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Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd

SOBME
Diversified

Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd compounds quietly. Returns above 15% and growth without drama — priced like it.

The sharpest disagreement: profits are rising, but only −38% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as operating cash — the gap between the P&L and the bank account is the thing to watch.

The price is in a confirmed uptrend (115 weeks in) while the P/E sits at the 64th percentile of its own 5-year range. Underneath, the last four quarters read improving — profit +65.8% year on year, and −38% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash. What settles it: whether the cash starts following the profit.

Stage
Mixed
partial read
Price
₹732
+85.9% 1Y
P/E
25.7×
64th pctile
of its own 5-year range
Revenue (Dec 25)
₹47.5 Cr
+5.1% YoY
Profit (Dec 25)
₹6.0 Cr
+65.8% YoY
Operating margin
19.1%
+5.2 pp YoY
ROCE
34%
FY25
Cash conversion
−38%
of profit, last 3 FY
Unverified figures: Some figures on this page come from a second financial-data feed that could not be cross-checked against the primary source — the two do not share enough overlapping reported history to compare. They are drawn, because they are the only evidence there is, and every section carrying one is marked unverified.
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.

Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd trades at ₹732, in a confirmed uptrend and 115 weeks into that stage. That is −0.8% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 70% of a 52-week range of ₹290 to ₹921. On relative strength it is currently behind the NIFTY 500 on a trailing-13-week view (6 weeks and counting).

Today the stock is in a confirmed uptrend — week 115 of stage 2, confirmed. At ₹732 it trades −0.8% versus its 200-day average and sits at 70% of its 52-week range (₹290–₹921).

Mar 26: ₹732 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.
−0.8% versus the 200-day line, week 115 of stage 2
Price50-day avg200-day avg
S2₹994₹728₹461₹195₹−71.7₹732₹738Aug 23Sep 24Mar 25Sep 25Mar 26
S2₹994₹728₹461₹195₹−71.7₹732₹738Aug 23Mar 25Mar 26
Beating or trailing, week by week since 2021 Each cell is one week from 2021 to now (118 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
May 21Mar 26

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 4.8 years the stock moved +76,181% while the NIFTY 500 moved +79% — ahead of the index over the full window. Recent form: on a trailing-13-week view the stock is currently behind (6 weeks and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-01-23) — 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 64th 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.

Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd trades at 25.7× P/E, mid-range by its own standards (64th percentile). Its long-run median P/E is 21.1×, measured across 4.8 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 25.7× is mid-range by its own standards (64th percentile), against a long-run median of 21.1× measured over 4.8 years of weekly readings. This is a comparison against the stock's own history — not a claim about what it is worth.

P/E 25.7× vs a 21.1× long-run median P/E, weekly (left axis); earnings per share, trailing twelve months, weekly (right axis). 4.8-year window. The eps (ttm) bars are red where the reading is lower than the quarter before.
mid-range by its own standards (64th percentile)
P/EMedianEPS (TTM) (quarterly)
44.1×₹30.833.0×₹23.122.0×₹15.411.0×₹7.70.0×₹0.0×25.70×₹29May 21Jun 24Jan 25Aug 25Mar 26
44.1×₹30.833.0×₹23.122.0×₹15.411.0×₹7.70.0×₹0.0×25.70×₹29May 21Jan 25Mar 26
P/E
25.7×
64th percentile of 5y

🚨 Why the multiple sits where it does: over the past year annual EPS moved +34.1% against a +85.9% price move — the price outran earnings, pushing the multiple UP its own range.

The price move, decomposed: over 3y, of the +375.3%/yr price move, ~+35.8%/yr came from earnings growth and ~+339.5 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 unremarkable 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).

Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd reads as mixed on its fundamental arc. Mixed — growth is normalizing off a hyper-growth base: revenue growth has eased from +85.6% at its peak to +5.1% (single-quarter readings) but is still expanding, ROCE slipping at 34.0%. The read is built from 9 quarters across 3 curves, on partial 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. Where the trailing-twelve-month history is short, the curve falls back to single-quarter year-on-year growth — noisier, and the classifier smooths and caps base-effect spikes before reading. A missing point means that reading is not held for the quarter.
the trajectory the stage is read from
RevenueProfitEPS
108%171%72%116%35%60%−1.6%5.2%−38%−50%%%5.1%65.8%101.2%Mar 23Jun 24Dec 25
108%171%72%116%35%60%−1.6%5.2%−38%−50%%%5.1%65.8%101.2%Mar 23Jun 24Dec 25
ROCE Annual readings — the quarterly balance-sheet pieces this curve needs are not held for this stock, so the returns read moves once a year and carries less weight in the call.
the return curve, annual readings
ROCE
59%52%46%39%32%%34%FY22FY23FY25
59%52%46%39%32%%34%FY22FY23FY25
Revenue growth
Rolling over
latest +5.1% · span −28.2% to +85.6%
Profit growth
Rolling over
latest +65.8% · span −34.7% to +100.0%
ROCE
Falling
latest 34.0% · span 34.0%–57.0%

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

One or more growth curves carry a base-effect spike — a large year-on-year move off a near-zero or loss-making comparable quarter. Those spikes are capped before the classifier reads the trajectory, and shown pinned on the chart, so a single distorted quarter does not drive the stage call.

Return readings here are annual, not quarterly — read as level and direction only; they can confirm the growth curves but never drive the stage on their own.

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.

Growth, year by year: revenue +36.5% in FY25, profit +33.3% 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
304%42%224%30%144%18%64%6.4%−17%−5.3%%%36.5%33.3%FY15FY20FY25
304%42%224%30%144%18%64%6.4%−17%−5.3%%%36.5%33.3%FY15FY20FY25
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 (+59.8%) with the last 8 annualized (+25.9%).
revenue accelerating, profit accelerating
Revenue TTM YoYProfit TTM YoYEPS TTM YoY
91%117%62%80%33%44%3.9%7.0%−25%−30%%%59.8%101.3%Mar 23Jun 24Dec 25
91%117%62%80%33%44%3.9%7.0%−25%−30%%%59.8%101.3%Mar 23Jun 24Dec 25
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+36.5%+32.8%+70.2%
Profit+33.3%+13.3%+21.7%
EPS+34.1%+12.3%+21.4%
Share price+85.9%+375.3%
Revenue YoY (Dec 25)
+5.1%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Profit YoY (Dec 25)
+65.8%
latest quarter vs a year ago

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

04 · 4-Factor Sector Score

4-Factor Sector Score

No sector-relative score — Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd is not present in the sector comparison for Diversified.

The score is a rank WITHIN a peer set: every metric is scored by percentile against the other members. Without the peer set there is no score to state, so none is invented here.

05 · Revenue

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

Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd reported ₹47.5 Cr of revenue in the Dec 25 quarter, +5.1% year on year. That is the 6th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. The last full year, FY25, came in at ₹157 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹211 Cr.

Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd reported ₹47.5 Cr of revenue in the Dec 25 quarter, +5.1% year on year. That is the 6th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. The last full year, FY25, came in at ₹157 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹211 Cr.

FY25 revenue came in at ₹157 Cr (+36.5% on the year). The latest quarter (Dec 25) printed ₹47.5 Cr, +5.1% year on year — the 6th consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.

FY25 revenue ₹157 Cr (+36.5% YoY) Revenue bars, ₹ Cr (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 11-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
RevenueYoY growth
170304%127224%85144%4264%0−17%₹ Cr%₹15736.5%FY15FY20FY25
170304%127224%85144%4264%0−17%₹ Cr%₹15736.5%FY15FY20FY25
Dec 25: ₹47.5 Cr (+5.1% 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.
6th straight quarter of growth
Revenue (quarterly)YoY growth
65108%4872%3235%16−1.6%0−38%₹ Cr%₹475.1%Mar 23Jun 24Dec 25
65108%4872%3235%16−1.6%0−38%₹ Cr%₹475.1%Mar 23Jun 24Dec 25

Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew +59.8% over the last 4 quarters against +25.9%/yr over the last 8 — accelerating; TTM profit +101.3% vs +40.5%/yr — accelerating.

→ Revenue grew — did margins hold as it scaled? Next: 19.1% this quarter (+5.2 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.

Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd's operating margin is 19.1% in the Dec 25 quarter, +5.2 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 9 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged −100.0% to 58.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd's operating margin is 19.1% in the Dec 25 quarter, +5.2 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 9 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged −100.0% to 58.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

The latest quarter's operating margin is 19.1%, +5.2 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 9 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged −100.0%–58.0%.

Why the margin moved: operating margin went +5.2 pp year on year while gross margin went +32.7 pp — the gain came mostly from the gross line: input costs and pricing.

FY25: 14.0% Operating margin by fiscal year, %, line (left); year-on-year change in the margin, in percentage points, line (right). 9-year window.
within a −100.0–58.0% band over 9 years
operating marginYoY change (pp)
71%175%25%114%−21%54%−67%−6.3%−113%−67%%%14%3%FY17FY21FY25
71%175%25%114%−21%54%−67%−6.3%−113%−67%%%14%3%FY17FY21FY25
Dec 25: 19.1% operating margin (+5.2 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)
20%5.9%17%3.4%14%0.9%12%−1.6%9.1%−4.1%%%19.1%5.2%Mar 23Jun 24Dec 25
20%5.9%17%3.4%14%0.9%12%−1.6%9.1%−4.1%%%19.1%5.2%Mar 23Jun 24Dec 25

→ Margins held — did that reach the bottom line? Next: profit +65.8% 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.

Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd earned ₹6.0 Cr of net profit in the Dec 25 quarter, +65.8% year on year. It is the 6th consecutive quarter of growth. Full-year FY25 profit was ₹16.0 Cr. That is 12.7% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹3.6 Cr.

Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd earned ₹6.0 Cr of net profit in the Dec 25 quarter, +65.8% year on year. It is the 6th consecutive quarter of growth. Full-year FY25 profit was ₹16.0 Cr. That is 12.7% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹3.6 Cr.

Dec 25 profit was ₹6.0 Cr, +65.8% year on year — the 6th consecutive quarter of growth. On the full year, FY25 printed ₹16.0 Cr (+33.3%).

FY25 profit ₹16.0 Cr (+33.3% 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.
Net profitYoY growth
1741%1330%919%47.9%0−3.0%₹ Cr%₹1633.3%FY15FY20FY25
1741%1330%919%47.9%0−3.0%₹ Cr%₹1633.3%FY15FY20FY25
Dec 25: ₹6.0 Cr (+65.8% 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.
6th straight quarter of growth
Net profit (quarterly)YoY growth
8171%6116%460%25.2%0−50%₹ Cr%₹665.8%Mar 23Jun 24Dec 25
8171%6116%460%25.2%0−50%₹ Cr%₹665.8%Mar 23Jun 24Dec 25

Why profit moved: revenue contributed +5.1% and the margin +5.2 pp — the quarter was margin-led: most of the profit growth came from keeping more of each sale.

Pace comparison, last four quarters: profit +109.1% vs revenue +67.8%. 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: −38% 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 −38% of Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash — a gap worth watching. In FY25 that was ₹−17.0 Cr of operating cash against ₹16.0 Cr of profit. After ₹0.0 Cr of capital spending, ₹−17.0 Cr was left as free cash.

FY25: operating cash of ₹−17.0 Cr against reported profit of ₹16.0 Cr, leaving free cash of ₹−17.0 Cr after ₹0.0 Cr of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is −38% of profit.

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

FY25: CFO ₹−17.0 Cr vs profit ₹16.0 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.
−38% of 3-year profit arrived as cash
Operating cashNet profitFree cash
199−1−10−20₹ Cr₹−17₹16₹−17FY15FY20FY25
199−1−10−20₹ Cr₹−17₹16₹−17FY15FY20FY25
FY25: CFO = −106% of profit (three-year rate −38%) Operating cash as a share of net profit, per fiscal year, % (line). Dashed line = 100% — every unit of profit arriving as cash.
Conversion100%
118%52%−14%−79%−145%%−106%FY15FY20FY25
118%52%−14%−79%−145%%−106%FY15FY20FY25

🚨 Why conversion sits at −38%: the cash cycle tightened 292 days between FY20 and FY25 — cash that used to wait in the cycle now reaches the bank sooner. Less than 70% of profit arriving as cash is the thing to watch on this page.

