Sector Alpha Week of 2026-07-24
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K P R Mill Ltd

KPRMILL
Textiles - Spinning

K P R Mill Ltd's earnings have outrun its stock. EPS grew +6.3% in a year against a −3.4% price move.

The sharpest disagreement: the engine is strong, but at the 94th percentile of its own range you are paying full price for it.

The price is in a confirmed uptrend (5 weeks in) while the P/E sits at the 94th percentile of its own 10-year range. Underneath, the last four quarters read improving — profit +10.7% year on year, and 128% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash. What settles it: whether the earnings grow into the multiple.

Stage
Mixed
fundamental trajectory, 12 quarters
Price
₹1,140
−3.4% 1Y
P/E
43.2×
94th pctile
of its own 10-year range
Revenue (Mar 26)
₹1,785 Cr
+0.9% YoY
Profit (Mar 26)
₹227 Cr
+10.7% YoY
Operating margin
20.0%
+1.0 pp YoY
ROCE
20%
FY26
ROIC
18.3%
vs WACC 12.0% → +6.3 pp
Cash conversion
128%
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.

K P R Mill Ltd trades at ₹1,140, in a confirmed uptrend and 5 weeks into that stage. That is +14.4% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 80% of a 52-week range of ₹823 to ₹1,218. On relative strength it has been ahead of the NIFTY 500 on a trailing-13-week view for 21 straight weeks.

Today the stock is in a confirmed uptrend — week 5 of stage 2, confirmed. At ₹1,140 it trades +14.4% versus its 200-day average and sits at 80% of its 52-week range (₹823–₹1,218).

Jul 26: ₹1,140 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.
+14.4% versus the 200-day line, week 5 of stage 2
Price50-day avg200-day avg
S2S2S4₹1,364₹1,155₹946₹737₹527₹1,140₹997Jul 23Apr 24Jan 25Oct 25Jul 26
S2S2S4₹1,364₹1,155₹946₹737₹527₹1,140₹997Jul 23Jan 25Jul 26
Beating or trailing, week by week since 2016 Each cell is one week from 2016 to now (545 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
Mar 16Jul 26

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 10.3 years the stock moved +1,419% while the NIFTY 500 moved +274% — ahead of the index over the full window. Recent form: on a trailing-13-week view the stock has been ahead for 21 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 94th 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.

K P R Mill Ltd trades at 43.2× P/E, at the pricey end of its own range (94th percentile). Its long-run median P/E is 20.5×, 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 43.2× is at the pricey end of its own range (94th percentile), against a long-run median of 20.5× 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 43.2× vs a 20.5× 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 48× 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 (94th percentile)
P/EMedianEPS (TTM) (quarterly)
51.2×₹28.439.2×₹21.327.2×₹14.215.2×₹7.13.2×₹0.0×43.20×₹25Mar 16Oct 18Jun 21Jan 24Jul 26
51.2×₹28.439.2×₹21.327.2×₹14.215.2×₹7.13.2×₹0.0×43.20×₹25Mar 16Jun 21Jul 26
PEG 1.59 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. Last 20 quarters.
above 1.0, the multiple already banks the growth
PEGPEG = 1.0
2.2×1.8×1.5×1.1×0.8××1.59×Q1 FY22Q1 FY23Q2 FY24Q3 FY25Q4 FY26
2.2×1.8×1.5×1.1×0.8××1.59×Q1 FY22Q2 FY24Q4 FY26
P/E
43.2×
94th percentile of 10y
PEG
1.93
as reported

Why the multiple sits where it does: over the past year annual EPS moved +6.3% against a −3.4% price move — earnings outran the price, pushing the multiple DOWN its own range.

The price move, decomposed: over 5y, of the +25.1%/yr price move, ~+10.4%/yr came from earnings growth and ~+14.7 pp from the multiple (expanding); over 10y, of the +26.3%/yr price move, ~+15.3%/yr came from earnings growth and ~+11.0 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.

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).

