%−2%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
8.5%5.0%4.4%1.5%0.4%−2.0%−3.7%−5.4%−7.8%−8.9%%%−0.2%−2%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

→ Margins slipped — did that reach the bottom line? Next: profit −101.4% 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.

DCX Systems Ltd posted a net loss of ₹0.3 Cr in the Mar 26 quarter. The full FY26 year was a loss of ₹8.0 Cr. That loss is 0.1% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹20.7 Cr. 3 of the last 12 reported quarters were loss-making.

DCX Systems Ltd posted a net loss of ₹0.3 Cr in the Mar 26 quarter. The full FY26 year was a loss of ₹8.0 Cr. That loss is 0.1% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹20.7 Cr. 3 of the last 12 reported quarters were loss-making.

Mar 26 profit was ₹−0.3 Cr, −101.4% year on year. On the full year, FY26 printed ₹−8.0 Cr (−120.5%).

FY26 profit ₹−8.0 Cr (−120.5% 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.
Net profitYoY growth
83139%5869%340.0%10−70%−15−140%₹ Cr%₹−8−120.5%FY21FY23FY26
83139%5869%340.0%10−70%−15−140%₹ Cr%₹−8−120.5%FY21FY23FY26
Mar 26: ₹−0.3 Cr (−101.4% 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
3663%24−27%12−118%0−208%−12−298%₹ Cr%₹0−101.4%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
3663%24−27%12−118%0−208%−12−298%₹ Cr%₹0−101.4%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

🚨 Why profit moved: revenue contributed −62.3% and the margin −2.0 pp — the quarter was revenue-led despite a thinner margin.

Pace comparison, last four quarters: profit −115.2% vs revenue −10.6%. 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: −48% 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 −48% of DCX Systems Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash — a gap worth watching. In FY26 that was ₹2.0 Cr of operating cash against ₹−8.0 Cr of profit. After ₹152 Cr of capital spending, ₹−150 Cr was left as free cash.

FY26: operating cash of ₹2.0 Cr against reported profit of ₹−8.0 Cr, leaving free cash of ₹−150 Cr after ₹152 Cr of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is −48% of profit.

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

FY26: CFO ₹2.0 Cr vs profit ₹−8.0 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. FY26 reflects an acquisition year — point shown clipped.
−48% of 3-year profit arrived as cash
Operating cashNet profitFree cash
583266−51−367−684₹ Cr₹2₹−8₹196FY21FY23FY26
583266−51−367−684₹ Cr₹2₹−8₹196FY21FY23FY26
FY26: CFO = 1,272% of profit (three-year rate −48%) 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%
390%65%−260%−584%−909%%300%FY21FY23FY26
390%65%−260%−584%−909%%300%FY21FY23FY26

🚨 Why conversion sits at −48%: the cash cycle stretched 193 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 193 days — the next section's job is to find where the cash is stuck.

→ So follow the cash to where it goes. Next: the 242-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).

DCX Systems Ltd's cash conversion cycle runs 242 days in FY26, up from 49 days in FY21. Capital spending ran ₹497 Cr over the last 3 years. At FY26 sales of ₹743 Cr each day of that cycle holds about ₹2.0 Cr, so roughly ₹493 Cr sits inside the business at any moment.

FY26: debtors at 66 days, inventory at 289 days — roughly 9.5 months of stock waiting to sell; that is where the cash sits while it waits — for a full cycle of 242 days, looser than FY21's 49.

The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0; stock waits 289 days to sell; customers pay about 66 days after that; and suppliers themselves are paid at 113 days — netting out to the 242-day cycle.

In money terms: at FY26 sales of ₹743 Cr, each day of the cycle holds about ₹2.0 Cr — so the 242-day loop keeps roughly ₹493 Cr sitting inside the business at any moment.

FY26: a 242-day cash cycle Debtor days, inventory days, payable days and the cash conversion cycle by fiscal year. 6-year window.
+193 days vs FY21
Cash cycleInventory daysDebtor daysPayable days
31222814459−25days242d289d66d113dFY21FY22FY23FY24FY26
31222814459−25days242d289d66d113dFY21FY23FY26

On the investment side: capital spending of ₹497 Cr over the last 3 fiscal years against ₹33.0 Cr of depreciation — the company is building well ahead of wear-and-tear. Capital work-in-progress stands at ₹0.0 Cr (FY26) — capacity paid for but not yet earning.

FY26: capex ₹152 Cr, work-in-progress ₹0.0 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.
a build-out
CapexWork-in-progress
324243162810₹ Cr₹152₹0FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
324243162810₹ Cr₹152₹0FY22FY24FY26

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 1% and the ROIC − WACC spread is −8.0 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.⚠ unverified

DCX Systems Ltd earns a ROCE of 1% in FY26. Return on invested capital clears the cost of that capital by −8.0 percentage points, so growth here is not yet paying for the capital it uses. The wiring behind it is −1.1% net margin on 0.35× asset turns.

FY26 ROCE is 1%.

