Bharat Seats Ltd
BHARATSEBharat Seats Ltd's price has outrun its earnings. +105.0% in a year against EPS +29.0% — the market is paying now for delivery later.
The sharpest disagreement: the price moved +105.0% in a year while annual EPS moved +29.0% — the difference is re-rating, and re-rating has to be repaid with earnings.
The price is in a confirmed uptrend (64 weeks in) while the P/E sits at the 93rd percentile of its own 11-year range. Underneath, the last four quarters read improving — profit +44.4% year on year, and 260% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash. What settles it: whether earnings grow into a price that has already moved.
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.
Bharat Seats Ltd trades at ₹249, in a confirmed uptrend and 64 weeks into that stage. That is +33.8% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 100% of a 52-week range of ₹140 to ₹249. On relative strength it has been ahead of the NIFTY 500 on a trailing-13-week view for 14 straight weeks.
Today the stock is in a confirmed uptrend — week 64 of stage 2, confirmed. At ₹249 it trades +33.8% versus its 200-day average and sits at 100% of its 52-week range (₹140–₹249).
Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 10.5 years the stock moved +1,444% while the NIFTY 500 moved +284% — ahead of the index over the full window. Recent form: on a trailing-13-week view the stock has been ahead for 14 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.
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.
Bharat Seats Ltd trades at 33.0× P/E, at the pricey end of its own range (93rd percentile). Its long-run median P/E is 18.6×, measured across 10.5 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 33.0× is at the pricey end of its own range (93rd percentile), against a long-run median of 18.6× measured over 10.5 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 +29.0% against a +105.0% price move — the price outran earnings, pushing the multiple UP its own range.
The price move, decomposed: over 5y, of the +41.5%/yr price move, ~+24.6%/yr came from earnings growth and ~+16.9 pp from the multiple (expanding); over 10y, of the +28.2%/yr price move, ~+19.6%/yr came from earnings growth and ~+8.6 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.
A quarterly PEG curve, which only the second data source carries, is not drawn on this page: its two data sources do not share enough overlapping reported history to be compared. A figure nobody could check is not used to price growth — the gap is a decision, not missing data.
What the price assumes This reading works the multiple backwards. It asks one question: what yearly rate of profit growth is a buyer at the market price already paying for? The number is the growth rate that makes eleven years of profit — six years growing, then five fading — add up to that day's market price, once each year is discounted at 11% a year.
At its price on 13 June 2026, Bharat Seats Ltd was priced for profit growth of about 15.6% a year. Profit itself has compounded 19.6% a year over the past 10 years. The market pays that at 33.0× P/E, the 93rd percentile of its own 11-year range.
What the two numbers say together. The multiple is full against its own past, and the growth the price is paying for is close to what this company has actually delivered. Both readings sit on the same earnings, so they are one reading rather than two.
How to hold this number: it is a reading of one day's price, taken on 13 June 2026, not a running figure. A higher price is paying for more growth and a lower price for less, so it moves whenever the price does, and this page does not restate it between measurements. Every other number on this page is read off the live quote.
Stage: Consistent 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).
Bharat Seats Ltd reads as consistent on its fundamental arc. Consistent — revenue, profit and EPS growth have stayed positive through the window, with ROCE at 20.0% and holding. The read is built from 8 quarters across 4 curves, on partial evidence.
Why it matters: steady curves with healthy returns are the compounding setup — the risk is the price, not the business.
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.
| 1yr | 3yr | 5yr | 10yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | +51.4% | +22.9% | +28.9% | +10.8% |
| Profit | +27.3% | +24.1% | +53.1% | +19.6% |
| EPS | +29.0% | +25.1% | +54.2% | +19.3% |
| Share price | +105.0% | +57.3% | +41.5% | +28.2% |
4-Factor Sector Score
67.5/100 — rank 1 of 1 in Auto Ancillaries - Seats · 78% evidence confidence
Bharat Seats Ltd scores 67.5 out of 100 against the 1 companies it is compared with in Auto Ancillaries - Seats, ranking 1. Confirmed research leader: earnings, capital efficiency and relative strength agree. Move to management, catalyst and risk diligence.