K P R Mill Ltd reads as mixed on its fundamental arc. Mixed — no clean majority across the growth curves, ROCE holding at 21.4% — the per-curve reads carry the story. The read is built from 12 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
20%7.9%13%2.5%5.4%−2.9%−2.0%−8.3%−9.3%−14%%%4.1%6.4%6.3%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
20%7.9%13%2.5%5.4%−2.9%−2.0%−8.3%−9.3%−14%%%4.1%6.4%6.3%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
27%25%24%22%21%%21.4%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
27%25%24%22%21%%21.4%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
Revenue growth
Flat
latest +4.1% · span −7.3% to +18.0%
Profit growth
Flat
latest +6.4% · span −12.2% to +6.4%
EPS growth
Flat
latest +6.3% · span −11.8% to +6.3%
ROCE
Steady high
latest 21.4% · span 21.4%–26.3%

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

Growth, year by year: revenue +4.1% in FY26, profit +6.3% 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
40%69%29%49%17%30%6.1%11%−5.1%−8.6%%%4.1%6.3%FY16FY21FY26
40%69%29%49%17%30%6.1%11%−5.1%−8.6%%%4.1%6.3%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 (+4.1%) with the last 8 annualized (+4.8%).
revenue stabilising, profit stabilising
Revenue TTM YoYProfit TTM YoYEPS TTM YoY
20%7.9%13%2.5%5.4%−2.9%−2.0%−8.3%−9.3%−14%%%4.1%6.4%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
20%7.9%13%2.5%5.4%−2.9%−2.0%−8.3%−9.3%−14%%%4.1%6.4%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+4.1%+2.4%+13.5%+9.8%
Profit+6.3%+2.1%+11.0%+15.2%
EPS+6.3%+2.1%+11.1%+16.3%
Share price−3.4%+20.8%+25.1%+26.3%
Revenue YoY (Mar 26)
+0.9%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Profit YoY (Mar 26)
+10.7%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Revenue 10y
9.8%
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

50.7/100 — rank 7 of 13 in Textiles - Spinning · 90% evidence confidence

K P R Mill Ltd scores 50.7 out of 100 against the 13 companies it is compared with in Textiles - Spinning, ranking 7. Strong business, demanding price: keep it on the quality list, but require either earnings upgrades or valuation compression.

The four contributions add to the total exactly: 13.8 + 22.9 + 6.8 + 7.2 = 50.7. 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.

05 · Revenue

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

K P R Mill Ltd reported ₹1,785 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +0.9% year on year. Over 10 years it has compounded at 9.8% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹6,650 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹6,650 Cr.

K P R Mill Ltd reported ₹1,785 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +0.9% year on year. Over 10 years it has compounded at 9.8% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹6,650 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹6,650 Cr.

FY26 revenue came in at ₹6,650 Cr (+4.1% on the year), capping 10 years at 9.8% compound. The latest quarter (Mar 26) printed ₹1,785 Cr, +0.9% year on year.

FY26 revenue ₹6,650 Cr (+4.1% YoY) Revenue bars, ₹ Cr (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 11-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
9.8% a year over 10 years
RevenueYoY growth
7.2k40%5.4k29%3.6k17%1.8k6.1%0−5.1%₹ Cr%₹6,6504.1%FY16FY21FY26
7.2k40%5.4k29%3.6k17%1.8k6.1%0−5.1%₹ Cr%₹6,6504.1%FY16FY21FY26
Mar 26: ₹1,785 Cr (+0.9% 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
1.9k27%1.4k16%9645.3%482−5.5%0−16%₹ Cr%₹1,7850.9%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
1.9k27%1.4k16%9645.3%482−5.5%0−16%₹ Cr%₹1,7850.9%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +4.2% growth against the decade's 9.8% — the current year is running slower than its own long-run rate.

Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew +4.1% over the last 4 quarters against +4.8%/yr over the last 8 — stabilising; TTM profit +6.4% vs +3.7%/yr — stabilising.

→ Revenue grew — did margins hold as it scaled? Next: 20.0% this quarter (+1.0 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.

K P R Mill Ltd's operating margin is 20.0% 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 17.0% to 25.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

K P R Mill Ltd's operating margin is 20.0% 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 17.0% to 25.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

The latest quarter's operating margin is 20.0%, +1.0 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 17.0%–25.0%.