🚨 Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY26): −1.1% net margin × 0.35× asset turns × 1.39× balance-sheet leverage ≈ −0.5% on equity. Margin does its share; leverage is modest — this is an earned return, not a borrowed one.

The capstone test — ROIC − WACC: 4.0% − 12.0% = a −8.0 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 1% 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 full ladder
ROCEROIC (annual)WACC
29%21%13%5.3%−2.6%%1%2.8%FY22FY24FY26
29%21%13%5.3%−2.6%%1%2.8%FY22FY24FY26
Q4 FY26: ROCE −1.0% (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
22%15%8.5%2.0%−4.6%%−1%1.9%Q1 FY24Q2 FY25Q4 FY26
22%15%8.5%2.0%−4.6%%−1%1.9%Q1 FY24Q2 FY25Q4 FY26

→ Returns like these — is the balance sheet borrowing to make them? Next: debt-to-equity is 0.00.

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.⚠ unverified

DCX Systems Ltd carries total debt of ₹3.0 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹1,513 Cr as of Mar 26, a debt-to-equity of 0.00 — effectively unlevered. On the annual view that ratio went from 2.89 in FY21 to 0.00 in FY26. The returns elsewhere on this page are therefore earned rather than borrowed.

Mar 26: total debt of ₹3.0 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹1,513 Cr — a debt-to-equity of 0.00. On the annual view, debt-to-equity went from 2.89 (FY21) to 0.00 (FY26). The returns on this page are earned, not borrowed.

FY26: debt ₹3.0 Cr at 0.00× equity Total debt by fiscal year, ₹ Cr (bars); debt-to-equity, × (line). 6-year window.
Total debtDebt-to-equity
5504.6×4123.4×2752.1×1370.9×0−0.3×₹ Cr×₹30.00×FY21FY23FY26
5504.6×4123.4×2752.1×1370.9×0−0.3×₹ Cr×₹30.00×FY21FY23FY26
Mar 26: debt ₹3.0 Cr, debt-to-equity 0.00 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
5501.0×4120.7×2750.4×1370.2×0−0.1×₹ Cr×₹30.00×Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
5501.0×4120.7×2750.4×1370.2×0−0.1×₹ Cr×₹30.00×Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

→ Who owns this, and are they adding or leaving? Next: Promoters cut 7.6 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 7.6 points of DCX Systems Ltd over 8 quarters, the biggest move on the register. That takes promoters to 52.2% of the company. Domestic institutions moved −6.2 points over the same window, to 2.7%. The register is read on the four disclosed classes only; nothing is inferred between filings.

The register over the last two years — Promoters: −7.6 points over 8 quarters to 52.2%; Domestic institutions: −6.2 points over 8 quarters to 2.7%; Foreign institutions: +0.4 points over 8 quarters to 1.7%.

🚨 Why the register moved: promoters drove it (−7.6 points), alongside domestic institutions (−6.2 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
67%49%32%14%−4.1%%52.2%0.8%2.9%44.1%Mar 24Mar 25Mar 26
67%49%32%14%−4.1%%52.2%0.8%2.9%44.1%Mar 24Mar 25Mar 26
Promoters cut 7.6 points over 8 quarters Shareholding by holder class, % of the company, quarterly, last 13 quarters.
PromotersForeign inst.Domestic inst.Public
77%57%36%15%−5.7%%52.2%1.7%2.7%43.4%Jun 23Dec 24Jun 26
77%57%36%15%−5.7%%52.2%1.7%2.7%43.4%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.

DCX Systems Ltd: the Z-score reads 4.54. A Z-score above roughly 3 reads as safe and below roughly 1.8 as the distress zone, so this sits well clear of distress. It is a distance-to-distress estimate from the balance sheet, not a forecast of failure.

Why it matters: a Z-score of 4.54 sits well clear of the distress zone — the balance sheet is not the risk here.

The safety line in one sentence: the Z-score reads 4.54.

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
DCX Systems Ltd this page169.8×₹2,013 CrDeteriorating
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
Azad Engineering Ltd119.0×₹15,751 CrMixed
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
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 DCX Systems Ltd's share price today?

DCX Systems Ltd trades at ₹187, −31.1% over the past year. The company is valued at ₹2,013 Cr. The stock sits at 23% of its 52-week range of ₹160–₹279, −8.3% versus its 200-day average. On the tape, the price is in a downtrend, 52 weeks in. — as of 24 July 2026.

What were DCX Systems Ltd's latest quarterly results?

DCX Systems Ltd reported revenue of ₹207 Cr and a net loss of ₹0.3 Cr for the Mar 26 quarter. Revenue fell 62.3% and profit fell 101.4% year on year. Earnings per share were ₹−0.03. The operating margin was −0.2%, 2.0 pp lower than a year earlier. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is DCX Systems Ltd's revenue?

DCX Systems Ltd reported revenue of ₹207 Cr in the Mar 26 quarter, −62.3% year on year. For the full FY26 fiscal year, revenue was ₹743 Cr (−31.5%). Over the last 5 years revenue compounded at 3.0% a year. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is DCX Systems Ltd's profit?