The four contributions add to the total exactly: 29.9 + 18.1 + 7 + 12.5 = 67.5. 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.
Bharat Seats Ltd reported ₹578 Cr of revenue in the Jun 26 quarter, +35.4% year on year. That is the 9th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 10 years it has compounded at 10.8% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹1,951 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹2,102 Cr.
FY26 revenue came in at ₹1,951 Cr (+51.4% on the year), capping 10 years at 10.8% compound. The latest quarter (Jun 26) printed ₹578 Cr, +35.4% year on year — the 9th consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.
Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +49.9% growth against the decade's 10.8% — the current year is running faster than its own long-run rate.
Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew +48.3% over the last 4 quarters against +37.4%/yr over the last 8 — accelerating; TTM profit +31.4% vs +28.2%/yr — accelerating.
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.
Bharat Seats Ltd's operating margin is 4.9% in the Jun 26 quarter, −0.1 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 3.9% to 7.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.
The latest quarter's operating margin is 4.9%, −0.1 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 3.9%–7.0%.
🚨 Why the margin moved: operating margin went −0.2 pp year on year while gross margin went −1.6 pp — the loss came mostly from the gross line: input costs and pricing.
Net profit Net profit is what survives every cost, interest and tax — the number EPS, dividends and book value all grow from.
Bharat Seats Ltd earned ₹13.0 Cr of net profit in the Jun 26 quarter, +44.4% year on year. It is the 7th consecutive quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹42.0 Cr. The 10-year compound rate is 19.6%. That is 2.2% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹9.0 Cr.
Jun 26 profit was ₹13.0 Cr, +44.4% year on year — the 7th consecutive quarter of growth. On the full year, FY26 printed ₹42.0 Cr (+27.3%), and the 10-year compound rate is 19.6%.
Why profit moved: revenue contributed +35.4% and the margin −0.1 pp — the quarter was revenue-led, with the margin roughly flat.
Pace comparison, last four quarters: profit +32.6% vs revenue +49.9%. Profit is growing slower than sales — costs are eating the growth before it reaches the bottom line.
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 260% of Bharat Seats Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash — the cash follows the profit. In FY26 that was ₹107 Cr of operating cash against ₹42.0 Cr of profit. After ₹30.0 Cr of capital spending, ₹77.0 Cr was left as free cash.
FY26: operating cash of ₹107 Cr against reported profit of ₹42.0 Cr, leaving free cash of ₹77.0 Cr after ₹30.0 Cr of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is 260% 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 260%: the cash cycle stretched 13 days between FY21 and FY26 — more of each rupee of profit waits inside the cycle before arriving.
Router verdict: the bigger cash user is investment — capital spending ran 2.8× depreciation over three years, so the next section's job is to check what that build-out is buying.
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).
Bharat Seats Ltd's cash conversion cycle runs −7 days in FY26, up from −20 days in FY21. Capital spending ran ₹242 Cr over the last 3 years. At FY26 sales of ₹1,951 Cr each day of that cycle holds about ₹5.3 Cr, so roughly ₹−37.0 Cr sits inside the business at any moment.
FY26: debtors at 49 days, inventory at 13 days — roughly 0.4 months of stock waiting to sell; that is where the cash sits while it waits — for a full cycle of −7 days, looser than FY21's −20.
The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0; stock waits 13 days to sell; customers pay about 49 days after that; and suppliers themselves are paid at 69 days — netting out to the −7-day cycle.
In money terms: at FY26 sales of ₹1,951 Cr, each day of the cycle holds about ₹5.3 Cr — so the −7-day loop keeps roughly ₹−37.0 Cr sitting inside the business at any moment.
