HEG Ltd
HEGHEG Ltd's earnings have outrun its stock. EPS grew +196.8% in a year against a +8.9% price move.
The sharpest disagreement: annual EPS moved +196.8% against a +8.9% price move — the market has not yet caught up with the delivery.
The price is in a confirmed uptrend (64 weeks in) while the P/E sits at the 71st percentile of its own 10-year range. Underneath, the last four quarters read improving — profit +16.2% year on year, and 144% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash. What settles it: whether the price catches up with earnings that have already moved.
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.
HEG Ltd trades at ₹587, in a confirmed uptrend and 64 weeks into that stage. That is +7.5% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 65% of a 52-week range of ₹462 to ₹653. On relative strength it is currently behind the NIFTY 500 on a trailing-13-week view (10 weeks and counting).
Today the stock is in a confirmed uptrend — week 64 of stage 2, confirmed. At ₹587 it trades +7.5% versus its 200-day average and sits at 65% of its 52-week range (₹462–₹653).
Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 10.4 years the stock moved +2,373% while the NIFTY 500 moved +280% — ahead of the index over the full window. Recent form: on a trailing-13-week view the stock is currently behind (10 weeks and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-06-05) — 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 71st 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.
HEG Ltd trades at 35.0× P/E, at the pricey end of its own range (71st percentile). Its long-run median P/E is 17.2×, 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 35.0× is at the pricey end of its own range (71st percentile), against a long-run median of 17.2× 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 +196.8% against a +8.9% price move — earnings outran the price, pushing the multiple DOWN its own range.
The price move, decomposed: over 10y, of the +32.3%/yr price move, ~+27.0%/yr came from earnings growth and ~+5.3 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.
→ 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: Improving 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).
HEG Ltd reads as improving on its fundamental arc. Improving — profit growth bottomed 6 quarters ago at −58.6% and has held its recovery at +82.7%, ROCE lifting at 9.4%. The read is built from 12 quarters across 4 curves, on full evidence.
Why it matters: a sustained climb off the trough is the setup this page is built to catch — the question moves to what you pay for it.
| 1yr | 3yr | 5yr | 10yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | +19.4% | +1.4% | +15.4% | +11.4% |
| Profit | +196.5% | −13.8% | — | +56.0% |
| EPS | +196.8% | −13.8% | — | +55.1% |
| Share price | +8.9% | +22.2% | +5.7% | +32.3% |
→ The stage names the trajectory. Next: the revenue line that produces it, quarter by quarter.
4-Factor Sector Score
58.5/100 — rank 1 of 3 in Electrodes - Welding Equipment · 90% evidence confidence
HEG Ltd scores 58.5 out of 100 against the 3 companies it is compared with in Electrodes - Welding Equipment, ranking 1. Acceleration candidate, not a confirmed leader: earnings are strong but sector-relative strength is -12.7% and the one-year return is 8.9%. Do not upgrade until sector-relative strength is above zero and another reported period confirms growth.
The four contributions add to the total exactly: 28.9 + 11.1 + 13.5 + 5 = 58.5. 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.
HEG Ltd reported ₹681 Cr of revenue in the Jun 26 quarter, +11.1% year on year. That is the 5th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 10 years it has compounded at 11.4% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹2,568 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹2,639 Cr.
HEG Ltd reported ₹681 Cr of revenue in the Jun 26 quarter, +11.1% year on year. That is the 5th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 10 years it has compounded at 11.4% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹2,568 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹2,639 Cr.
FY26 revenue came in at ₹2,568 Cr (+19.4% on the year), capping 10 years at 11.4% compound. The latest quarter (Jun 26) printed ₹681 Cr, +11.1% year on year — the 5th consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.
Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +20.9% growth against the decade's 11.4% — the current year is running faster than its own long-run rate.
Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew +20.2% over the last 4 quarters against +7.3%/yr over the last 8 — accelerating; TTM profit +82.7% vs +35.1%/yr — accelerating.