Why the margin moved: operating margin went +0.7 pp year on year while gross margin went +0.6 pp — the gain came mostly from the gross line: input costs and pricing.

FY26: 19.0% Operating margin by fiscal year, %, line (left); year-on-year change in the margin, in percentage points, line (right). 13-year window.
within a 17.0–25.0% band over 13 years
operating marginYoY change (pp)
26%5.7%23%3.1%21%0.5%19%−2.1%16%−4.7%%%19%−1%FY14FY20FY26
26%5.7%23%3.1%21%0.5%19%−2.1%16%−4.7%%%19%−1%FY14FY20FY26
Mar 26: 20.0% operating margin (+1.0 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)
22%4.5%21%2.7%20%1.0%19%−0.7%18%−2.5%%%20%1%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
22%4.5%21%2.7%20%1.0%19%−0.7%18%−2.5%%%20%1%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

→ Margins held — did that reach the bottom line? Next: profit +10.7% 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.

K P R Mill Ltd earned ₹227 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +10.7% year on year. It is the 4th consecutive quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹866 Cr. The 10-year compound rate is 15.2%. That is 12.7% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹205 Cr.

K P R Mill Ltd earned ₹227 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +10.7% year on year. It is the 4th consecutive quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹866 Cr. The 10-year compound rate is 15.2%. That is 12.7% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹205 Cr.

Mar 26 profit was ₹227 Cr, +10.7% year on year — the 4th consecutive quarter of growth. On the full year, FY26 printed ₹866 Cr (+6.3%), and the 10-year compound rate is 15.2%.

FY26 profit ₹866 Cr (+6.3% 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.
15.2% a year over 10 years
Net profitYoY growth
93569%70149%46830%23411%0−8.6%₹ Cr%₹8666.3%FY16FY21FY26
93569%70149%46830%23411%0−8.6%₹ Cr%₹8666.3%FY16FY21FY26
Mar 26: ₹227 Cr (+10.7% 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.
4th straight quarter of growth
Net profit (quarterly)YoY growth
24512%1846.2%1230.0%61−6.1%0−12%₹ Cr%₹22710.7%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
24512%1846.2%1230.0%61−6.1%0−12%₹ Cr%₹22710.7%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

Why profit moved: revenue contributed +0.9% and the margin +1.0 pp — the quarter was revenue-led, with the margin roughly flat.

Pace comparison, last four quarters: profit +6.3% vs revenue +4.2%. Profit and revenue are moving roughly in step.

→ Profit rose — but did the cash follow? Next: 128% 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 128% of K P R Mill Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash — the cash follows the profit. In FY26 that was ₹1,108 Cr of operating cash against ₹866 Cr of profit. After ₹181 Cr of capital spending, ₹927 Cr was left as free cash.

FY26: operating cash of ₹1,108 Cr against reported profit of ₹866 Cr, leaving free cash of ₹927 Cr after ₹181 Cr of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is 128% of profit.

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

FY26: CFO ₹1,108 Cr vs profit ₹866 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.
128% of 3-year profit arrived as cash
Operating cashNet profitFree cash
1.5k1.0k492−35−562₹ Cr₹1,108₹866₹927FY16FY21FY26
1.5k1.0k492−35−562₹ Cr₹1,108₹866₹927FY16FY21FY26
FY26: CFO = 128% of profit (three-year rate 128%) Operating cash as a share of net profit, per fiscal year, % (line). Dashed line = 100% — every unit of profit arriving as cash.
Conversion100%
224%169%115%60%4.9%%128%FY16FY21FY26
224%169%115%60%4.9%%128%FY16FY21FY26

Why conversion sits at 128%: the cash cycle held roughly steady between FY21 and FY26 — so conversion tracks profitability rather than the cycle.

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 181-day cycle and ₹686 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).

K P R Mill Ltd's cash conversion cycle runs 181 days in FY26, down from 183 days in FY21. Capital spending ran ₹686 Cr over the last 3 years. At FY26 sales of ₹6,650 Cr each day of that cycle holds about ₹18.2 Cr, so roughly ₹3,298 Cr sits inside the business at any moment.

