Sector Alpha Week of 2026-07-24
Sector Alpha — machine-written from the numbers · Data as of 2026-07-24

The Ramco Cements Ltd

RAMCOCEM
Cement

The Ramco Cements Ltd's earnings have outrun its stock. EPS grew +156.2% in a year against a −20.3% price move.

The sharpest disagreement: annual EPS moved +156.2% against a −20.3% price move — the market has not yet caught up with the delivery.

The price is in a downtrend (13 weeks in) while the P/E sits at the 100th percentile of its own 10-year range. Underneath, the last four quarters read improving — profit +480.8% year on year, and 370% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash. What settles it: whether the price catches up with earnings that have already moved.

Stage
Mixed
fundamental trajectory, 12 quarters
Price
₹920
−20.3% 1Y
P/E
730.0×
100th pctile
of its own 10-year range
Revenue (Mar 26)
₹2,610 Cr
+8.9% YoY
Profit (Mar 26)
₹151 Cr
+480.8% YoY
Operating margin
14.0%
+1.0 pp YoY
ROCE
6%
FY26
ROIC
4.6%
vs WACC 12.0% → −7.4 pp
Cash conversion
370%
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.

The Ramco Cements Ltd trades at ₹920, in a downtrend and 13 weeks into that stage. That is −5.9% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 22% of a 52-week range of ₹851 to ₹1,161. On relative strength it is currently behind the NIFTY 500 on a trailing-13-week view (22 weeks and counting).

Today the stock is in a downtrend — week 13 of stage 4, confirmed. At ₹920 it trades −5.9% versus its 200-day average and sits at 22% of its 52-week range (₹851–₹1,161).

Jul 26: ₹920 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.
−5.9% versus the 200-day line, week 13 of stage 4
Price50-day avg200-day avg
S2S4S2S2S2S4₹1,194₹1,073₹951₹830₹708₹920₹977Jul 23Apr 24Jan 25Oct 25Jul 26
S2S4S2S2S2S4₹1,194₹1,073₹951₹830₹708₹920₹977Jul 23Jan 25Jul 26
Beating or trailing, week by week since 2016 Each cell is one week from 2016 to now (546 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
Feb 16Jul 26

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 10.4 years the stock moved +158% while the NIFTY 500 moved +280% — behind the index over the full window. Recent form: on a trailing-13-week view the stock is currently behind (22 weeks and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-03-06) — 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 100th 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.

The Ramco Cements Ltd trades at 730.0× P/E, about the priciest it has ever traded. Its long-run median P/E is 30.4×, 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 730.0× is about the priciest it has ever traded, against a long-run median of 30.4× 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 730.0× vs a 30.4× 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 91× 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)
97.2×₹50.975.5×₹38.253.8×₹25.532.1×₹12.710.4×₹0.0×85.60×₹11Feb 16Sep 18May 21Dec 23Jul 26
97.2×₹50.975.5×₹38.253.8×₹25.532.1×₹12.710.4×₹0.0×85.60×₹11Feb 16May 21Jul 26
PEG 0.49 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.
below 1.0, the growth looks cheap against the multiple
PEGPEG = 1.0
6.4×4.8×3.2×1.6×0.0××0.49×Q1 FY22Q1 FY23Q2 FY24Q3 FY25Q4 FY26
6.4×4.8×3.2×1.6×0.0××0.49×Q1 FY22Q2 FY24Q4 FY26
P/E
730.0×
100th percentile of 10y
PEG
1.53
as reported

Why the multiple sits where it does: over the past year annual EPS moved +156.2% against a −20.3% price move — earnings outran the price, pushing the multiple DOWN its own range.

The price move, decomposed: over 5y, of the −4.0%/yr price move, ~−20.2%/yr came from earnings growth and ~+16.2 pp from the multiple (expanding); over 10y, of the +5.0%/yr price move, ~−7.3%/yr came from earnings growth and ~+12.3 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.

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).

