Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals 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.

Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd trades at ₹260, in a downtrend and 3 weeks into that stage. That is −4.8% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 39% of a 52-week range of ₹226 to ₹315. 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 downtrend — week 3 of stage 4, confirmed. At ₹260 it trades −4.8% versus its 200-day average and sits at 39% of its 52-week range (₹226–₹315).

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 10.2 years the stock moved +96% while the NIFTY 500 moved +254% — behind 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 2026-06-25) — 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.

Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd trades at 50.0× P/E, at the pricey end of its own range (87th percentile). Its long-run median P/E is 39.8×, measured across 7.5 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 50.0× is at the pricey end of its own range (87th percentile), against a long-run median of 39.8× measured over 7.5 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 −143.5% against a −19.0% price move — the price outran earnings, pushing the multiple UP its own range.

The price move, decomposed: over 5y, of the −11.8%/yr price move, ~−12.5%/yr came from earnings growth and ~+0.7 pp from the multiple (roughly flat). 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.

The PEG ratio and its quarterly curve, which only the second data source carries, are not drawn on this page: its two data sources disagree by up to 10.0% on reported income across 14 comparable periods. A figure two sources cannot agree on is not drawn — the gap is a decision, not missing data.

Stage: No read 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).

Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd reads as no read on its fundamental arc. Under eight usable quarters on the growth trio — not enough history for an honest trajectory read. The read is built from 10 quarters across 3 curves, on partial evidence.

Why it matters: with too little history, an honest page says so instead of guessing a trajectory.

The latest quarter’s profit carries a one-off item larger than the operating base, so the profit curve is shown but does not vote in the stage call.

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.

Fewer than eight usable quarters on the growth curves — this page will not guess a trajectory from a stub of history.

4-Factor Sector Score

51.3/100 — rank 5 of 13 in Consumer Electronics · 78% evidence confidence

Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd scores 51.3 out of 100 against the 13 companies it is compared with in Consumer Electronics, ranking 5. Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.

The four contributions add to the total exactly: 15.5 + 15.2 + 8.9 + 11.7 = 51.3. 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.

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

Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd reported ₹2,283 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +10.8% year on year. That is the 3rd straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 8 years it has compounded at 8.9% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹8,096 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹8,095 Cr.

FY26 revenue came in at ₹8,096 Cr (+3.0% on the year), capping 8 years at 8.9% compound. The latest quarter (Mar 26) printed ₹2,283 Cr, +10.8% year on year — the 3rd consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +3.2% growth against the decade's 8.9% — the current year is running slower than its own long-run rate.

Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew +2.9% over the last 4 quarters against +5.2%/yr over the last 8 — stabilising.

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.

Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd's operating margin is 12.0% in the Mar 26 quarter, −1.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 9 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 10.0% to 15.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

The latest quarter's operating margin is 12.0%, −1.0 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 9 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 10.0%–15.0%.

🚨 Why the margin moved: operating margin went −1.1 pp year on year while gross margin went −2.4 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.

Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd posted a net loss of ₹531 Cr in the Mar 26 quarter. The full FY26 year was a loss of ₹231 Cr. That loss is 23.3% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹172 Cr. 1 of the last 12 reported quarters were loss-making.

Mar 26 profit was ₹−531 Cr, −408.7% year on year. On the full year, FY26 printed ₹−231 Cr (−141.0%).

🚨 Why profit moved: revenue contributed +10.8% and the margin −1.0 pp — the quarter was revenue-led, with the margin roughly flat.

Pace comparison, last four quarters: profit −119.6% vs revenue +3.2%. 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 145% of Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash — the cash follows the profit. In FY26 that was ₹723 Cr of operating cash against ₹−231 Cr of profit. After ₹−570 Cr of capital spending, ₹1,293 Cr was left as free cash.

FY26: operating cash of ₹723 Cr against reported profit of ₹−231 Cr, leaving free cash of ₹1,293 Cr after ₹−570 Cr of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is 145% 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 145%: the cash cycle tightened 25 days between FY21 and FY26 — cash that used to wait in the cycle now reaches the bank sooner.

