Madras Fertilizers 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.

Madras Fertilizers Ltd trades at ₹66.4, in a downtrend and 43 weeks into that stage. That is −8.1% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 27% of a 52-week range of ₹57 to ₹93. 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 43 of stage 4, confirmed. At ₹66.4 it trades −8.1% versus its 200-day average and sits at 27% of its 52-week range (₹57–₹93).

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 10.4 years the stock moved +445% while the NIFTY 500 moved +276% — ahead of 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.

Madras Fertilizers Ltd trades at 12.3× P/E, mid-range by its own standards (49th percentile). Its long-run median P/E is 12.4×, measured across 9.3 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 12.3× is mid-range by its own standards (49th percentile), against a long-run median of 12.4× measured over 9.3 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 +25.1% against a −28.6% price move — earnings outran the price, pushing the multiple DOWN its own range.

The price move, decomposed: over 5y, of the +15.3%/yr price move, ~+7.1%/yr came from earnings growth and ~+8.2 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 unremarkable 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.

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).

Madras Fertilizers 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 2 curves, on partial evidence.

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

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

38.9/100 — rank 14 of 15 in Fertilisers · 62% evidence confidence

Madras Fertilizers Ltd scores 38.9 out of 100 against the 15 companies it is compared with in Fertilisers, 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: 13.5 + 10.3 + 10.2 + 4.9 = 38.9. 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.

Madras Fertilizers Ltd reported ₹699 Cr of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +25.9% year on year. Over 10 years it has compounded at 6.7% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹2,300 Cr. The last four reported quarters add to ₹2,300 Cr.

FY26 revenue came in at ₹2,300 Cr (−9.5% on the year), capping 10 years at 6.7% compound. The latest quarter (Mar 26) printed ₹699 Cr, +25.9% year on year.

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged −5.8% growth against the decade's 6.7% — the current year is running slower than its own long-run rate.

Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew −9.5% over the last 4 quarters against +1.6%/yr over the last 8 — rolling over; TTM profit +24.6% vs +302.5%/yr — rolling over.

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.

Madras Fertilizers Ltd's operating margin is 5.0% in the Mar 26 quarter, +16.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged −1.8% to 11.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

The latest quarter's operating margin is 5.0%, +16.0 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged −1.8%–11.0%.

Why the margin moved: operating margin went +16.2 pp year on year while gross margin went +4.9 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.

Madras Fertilizers Ltd earned ₹21.0 Cr of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹80.0 Cr. That is 3.0% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier lost ₹52.0 Cr. 3 of the last 12 reported quarters were loss-making.

Mar 26 profit was ₹21.0 Cr, null year on year. On the full year, FY26 printed ₹80.0 Cr (+25.0%).

Pace comparison, last four quarters: profit +154.7% vs revenue −5.8%. 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 197% of Madras Fertilizers Ltd's reported profit arrived as operating cash — the cash follows the profit. In FY26 that was ₹5.0 Cr of operating cash against ₹80.0 Cr of profit. After ₹30.0 Cr of capital spending, ₹−25.0 Cr was left as free cash.

FY26: operating cash of ₹5.0 Cr against reported profit of ₹80.0 Cr, leaving free cash of ₹−25.0 Cr after ₹30.0 Cr of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is 197% 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 197%: the cash cycle tightened 16 days between FY21 and FY26 — cash that used to wait in the cycle now reaches the bank sooner.

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).

Madras Fertilizers Ltd's cash conversion cycle runs 33 days in FY26, down from 49 days in FY21. Capital spending ran ₹74.0 Cr over the last 3 years. At FY26 sales of ₹2,300 Cr each day of that cycle holds about ₹6.3 Cr, so roughly ₹208 Cr sits inside the business at any moment.

FY26: debtors at 75 days, inventory at 47 days — roughly 1.5 months of stock waiting to sell; that is where the cash sits while it waits — for a full cycle of 33 days, tighter than FY21's 49.

The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0; stock waits 47 days to sell; customers pay about 75 days after that; and suppliers themselves are paid at 90 days — netting out to the 33-day cycle.

In money terms: at FY26 sales of ₹2,300 Cr, each day of the cycle holds about ₹6.3 Cr — so the 33-day loop keeps roughly ₹208 Cr sitting inside the business at any moment.

On the investment side: capital spending of ₹74.0 Cr over the last 3 fiscal years against ₹36.0 Cr of depreciation — the company is building well ahead of wear-and-tear. Capital work-in-progress stands at ₹27.0 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

Madras Fertilizers Ltd earns a ROCE of 15% in FY26. That is up from a trough of −5% in FY15. Return on invested capital clears the cost of that capital by +276.4 percentage points, so growth here adds value rather than only size. The wiring behind it is 3.5% net margin on 0.99× asset turns.

FY26 ROCE is 15%, recovered from a FY15 trough of −5% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.

Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY26): 3.5% net margin × 0.99× asset turns × 25.36× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 87.9% on equity. Margin does its share; leverage is a meaningful part of the equation.

The capstone test — ROIC − WACC: 288.4% − 12.0% = a +276.4 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. A spread this wide means every rupee reinvested creates more than a rupee of value — the engine compounds.

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

Madras Fertilizers Ltd carries total debt of ₹634 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹92.0 Cr as of Mar 26, a debt-to-equity of 6.89. On the annual view that ratio went from −3.44 in FY22 to 6.89 in FY26. Read the returns elsewhere on this page with that leverage in mind.

Mar 26: total debt of ₹634 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹92.0 Cr — a debt-to-equity of 6.89. On the annual view, debt-to-equity went from −3.44 (FY22) to 6.89 (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 Madras Fertilizers Ltd moved a full percentage point over the last two years — the register is quiet. Foreign institutions moved +0.0 points over the same window, to 0.0%. The register is read on the four disclosed classes only; nothing is inferred between filings.

The register over the last two years — Promoters: +0.0 points over 8 quarters to 85.3%; Foreign institutions: +0.0 points over 8 quarters to 0.0%; Domestic institutions: +0.0 points over 8 quarters to 0.1%.

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.

Madras Fertilizers 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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