→ Revenue grew — did margins hold as it scaled? Next: 22.0% this quarter (+5.0 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.
HEG Ltd's operating margin is 22.0% in the Jun 26 quarter, +5.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged −4.0% to 71.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.
HEG Ltd's operating margin is 22.0% in the Jun 26 quarter, +5.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged −4.0% to 71.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.
The latest quarter's operating margin is 22.0%, +5.0 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged −4.0%–71.0%.
Why the margin moved: operating margin went +4.9 pp year on year while gross margin went +5.9 pp — the gain came mostly from the gross line: input costs and pricing.
→ Margins held — did that reach the bottom line? Next: profit +16.2% 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.
HEG Ltd earned ₹122 Cr of net profit in the Jun 26 quarter, +16.2% year on year. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹341 Cr. The 10-year compound rate is 56.0%. That is 17.9% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹105 Cr. 2 of the last 12 reported quarters were loss-making.
HEG Ltd earned ₹122 Cr of net profit in the Jun 26 quarter, +16.2% year on year. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹341 Cr. The 10-year compound rate is 56.0%. That is 17.9% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹105 Cr. 2 of the last 12 reported quarters were loss-making.
Jun 26 profit was ₹122 Cr, +16.2% year on year. On the full year, FY26 printed ₹341 Cr (+196.5%), and the 10-year compound rate is 56.0%.
Why profit moved: revenue contributed +11.1% and the margin +5.0 pp — the quarter was margin-led: most of the profit growth came from keeping more of each sale.
Pace comparison, last four quarters: profit +80.0% vs revenue +20.9%. 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: 144% 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 144% of HEG Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash — the cash follows the profit. In FY26 that was ₹213 Cr of operating cash against ₹341 Cr of profit. After ₹216 Cr of capital spending, ₹−3.0 Cr was left as free cash.
FY26: operating cash of ₹213 Cr against reported profit of ₹341 Cr, leaving free cash of ₹−3.0 Cr after ₹216 Cr of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is 144% 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 144%: the cash cycle stretched 93 days between FY21 and FY26 — more of each rupee of profit waits inside the cycle before arriving.
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 323-day cycle and ₹766 Cr of building.
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).
HEG Ltd's cash conversion cycle runs 323 days in FY26, up from 230 days in FY21. Capital spending ran ₹766 Cr over the last 3 years. At FY26 sales of ₹2,568 Cr each day of that cycle holds about ₹7.0 Cr, so roughly ₹2,273 Cr sits inside the business at any moment.
FY26: debtors at 71 days, inventory at 389 days — roughly 12.8 months of stock waiting to sell; that is where the cash sits while it waits — for a full cycle of 323 days, looser than FY21's 230.
The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0; stock waits 389 days to sell; customers pay about 71 days after that; and suppliers themselves are paid at 138 days — netting out to the 323-day cycle.
In money terms: at FY26 sales of ₹2,568 Cr, each day of the cycle holds about ₹7.0 Cr — so the 323-day loop keeps roughly ₹2,273 Cr sitting inside the business at any moment.
On the investment side: capital spending of ₹766 Cr over the last 3 fiscal years against ₹589 Cr of depreciation — building somewhat ahead of wear-and-tear. Capital work-in-progress stands at ₹224 Cr (FY26) — capacity paid for but not yet earning.
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 −6.1 pp.
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.
HEG Ltd earns a ROCE of 8% in FY26. That is up from a trough of −2% in FY21. Return on invested capital clears the cost of that capital by −6.1 percentage points, so growth here is not yet paying for the capital it uses. The wiring behind it is 13.3% net margin on 0.42× asset turns.
FY26 ROCE is 8%, recovered from a FY21 trough of −2% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.
🚨 Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY26): 13.3% net margin × 0.42× asset turns × 1.30× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 7.3% on equity. Margin does its share; leverage is modest — this is an earned return, not a borrowed one.
