Jyothy Labs 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.

Jyothy Labs Ltd trades at ₹200, in a downtrend and 84 weeks into that stage. That is −20.2% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 7% of a 52-week range of ₹190 to ₹341. On relative strength it is currently behind the NIFTY 500 on a trailing-13-week view (15 weeks and counting).

Today the stock is in a downtrend — week 84 of stage 4, confirmed. At ₹200 it trades −20.2% versus its 200-day average and sits at 7% of its 52-week range (₹190–₹341).

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 10.3 years the stock moved +40% while the NIFTY 500 moved +274% — behind the index over the full window. Recent form: on a trailing-13-week view the stock is currently behind (15 weeks and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-05-08) — 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 3rd 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.

Jyothy Labs Ltd trades at 19.9× P/E, near the bottom of its own range — cheaper only 3% of the time. Its long-run median P/E is 34.3×, 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 19.9× is near the bottom of its own range — cheaper only 3% of the time, against a long-run median of 34.3× 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.

One caveat before moving on: margins are the best this company has ever printed — cheap against its own history on record margins is not the same thing as cheap. If profitability mean-reverts, today's multiple is higher than it looks.

Why the multiple sits where it does: over the past year annual EPS moved +0.3% against a −41.7% price move — earnings outran the price, pushing the multiple DOWN its own range.

The price move, decomposed: over 5y, of the +2.6%/yr price move, ~+10.9%/yr came from earnings growth and ~−8.3 pp from the multiple (compressing); over 10y, of the +3.2%/yr price move, ~+13.9%/yr came from earnings growth and ~−10.7 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 low 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: Topping out 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).

Jyothy Labs Ltd reads as topping out on its fundamental arc. Topping out — profit and EPS growth have decelerated hard (profit growth +70.8% at its peak → +0.3% latest) while ROCE still reads 28.8%. The read is built from 12 quarters across 4 curves, on full evidence.

Why it matters: decelerating from a peak is where good stories quietly end — the multiple usually notices late.

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

4-Factor Sector Score

37.7/100 — rank 11 of 12 in FMCG - Personal Care · 90% evidence confidence

Jyothy Labs Ltd scores 37.7 out of 100 against the 12 companies it is compared with in FMCG - Personal Care, ranking 11. Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.

The four contributions add to the total exactly: 7.8 + 14.7 + 11.1 + 4.1 = 37.7. 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.

Jyothy Labs Ltd reported ₹667 Cr of revenue in the Mar 25 quarter, +1.1% year on year. That is the 12th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 10 years it has compounded at 6.5% a year. The last full year, FY25, came in at ₹2,847 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹2,847 Cr.

Jyothy Labs Ltd reported ₹667 Cr of revenue in the Mar 25 quarter, +1.1% year on year. That is the 12th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 10 years it has compounded at 6.5% a year. The last full year, FY25, came in at ₹2,847 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹2,847 Cr.

FY25 revenue came in at ₹2,847 Cr (+3.3% on the year), capping 10 years at 6.5% compound. The latest quarter (Mar 25) printed ₹667 Cr, +1.1% year on year — the 12th consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +3.3% growth against the decade's 6.5% — the current year is running slower than its own long-run rate.

Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew +3.3% over the last 4 quarters against +7.0%/yr over the last 8 — rolling over; TTM profit +0.3% vs +24.4%/yr — rolling over.

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

Jyothy Labs Ltd's operating margin is 17.0% in the Mar 25 quarter, +1.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. That is the widest this company has ever printed on a full-year basis. Across 12 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 11.0% to 18.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

Jyothy Labs Ltd's operating margin is 17.0% in the Mar 25 quarter, +1.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. That is the widest this company has ever printed on a full-year basis. Across 12 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 11.0% to 18.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

The latest quarter's operating margin is 17.0%, +1.0 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 12 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 11.0%–18.0%, and FY25's 18.0% is the top of that band — a record year.

Why the margin moved: operating margin went +0.4 pp year on year while gross margin went −0.3 pp — the gain came mostly from the gross line: input costs and pricing.

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

→ Margins held — did that reach the bottom line? Next: profit −2.6% 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.

Jyothy Labs Ltd earned ₹76.0 Cr of net profit in the Mar 25 quarter, −2.6% year on year. Full-year FY25 profit was ₹370 Cr. The 10-year compound rate is 11.8%. That is 11.4% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹78.0 Cr.

Jyothy Labs Ltd earned ₹76.0 Cr of net profit in the Mar 25 quarter, −2.6% year on year. Full-year FY25 profit was ₹370 Cr. The 10-year compound rate is 11.8%. That is 11.4% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹78.0 Cr.