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 −188-day cycle and ₹3.0 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).

Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd's cash conversion cycle runs −188 days in FY25, down from 104 days in FY20. Capital spending ran ₹3.0 Cr over the last 3 years. At FY25 sales of ₹157 Cr each day of that cycle holds about ₹0.4 Cr, so roughly ₹−81.0 Cr sits inside the business at any moment.

FY25: debtors at 249 days, inventory at 12 days — roughly 0.4 months of stock waiting to sell; that is where the cash sits while it waits — for a full cycle of −188 days, tighter than FY20's 104.

The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0; stock waits 12 days to sell; customers pay about 249 days after that; and suppliers themselves are paid at 449 days — netting out to the −188-day cycle.

In money terms: at FY25 sales of ₹157 Cr, each day of the cycle holds about ₹0.4 Cr — so the −188-day loop keeps roughly ₹−81.0 Cr sitting inside the business at any moment.

FY25: a −188-day cash cycle Debtor days, inventory days, payable days and the cash conversion cycle by fiscal year. 9-year window.
−292 days vs FY20
Cash cycleInventory daysDebtor daysPayable days
502309116−78−271days−188d12d249d449dFY17FY19FY21FY23FY25
502309116−78−271days−188d12d249d449dFY17FY21FY25

On the investment side: capital spending of ₹3.0 Cr over the last 3 fiscal years against ₹2.0 Cr of depreciation — building somewhat ahead of wear-and-tear. Capital work-in-progress stands at ₹1.0 Cr (FY25) — capacity paid for but not yet earning.

FY25: capex ₹0.0 Cr, work-in-progress ₹1.0 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
2.21.61.10.50.0₹ Cr₹0₹1FY15FY17FY20FY22FY25
2.21.61.10.50.0₹ Cr₹0₹1FY15FY20FY25

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 34%.

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.

Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd earns a ROCE of 34% in FY25. That is up from a trough of −15% in FY19. A return-on-invested-capital spread against the cost of capital is not computable from what is held here. The wiring behind it is 10.2% net margin on 0.91× asset turns.

FY25 ROCE is 34%, recovered from a FY19 trough of −15% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.

Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY25): 10.2% net margin × 0.91× asset turns × 2.16× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 20.0% on equity. Margin does its share; leverage is a meaningful part of the equation.

FY25: ROCE 34% Return on capital employed by fiscal year, % (line). 12-year window, dips included. Dashed line = the 12.0% cost of capital used on this page.
the climb back from FY19's −15%
ROCEWACC
119%83%47%11%−25%%34%FY14FY16FY19FY22FY25
119%83%47%11%−25%%34%FY14FY19FY25

→ Returns like these — is the balance sheet borrowing to make them? Next: debt-to-equity is 0.09.

11 · Debt

Debt Debt-to-equity says how much of the business is funded by borrowings; interest cover says how many times operating profit pays the interest bill. Low and high, respectively, is the safe corner.

Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd carries ₹7.0 Cr of borrowings against ₹80.0 Cr of equity in FY25, a debt-to-equity of 0.09. Operating profit covers the interest bill 22×. Over 5 years borrowings went from ₹5.0 Cr to ₹7.0 Cr. Capital spending ran ₹3.0 Cr across the last 3 of those years.

FY25: borrowings of ₹7.0 Cr against equity of ₹80.0 Cr — a debt-to-equity of 0.09. Operating profit covers the interest bill 22×. Over 5 years borrowings went from ₹5.0 Cr to ₹7.0 Cr while capital spending ran ₹3.0 Cr in just the last 3 — part of the build-out is riding on borrowed money.