The Ramco Cements Ltd reads as mixed on its fundamental arc. Mixed — the growth curves are steadily positive, but ROCE at 7.3% is below the 15% bar this page requires to call it Consistent. 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
38%176%25%111%13%46%0.0%−20%−13%−85%%%6%158.3%156.2%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
38%176%25%111%13%46%0.0%−20%−13%−85%%%6%158.3%156.2%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
8.6%8.0%7.4%6.8%6.2%%7.3%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
8.6%8.0%7.4%6.8%6.2%%7.3%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
Revenue growth
Rising
latest +6.0% · span −9.2% to +34.3%
Profit growth
Rising
latest +158.3% · span −65.0% to +158.3%
EPS growth
Rising
latest +156.2% · span −67.0% to +156.2%
ROCE
Stuck low
latest 7.3% · span 6.4%–8.4%

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

Growth, year by year: revenue +6.0% in FY26, profit +158.9% 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%177%26%112%13%47%0.0%−17%−13%−82%%%6%158.9%FY16FY21FY26
40%177%26%112%13%47%0.0%−17%−13%−82%%%6%158.9%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 (+6.0%) with the last 8 annualized (−1.9%).
revenue accelerating, profit accelerating
Revenue TTM YoYProfit TTM YoYEPS TTM YoY
38%176%25%111%13%46%0.0%−20%−13%−85%%%6%158.3%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
38%176%25%111%13%46%0.0%−20%−13%−85%%%6%158.3%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+6.0%+3.4%+11.3%+9.7%
Profit+158.9%+30.4%−2.3%+2.5%
EPS+156.2%+30.5%−2.3%+2.6%
Share price−20.3%−0.2%−4.0%+5.0%
Revenue YoY (Mar 26)
+8.9%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Profit YoY (Mar 26)
+480.8%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Revenue 10y
9.7%
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

47.3/100 — rank 14 of 26 in Cement · 90% evidence confidence

The Ramco Cements Ltd scores 47.3 out of 100 against the 26 companies it is compared with in Cement, ranking 14. Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.

The four contributions add to the total exactly: 20.4 + 13.6 + 1.2 + 12.1 = 47.3. 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.

The Ramco Cements Ltd reported ₹2,610 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +8.9% year on year. That is the 3rd straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 10 years it has compounded at 9.7% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹9,029 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹9,029 Cr.

The Ramco Cements Ltd reported ₹2,610 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +8.9% year on year. That is the 3rd straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 10 years it has compounded at 9.7% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹9,029 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹9,029 Cr.

FY26 revenue came in at ₹9,029 Cr (+6.0% on the year), capping 10 years at 9.7% compound. The latest quarter (Mar 26) printed ₹2,610 Cr, +8.9% year on year — the 3rd consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.

FY26 revenue ₹9,029 Cr (+6.0% YoY) Revenue bars, ₹ Cr (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 11-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
9.7% a year over 10 years
RevenueYoY growth
10.1k40%7.6k26%5.1k13%2.5k0.0%0−13%₹ Cr%₹9,0296%FY16FY21FY26
10.1k40%7.6k26%5.1k13%2.5k0.0%0−13%₹ Cr%₹9,0296%FY16FY21FY26
Mar 26: ₹2,610 Cr (+8.9% 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.
3rd straight quarter of growth
Revenue (quarterly)YoY growth
2.9k35%2.2k22%1.4k9.3%723−3.5%0−16%₹ Cr%₹2,6108.9%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
2.9k35%2.2k22%1.4k9.3%723−3.5%0−16%₹ Cr%₹2,6108.9%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +5.9% growth against the decade's 9.7% — the current year is running slower than its own long-run rate.

Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew +6.0% over the last 4 quarters against −1.9%/yr over the last 8 — accelerating; TTM profit +158.3% vs +40.0%/yr — accelerating.

→ Revenue grew — did margins hold as it scaled? Next: 14.0% 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.

The Ramco Cements Ltd's operating margin is 14.0% 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 14.0% to 30.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

The Ramco Cements Ltd's operating margin is 14.0% 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 14.0% to 30.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

The latest quarter's operating margin is 14.0%, +1.0 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 14.0%–30.0%.

Why the margin moved: operating margin went +0.9 pp year on year while gross margin went −0.6 pp — the gain came mostly from the gross line: input costs and pricing.

FY26: 16.0% Operating margin by fiscal year, %, line (left); year-on-year change in the margin, in percentage points, line (right). 13-year window.
within a 14.0–30.0% band over 13 years
operating marginYoY change (pp)
31%11%27%6.4%22%1.5%17%−3.4%13%−8.4%%%16%2%FY14FY20FY26
31%11%27%6.4%22%1.5%17%−3.4%13%−8.4%%%16%2%FY14FY20FY26
Mar 26: 14.0% 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)
19%8.0%18%4.5%16%1.0%14%−2.5%13%−6.0%%%14%1%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
19%8.0%18%4.5%16%1.0%14%−2.5%13%−6.0%%%14%1%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

→ Margins held — did that reach the bottom line? Next: profit +480.8% 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.

