Eicher Motors Ltd

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.

Eicher Motors Ltd trades at ₹7,564, in a confirmed uptrend and 165 weeks into that stage. That is +7.8% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 79% of a 52-week range of ₹5,663 to ₹8,065. 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 165 of stage 2, confirmed. At ₹7,564 it trades +7.8% versus its 200-day average and sits at 79% of its 52-week range (₹5,663–₹8,065).

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 10.4 years the stock moved +300% while the NIFTY 500 moved +280% — 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 49th percentile of its own range.

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.

Eicher Motors Ltd trades at 37.7× P/E, mid-range by its own standards (49th percentile). Its long-run median P/E is 37.9×, 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 37.7× is mid-range by its own standards (49th percentile), against a long-run median of 37.9× 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.

Why the multiple sits where it does: over the past year annual EPS moved +16.4% against a +34.4% price move — the price outran earnings, pushing the multiple UP its own range.

The price move, decomposed: over 5y, of the +23.6%/yr price move, ~+32.7%/yr came from earnings growth and ~−9.1 pp from the multiple (compressing); over 10y, of the +14.4%/yr price move, ~+15.7%/yr came from earnings growth and ~−1.3 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 unremarkable against its own past, so the story rests on the earnings line underneath it, not the multiple.

The PEG ratio and its quarterly curve, which only the second data source carries, are not drawn on this page: its two data sources disagree by up to 8.0% on reported income across 15 comparable periods. A figure two sources cannot agree on is not drawn — 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.

Stage: Consistent 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).

Eicher Motors Ltd reads as consistent on its fundamental arc. Consistent — revenue, profit and EPS growth have stayed positive through the window, with ROCE at 31.0% and holding. The read is built from 8 quarters across 4 curves, on partial evidence.

Why it matters: steady curves with healthy returns are the compounding setup — the risk is the price, not the business.

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.

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

4-Factor Sector Score

64.4/100 — rank 2 of 8 in Auto - 2 & 3 Wheelers · 73% evidence confidence

Eicher Motors Ltd scores 64.4 out of 100 against the 8 companies it is compared with in Auto - 2 & 3 Wheelers, ranking 2. Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.

The four contributions add to the total exactly: 18 + 20.8 + 10.4 + 15.2 = 64.4. 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.

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

Eicher Motors Ltd reported ₹6,080 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +16.0% year on year. That is the 11th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 10 years it has compounded at 14.3% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹23,408 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹23,408 Cr.

Eicher Motors Ltd reported ₹6,080 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +16.0% year on year. That is the 11th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 10 years it has compounded at 14.3% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹23,408 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹23,408 Cr.

FY26 revenue came in at ₹23,408 Cr (+24.0% on the year), capping 10 years at 14.3% compound. The latest quarter (Mar 26) printed ₹6,080 Cr, +16.0% year on year — the 11th consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +24.6% growth against the decade's 14.3% — the current year is running faster than its own long-run rate.

Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew +24.0% over the last 4 quarters against +19.0%/yr over the last 8 — accelerating; TTM profit +16.5% vs +17.4%/yr — stabilising.

→ Revenue grew — did margins hold as it scaled? Next: 25.0% this quarter (+1.0 pp YoY).

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.

Eicher Motors Ltd's operating margin is 25.0% in the Mar 26 quarter, +1.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 11.0% to 31.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

Eicher Motors Ltd's operating margin is 25.0% in the Mar 26 quarter, +1.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 11.0% to 31.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

The latest quarter's operating margin is 25.0%, +1.0 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 11.0%–31.0%.

Why the margin moved: operating margin went +0.9 pp year on year while gross margin went +0.2 pp — the gain came mostly below the gross line: operating leverage, with costs spread over a bigger revenue base.

→ Margins held — did that reach the bottom line? Next: profit +11.6% in the latest quarter.

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

Eicher Motors Ltd earned ₹1,520 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +11.6% year on year. It is the 11th consecutive quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹5,515 Cr. The 10-year compound rate is 15.2%. That is 25.0% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹1,362 Cr.

Eicher Motors Ltd earned ₹1,520 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +11.6% year on year. It is the 11th consecutive quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹5,515 Cr. The 10-year compound rate is 15.2%. That is 25.0% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹1,362 Cr.

Mar 26 profit was ₹1,520 Cr, +11.6% year on year — the 11th consecutive quarter of growth. On the full year, FY26 printed ₹5,515 Cr (+16.5%), and the 10-year compound rate is 15.2%.

Why profit moved: revenue contributed +16.0% and the margin +1.0 pp — the quarter was revenue-led, with the margin roughly flat.

Pace comparison, last four quarters: profit +16.8% vs revenue +24.6%. 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: 88% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash.

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 88% of Eicher Motors Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash — the cash follows the profit. In FY26 that was ₹4,805 Cr of operating cash against ₹5,515 Cr of profit. After ₹1,464 Cr of capital spending, ₹3,341 Cr was left as free cash.