FY25: borrowings ₹7.0 Cr at 0.09× equity Borrowings by fiscal year, ₹ Cr (bars); debt-to-equity, × (line). 12-year window. Quarterly balance-sheet history is not held for India — annual is the honest resolution.
the debt trajectory
BorrowingsDebt-to-equity
150.9×110.6×80.4×40.2×0−0.1×₹ Cr×₹70.09×FY14FY16FY19FY22FY25
150.9×110.6×80.4×40.2×0−0.1×₹ Cr×₹70.09×FY14FY19FY25

→ Who owns this, and are they adding or leaving? Next: Promoters added 40.5 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 added 40.5 points of Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd over 8 quarters, the biggest move on the register. That takes promoters to 75.0% of the company. The register is read on the four disclosed classes only; nothing is inferred between filings.

The register over the last two years — Promoters: +40.5 points over 8 quarters to 75.0%.

Why the register moved: promoters drove it (+40.5 points) — steady accumulation by institutions reading the same numbers this page reads.

Fiscal-year ends: promoters +40.5 pts from Mar 23 to Mar 25 Shareholding at each fiscal-year end (March quarter), % of the company. 3 year-ends held.
PromotersPublic
79%65%50%35%21%%75.0%25.0%Mar 23Mar 24Mar 25
79%65%50%35%21%%75.0%25.0%Mar 23Mar 24Mar 25
Promoters added 40.5 points over 8 quarters Shareholding by holder class, % of the company, quarterly, last 12 quarters.
PromotersPublic
79%65%50%35%21%%75%25%Mar 23Jun 24Dec 25
79%65%50%35%21%%75%25%Mar 23Jun 24Dec 25

→ 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.

Sobhagya Mercantile 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.

Related companies · same sector · Diversified 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
Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd this page25.7×₹615 CrMixed
Grasim Industries Ltd42.0×₹2.1L CrMixed
Tube Investments of India Ltd81.0×₹53,560 CrTurning around
3M India Ltd65.4×₹40,008 CrMixed
Piramal Enterprises Ltd(Merged)49.0×₹25,483 CrNo read
Nava Ltd20.6×₹15,715 CrMixed
Swan Corp Ltd35.7×₹9,792 CrNo read
Swan Corp Ltd35.5×₹9,727 CrNo read
Indiabulls Limited14.7×₹7,112 CrNo read
Balmer Lawrie & Company Ltd10.8×₹2,986 CrTurning around
Bluspring Enterprises Ltd₹1,620 CrNo read
Texmaco Infrastructure & Holdings Ltd131.0×₹1,433 CrMixed
Andrew Yule & Company Ltd₹1,246 CrNo read
Arunis Abode Ltd62.5×₹1,077 CrNo read
BCL Industries Ltd9.2×₹1,055 CrMixed
Kalind Ltd37.9×₹1,032 CrNo read
Integrated Industries Ltd11.6×₹1,003 CrNo read
Bharat Global Developers Ltd291.0×₹933 CrNo read
Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd41.8×₹920 CrMixed
Nurture Well Industries Ltd8.4×₹564 CrMixed
Rossell India Ltd11.8×₹168 CrNo read
Kesar Enterprises Ltd₹47 CrNo read
12 · Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

What is Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd's share price today?

Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd trades at ₹732, +85.9% over the past year. The company is valued at ₹615 Cr. The stock sits at 70% of its 52-week range of ₹290–₹921, −0.8% versus its 200-day average. On the tape, the price is in a confirmed uptrend, 115 weeks in. — as of 24 July 2026.

What were Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd's latest quarterly results?

Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd reported revenue of ₹47.5 Cr and net profit of ₹6.0 Cr for the Dec 25 quarter. Revenue rose 5.1% and profit rose 65.8% year on year. Earnings per share were ₹7.20. The operating margin was 19.1%, 5.2 pp higher than a year earlier. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd's revenue?

Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd reported revenue of ₹47.5 Cr in the Dec 25 quarter, +5.1% year on year. For the full FY25 fiscal year, revenue was ₹157 Cr (+36.5%). — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd's profit?

Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd earned ₹6.0 Cr of net profit in the Dec 25 quarter, +65.8% year on year — the 6th straight quarter of growth. Full-year FY25 profit was ₹16.0 Cr. The operating margin ran 19.1% in the latest quarter. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd's market cap?

Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd's market capitalisation is ₹615 Cr at a share price of ₹732. 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 Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd's P/E ratio?

Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd trades at a P/E of 25.7×, at the 64th percentile of its own 5-year range, against a long-run median of 21.1×. This is a comparison with the stock's own history, not a value call — as of 24 July 2026.

Is Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd overvalued?

On its own history, Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd looks mid-range against its own history: its P/E of 25.7× sits at the 64th percentile of its 5-year range (long-run median 21.1×). 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 Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd growing?

Yes — Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd is growing: latest-quarter revenue +5.1% year on year, profit +65.8%, and the margin +5.2 pp at 19.1%. The earnings engine currently reads: improving — as of 24 July 2026.

How is Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd performing?

Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd is in a confirmed uptrend, 115 weeks in. Its latest quarter's revenue rose 5.1% and profit rose 65.8% year on year. Against the NIFTY 500 it has been behind on a trailing-13-week view for 6 weeks. This describes what the data did, not a rating. — as of 24 July 2026.

What stage is Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd in?

Mixed — growth is normalizing off a hyper-growth base: revenue growth has eased from +85.6% at its peak to +5.1% (single-quarter readings) but is still expanding, ROCE slipping at 34.0%. The read comes from the last 12 quarters of growth (revenue growth +5.1% latest, profit growth +65.8% latest) plus the ROCE curve, classified by deterministic rules — a trajectory read, not a buy or sell call — as of 24 July 2026.

Is Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd in an uptrend?

Yes — the price is in a confirmed uptrend (week 115 of stage 2), trading −0.8% versus its 200-day average and at 70% 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 Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd beating the market?

Not lately — on a trailing-13-week view Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd is currently behind the NIFTY 500 (6 weeks and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-01-23), the same metric the week-by-week ribbon on this page draws. Separately, on the cumulative view: over the last 4.8 years the stock moved +76,181% against the NIFTY 500's +79% — ahead of the index over the full window. — as of 24 July 2026.

Will Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd's share price go up?

This page publishes no price forecast for Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd. What it measures instead: the share price is ₹732, the price is in a confirmed uptrend 115 weeks in. Its P/E of 25.7× sits at the 64th percentile of its own 5-year range. — as of 24 July 2026.

Who owns Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd?

Promoters hold 75.0% of Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd, foreign institutions null%, domestic institutions null% and the public 25.0% (latest quarter). The biggest move on the register over the last two years: Promoters added 40.5 points over 8 quarters. — as of 24 July 2026.

Does Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd have too much debt?

No — Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd's debt-to-equity is 0.09, and operating profit covers the interest bill 22×. FY25 borrowings were ₹7.0 Cr against equity of ₹80.0 Cr. The returns on this page are earned, not borrowed — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd's capex?

Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd spent ₹3.0 Cr on capital expenditure over the last 3 fiscal years, a figure derived from the change in fixed assets plus depreciation. In FY25 alone that was ₹0.0 Cr, with ₹1.0 Cr in capital work-in-progress — capacity paid for but not yet earning. — as of 24 July 2026.

What is Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd's cash flow?

Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd generated ₹−17.0 Cr of operating cash flow in FY25 and ₹−17.0 Cr of free cash flow after ₹0.0 Cr of capital spending. Reported profit that year was ₹16.0 Cr, so operating cash ran behind profit. Cash-flow resolution for India is annual. — as of 24 July 2026.

Is Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd's profit real cash?

Not fully — over the last 3 fiscal years, −38% of Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash. In FY25, operating cash was ₹−17.0 Cr against reported profit of ₹16.0 Cr. The cash then goes into a mix of the working-capital cycle and capacity. Cash-flow resolution is annual — as of 24 July 2026.

Where is Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd in its business cycle?

Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd's FY25 operating margin was 14.0%, against a 9-year band of −100.0%–58.0%: mid-band by its own history — neither the peak that precedes mean-reversion nor the trough that precedes recovery. The latest quarter ran 19.1%. 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 Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd story?

The sharpest disagreement: profits are rising, but only −38% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as operating cash — the gap between the P&L and the bank account is the thing to watch. 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 Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd a stock worth studying right now?

This is not investment advice. The machine read: Sobhagya Mercantile Ltd compounds quietly. Returns above 15% and growth without drama — priced like it. The sharpest open question: whether the cash starts following the profit. 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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