The Ramco Cements Ltd earned ₹151 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +480.8% year on year. It is the 4th consecutive quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹699 Cr. The 10-year compound rate is 2.5%. That is 5.8% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹26.0 Cr.

The Ramco Cements Ltd earned ₹151 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +480.8% year on year. It is the 4th consecutive quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹699 Cr. The 10-year compound rate is 2.5%. That is 5.8% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹26.0 Cr.

Mar 26 profit was ₹151 Cr, +480.8% year on year — the 4th consecutive quarter of growth. On the full year, FY26 printed ₹699 Cr (+158.9%), and the 10-year compound rate is 2.5%.

FY26 profit ₹699 Cr (+158.9% 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.
2.5% a year over 10 years
Net profitYoY growth
953177%714112%47647%238−17%0−82%₹ Cr%₹699158.9%FY16FY21FY26
953177%714112%47647%238−17%0−82%₹ Cr%₹699158.9%FY16FY21FY26
Mar 26: ₹151 Cr (+480.8% 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
417605%313421%208237%10453%0−131%₹ Cr%₹151480.8%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
417605%313421%208237%10453%0−131%₹ Cr%₹151480.8%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

Why profit moved: revenue contributed +8.9% and the margin +1.0 pp — the quarter was revenue-led, with the margin roughly flat.

Pace comparison, last four quarters: profit +230.6% vs revenue +5.9%. 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: 370% 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 370% of The Ramco Cements Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash — the cash follows the profit. In FY26 that was ₹1,611 Cr of operating cash against ₹699 Cr of profit. After ₹918 Cr of capital spending, ₹693 Cr was left as free cash.

FY26: operating cash of ₹1,611 Cr against reported profit of ₹699 Cr, leaving free cash of ₹693 Cr after ₹918 Cr of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is 370% of profit.

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

FY26: CFO ₹1,611 Cr vs profit ₹699 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.
370% of 3-year profit arrived as cash
Operating cashNet profitFree cash
2.1k1.2k347−553−1.5k₹ Cr₹1,611₹699₹693FY16FY21FY26
2.1k1.2k347−553−1.5k₹ Cr₹1,611₹699₹693FY16FY21FY26
FY26: CFO = 230% of profit (three-year rate 370%) 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%
316%258%200%142%84%%230%FY16FY21FY26
316%258%200%142%84%%230%FY16FY21FY26

Why conversion sits at 370%: the cash cycle tightened 125 days between FY21 and FY26 — cash that used to wait in the cycle now reaches the bank sooner.

Router verdict: the bigger cash user is investment — capital spending ran 1.8× 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: ₹3,807 Cr of building over 3 years.

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).

The Ramco Cements Ltd's cash conversion cycle runs 0 days in FY26, down from 125 days in FY21. Capital spending ran ₹3,807 Cr over the last 3 years. At FY26 sales of ₹9,029 Cr each day of that cycle holds about ₹24.7 Cr, so roughly ₹0.0 Cr sits inside the business at any moment.

FY26: debtors at 32 days, inventory at 196 days — roughly 6.4 months of stock waiting to sell; that is where the cash sits while it waits — for a full cycle of 0 days, tighter than FY21's 125.

The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0; stock waits 196 days to sell; customers pay about 32 days after that; and suppliers themselves are paid at 228 days — netting out to the 0-day cycle.

In money terms: at FY26 sales of ₹9,029 Cr, each day of the cycle holds about ₹24.7 Cr — so the 0-day loop keeps roughly ₹0.0 Cr sitting inside the business at any moment.

FY26: a 0-day cash cycle Debtor days, inventory days, payable days and the cash conversion cycle by fiscal year. 13-year window.
−125 days vs FY21
Cash cycleInventory daysDebtor daysPayable days
39228718276−29days0d196d32d228dFY14FY17FY20FY23FY26
39228718276−29days0d196d32d228dFY14FY20FY26

On the investment side: capital spending of ₹3,807 Cr over the last 3 fiscal years against ₹2,081 Cr of depreciation — the company is building well ahead of wear-and-tear. Capital work-in-progress stands at ₹990 Cr (FY26) — capacity paid for but not yet earning.

