JSW 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.

JSW Cement Ltd trades at ₹133, in a confirmed uptrend and 3 weeks into that stage. That is +2.6% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 56% of a 52-week range of ₹111 to ₹150. 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 confirmed uptrend — week 3 of stage 2, confirmed. At ₹133 it trades +2.6% versus its 200-day average and sits at 56% of its 52-week range (₹111–₹150).

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 1.0 years the stock moved −9% while the NIFTY 500 moved +1% — 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.

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.

JSW Cement Ltd trades at 27.8× P/E, near the bottom of its own range — cheaper only 31% of the time. Its long-run median P/E is 46.0×, measured across 0.5 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 27.8× is near the bottom of its own range — cheaper only 31% of the time, against a long-run median of 46.0× measured over 0.5 years of weekly readings. This is a comparison against the stock's own history — not a claim about what it is worth.

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, which only the second data source carries, is not drawn on this page: its two data sources disagree by up to 111% on reported income across 8 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).

JSW Cement 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 4 quarters across 1 curve, 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

50.8/100 — rank 9 of 26 in Cement · 51% evidence confidence

JSW Cement Ltd scores 50.8 out of 100 against the 26 companies it is compared with in Cement, ranking 9. Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.

The four contributions add to the total exactly: 18.6 + 12.1 + 10.1 + 10 = 50.8. 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.

JSW Cement Ltd reported ₹1,895 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +10.9% year on year. That is the 4th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 6 years it has compounded at 14.4% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹6,501 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹6,512 Cr.

FY26 revenue came in at ₹6,501 Cr (+12.4% on the year), capping 6 years at 14.4% compound. The latest quarter (Mar 26) printed ₹1,895 Cr, +10.9% year on year — the 4th consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +12.3% growth against the decade's 14.4% — the current year is running slower than its own long-run rate.

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.

JSW Cement Ltd's operating margin is 19.0% in the Mar 26 quarter, +5.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 7 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 11.0% to 22.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

The latest quarter's operating margin is 19.0%, +5.0 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 7 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 11.0%–22.0%.

Why the margin moved: operating margin went +5.2 pp year on year while gross margin went +1.5 pp — the gain came mostly below the gross line: operating leverage, with costs spread over a bigger revenue base.

Net profit Net profit is what survives every cost, interest and tax — the number EPS, dividends and book value all grow from.

JSW Cement Ltd earned ₹362 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +2,162.5% year on year. The full FY26 year was a loss of ₹799 Cr. That is 19.1% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹16.0 Cr. 4 of the last 8 reported quarters were loss-making.

Mar 26 profit was ₹362 Cr, +2,162.5% year on year. On the full year, FY26 printed ₹−799 Cr (null).

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 602% of JSW Cement Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash — the cash follows the profit. In FY26 that was ₹1,170 Cr of operating cash against ₹−799 Cr of profit. After ₹1,955 Cr of capital spending, ₹−785 Cr was left as free cash.

FY26: operating cash of ₹1,170 Cr against reported profit of ₹−799 Cr, leaving free cash of ₹−785 Cr after ₹1,955 Cr of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is 602% 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 602%: the cash cycle stretched 11 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 4.5× 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).

JSW Cement Ltd's cash conversion cycle runs −136 days in FY26, up from −147 days in FY21. Capital spending ran ₹4,130 Cr over the last 3 years. At FY26 sales of ₹6,501 Cr each day of that cycle holds about ₹17.8 Cr, so roughly ₹−2,422 Cr sits inside the business at any moment.

FY26: debtors at 48 days, inventory at 132 days — roughly 4.3 months of stock waiting to sell; that is where the cash sits while it waits — for a full cycle of −136 days, looser than FY21's −147.

The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0; stock waits 132 days to sell; customers pay about 48 days after that; and suppliers themselves are paid at 317 days — netting out to the −136-day cycle.

In money terms: at FY26 sales of ₹6,501 Cr, each day of the cycle holds about ₹17.8 Cr — so the −136-day loop keeps roughly ₹−2,422 Cr sitting inside the business at any moment.

On the investment side: capital spending of ₹4,130 Cr over the last 3 fiscal years against ₹910 Cr of depreciation — the company is building well ahead of wear-and-tear. Capital work-in-progress stands at ₹976 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.

JSW Cement Ltd earns a ROCE of 11% in FY26. That is up from a trough of 5% in FY25. A return-on-invested-capital spread against the cost of capital is not computable from what is held here. The wiring behind it is −12.3% net margin on 0.45× asset turns.

FY26 ROCE is 11%, recovered from a FY25 trough of 5% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.

Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY26): −12.3% net margin × 0.45× asset turns × 2.20× balance-sheet leverage ≈ −12.2% 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 111% on reported income across 8 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.

JSW Cement Ltd carries ₹4,464 Cr of borrowings against ₹6,550 Cr of equity in FY26, a debt-to-equity of 0.68. Operating profit covers the interest bill 3×. Over 5 years borrowings went from ₹3,189 Cr to ₹4,464 Cr. Capital spending ran ₹4,130 Cr across the last 3 of those years.

FY26: borrowings of ₹4,464 Cr against equity of ₹6,550 Cr — a debt-to-equity of 0.68. Operating profit covers the interest bill 3×. Over 5 years borrowings went from ₹3,189 Cr to ₹4,464 Cr while capital spending ran ₹4,130 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 111% on reported income across 8 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.

No holder of JSW Cement Ltd moved a full percentage point over the last two years — the register is quiet. The register is read on the four disclosed classes only; nothing is inferred between filings.

The register over the last two years — .

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.

JSW 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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