On the investment side: capital spending of ₹242 Cr over the last 3 fiscal years against ₹85.0 Cr of depreciation — the company is building well ahead of wear-and-tear. Capital work-in-progress stands at ₹12.0 Cr (FY26) — capacity paid for but not yet earning.
The synthesis: the cash is going into capacity, not disappearing into the cycle — the question becomes whether the new capacity earns.
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.⚠ unverified
Bharat Seats Ltd earns a ROCE of 20% in FY26. That is up from a trough of 7% in FY21. Return on invested capital clears the cost of that capital by +2.2 percentage points, so growth here adds value rather than only size. The wiring behind it is 2.2% net margin on 2.65× asset turns.
FY26 ROCE is 20%, recovered from a FY21 trough of 7% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.
Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY26): 2.2% net margin × 2.65× asset turns × 3.20× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 18.7% on equity. Margin does its share; leverage is a meaningful part of the equation.
The capstone test — ROIC − WACC: 14.2% − 12.0% = a +2.2 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. Positive but thin — value creation with little room for error.
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.⚠ unverified
Bharat Seats Ltd carries total debt of ₹110 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹230 Cr as of Mar 26, a debt-to-equity of 0.48. On the annual view that ratio went from 0.31 in FY22 to 0.48 in FY26. Read the returns elsewhere on this page with that leverage in mind.
Mar 26: total debt of ₹110 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹230 Cr — a debt-to-equity of 0.48. On the annual view, debt-to-equity went from 0.31 (FY22) to 0.48 (FY26). Read the returns on this page with that leverage in mind.
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.
No holder of Bharat Seats Ltd moved a full percentage point over the last two years — the register is quiet. Foreign institutions moved +0.1 points over the same window, to 0.1%. The register is read on the four disclosed classes only; nothing is inferred between filings.
The register over the last two years — Promoters: +0.1 points over 8 quarters to 74.7%; Foreign institutions: +0.1 points over 8 quarters to 0.1%; Domestic institutions: +0.1 points over 8 quarters to 0.2%.
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.
Bharat Seats Ltd: the Z-score reads 4.35. A Z-score above roughly 3 reads as safe and below roughly 1.8 as the distress zone, so this sits well clear of distress. It is a distance-to-distress estimate from the balance sheet, not a forecast of failure.
Why it matters: a Z-score of 4.35 sits well clear of the distress zone — the balance sheet is not the risk here.
The safety line in one sentence: the Z-score reads 4.35.
| Company | Score | Price stage | Growth & earnings/35 | Capital efficiency/25 | Valuation/20 | Relative strength/20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bharat Seats Ltdthis pageBHARATSE | 67.5/100Favorable setup78% evidence | BREAKING OUT | 29.9/35 Revenue 48.3% · PAT 31.4% · OPM change -0.1 pp 95% evidence | 18.1/25 ROCE 20.2% · OPM 4.9% 95% evidence | 7.0/20 P/E 33× · PEG — 35% evidence | 12.5/20 RS sector 0% · RS bench 32.3% · 1Y 135.1%7 of 10 weeks ahead 70% evidence |
| Exact sum: 29.9 + 18.1 + 7 + 12.5 = 67.5 · Decision use: Confirmed research leader: earnings, capital efficiency and relative strength agree. Move to management, catalyst and risk diligence. | ||||||
Missing observations are not scored as bad. Their missing weight lowers confidence and pulls the final score toward neutral. PEG is not shown when the ratio cannot mean anything: the company must be making a profit, its price-to-earnings must be positive, and its three-year earnings growth must fall between 5% and 60%. Dividing a price multiple by a loss, or by growth measured off a tiny base, produces a number that looks precise and tells you nothing. Under relative strength, one mark per week shows the last 12 weeks: a mark is filled where the company led NIFTY 500 by 5% or more over the 13 weeks ending that week, which is the same test used everywhere on this site. Price stage places the company on the same six-step curve the sector itself is placed on — basing, turning, breaking out, leader, fading, asleep — read from how many weeks running it has led NIFTY 500 and whether that lead is widening or shrinking. It describes where the PRICE stands, not the earnings trajectory and not a recommendation, and it is left blank for a company whose weekly history is too short or too stale to read.