FY26: operating cash of ₹4,805 Cr against reported profit of ₹5,515 Cr, leaving free cash of ₹3,341 Cr after ₹1,464 Cr of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is 88% of profit.

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

Why conversion sits at 88%: the cash cycle stretched 23 days between FY21 and FY26 — more of each rupee of profit waits inside the cycle before arriving.

Router verdict: the bigger cash user is investment — capital spending ran 1.7× depreciation over three years, so the next section's job is to check what that build-out is buying.

→ So follow the cash to where it goes. Next: ₹3,593 Cr of building over 3 years.

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).

Eicher Motors Ltd's cash conversion cycle runs −16 days in FY26, up from −39 days in FY21. Capital spending ran ₹3,593 Cr over the last 3 years. At FY26 sales of ₹23,408 Cr each day of that cycle holds about ₹64.1 Cr, so roughly ₹−1,026 Cr sits inside the business at any moment.

FY26: debtors at 6 days, inventory at 55 days — roughly 1.8 months of stock waiting to sell; that is where the cash sits while it waits — for a full cycle of −16 days, looser than FY21's −39.

The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0; stock waits 55 days to sell; customers pay about 6 days after that; and suppliers themselves are paid at 76 days — netting out to the −16-day cycle.

In money terms: at FY26 sales of ₹23,408 Cr, each day of the cycle holds about ₹64.1 Cr — so the −16-day loop keeps roughly ₹−1,026 Cr sitting inside the business at any moment.

On the investment side: capital spending of ₹3,593 Cr over the last 3 fiscal years against ₹2,167 Cr of depreciation — the company is building well ahead of wear-and-tear. Capital work-in-progress stands at ₹203 Cr (FY26) — capacity paid for but not yet earning.

The synthesis: the cash is going into capacity, not disappearing into the cycle — the question becomes whether the new capacity earns.

→ Does all this activity actually earn its cost of capital? Next: ROCE is 31%.

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.

Eicher Motors Ltd earns a ROCE of 31% in FY26. That is up from a trough of 17% in FY21. A return-on-invested-capital spread against the cost of capital is not computable from what is held here. The wiring behind it is 23.6% net margin on 0.73× asset turns.

FY26 ROCE is 31%, recovered from a FY21 trough of 17% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.

Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY26): 23.6% net margin × 0.73× asset turns × 1.28× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 22.1% on equity. Margin is doing the heavy lifting; leverage is modest — this is an earned return, not a borrowed one.

The quarterly return curves and the return-on-invested-capital overlay, which only the second data source carries, are not drawn on this page: its two data sources disagree by up to 8.0% on reported income across 15 comparable periods. A figure two sources cannot agree on is not drawn — the gap is a decision, not missing data.

→ Returns like these — is the balance sheet borrowing to make them? Next: debt-to-equity is 0.02.

Debt Debt-to-equity says how much of the business is funded by borrowings; interest cover says how many times operating profit pays the interest bill. Low and high, respectively, is the safe corner.

Eicher Motors Ltd carries ₹514 Cr of borrowings against ₹25,100 Cr of equity in FY26, a debt-to-equity of 0.02. Operating profit covers the interest bill 80×. Over 5 years borrowings went from ₹219 Cr to ₹514 Cr. Capital spending ran ₹3,593 Cr across the last 3 of those years.

FY26: borrowings of ₹514 Cr against equity of ₹25,100 Cr — a debt-to-equity of 0.02. Operating profit covers the interest bill 80×. Over 5 years borrowings went from ₹219 Cr to ₹514 Cr while capital spending ran ₹3,593 Cr in just the last 3 — part of the build-out is riding on borrowed money.

The total-debt and debt-to-equity series, which only the second data source carries, are not drawn on this page: its two data sources disagree by up to 8.0% on reported income across 15 comparable periods. A figure two sources cannot agree on is not drawn — the gap is a decision, not missing data.

→ Who owns this, and are they adding or leaving? Next: Domestic institutions added 4.1 points over 8 quarters.

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.

Domestic institutions added 4.1 points of Eicher Motors Ltd over 8 quarters, the biggest move on the register. That takes domestic institutions to 16.0% of the company. Foreign institutions moved −3.3 points over the same window, to 25.5%. The register is read on the four disclosed classes only; nothing is inferred between filings.

The register over the last two years — Domestic institutions: +4.1 points over 8 quarters to 16.0%; Foreign institutions: −3.3 points over 8 quarters to 25.5%; Promoters: −0.1 points over 8 quarters to 49.0%.

Why the register moved: rotation — foreign institutions −3.3 points against domestic institutions +4.1 points over 8 quarters, with promoters holding steady — one class of institutions handing the register to the other, not a verdict change by the people closest to the numbers.

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

Eicher Motors Ltd: the Z-score is withheld — it comes from the second data source this page could not reconcile, and a solvency score is not worth printing on a number two sources dispute. It is a distance-to-distress estimate from the balance sheet, not a forecast of failure.

The safety line in one sentence: the Z-score is withheld — it comes from the second data source this page could not reconcile, and a solvency score is not worth printing on a number two sources dispute.

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