FY26: capex ₹918 Cr, work-in-progress ₹990 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
3.3k2.5k1.6k8190₹ Cr₹918₹990FY16FY18FY21FY23FY26
3.3k2.5k1.6k8190₹ Cr₹918₹990FY16FY21FY26

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 6% and the ROIC − WACC spread is −7.4 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.

The Ramco Cements Ltd earns a ROCE of 6% in FY26. That is up from a trough of 5% in FY25. Return on invested capital clears the cost of that capital by −7.4 percentage points, so growth here is not yet paying for the capital it uses. The wiring behind it is 7.7% net margin on 0.54× asset turns.

FY26 ROCE is 6%, recovered from a FY25 trough of 5% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.

🚨 Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY26): 7.7% net margin × 0.54× asset turns × 2.05× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 8.5% on equity. Margin does its share; leverage is a meaningful part of the equation.

The capstone test — ROIC − WACC: 4.6% − 12.0% = a −7.4 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 6% 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 FY25's 5%
ROCEROIC (annual)WACC
19%15%11%6.8%2.7%%6%4.7%FY14FY20FY26
19%15%11%6.8%2.7%%6%4.7%FY14FY20FY26
Q4 FY26: ROCE 5.7% (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
13%10%7.7%5.1%2.6%%5.7%3.9%Q1 FY24Q2 FY25Q4 FY26
13%10%7.7%5.1%2.6%%5.7%3.9%Q1 FY24Q2 FY25Q4 FY26

→ Returns like these — is the balance sheet borrowing to make them? Next: debt-to-equity is 0.48.

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.

The Ramco Cements Ltd carries total debt of ₹3,871 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹8,094 Cr as of Mar 26, a debt-to-equity of 0.48. On the annual view that ratio went from 0.60 in FY22 to 0.48 in FY26. Read the returns elsewhere on this page with that leverage in mind.

Mar 26: total debt of ₹3,871 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹8,094 Cr — a debt-to-equity of 0.48. On the annual view, debt-to-equity went from 0.60 (FY22) to 0.48 (FY26). Read the returns on this page with that leverage in mind.

FY26: debt ₹3,871 Cr at 0.48× equity Total debt by fiscal year, ₹ Cr (bars); debt-to-equity, × (line). 5-year window.
Total debtDebt-to-equity
5.3k0.70×4.0k0.64×2.7k0.58×1.3k0.52×00.46×₹ Cr×₹3,8710.48×FY22FY24FY26
5.3k0.70×4.0k0.64×2.7k0.58×1.3k0.52×00.46×₹ Cr×₹3,8710.48×FY22FY24FY26
Mar 26: debt ₹3,871 Cr, debt-to-equity 0.48 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
5.6k0.74×4.2k0.67×2.8k0.60×1.4k0.53×00.46×₹ Cr×₹3,8710.48×Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
5.6k0.74×4.2k0.67×2.8k0.60×1.4k0.53×00.46×₹ Cr×₹3,8710.48×Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

→ Who owns this, and are they adding or leaving? Next: Domestic institutions cut 1.6 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.

Domestic institutions cut 1.6 points of The Ramco Cements Ltd over 8 quarters, the biggest move on the register. That takes domestic institutions to 29.5% of the company. Promoters moved +0.3 points over the same window, to 42.5%. The register is read on the four disclosed classes only; nothing is inferred between filings.

The register over the last two years — Domestic institutions: −1.6 points over 8 quarters to 29.5%; Promoters: +0.3 points over 8 quarters to 42.5%; Foreign institutions: +0.1 points over 8 quarters to 7.5%.

🚨 Why the register moved: domestic institutions drove it (−1.6 points) — distribution into the market’s bid.

Fiscal-year ends: promoters +0.3 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
45%35%25%15%4.5%%42.5%8.0%28.9%17.1%Mar 24Mar 25Mar 26
45%35%25%15%4.5%%42.5%8.0%28.9%17.1%Mar 24Mar 25Mar 26
Domestic institutions cut 1.6 points over 8 quarters Shareholding by holder class, % of the company, quarterly, last 13 quarters.
PromotersForeign inst.Domestic inst.Public
46%35%25%14%3.7%%42.5%7.5%29.5%17.0%Jun 23Dec 24Jun 26
46%35%25%14%3.7%%42.5%7.5%29.5%17.0%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.