Router verdict: no single sink dominates — the next section checks both the working-capital cycle and the capital spending.

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).

Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd's cash conversion cycle runs −24 days in FY26, down from 1 days in FY21. Capital spending ran ₹−236 Cr over the last 3 years. At FY26 sales of ₹8,096 Cr each day of that cycle holds about ₹22.2 Cr, so roughly ₹−532 Cr sits inside the business at any moment.

FY26: debtors at 49 days, inventory at 49 days — roughly 1.6 months of stock waiting to sell; that is where the cash sits while it waits — for a full cycle of −24 days, tighter than FY21's 1.

The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0; stock waits 49 days to sell; customers pay about 49 days after that; and suppliers themselves are paid at 122 days — netting out to the −24-day cycle.

In money terms: at FY26 sales of ₹8,096 Cr, each day of the cycle holds about ₹22.2 Cr — so the −24-day loop keeps roughly ₹−532 Cr sitting inside the business at any moment.

On the investment side: capital spending of ₹−236 Cr over the last 3 fiscal years against ₹454 Cr of depreciation — spending at or below maintenance level. Capital work-in-progress stands at ₹30.0 Cr (FY26) — capacity paid for but not yet earning.

The synthesis: neither the cycle nor the build-out is hoarding the cash — the machine is reasonably clean.

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.

Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd earns a ROCE of 18% in FY26. That is up from a trough of 16% in FY23. A return-on-invested-capital spread against the cost of capital is not computable from what is held here. The wiring behind it is −2.9% net margin on 1.33× asset turns.

FY26 ROCE is 18%, recovered from a FY23 trough of 16% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.

Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY26): −2.9% net margin × 1.33× asset turns × 2.05× balance-sheet leverage ≈ −7.9% on equity. Margin does its share; leverage is a meaningful part of the equation.

The quarterly return curves and the return-on-invested-capital overlay, which only the second data source carries, are not drawn on this page: its two data sources disagree by up to 10.0% on reported income across 14 comparable periods. A figure two sources cannot agree on is not drawn — the gap is a decision, not missing data.

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.

Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd carries ₹199 Cr of borrowings against ₹2,967 Cr of equity in FY26, a debt-to-equity of 0.07. Operating profit covers the interest bill 19×. Over 5 years borrowings went from ₹518 Cr to ₹199 Cr. Capital spending ran ₹−236 Cr across the last 3 of those years.

FY26: borrowings of ₹199 Cr against equity of ₹2,967 Cr — a debt-to-equity of 0.07. Operating profit covers the interest bill 19×. Over 5 years borrowings went from ₹518 Cr to ₹199 Cr while capital spending ran ₹−236 Cr in just the last 3 — the build-out is being paid for out of cash, not debt.

The total-debt and debt-to-equity series, which only the second data source carries, are not drawn on this page: its two data sources disagree by up to 10.0% on reported income across 14 comparable periods. A figure two sources cannot agree on is not drawn — the gap is a decision, not missing data.

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 14.8 points of Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd over 8 quarters, the biggest move on the register. That takes domestic institutions to 66.5% of the company. Foreign institutions moved −14.5 points over the same window, to 19.9%. The register is read on the four disclosed classes only; nothing is inferred between filings.

The register over the last two years — Domestic institutions: +14.8 points over 8 quarters to 66.5%; Foreign institutions: −14.5 points over 8 quarters to 19.9%.

Why the register moved: rotation — foreign institutions −14.5 points against domestic institutions +14.8 points over 8 quarters — one class of institutions handing the register to the other, not a verdict change by the people closest to the numbers.

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.

Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd: the Z-score is withheld — it comes from the second data source this page could not reconcile, and a solvency score is not worth printing on a number two sources dispute. It is a distance-to-distress estimate from the balance sheet, not a forecast of failure.

The safety line in one sentence: the Z-score is withheld — it comes from the second data source this page could not reconcile, and a solvency score is not worth printing on a number two sources dispute.

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