The capstone test — ROIC − WACC: 5.9% − 12.0% = a −6.1 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.
→ Returns like these — is the balance sheet borrowing to make them? Next: debt-to-equity is 0.17.
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.
HEG Ltd carries total debt of ₹796 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹4,758 Cr as of Mar 26, a debt-to-equity of 0.17 — effectively unlevered. On the annual view that ratio went from 0.17 in FY22 to 0.17 in FY26. The returns elsewhere on this page are therefore earned rather than borrowed.
Mar 26: total debt of ₹796 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹4,758 Cr — a debt-to-equity of 0.17. On the annual view, debt-to-equity went from 0.17 (FY22) to 0.17 (FY26). The returns on this page are earned, not borrowed.
→ Who owns this, and are they adding or leaving? Next: Domestic institutions cut 3.8 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 cut 3.8 points of HEG Ltd over 8 quarters, the biggest move on the register. That takes domestic institutions to 9.3% of the company. Foreign institutions moved +2.4 points over the same window, to 8.5%. The register is read on the four disclosed classes only; nothing is inferred between filings.
The register over the last two years — Domestic institutions: −3.8 points over 8 quarters to 9.3%; Foreign institutions: +2.4 points over 8 quarters to 8.5%; Promoters: +0.5 points over 8 quarters to 56.3%.
Why the register moved: rotation — foreign institutions +2.4 points against domestic institutions −3.8 points over 8 quarters, with promoters +0.5 points — 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.
HEG 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.
| Company | P/E | Mkt cap | Revenue | EPS | ROCE | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEG Ltd this page | 35.0× | ₹12,411 Cr | Improving | |||
| Graphite India Ltd | 72.2× | ₹13,144 Cr | Mixed | |||
| GEE Ltd | 37.7× | ₹577 Cr | No read |
Frequently asked questions
What is HEG Ltd's share price today?
HEG Ltd trades at ₹587, +8.9% over the past year. The company is valued at ₹12,411 Cr. The stock sits at 65% of its 52-week range of ₹462–₹653, +7.5% versus its 200-day average. On the tape, the price is in a confirmed uptrend, 64 weeks in. — as of 24 July 2026.
What were HEG Ltd's latest quarterly results?
HEG Ltd reported revenue of ₹681 Cr and net profit of ₹122 Cr for the Jun 26 quarter. Revenue rose 11.1% and profit rose 16.2% year on year. Earnings per share were ₹6.34. The operating margin was 22.0%, 5.0 pp higher than a year earlier. — as of 24 July 2026.
What is HEG Ltd's revenue?
HEG Ltd reported revenue of ₹681 Cr in the Jun 26 quarter, +11.1% year on year. For the full FY26 fiscal year, revenue was ₹2,568 Cr (+19.4%). Over the last 10 years revenue compounded at 11.4% a year. — as of 24 July 2026.
What is HEG Ltd's profit?
HEG Ltd earned ₹122 Cr of net profit in the Jun 26 quarter, +16.2% year on year. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹341 Cr. The operating margin ran 22.0% in the latest quarter. — as of 24 July 2026.
What is HEG Ltd's market cap?
HEG Ltd's market capitalisation is ₹12,411 Cr at a share price of ₹587. 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 HEG Ltd's P/E ratio?
HEG Ltd trades at a P/E of 35.0×, at the 71st percentile of its own 10-year range, against a long-run median of 17.2×. This is a comparison with the stock's own history, not a value call — as of 24 July 2026.
Does HEG Ltd pay a dividend?
Yes — HEG Ltd's dividend payout was 19% of profit in FY26, and it recorded a payout in 10 of its last 13 reported fiscal years. One of those years shows a negative ratio because profit itself was negative. This page holds the payout ratio, not a per-share amount. — as of 24 July 2026.
Is HEG Ltd overvalued?
On its own history, HEG Ltd looks expensive against its own history: its P/E of 35.0× sits at the 71st percentile of its 10-year range (long-run median 17.2×). 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 HEG Ltd growing?