The Ramco Cements Ltd: the Z-score reads 2.94. A Z-score above roughly 3 reads as safe and below roughly 1.8 as the distress zone, so this sits in the grey band between the two. It is a distance-to-distress estimate from the balance sheet, not a forecast of failure.

Why it matters: a Z-score of 2.94 sits in the grey band — neither clearly safe nor clearly distressed.

The safety line in one sentence: the Z-score reads 2.94.

Related companies · same sector · Cement 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
The Ramco Cements Ltd this page730.0×₹21,616 CrTurning around
UltraTech Cement Ltd40.5×₹3.5L CrTurning around
Ambuja Cements Ltd21.1×₹1.1L CrImproving
Shree Cement Ltd57.4×₹96,480 CrTurning around
J K Cements Ltd44.7×₹43,649 CrMixed
Dalmia Bharat Ltd30.9×₹33,964 CrMixed
ACC Ltd13.2×₹25,180 CrMixed
JSW Cement Ltd27.6×₹18,013 CrNo read
Nuvoco Vistas Corporation Ltd30.6×₹12,717 CrMixed
India Cements Ltd93.4×₹12,613 CrNo read
Star Cement Ltd20.6×₹8,281 CrTurning around
Rain Industries Ltd25.1×₹7,576 CrNo read
Birla Corporation Ltd13.2×₹7,367 CrTurning around
JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd17.9×₹7,107 CrTurning around
Prism Johnson Ltd₹5,437 CrNo read
HeidelbergCement India Ltd25.4×₹3,544 CrTurning around
Orient Cement Ltd12.9×₹2,749 CrMixed
Mangalam Cement Ltd18.5×₹2,706 CrNo read
Sagar Cements Ltd₹2,321 CrNo read
K C P Ltd10.4×₹2,097 CrTurning around
Shree Digvijay Cement Co. Ltd62.6×₹1,127 CrTurning around
NCL Industries Ltd6.4×₹835 CrNo read
Deccan Cements Ltd43.4×₹776 CrNo read
BIGBLOC Construction Ltd₹676 CrTurning around
Saurashtra Cement Ltd28.5×₹619 CrNo read
Shiva Cement Ltd₹517 CrNo read
12 · Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

What is The Ramco Cements Ltd's share price today?

The Ramco Cements Ltd trades at ₹920, −20.3% over the past year. The company is valued at ₹21,616 Cr. The stock sits at 22% of its 52-week range of ₹851–₹1,161, −5.9% versus its 200-day average. On the tape, the price is in a downtrend, 13 weeks in. — as of 24 July 2026.

What were The Ramco Cements Ltd's latest quarterly results?

The Ramco Cements Ltd reported revenue of ₹2,610 Cr and net profit of ₹151 Cr for the Mar 26 quarter. Revenue rose 8.9% and profit rose 480.8% year on year. Earnings per share were ₹6.38. The operating margin was 14.0%, 1.0 pp higher than a year earlier. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is The Ramco Cements Ltd's revenue?

The Ramco Cements Ltd reported revenue of ₹2,610 Cr in the Mar 26 quarter, +8.9% year on year. For the full FY26 fiscal year, revenue was ₹9,029 Cr (+6.0%). Over the last 10 years revenue compounded at 9.7% a year. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is The Ramco Cements Ltd's profit?

The Ramco Cements Ltd earned ₹151 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +480.8% year on year — the 4th straight quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹699 Cr. The operating margin ran 14.0% in the latest quarter. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is The Ramco Cements Ltd's market cap?

The Ramco Cements Ltd's market capitalisation is ₹21,616 Cr at a share price of ₹920. 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 The Ramco Cements Ltd's P/E ratio?

The Ramco Cements Ltd trades at a P/E of 730.0×, at the 100th percentile of its own 10-year range, against a long-run median of 30.4×. This is a comparison with the stock's own history, not a value call — as of 24 July 2026.

Does The Ramco Cements Ltd pay a dividend?

Yes — The Ramco Cements Ltd's dividend payout was 8% 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 The Ramco Cements Ltd overvalued?

On its own history, The Ramco Cements Ltd looks expensive against its own history: its P/E of 730.0× sits at the 100th percentile of its 10-year range (long-run median 30.4×). 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 The Ramco Cements Ltd growing?