DCX Systems Ltd earned ₹−0.3 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, −101.4% year on year. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹−8.0 Cr. The operating margin ran −0.2% in the latest quarter. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is DCX Systems Ltd's market cap?

DCX Systems Ltd's market capitalisation is ₹2,013 Cr at a share price of ₹187. 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 DCX Systems Ltd's P/E ratio?

DCX Systems Ltd trades at a P/E of 169.8×, at the 99th percentile of its own 4-year range, against a long-run median of 49.2×. This is a comparison with the stock's own history, not a value call — as of 24 July 2026.

Does DCX Systems Ltd pay a dividend?

No — DCX Systems 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 DCX Systems Ltd overvalued?

On its own history, DCX Systems Ltd looks expensive against its own history: its P/E of 169.8× sits at the 99th percentile of its 4-year range (long-run median 49.2×). 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 DCX Systems Ltd growing?

Not right now — DCX Systems Ltd's latest numbers are shrinking: latest-quarter revenue −62.3% year on year, profit −101.4%, and the margin −2.0 pp at −0.2%. The earnings engine currently reads: deteriorating — as of 24 July 2026.

How is DCX Systems Ltd performing?

DCX Systems Ltd is in a downtrend, 52 weeks in. Its latest quarter's revenue fell 62.3% and profit fell 101.4% year on year. Against the NIFTY 500 it has been behind on a trailing-13-week view for 5 weeks. This describes what the data did, not a rating. — as of 24 July 2026.

What stage is DCX Systems Ltd in?

Deteriorating — revenue and profit growth are shrinking (revenue growth −62.3% latest (single-quarter readings) against +60.9% at its 12-quarter best), ROCE slipping at 1.0%. The read comes from the last 12 quarters of growth (revenue growth −62.3% latest, profit growth −101.4% latest) plus the ROCE curve, classified by deterministic rules — a trajectory read, not a buy or sell call — as of 24 July 2026.

Is DCX Systems Ltd in an uptrend?

No — the price is in a downtrend (week 52 of stage 4), trading −8.3% versus its 200-day average and at 23% 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 DCX Systems Ltd beating the market?

Not lately — on a trailing-13-week view DCX Systems Ltd is currently behind the NIFTY 500 (5 weeks and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-06-24), the same metric the week-by-week ribbon on this page draws. Separately, on the cumulative view: over the last 3.7 years the stock moved −39% against the NIFTY 500's +49% — behind the index over the full window. — as of 24 July 2026.

Will DCX Systems Ltd's share price go up?

This page publishes no price forecast for DCX Systems Ltd. What it measures instead: the share price is ₹187, the price is in a downtrend 52 weeks in. Its P/E of 169.8× sits at the 99th percentile of its own 4-year range. — as of 24 July 2026.

Who owns DCX Systems Ltd?

Promoters hold 52.2% of DCX Systems Ltd, foreign institutions 1.7%, domestic institutions 2.7% and the public 43.4% (latest quarter). The biggest move on the register over the last two years: Promoters cut 7.6 points over 8 quarters. — as of 24 July 2026.

Does DCX Systems Ltd have too much debt?

No — DCX Systems Ltd's debt-to-equity is 0.00, and operating profit covers the interest bill −6×. FY26 borrowings were ₹3.0 Cr against equity of ₹1,513 Cr. The returns on this page are earned, not borrowed — as of 24 July 2026.

What is DCX Systems Ltd's capex?

DCX Systems Ltd spent ₹497 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 ₹152 Cr, with ₹0.0 Cr in capital work-in-progress — capacity paid for but not yet earning. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is DCX Systems Ltd's cash flow?

DCX Systems Ltd generated ₹2.0 Cr of operating cash flow in FY26 and ₹−150 Cr of free cash flow after ₹152 Cr of capital spending. Reported profit that year was ₹−8.0 Cr, so operating cash ran ahead of profit. Cash-flow resolution for India is annual. — as of 24 July 2026.

Is DCX Systems Ltd's profit real cash?

Not fully — over the last 3 fiscal years, −48% of DCX Systems Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash. In FY26, operating cash was ₹2.0 Cr against reported profit of ₹−8.0 Cr. The cash then goes mostly into the working-capital cycle. Cash-flow resolution is annual — as of 24 July 2026.

How financially safe is DCX Systems Ltd?

On the balance sheet, the Z-score reads 4.54 — above roughly 3 is safe, below roughly 1.8 is the distress zone. That sits well clear of trouble. — as of 24 July 2026.

Where is DCX Systems Ltd in its business cycle?

DCX Systems Ltd's FY26 operating margin was −2.0%, against a 6-year band of −2.0%–7.0%: the low end of its own band, which is where recoveries start when they come. The latest quarter ran −0.2%. 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 DCX Systems Ltd story?

The sharpest disagreement: the price moved −31.1% in a year while annual EPS moved −119.8% — 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 DCX Systems Ltd a stock worth studying right now?

This is not investment advice. The machine read: DCX Systems Ltd's price has outrun its earnings. −31.1% in a year against EPS −119.8% — 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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