Yes — HEG Ltd is growing: latest-quarter revenue +11.1% year on year, profit +16.2%, and the margin +5.0 pp at 22.0%. The 10-year compound rates are 11.4% (revenue) and 56.0% (profit). The earnings engine currently reads: improving — as of 24 July 2026.
How is HEG Ltd performing?
HEG Ltd is in a confirmed uptrend, 64 weeks in. Its latest quarter's revenue rose 11.1% and profit rose 16.2% year on year. Against the NIFTY 500 it has been behind on a trailing-13-week view for 10 weeks. This describes what the data did, not a rating. — as of 24 July 2026.
What stage is HEG Ltd in?
Improving — profit growth bottomed 6 quarters ago at −58.6% and has held its recovery at +82.7%, ROCE lifting at 9.4%. The read comes from the last 12 quarters of growth (revenue growth +20.2% latest, profit growth +82.7% latest, eps growth +82.5% latest) plus the ROCE curve, classified by deterministic rules — a trajectory read, not a buy or sell call — as of 24 July 2026.
Is HEG Ltd in an uptrend?
Yes — the price is in a confirmed uptrend (week 64 of stage 2), trading +7.5% versus its 200-day average and at 65% 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 HEG Ltd beating the market?
Not lately — on a trailing-13-week view HEG Ltd is currently behind the NIFTY 500 (10 weeks and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-06-05), the same metric the week-by-week ribbon on this page draws. Separately, on the cumulative view: over the last 10.4 years the stock moved +2,373% against the NIFTY 500's +280% — ahead of the index over the full window. — as of 24 July 2026.
Will HEG Ltd's share price go up?
This page publishes no price forecast for HEG Ltd. What it measures instead: the share price is ₹587, the price is in a confirmed uptrend 64 weeks in. Its P/E of 35.0× sits at the 71st percentile of its own 10-year range. — as of 24 July 2026.
Who owns HEG Ltd?
Promoters hold 56.3% of HEG Ltd, foreign institutions 8.5%, domestic institutions 9.3% and the public 26.0% (latest quarter). The biggest move on the register over the last two years: Domestic institutions cut 3.8 points over 8 quarters. — as of 24 July 2026.
Does HEG Ltd have too much debt?
No — HEG Ltd's debt-to-equity is 0.17, and operating profit covers the interest bill 11×. FY26 borrowings were ₹796 Cr against equity of ₹4,758 Cr. The returns on this page are earned, not borrowed — as of 24 July 2026.
What is HEG Ltd's capex?
HEG Ltd spent ₹766 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 ₹216 Cr, with ₹224 Cr in capital work-in-progress — capacity paid for but not yet earning. — as of 24 July 2026.
What is HEG Ltd's cash flow?
HEG Ltd generated ₹213 Cr of operating cash flow in FY26 and ₹−3.0 Cr of free cash flow after ₹216 Cr of capital spending. Reported profit that year was ₹341 Cr, so operating cash ran behind profit. Cash-flow resolution for India is annual. — as of 24 July 2026.
Is HEG Ltd's profit real cash?
Yes — over the last 3 fiscal years, 144% of HEG Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash. In FY26, operating cash was ₹213 Cr against reported profit of ₹341 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 HEG Ltd in its business cycle?
HEG Ltd's FY26 operating margin was 16.0%, against a 13-year band of −4.0%–71.0%: mid-band by its own history — neither the peak that precedes mean-reversion nor the trough that precedes recovery. The latest quarter ran 22.0%. 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 HEG Ltd story?
The sharpest disagreement: annual EPS moved +196.8% against a +8.9% price move — the market has not yet caught up with the delivery. 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 HEG Ltd a stock worth studying right now?
This is not investment advice. The machine read: HEG Ltd's earnings have outrun its stock. EPS grew +196.8% in a year against a +8.9% price move. The sharpest open question: whether the price catches up with earnings that have 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.