Texmaco Rail & Engineering 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.

Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd trades at ₹115, in a downtrend and 77 weeks into that stage. That is −3.1% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 49% of a 52-week range of ₹84 to ₹148. On relative strength it has been ahead of the NIFTY 500 on a trailing-13-week view for 2 straight weeks.

Today the stock is in a downtrend — week 77 of stage 4, confirmed. At ₹115 it trades −3.1% versus its 200-day average and sits at 49% of its 52-week range (₹84–₹148).

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 10.3 years the stock moved +26% while the NIFTY 500 moved +274% — behind the index over the full window. Recent form: on a trailing-13-week view the stock has been ahead for 2 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 27th 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.

Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd trades at 22.7× P/E, near the bottom of its own range — cheaper only 27% of the time. Its long-run median P/E is 63.8×, measured across 9.9 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 22.7× is near the bottom of its own range — cheaper only 27% of the time, against a long-run median of 63.8× measured over 9.9 years of weekly readings. This is a comparison against the stock's own history — not a claim about what it is worth.

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

Why the multiple sits where it does: over the past year annual EPS moved −23.1% against a −27.2% price move — earnings outran the price, pushing the multiple DOWN its own range.

The price move, decomposed: over 5y, of the +27.0%/yr price move, ~+60.9%/yr came from earnings growth and ~−33.9 pp from the multiple (compressing); over 10y, of the +3.1%/yr price move, ~+36.2%/yr came from earnings growth and ~−33.1 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: Deteriorating 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).

Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd reads as deteriorating on its fundamental arc. Deteriorating — revenue, profit and EPS growth are shrinking (revenue growth −14.3% latest against +72.1% at its 12-quarter best), ROCE holding at 13.1%. The read is built from 12 quarters across 4 curves, on full evidence.

🚨 Why it matters: falling curves mean every cheap-looking ratio below needs a discount for direction.

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

4-Factor Sector Score

47.4/100 — rank 6 of 9 in Railways · 93% evidence confidence

Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd scores 47.4 out of 100 against the 9 companies it is compared with in Railways, ranking 6. Cheap but unconfirmed: require improving earnings before treating the valuation as an opportunity.

The four contributions add to the total exactly: 13.7 + 9.6 + 15.2 + 8.9 = 47.4. 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.

Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd reported ₹1,167 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, −13.3% year on year. Over 10 years it has compounded at 14.8% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹4,377 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹4,378 Cr.

Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd reported ₹1,167 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, −13.3% year on year. Over 10 years it has compounded at 14.8% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹4,377 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹4,378 Cr.

FY26 revenue came in at ₹4,377 Cr (−14.3% on the year), capping 10 years at 14.8% compound. The latest quarter (Mar 26) printed ₹1,167 Cr, −13.3% year on year.

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged −14.4% growth against the decade's 14.8% — the current year is running slower than its own long-run rate.

Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew −14.3% over the last 4 quarters against +11.8%/yr over the last 8 — rolling over; TTM profit −22.2% vs +30.7%/yr — rolling over.

→ Revenue slipped — did margins hold as it scaled? Next: 9.0% this quarter (+2.0 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.

Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd's operating margin is 9.0% in the Mar 26 quarter, +2.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. That is the widest this company has ever printed on a full-year basis. Across 11 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 5.0% to 9.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd's operating margin is 9.0% in the Mar 26 quarter, +2.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. That is the widest this company has ever printed on a full-year basis. Across 11 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 5.0% to 9.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

The latest quarter's operating margin is 9.0%, +2.0 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 11 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 5.0%–9.0%, and FY26's 9.0% is the top of that band — a record year.

Why the margin moved: operating margin went +1.9 pp year on year while gross margin went +0.9 pp — the gain came mostly below the gross line: operating leverage, with costs spread over a bigger revenue base.

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

→ Margins held — did that reach the bottom line? Next: profit +48.7% 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.

Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd earned ₹58.0 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +48.7% year on year. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹194 Cr. The 10-year compound rate is 25.5%. That is 5.0% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹39.0 Cr.

Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd earned ₹58.0 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +48.7% year on year. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹194 Cr. The 10-year compound rate is 25.5%. That is 5.0% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹39.0 Cr.

Mar 26 profit was ₹58.0 Cr, +48.7% year on year. On the full year, FY26 printed ₹194 Cr (−22.1%), and the 10-year compound rate is 25.5%.