Yes — The Ramco Cements Ltd is growing: latest-quarter revenue +8.9% year on year, profit +480.8%, and the margin +1.0 pp at 14.0%. The 10-year compound rates are 9.7% (revenue) and 2.5% (profit). The earnings engine currently reads: improving — as of 24 July 2026.

How is The Ramco Cements Ltd performing?

The Ramco Cements Ltd is in a downtrend, 13 weeks in. Its latest quarter's revenue rose 8.9% and profit rose 480.8% year on year. Against the NIFTY 500 it has been behind on a trailing-13-week view for 22 weeks. This describes what the data did, not a rating. — as of 24 July 2026.

What stage is The Ramco Cements Ltd in?

Mixed — the growth curves are steadily positive, but ROCE at 7.3% is below the 15% bar this page requires to call it Consistent. The read comes from the last 12 quarters of growth (revenue growth +6.0% latest, profit growth +158.3% latest, eps growth +156.2% latest) plus the ROCE curve, classified by deterministic rules — a trajectory read, not a buy or sell call — as of 24 July 2026.

Is The Ramco Cements Ltd in an uptrend?

No — the price is in a downtrend (week 13 of stage 4), trading −5.9% versus its 200-day average and at 22% 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 The Ramco Cements Ltd beating the market?

Not lately — on a trailing-13-week view The Ramco Cements Ltd is currently behind the NIFTY 500 (22 weeks and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-03-06), 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 +158% against the NIFTY 500's +280% — behind the index over the full window. — as of 24 July 2026.

Will The Ramco Cements Ltd's share price go up?

This page publishes no price forecast for The Ramco Cements Ltd. What it measures instead: the share price is ₹920, the price is in a downtrend 13 weeks in. Its P/E of 730.0× sits at the 100th percentile of its own 10-year range. — as of 24 July 2026.

Who owns The Ramco Cements Ltd?

Promoters hold 42.5% of The Ramco Cements Ltd, foreign institutions 7.5%, domestic institutions 29.5% and the public 17.0% (latest quarter). The biggest move on the register over the last two years: Domestic institutions cut 1.6 points over 8 quarters. — as of 24 July 2026.

Does The Ramco Cements Ltd have too much debt?

It is moderate — The Ramco Cements Ltd's debt-to-equity is 0.48, and operating profit covers the interest bill 3×. FY26 borrowings were ₹3,871 Cr against equity of ₹8,094 Cr. Read the returns on this page with that leverage in mind — as of 24 July 2026.

What is The Ramco Cements Ltd's capex?

The Ramco Cements Ltd spent ₹3,807 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 ₹918 Cr, with ₹990 Cr in capital work-in-progress — capacity paid for but not yet earning. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is The Ramco Cements Ltd's cash flow?

The Ramco Cements Ltd generated ₹1,611 Cr of operating cash flow in FY26 and ₹693 Cr of free cash flow after ₹918 Cr of capital spending. Reported profit that year was ₹699 Cr, so operating cash ran ahead of profit. Cash-flow resolution for India is annual. — as of 24 July 2026.

Is The Ramco Cements Ltd's profit real cash?

Yes — over the last 3 fiscal years, 370% of The Ramco Cements Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash. In FY26, operating cash was ₹1,611 Cr against reported profit of ₹699 Cr. The cash then goes mostly into building capacity. Cash-flow resolution is annual — as of 24 July 2026.

How financially safe is The Ramco Cements Ltd?

On the balance sheet, the Z-score reads 2.94 — above roughly 3 is safe, below roughly 1.8 is the distress zone. That is in the grey band — neither clearly safe nor clearly distressed. — as of 24 July 2026.

Where is The Ramco Cements Ltd in its business cycle?

The Ramco Cements Ltd's FY26 operating margin was 16.0%, against a 13-year band of 14.0%–30.0%: the low end of its own band, which is where recoveries start when they come. The latest quarter ran 14.0%. 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 The Ramco Cements Ltd story?

The sharpest disagreement: annual EPS moved +156.2% against a −20.3% 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 The Ramco Cements Ltd a stock worth studying right now?

This is not investment advice. The machine read: The Ramco Cements Ltd's earnings have outrun its stock. EPS grew +156.2% in a year against a −20.3% 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.

Chat with this pageChat with pageChatChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AI