FY26: debtors at 35 days, inventory at 167 days — roughly 5.5 months of stock waiting to sell; that is where the cash sits while it waits — for a full cycle of 181 days, tighter than FY21's 183.

The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0; stock waits 167 days to sell; customers pay about 35 days after that; and suppliers themselves are paid at 21 days — netting out to the 181-day cycle.

In money terms: at FY26 sales of ₹6,650 Cr, each day of the cycle holds about ₹18.2 Cr — so the 181-day loop keeps roughly ₹3,298 Cr sitting inside the business at any moment.

FY26: a 181-day cash cycle Debtor days, inventory days, payable days and the cash conversion cycle by fiscal year. 13-year window.
−2 days vs FY21
Cash cycleInventory daysDebtor daysPayable days
23817711756−5days181d167d35d21dFY14FY17FY20FY23FY26
23817711756−5days181d167d35d21dFY14FY20FY26

On the investment side: capital spending of ₹686 Cr over the last 3 fiscal years against ₹613 Cr of depreciation — building somewhat ahead of wear-and-tear. Capital work-in-progress stands at ₹63.0 Cr (FY26) — capacity paid for but not yet earning.

FY26: capex ₹181 Cr, work-in-progress ₹63.0 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
9847384922460₹ Cr₹181₹63FY16FY18FY21FY23FY26
9847384922460₹ Cr₹181₹63FY16FY21FY26

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 20% and the ROIC − WACC spread is +6.3 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.

K P R Mill Ltd earns a ROCE of 20% in FY26. That is up from a trough of 17% in FY14. Return on invested capital clears the cost of that capital by +6.3 percentage points, so growth here adds value rather than only size. The wiring behind it is 13.0% net margin on 0.97× asset turns.

FY26 ROCE is 20%, recovered from a FY14 trough of 17% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.

Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY26): 13.0% net margin × 0.97× asset turns × 1.20× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 15.1% on equity. Margin does its share; leverage is modest — this is an earned return, not a borrowed one.

The capstone test — ROIC − WACC: 18.3% − 12.0% = a +6.3 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.

FY26: ROCE 20% 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 FY14's 17%
ROCEROIC (annual)WACC
33%27%22%16%10%%20%16.8%FY14FY20FY26
33%27%22%16%10%%20%16.8%FY14FY20FY26
Q4 FY26: ROCE 18.3% (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
24%21%17%14%11%%18.3%18%Q1 FY24Q2 FY25Q4 FY26
24%21%17%14%11%%18.3%18%Q1 FY24Q2 FY25Q4 FY26

→ Returns like these — is the balance sheet borrowing to make them? Next: debt-to-equity is 0.10.

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.

K P R Mill Ltd carries total debt of ₹596 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹5,698 Cr as of Mar 26, a debt-to-equity of 0.10 — effectively unlevered. On the annual view that ratio went from 0.37 in FY22 to 0.10 in FY26. The returns elsewhere on this page are therefore earned rather than borrowed.

Mar 26: total debt of ₹596 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹5,698 Cr — a debt-to-equity of 0.10. On the annual view, debt-to-equity went from 0.37 (FY22) to 0.10 (FY26). The returns on this page are earned, not borrowed.

FY26: debt ₹596 Cr at 0.10× equity Total debt by fiscal year, ₹ Cr (bars); debt-to-equity, × (line). 5-year window.
Total debtDebt-to-equity
1.5k0.39×1.1k0.31×7280.23×3640.15×00.07×₹ Cr×₹5960.10×FY22FY24FY26
1.5k0.39×1.1k0.31×7280.23×3640.15×00.07×₹ Cr×₹5960.10×FY22FY24FY26
Mar 26: debt ₹596 Cr, debt-to-equity 0.10 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
1.5k0.4×1.1k0.3×7280.2×3640.1×00.0×₹ Cr×₹5960.10×Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
1.5k0.4×1.1k0.3×7280.2×3640.1×00.0×₹ Cr×₹5960.10×Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

→ Who owns this, and are they adding or leaving? Next: Promoters cut 6.2 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 6.2 points of K P R Mill Ltd over 8 quarters, the biggest move on the register. That takes promoters to 67.5% of the company. Domestic institutions moved +4.3 points over the same window, to 19.3%. The register is read on the four disclosed classes only; nothing is inferred between filings.

