Redtape 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.

Redtape Ltd trades at ₹134, in a confirmed uptrend and 4 weeks into that stage. That is +1.8% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 45% of a 52-week range of ₹112 to ₹161. On relative strength it is currently behind the NIFTY 500 on a trailing-13-week view (2 weeks and counting).

Today the stock is in a confirmed uptrend — week 4 of stage 2, confirmed. At ₹134 it trades +1.8% versus its 200-day average and sits at 45% of its 52-week range (₹112–₹161).

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 2.9 years the stock moved +9% while the NIFTY 500 moved +38% — behind the index over the full window. Recent form: on a trailing-13-week view the stock is currently behind (2 weeks and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-07-03) — 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 1st 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.

Redtape Ltd trades at 29.1× P/E, about the cheapest it has ever traded. Its long-run median P/E is 45.5×, measured across 3.0 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 29.1× is about the cheapest it has ever traded, against a long-run median of 45.5× measured over 3.0 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 +41.2% against a −1.9% price move — earnings outran the price, pushing the multiple DOWN its own range.

The price move, decomposed: over 3y, of the +2.8%/yr price move, ~+19.3%/yr came from earnings growth and ~−16.5 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: Turning around 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).

Redtape Ltd reads as turning around on its fundamental arc. Turning around — profit growth swung from −3.1% at the trough to +42.4%, a 5-quarter improving streak, ROCE lifting at 31.8%. The read is built from 12 quarters across 3 curves, on partial evidence.

Why it matters: growth inflections are where re-ratings start — the curves say a turn is forming, so the question becomes whether the next quarters confirm it.

A partial read: at least one curve is short, or the returns curve is not the computed quarterly series — hold the stage word a little more loosely.

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

4-Factor Sector Score

75.1/100 — rank 1 of 6 in Footwear · 100% evidence confidence

Redtape Ltd scores 75.1 out of 100 against the 6 companies it is compared with in Footwear, ranking 1. Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.

The four contributions add to the total exactly: 31.9 + 16.9 + 17 + 9.3 = 75.1. 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.

Redtape Ltd reported ₹676 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +33.6% year on year. That is the 4th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 3 years it has compounded at 18.1% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹2,419 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹2,419 Cr.

Redtape Ltd reported ₹676 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +33.6% year on year. That is the 4th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 3 years it has compounded at 18.1% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹2,419 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹2,419 Cr.

FY26 revenue came in at ₹2,419 Cr (+19.7% on the year), capping 3 years at 18.1% compound. The latest quarter (Mar 26) printed ₹676 Cr, +33.6% year on year — the 4th consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +19.0% growth against the decade's 18.1% — the current year is running in line with its own long-run rate.

Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew +19.5% over the last 4 quarters against +14.5%/yr over the last 8 — accelerating; TTM profit +42.4% vs +16.9%/yr — accelerating.

→ Revenue grew — did margins hold as it scaled? Next: 16.0% this quarter (+7.0 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.

Redtape Ltd's operating margin is 16.0% in the Mar 26 quarter, +7.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 4 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 14.0% to 17.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

Redtape Ltd's operating margin is 16.0% in the Mar 26 quarter, +7.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 4 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 14.0% to 17.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

The latest quarter's operating margin is 16.0%, +7.0 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 4 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 14.0%–17.0%.

Why the margin moved: operating margin went +7.6 pp year on year while gross margin went −3.5 pp — the gain came mostly below the gross line: operating leverage, with costs spread over a bigger revenue base.

→ Margins held — did that reach the bottom line? Next: profit +70.7% 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.

Redtape Ltd earned ₹70.0 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +70.7% year on year. It is the 4th consecutive quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹241 Cr. The 3-year compound rate is 19.3%. That is 10.4% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹41.0 Cr.

Redtape Ltd earned ₹70.0 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +70.7% year on year. It is the 4th consecutive quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹241 Cr. The 3-year compound rate is 19.3%. That is 10.4% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹41.0 Cr.

Mar 26 profit was ₹70.0 Cr, +70.7% year on year — the 4th consecutive quarter of growth. On the full year, FY26 printed ₹241 Cr (+41.8%), and the 3-year compound rate is 19.3%.

