JK Lakshmi Cement 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.

JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd trades at ₹565, in a downtrend and 37 weeks into that stage. That is −16.7% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 1% of a 52-week range of ₹561 to ₹928. On relative strength it is currently behind the NIFTY 500 on a trailing-13-week view (31 weeks and counting).

Today the stock is in a downtrend — week 37 of stage 4, confirmed. At ₹565 it trades −16.7% versus its 200-day average and sits at 1% of its 52-week range (₹561–₹928).

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 10.4 years the stock moved +89% while the NIFTY 500 moved +276% — behind the index over the full window. Recent form: on a trailing-13-week view the stock is currently behind (31 weeks and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-01-16) — 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.

JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd trades at 17.6× P/E, near the bottom of its own range — cheaper only 34% of the time. Its long-run median P/E is 21.9×, measured across 10.4 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 17.6× is near the bottom of its own range — cheaper only 34% of the time, against a long-run median of 21.9× measured over 10.4 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 +41.1% against a −42.0% price move — earnings outran the price, pushing the multiple DOWN its own range.

The price move, decomposed: over 5y, of the −4.0%/yr price move, ~−6.0%/yr came from earnings growth and ~+2.0 pp from the multiple (expanding); over 10y, of the +2.9%/yr price move, ~+10.3%/yr came from earnings growth and ~−7.4 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.

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 53% 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: 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).

JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd reads as turning around on its fundamental arc. Turning around — profit growth swung from −50.0% at the trough to −28.6% off a 5-quarter-old trough (single-quarter readings), ROCE holding at 12.0%. The read is built from 10 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.

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.

4-Factor Sector Score

47.3/100 — rank 14 of 26 in Cement · 65% evidence confidence

JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd scores 47.3 out of 100 against the 26 companies it is compared with in Cement, ranking 14. Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.

The four contributions add to the total exactly: 17.4 + 13.9 + 10.6 + 5.4 = 47.3. 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.

JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd reported ₹1,902 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +0.2% year on year. That is the 5th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 10 years it has compounded at 9.9% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹6,763 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹6,763 Cr.

FY26 revenue came in at ₹6,763 Cr (+9.2% on the year), capping 10 years at 9.9% compound. The latest quarter (Mar 26) printed ₹1,902 Cr, +0.2% year on year — the 5th consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +10.4% growth against the decade's 9.9% — the current year is running in line with its own long-run rate.

Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew +9.2% over the last 4 quarters against −0.2%/yr over the last 8 — accelerating; TTM profit +49.6% vs −8.0%/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.

JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd's operating margin is 14.0% in the Mar 26 quarter, −5.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 10.0% to 20.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

The latest quarter's operating margin is 14.0%, −5.0 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 10.0%–20.0%.

🚨 Why the margin moved: operating margin went −4.0 pp year on year while gross margin went −3.6 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.

JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd earned ₹125 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, −28.6% year on year. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹413 Cr. The 10-year compound rate is 59.0%. That is 6.6% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹175 Cr. 1 of the last 12 reported quarters were loss-making.

Mar 26 profit was ₹125 Cr, −28.6% year on year. On the full year, FY26 printed ₹413 Cr (+49.6%), and the 10-year compound rate is 59.0%.

🚨 Why profit moved: revenue contributed +0.2% and the margin −5.0 pp — the quarter was revenue-led despite a thinner margin.

Pace comparison, last four quarters: profit +36.9% vs revenue +10.4%. 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.

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 235% of JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash — the cash follows the profit. In FY26 that was ₹1,082 Cr of operating cash against ₹413 Cr of profit. After ₹130 Cr of capital spending, ₹952 Cr was left as free cash.

FY26: operating cash of ₹1,082 Cr against reported profit of ₹413 Cr, leaving free cash of ₹952 Cr after ₹130 Cr of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is 235% 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 235%: the cash cycle stretched 72 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 2.4× 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).

JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd's cash conversion cycle runs 57 days in FY26, up from −15 days in FY21. Capital spending ran ₹2,090 Cr over the last 3 years. At FY26 sales of ₹6,763 Cr each day of that cycle holds about ₹18.5 Cr, so roughly ₹1,056 Cr sits inside the business at any moment.

FY26: debtors at 6 days, inventory at 184 days — roughly 6.1 months of stock waiting to sell; that is where the cash sits while it waits — for a full cycle of 57 days, looser than FY21's −15.

The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0; stock waits 184 days to sell; customers pay about 6 days after that; and suppliers themselves are paid at 133 days — netting out to the 57-day cycle.

In money terms: at FY26 sales of ₹6,763 Cr, each day of the cycle holds about ₹18.5 Cr — so the 57-day loop keeps roughly ₹1,056 Cr sitting inside the business at any moment.

On the investment side: capital spending of ₹2,090 Cr over the last 3 fiscal years against ₹869 Cr of depreciation — the company is building well ahead of wear-and-tear. Capital work-in-progress stands at ₹277 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.

JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd earns a ROCE of 12% in FY26. That is up from a trough of 4% in FY16. A return-on-invested-capital spread against the cost of capital is not computable from what is held here. The wiring behind it is 6.1% net margin on 0.79× asset turns.

FY26 ROCE is 12%, recovered from a FY16 trough of 4% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.

Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY26): 6.1% net margin × 0.79× asset turns × 2.20× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 10.6% 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 53% 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.

JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd carries ₹2,586 Cr of borrowings against ₹3,886 Cr of equity in FY26, a debt-to-equity of 0.67. Operating profit covers the interest bill 5×. Over 5 years borrowings went from ₹1,672 Cr to ₹2,586 Cr. Capital spending ran ₹2,090 Cr across the last 3 of those years.

FY26: borrowings of ₹2,586 Cr against equity of ₹3,886 Cr — a debt-to-equity of 0.67. Operating profit covers the interest bill 5×. Over 5 years borrowings went from ₹1,672 Cr to ₹2,586 Cr while capital spending ran ₹2,090 Cr in just the last 3 — part of the build-out is riding on borrowed money.

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 53% 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.

Foreign institutions cut 2.7 points of JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd over 8 quarters, the biggest move on the register. That takes foreign institutions to 8.6% of the company. Promoters moved −1.2 points over the same window, to 45.1%. The register is read on the four disclosed classes only; nothing is inferred between filings.

The register over the last two years — Foreign institutions: −2.7 points over 8 quarters to 8.6%; Promoters: −1.2 points over 8 quarters to 45.1%; Domestic institutions: +1.2 points over 8 quarters to 26.6%.

🚨 Why the register moved: foreign institutions drove it (−2.7 points), alongside promoters (−1.2 points) — distribution into the market’s bid.

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.

JK Lakshmi Cement 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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