Laser Power & Infra 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.

Laser Power & Infra Ltd trades at ₹281, in a confirmed uptrend and 8 weeks into that stage. That is +1.6% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 0% of a 52-week range of ₹281 to ₹338. On relative strength it has no relative-strength read yet.

Today the stock is in a confirmed uptrend — week 8 of stage 2. At ₹281 it trades +1.6% versus its 200-day average and sits at 0% of its 52-week range (₹281–₹338).

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 1 months the stock moved −6% while the NIFTY 500 moved −3% — behind the index over the full window. Recent form: no trailing-13-week read yet — 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.

Laser Power & Infra Ltd trades at 35.9× P/E, about the priciest it has ever traded. Its long-run median P/E is 31.5×, measured across 0.2 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 35.9× is about the priciest it has ever traded, against a long-run median of 31.5× measured over 0.2 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 full against its own past, so the story rests on the earnings line underneath it, not the multiple.

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).

Laser Power & Infra 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.

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.

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

Laser Power & Infra Ltd reported ₹522 Cr of revenue in the Jun 26 quarter, +15.0% year on year. Over 5 years it has compounded at 22.7% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹2,326 Cr.

FY26 revenue came in at ₹2,326 Cr (−9.5% on the year), capping 5 years at 22.7% compound. The latest quarter (Jun 26) printed ₹522 Cr, +15.0% year on year.

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +15.0% growth against the decade's 22.7% — 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.

Laser Power & Infra Ltd's operating margin is 13.0% in the Jun 26 quarter, +1.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 6 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 8.0% to 18.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

The latest quarter's operating margin is 13.0%, +1.0 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 6 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 8.0%–18.0%.

Why: the numbers show the operating margin move clearly, but the cost lines behind it sit below what we hold — so we state the move without inventing its driver.

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

Laser Power & Infra Ltd earned ₹21.0 Cr of net profit in the Jun 26 quarter, −57.1% year on year. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹152 Cr. The 5-year compound rate is 18.9%. That is 4.0% of the quarter's revenue.

Jun 26 profit was ₹21.0 Cr, −57.1% year on year. On the full year, FY26 printed ₹152 Cr (+42.1%), and the 5-year compound rate is 18.9%.

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 37% of Laser Power & Infra Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash — a gap worth watching. In FY26 that was ₹−119 Cr of operating cash against ₹152 Cr of profit. After ₹59.0 Cr of capital spending, ₹−178 Cr was left as free cash.

FY26: operating cash of ₹−119 Cr against reported profit of ₹152 Cr, leaving free cash of ₹−178 Cr after ₹59.0 Cr of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is 37% 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 37%: the cash cycle tightened 141 days between FY21 and FY26 — cash that used to wait in the cycle now reaches the bank sooner. Less than 70% of profit arriving as cash is the thing to watch on this page.

Router verdict: the bigger cash user is investment — capital spending ran 2.1× 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).

Laser Power & Infra Ltd's cash conversion cycle runs 168 days in FY26, down from 309 days in FY21. Capital spending ran ₹184 Cr over the last 3 years. At FY26 sales of ₹2,326 Cr each day of that cycle holds about ₹6.4 Cr, so roughly ₹1,071 Cr sits inside the business at any moment.

FY26: debtors at 216 days, inventory at 124 days — roughly 4.1 months of stock waiting to sell; that is where the cash sits while it waits — for a full cycle of 168 days, tighter than FY21's 309.

The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0; stock waits 124 days to sell; customers pay about 216 days after that; and suppliers themselves are paid at 173 days — netting out to the 168-day cycle.

In money terms: at FY26 sales of ₹2,326 Cr, each day of the cycle holds about ₹6.4 Cr — so the 168-day loop keeps roughly ₹1,071 Cr sitting inside the business at any moment.

On the investment side: capital spending of ₹184 Cr over the last 3 fiscal years against ₹88.0 Cr of depreciation — the company is building well ahead of wear-and-tear. Capital work-in-progress stands at ₹28.0 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.

Laser Power & Infra Ltd earns a ROCE of 21% in FY26. That is up from a trough of 13% in FY23. Return on invested capital clears the cost of that capital by +1.4 percentage points, so growth here adds value rather than only size. The wiring behind it is 6.5% net margin on 0.88× asset turns.

FY26 ROCE is 21%, recovered from a FY23 trough of 13% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.

Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY26): 6.5% net margin × 0.88× asset turns × 3.63× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 20.8% on equity. Margin does its share; leverage is a meaningful part of the equation.

The capstone test — ROIC − WACC: 13.4% − 12.0% = a +1.4 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; interest cover says how many times operating profit pays the interest bill. Low and high, respectively, is the safe corner.

Laser Power & Infra Ltd carries ₹871 Cr of borrowings against ₹726 Cr of equity in FY26, a debt-to-equity of 1.20. Operating profit covers the interest bill 2×. Over 5 years borrowings went from ₹282 Cr to ₹871 Cr. Capital spending ran ₹184 Cr across the last 3 of those years.

FY26: borrowings of ₹871 Cr against equity of ₹726 Cr — a debt-to-equity of 1.20. Operating profit covers the interest bill 2×. Over 5 years borrowings went from ₹282 Cr to ₹871 Cr while capital spending ran ₹184 Cr in just the last 3 — part of the build-out is riding on borrowed money.

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 Laser Power & Infra 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.

Laser Power & Infra 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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