Why profit moved: revenue contributed −13.3% and the margin +2.0 pp — the quarter was margin-led: most of the profit growth came from keeping more of each sale.

Pace comparison, last four quarters: profit −15.1% vs revenue −14.4%. Profit and revenue are moving roughly in step.

→ Profit rose — but did the cash follow? Next: 74% 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 74% of Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash — most of the profit is real cash. In FY26 that was ₹363 Cr of operating cash against ₹194 Cr of profit. After ₹176 Cr of capital spending, ₹187 Cr was left as free cash.

FY26: operating cash of ₹363 Cr against reported profit of ₹194 Cr, leaving free cash of ₹187 Cr after ₹176 Cr of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is 74% 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 74%: the cash cycle stretched 36 days between FY21 and FY26 — more of each rupee of profit waits inside the cycle before arriving.

Router verdict: conversion is below par and the cash cycle has stretched 36 days — the next section's job is to find where the cash is stuck.

→ So follow the cash to where it goes. Next: the 131-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).

Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd's cash conversion cycle runs 131 days in FY26, up from 95 days in FY21. Capital spending ran ₹876 Cr over the last 3 years. At FY26 sales of ₹4,377 Cr each day of that cycle holds about ₹12.0 Cr, so roughly ₹1,571 Cr sits inside the business at any moment.

FY26: debtors at 104 days, inventory at 89 days — roughly 2.9 months of stock waiting to sell; that is where the cash sits while it waits — for a full cycle of 131 days, looser than FY21's 95.

The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0; stock waits 89 days to sell; customers pay about 104 days after that; and suppliers themselves are paid at 62 days — netting out to the 131-day cycle.

In money terms: at FY26 sales of ₹4,377 Cr, each day of the cycle holds about ₹12.0 Cr — so the 131-day loop keeps roughly ₹1,571 Cr sitting inside the business at any moment.

On the investment side: capital spending of ₹876 Cr over the last 3 fiscal years against ₹128 Cr of depreciation — the company is building well ahead of wear-and-tear. Capital work-in-progress stands at ₹165 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 11% and the ROIC − WACC spread is −4.5 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.

Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd earns a ROCE of 11% in FY26. That is up from a trough of 6% in FY17. Return on invested capital clears the cost of that capital by −4.5 percentage points, so growth here is not yet paying for the capital it uses. The wiring behind it is 4.4% net margin on 0.87× asset turns.

FY26 ROCE is 11%, recovered from a FY17 trough of 6% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.

🚨 Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY26): 4.4% net margin × 0.87× asset turns × 2.13× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 8.2% on equity. Margin does its share; leverage is a meaningful part of the equation.

The capstone test — ROIC − WACC: 7.5% − 12.0% = a −4.5 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 0.38.

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.

Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd carries total debt of ₹895 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹2,412 Cr as of Mar 26, a debt-to-equity of 0.37. On the annual view that ratio went from 0.53 in FY22 to 0.37 in FY26. Read the returns elsewhere on this page with that leverage in mind.

Mar 26: total debt of ₹895 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹2,412 Cr — a debt-to-equity of 0.37. On the annual view, debt-to-equity went from 0.53 (FY22) to 0.37 (FY26). Read the returns on this page with that leverage in mind.

→ Who owns this, and are they adding or leaving? Next: Foreign institutions cut 4.1 points over 8 quarters.

Ownership Who owns the stock, quarter by quarter: promoters (the controlling owners), foreign and domestic institutions, and the public. Steady accumulation by people close to the numbers is a signal; a quiet register is also an answer.

Foreign institutions cut 4.1 points of Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd over 8 quarters, the biggest move on the register. That takes foreign institutions to 5.0% of the company. Domestic institutions moved −3.8 points over the same window, to 5.1%. The register is read on the four disclosed classes only; nothing is inferred between filings.

The register over the last two years — Foreign institutions: −4.1 points over 8 quarters to 5.0%; Domestic institutions: −3.8 points over 8 quarters to 5.1%; Promoters: +0.2 points over 8 quarters to 48.3%.

🚨 Why the register moved: foreign institutions drove it (−4.1 points), alongside domestic institutions (−3.8 points) — distribution into the market’s bid.

→ One last check: does the safety math agree? Next: the balance-sheet safety line.

Safety line The Z-score estimates how far a company sits from balance-sheet distress — above roughly 3 is safe, below roughly 1.8 is the danger zone. It was built for manufacturers, so it is not applied to banks and lenders.

Texmaco Rail & Engineering 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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