The register over the last two years — Promoters: −6.2 points over 8 quarters to 67.5%; Domestic institutions: +4.3 points over 8 quarters to 19.3%; Foreign institutions: +2.0 points over 8 quarters to 7.0%.

🚨 Why the register moved: promoters drove it (−6.2 points), absorbed on the other side by domestic institutions (+4.3 points) — distribution into the market’s bid.

Fiscal-year ends: promoters −6.2 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
79%59%39%19%−0.9%%67.5%6.6%19.5%6.3%Mar 24Mar 25Mar 26
79%59%39%19%−0.9%%67.5%6.6%19.5%6.3%Mar 24Mar 25Mar 26
Promoters cut 6.2 points over 8 quarters Shareholding by holder class, % of the company, quarterly, last 13 quarters.
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→ 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.

K P R Mill Ltd: the Z-score reads 21.70. 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 21.70 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 21.70.

Related companies · same sector · Textiles - Spinning 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
K P R Mill Ltd this page43.2×₹36,284 CrMixed
Vardhman Textiles Ltd23.9×₹17,791 CrDeteriorating
Sanathan Textiles Ltd58.6×₹4,077 CrNo read
Sangam (India) Ltd24.5×₹3,094 CrImproving
Nitin Spinners Ltd17.0×₹3,009 CrMixed
Sportking India Ltd22.7×₹2,716 CrMixed
Pashupati Cotspin Ltd132.0×₹1,375 CrNo read
Indo Rama Synthetics (India) Ltd8.3×₹1,265 CrNo read
Jaybharat Textiles & Real Estate Ltd₹1,002 CrNo read
RSWM Ltd16.0×₹997 CrNo read
Ambika Cotton Mills Ltd13.7×₹978 CrMixed
Swaraj Suiting Ltd18.1×₹970 CrMixed
Jaybharat Textiles & Real Estate Ltd₹895 Cr
Rajapalayam Mills Ltd6.6×₹745 CrNo read
12 · Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

What is K P R Mill Ltd's share price today?

K P R Mill Ltd trades at ₹1,140, −3.4% over the past year. The company is valued at ₹36,284 Cr. The stock sits at 80% of its 52-week range of ₹823–₹1,218, +14.4% versus its 200-day average. On the tape, the price is in a confirmed uptrend, 5 weeks in. — as of 24 July 2026.

What were K P R Mill Ltd's latest quarterly results?

K P R Mill Ltd reported revenue of ₹1,785 Cr and net profit of ₹227 Cr for the Mar 26 quarter. Revenue rose 0.9% and profit rose 10.7% year on year. Earnings per share were ₹6.65. The operating margin was 20.0%, 1.0 pp higher than a year earlier. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is K P R Mill Ltd's revenue?

K P R Mill Ltd reported revenue of ₹1,785 Cr in the Mar 26 quarter, +0.9% year on year. For the full FY26 fiscal year, revenue was ₹6,650 Cr (+4.1%). Over the last 10 years revenue compounded at 9.8% a year. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is K P R Mill Ltd's profit?

K P R Mill Ltd earned ₹227 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +10.7% year on year — the 4th straight quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹866 Cr. The operating margin ran 20.0% in the latest quarter. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is K P R Mill Ltd's market cap?

K P R Mill Ltd's market capitalisation is ₹36,284 Cr at a share price of ₹1,140. 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 K P R Mill Ltd's P/E ratio?

K P R Mill Ltd trades at a P/E of 43.2×, at the 94th percentile of its own 10-year range, against a long-run median of 20.5×. This is a comparison with the stock's own history, not a value call — as of 24 July 2026.

Does K P R Mill Ltd pay a dividend?

Yes — K P R Mill Ltd's dividend payout was 20% of profit in FY26, and it recorded a payout in each of its last 13 reported fiscal years. This page holds the payout ratio, not a per-share amount. — as of 24 July 2026.

Is K P R Mill Ltd overvalued?