Mar 25 profit was ₹76.0 Cr, −2.6% year on year. On the full year, FY25 printed ₹370 Cr (+0.3%), and the 10-year compound rate is 11.8%.

🚨 Why profit moved: revenue contributed +1.1% and the margin +1.0 pp — the quarter was revenue-led, with the margin roughly flat.

Pace comparison, last four quarters: profit +0.1% vs revenue +3.3%. 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: 112% 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 112% of Jyothy Labs Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash — the cash follows the profit. In FY25 that was ₹311 Cr of operating cash against ₹370 Cr of profit. After ₹81.0 Cr of capital spending, ₹230 Cr was left as free cash.

FY25: operating cash of ₹311 Cr against reported profit of ₹370 Cr, leaving free cash of ₹230 Cr after ₹81.0 Cr of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is 112% 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 112%: the cash cycle tightened 20 days between FY20 and FY25 — cash that used to wait in the cycle now reaches the bank sooner.

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 45-day cycle and ₹189 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).

Jyothy Labs Ltd's cash conversion cycle runs 45 days in FY25, down from 65 days in FY20. Capital spending ran ₹189 Cr over the last 3 years. At FY25 sales of ₹2,847 Cr each day of that cycle holds about ₹7.8 Cr, so roughly ₹351 Cr sits inside the business at any moment.

FY25: debtors at 35 days, inventory at 84 days — roughly 2.8 months of stock waiting to sell; that is where the cash sits while it waits — for a full cycle of 45 days, tighter than FY20's 65.

The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0; stock waits 84 days to sell; customers pay about 35 days after that; and suppliers themselves are paid at 75 days — netting out to the 45-day cycle.

In money terms: at FY25 sales of ₹2,847 Cr, each day of the cycle holds about ₹7.8 Cr — so the 45-day loop keeps roughly ₹351 Cr sitting inside the business at any moment.

On the investment side: capital spending of ₹189 Cr over the last 3 fiscal years against ₹156 Cr of depreciation — building somewhat ahead of wear-and-tear. Capital work-in-progress stands at ₹22.0 Cr (FY25) — 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 25% and the ROIC − WACC spread is +21.8 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.

Jyothy Labs Ltd earns a ROCE of 25% in FY25. That is up from a trough of 10% in FY15. Return on invested capital clears the cost of that capital by +21.8 percentage points, so growth here adds value rather than only size. The wiring behind it is 13.0% net margin on 1.06× asset turns.

FY25 ROCE is 25%, recovered from a FY15 trough of 10% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.

Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY25): 13.0% net margin × 1.06× asset turns × 1.31× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 18.1% on equity. Margin does its share; leverage is modest — this is an earned return, not a borrowed one.

The capstone test — ROIC − WACC: 33.8% − 12.0% = a +21.8 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. A spread this wide means every rupee reinvested creates more than a rupee of value — the engine compounds.

→ Returns like these — is the balance sheet borrowing to make them? Next: debt-to-equity is 0.03.

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.

Jyothy Labs Ltd carries total debt of ₹52.0 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹1,589 Cr as of Mar 26, a debt-to-equity of 0.03 — effectively unlevered. On the annual view that ratio went from 0.12 in FY22 to 0.03 in FY26. The returns elsewhere on this page are therefore earned rather than borrowed.

Mar 26: total debt of ₹52.0 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹1,589 Cr — a debt-to-equity of 0.03. On the annual view, debt-to-equity went from 0.12 (FY22) to 0.03 (FY26). The returns on this page are earned, not borrowed.

→ Who owns this, and are they adding or leaving? Next: Foreign institutions cut 3.0 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.

Foreign institutions cut 3.0 points of Jyothy Labs Ltd over 8 quarters, the biggest move on the register. That takes foreign institutions to 12.1% of the company. Domestic institutions moved −1.0 points over the same window, to 13.4%. The register is read on the four disclosed classes only; nothing is inferred between filings.

The register over the last two years — Foreign institutions: −3.0 points over 8 quarters to 12.1%; Domestic institutions: −1.0 points over 8 quarters to 13.4%; Promoters: +0.0 points over 8 quarters to 62.9%.

🚨 Why the register moved: foreign institutions drove it (−3.0 points), alongside domestic institutions (−1.0 points) — distribution into the market’s bid.

→ 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.

Jyothy Labs Ltd: the Z-score reads 13.21. 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 13.21 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 13.21.

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