Why profit moved: revenue contributed +33.6% and the margin +7.0 pp — the quarter was margin-led: most of the profit growth came from keeping more of each sale.

Pace comparison, last four quarters: profit +38.1% vs revenue +19.0%. 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: 45% 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 45% of Redtape Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash — a gap worth watching. In FY26 that was ₹174 Cr of operating cash against ₹241 Cr of profit. After ₹100 Cr of capital spending, ₹74.0 Cr was left as free cash. Cash resolution here is annual, because quarterly cash statements are not published.

FY26: operating cash of ₹174 Cr against reported profit of ₹241 Cr, leaving free cash of ₹74.0 Cr after ₹100 Cr of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is 45% 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 45%: the cash cycle stretched 76 days between FY23 and FY26 — more of each rupee of profit waits inside the cycle before arriving. Less than 70% of profit arriving as cash is the thing to watch on this page.

Router verdict: conversion is below par and the cash cycle has stretched 76 days — the next section's job is to find where the cash is stuck.

→ So follow the cash to where it goes. Next: the 240-day cycle, in money terms.

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).

Redtape Ltd's cash conversion cycle runs 240 days in FY26, up from 164 days in FY23. Capital spending ran ₹566 Cr over the last 3 years. At FY26 sales of ₹2,419 Cr each day of that cycle holds about ₹6.6 Cr, so roughly ₹1,591 Cr sits inside the business at any moment.

FY26: debtors at 32 days, inventory at 305 days — roughly 10.0 months of stock waiting to sell; that is where the cash sits while it waits — for a full cycle of 240 days, looser than FY23's 164.

The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0; stock waits 305 days to sell; customers pay about 32 days after that; and suppliers themselves are paid at 97 days — netting out to the 240-day cycle.

In money terms: at FY26 sales of ₹2,419 Cr, each day of the cycle holds about ₹6.6 Cr — so the 240-day loop keeps roughly ₹1,591 Cr sitting inside the business at any moment.

On the investment side: capital spending of ₹566 Cr over the last 3 fiscal years against ₹230 Cr of depreciation — the company is building well ahead of wear-and-tear. Capital work-in-progress stands at ₹25.0 Cr (FY26) — capacity paid for but not yet earning.

The synthesis: the working-capital loop is the cash sink the router flagged — watch the cycle, not the P&L.

→ Does all this activity actually earn its cost of capital? Next: ROCE is 24% and the ROIC − WACC spread is −1.0 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.

Redtape Ltd earns a ROCE of 24% in FY26. That is up from a trough of 22% in FY25. Return on invested capital clears the cost of that capital by −1.0 percentage points, so growth here is not yet paying for the capital it uses. The wiring behind it is 10.0% net margin on 1.05× asset turns.

FY26 ROCE is 24%, recovered from a FY25 trough of 22% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.

🚨 Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY26): 10.0% net margin × 1.05× asset turns × 2.26× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 23.7% on equity. Margin does its share; leverage is a meaningful part of the equation.

The capstone test — ROIC − WACC: 11.0% − 12.0% = a −1.0 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 0.70.

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.

Redtape Ltd carries total debt of ₹720 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹1,021 Cr as of Mar 26, a debt-to-equity of 0.71. On the annual view that ratio went from 0.55 in FY23 to 0.71 in FY26. Read the returns elsewhere on this page with that leverage in mind.

Mar 26: total debt of ₹720 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹1,021 Cr — a debt-to-equity of 0.71. On the annual view, debt-to-equity went from 0.55 (FY23) to 0.71 (FY26). Read the returns on this page with that leverage in mind.

→ Who owns this, and are they adding or leaving? Next: Domestic institutions added 2.8 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 added 2.8 points of Redtape Ltd over 8 quarters, the biggest move on the register. That takes domestic institutions to 11.7% of the company. Promoters moved +0.0 points over the same window, to 71.8%. The register is read on the four disclosed classes only; nothing is inferred between filings.

The register over the last two years — Domestic institutions: +2.8 points over 8 quarters to 11.7%; Promoters: +0.0 points over 8 quarters to 71.8%; Foreign institutions: +0.0 points over 8 quarters to 3.2%.

Why the register moved: domestic institutions drove it (+2.8 points) — steady accumulation by institutions reading the same numbers this page reads.

→ 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.

Redtape 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.

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