Frequently asked questions
What is Bharat Seats Ltd's share price today?
Bharat Seats Ltd trades at ₹249, +105.0% over the past year. The company is valued at ₹1,558 Cr. The stock sits at the very top of its 52-week range (₹140–₹249), +33.8% versus its 200-day average. On the tape, the price is in a confirmed uptrend, 64 weeks in. — as of 14 August 2026.
What were Bharat Seats Ltd's latest quarterly results?
Bharat Seats Ltd reported revenue of ₹578 Cr and net profit of ₹13.0 Cr for the Jun 26 quarter. Revenue rose 35.4% and profit rose 44.4% year on year. Earnings per share were ₹2.10. The operating margin was 4.9%, 0.1 pp lower than a year earlier. — as of 14 August 2026.
What is Bharat Seats Ltd's revenue?
Bharat Seats Ltd reported revenue of ₹578 Cr in the Jun 26 quarter, +35.4% year on year. For the full FY26 fiscal year, revenue was ₹1,951 Cr (+51.4%). Over the last 10 years revenue compounded at 10.8% a year. — as of 14 August 2026.
What is Bharat Seats Ltd's profit?
Bharat Seats Ltd earned ₹13.0 Cr of net profit in the Jun 26 quarter, +44.4% year on year — the 7th straight quarter of growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹42.0 Cr. The operating margin ran 4.9% in the latest quarter. — as of 14 August 2026.
What is Bharat Seats Ltd's market cap?
Bharat Seats Ltd's market capitalisation is ₹1,558 Cr at a share price of ₹249. Market cap is the share price multiplied by shares outstanding, so it is restated whenever the price moves. — as of 14 August 2026.
What is Bharat Seats Ltd's P/E ratio?
Bharat Seats Ltd trades at a P/E of 33.0×, at the 93rd percentile of its own 11-year range, against a long-run median of 18.6×. This is a comparison with the stock's own history, not a value call — as of 14 August 2026.
Does Bharat Seats Ltd pay a dividend?
Yes — Bharat Seats Ltd's dividend payout was 22% 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 14 August 2026.
Is Bharat Seats Ltd overvalued?
On its own history, Bharat Seats Ltd looks expensive: its P/E of 33.0× sits at the 93rd percentile of its 11-year range (long-run median 18.6×). That is a percentile read against the stock's own past, not a price opinion or a direction call. — as of 14 August 2026.
Is Bharat Seats Ltd growing?
Yes — Bharat Seats Ltd is growing: latest-quarter revenue +35.4% year on year, profit +44.4%, and the margin −0.1 pp at 4.9%. The 10-year compound rates are 10.8% (revenue) and 19.6% (profit). The earnings engine currently reads: improving — as of 14 August 2026.
How is Bharat Seats Ltd performing?
Bharat Seats Ltd is in a confirmed uptrend, 64 weeks in. Its latest quarter's revenue rose 35.4% and profit rose 44.4% year on year. Against the NIFTY 500 it has been ahead on a trailing-13-week view for 14 weeks. This describes what the data did, not a rating. — as of 14 August 2026.
What stage is Bharat Seats Ltd in?
Consistent — revenue, profit and EPS growth have stayed positive through the window, with ROCE at 20.0% and holding. The read comes from the last 12 quarters of growth (revenue growth +48.3% latest, profit growth +31.4% latest, eps growth +31.4% latest) plus the ROCE curve, classified by deterministic rules — a trajectory read, not a buy or sell call — as of 14 August 2026.
Is Bharat Seats Ltd in an uptrend?