On its own history, K P R Mill Ltd looks expensive against its own history: its P/E of 43.2× sits at the 94th percentile of its 10-year range (long-run median 20.5×). 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 K P R Mill Ltd growing?

Yes — K P R Mill Ltd is growing: latest-quarter revenue +0.9% year on year, profit +10.7%, and the margin +1.0 pp at 20.0%. The 10-year compound rates are 9.8% (revenue) and 15.2% (profit). The earnings engine currently reads: improving — as of 24 July 2026.

How is K P R Mill Ltd performing?

K P R Mill Ltd is in a confirmed uptrend, 5 weeks in. Its latest quarter's revenue rose 0.9% and profit rose 10.7% year on year. Against the NIFTY 500 it has been ahead on a trailing-13-week view for 21 weeks. This describes what the data did, not a rating. — as of 24 July 2026.

What stage is K P R Mill Ltd in?

Mixed — no clean majority across the growth curves, ROCE holding at 21.4% — the per-curve reads carry the story. The read comes from the last 12 quarters of growth (revenue growth +4.1% latest, profit growth +6.4% latest, eps growth +6.3% latest) plus the ROCE curve, classified by deterministic rules — a trajectory read, not a buy or sell call — as of 24 July 2026.

Is K P R Mill Ltd in an uptrend?

Yes — the price is in a confirmed uptrend (week 5 of stage 2), trading +14.4% versus its 200-day average and at 80% 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 K P R Mill Ltd beating the market?

On recent form, yes — K P R Mill Ltd has been ahead of the NIFTY 500 on a trailing-13-week view for 21 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 +1,419% against the NIFTY 500's +274% — ahead of the index over the full window. — as of 24 July 2026.

Will K P R Mill Ltd's share price go up?

This page publishes no price forecast for K P R Mill Ltd. What it measures instead: the share price is ₹1,140, the price is in a confirmed uptrend 5 weeks in. Its P/E of 43.2× sits at the 94th percentile of its own 10-year range. — as of 24 July 2026.

Who owns K P R Mill Ltd?

Promoters hold 67.5% of K P R Mill Ltd, foreign institutions 7.0%, domestic institutions 19.3% and the public 6.2% (latest quarter). The biggest move on the register over the last two years: Promoters cut 6.2 points over 8 quarters. — as of 24 July 2026.

Does K P R Mill Ltd have too much debt?

No — K P R Mill Ltd's debt-to-equity is 0.10, and operating profit covers the interest bill 24×. FY26 borrowings were ₹596 Cr against equity of ₹5,697 Cr. The returns on this page are earned, not borrowed — as of 24 July 2026.

What is K P R Mill Ltd's capex?

K P R Mill Ltd spent ₹686 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 ₹181 Cr, with ₹63.0 Cr in capital work-in-progress — capacity paid for but not yet earning. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is K P R Mill Ltd's cash flow?

K P R Mill Ltd generated ₹1,108 Cr of operating cash flow in FY26 and ₹927 Cr of free cash flow after ₹181 Cr of capital spending. Reported profit that year was ₹866 Cr, so operating cash ran ahead of profit. Cash-flow resolution for India is annual. — as of 24 July 2026.

Is K P R Mill Ltd's profit real cash?

Yes — over the last 3 fiscal years, 128% of K P R Mill Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash. In FY26, operating cash was ₹1,108 Cr against reported profit of ₹866 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.

How financially safe is K P R Mill Ltd?

On the balance sheet, the Z-score reads 21.70 — 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 K P R Mill Ltd in its business cycle?

K P R Mill Ltd's FY26 operating margin was 19.0%, against a 13-year band of 17.0%–25.0%: the low end of its own band, which is where recoveries start when they come. The latest quarter ran 20.0%. 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 K P R Mill Ltd story?

The sharpest disagreement: the engine is strong, but at the 94th percentile of its own range you are paying full price for it. 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 K P R Mill Ltd a stock worth studying right now?

This is not investment advice. The machine read: K P R Mill Ltd's earnings have outrun its stock. EPS grew +6.3% in a year against a −3.4% price move. The sharpest open question: whether the earnings grow into the multiple. 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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