Yes — the price is in a confirmed uptrend (week 64 of stage 2), trading +33.8% versus its 200-day average and at the very top 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 14 August 2026.
Is Bharat Seats Ltd beating the market?
On recent form, yes — Bharat Seats Ltd has been ahead of the NIFTY 500 on a trailing-13-week view for 14 straight weeks, the same metric the week-by-week ribbon on this page draws. Separately, on the cumulative view: over the last 10.5 years the stock moved +1,444% against the NIFTY 500's +284% — ahead of the index over the full window. — as of 14 August 2026.
Will Bharat Seats Ltd's share price go up?
This page publishes no price forecast for Bharat Seats Ltd. What it measures instead: the share price is ₹249, the price is in a confirmed uptrend 64 weeks in. Its P/E of 33.0× sits at the 93rd percentile of its own 11-year range. — as of 14 August 2026.
Who owns Bharat Seats Ltd?
Promoters hold 74.7% of Bharat Seats Ltd, foreign institutions 0.1%, domestic institutions 0.2% and the public 25.0% (latest quarter). No holder moved a full point over the last two years — the register is quiet. — as of 14 August 2026.
Does Bharat Seats Ltd have too much debt?
It is moderate — Bharat Seats Ltd's debt-to-equity is 0.48, and operating profit covers the interest bill 10×. FY26 borrowings were ₹110 Cr against equity of ₹230 Cr. Read the returns on this page with that leverage in mind — as of 14 August 2026.
What is Bharat Seats Ltd's capex?
Bharat Seats Ltd spent ₹242 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 ₹30.0 Cr, with ₹12.0 Cr in capital work-in-progress — capacity paid for but not yet earning. — as of 14 August 2026.
What is Bharat Seats Ltd's cash flow?
Bharat Seats Ltd generated ₹107 Cr of operating cash flow in FY26 and ₹77.0 Cr of free cash flow after ₹30.0 Cr of capital spending. Reported profit that year was ₹42.0 Cr, so operating cash ran ahead of profit. Cash-flow resolution for India is annual. — as of 14 August 2026.
Is Bharat Seats Ltd's profit real cash?
Yes — over the last 3 fiscal years, 260% of Bharat Seats Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash. In FY26, operating cash was ₹107 Cr against reported profit of ₹42.0 Cr. The cash then goes mostly into building capacity. Cash-flow resolution is annual — as of 14 August 2026.
How financially safe is Bharat Seats Ltd?
On the balance sheet, the Z-score reads 4.35 — above roughly 3 is safe, below roughly 1.8 is the distress zone. That sits well clear of trouble. — as of 14 August 2026.
Where is Bharat Seats Ltd in its business cycle?
Bharat Seats Ltd's FY26 operating margin was 5.0%, against a 13-year band of 3.9%–7.0%: mid-band by its own history — neither the peak that precedes mean-reversion nor the trough that precedes recovery. The latest quarter ran 4.9%. Profitability versus a company's own long band is the cleanest cycle clock this page holds — as of 14 August 2026.
What growth does Bharat Seats Ltd's price assume?
At its price on 13 June 2026, Bharat Seats Ltd was priced for profit growth of about 15.6% a year. Profit itself has compounded 19.6% a year over the past 10 years. The figure reads the multiple backwards: the growth a buyer at that price was already paying for. — as of 14 August 2026.
What could break the Bharat Seats Ltd story?
The sharpest disagreement: the price moved +105.0% in a year while annual EPS moved +29.0% — the difference is re-rating, and re-rating has to be repaid with earnings. 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 14 August 2026.
Is Bharat Seats Ltd a stock worth studying right now?
This is not investment advice. The machine read: Bharat Seats Ltd's price has outrun its earnings. +105.0% in a year against EPS +29.0% — the market is paying now for delivery later. The sharpest open question: whether earnings grow into a price that has already moved. Every number on this page is drawn deterministically from the raw series, with no forecasts and no price opinions — as of 14 August 2026.