CESC Ltd

₹ 165 1.29%

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About

Incorporated in 1978, CESC Ltd is in the business of generation and distribution of Electricity^[1]

Key Points

Parentage
The company is the flagship of the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group (RPSG), which reported a turnover of Rs. 36,509 Cr and assets of Rs. 60,590 Cr+ in FY24. The group operates across various sectors, including power, infrastructure, carbon black, retail, education, BPO, and media & entertainment with a presence in 60+ countries and 100+ offices globally. ^[1] ^[2]

Website BSE NSE

Market Cap ₹ 21,897 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 165
High / Low ₹ 213 / 119
Stock P/E 27.4
Book Value ₹ 74.6
Dividend Yield 2.72 %
ROCE 9.40 %
ROE 8.09 %
Face Value ₹ 1.00

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Pros

Company has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 74.8%

Cons

The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 4.11% over past five years.
Company has a low return on equity of 7.91% over last 3 years.
Earnings include an other income of Rs.1,316 Cr.

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Peer comparison

Sector: Power Generation & Distribution Industry: Power Generation And Supply

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Quarterly Results

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2022	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025
	1,610	2,347	2,263	1,708	1,655	2,525	2,448	1,819	1,814	2,860	2,639	1,938	2,147
	1,434	1,953	1,943	1,483	1,417	2,181	2,125	1,757	1,781	2,786	2,130	1,676	1,686
Operating Profit	176	394	320	225	238	344	323	62	33	74	509	262	461
OPM %	11%	17%	14%	13%	14%	14%	13%	3%	2%	3%	19%	14%	21%
	406	33	258	287	389	231	336	512	540	582	154	371	209
Interest	130	134	148	156	166	181	176	177	205	207	215	228	216
Depreciation	120	120	119	119	122	179	178	180	183	175	169	174	176
Profit before tax	332	173	311	237	339	215	305	217	185	274	279	231	278
Tax %	22%	20%	22%	22%	22%	21%	25%	22%	-11%	30%	22%	26%	22%
	259	138	243	186	263	170	230	170	205	192	218	172	218
EPS in Rs	1.95	1.04	1.83	1.40	1.98	1.28	1.74	1.28	1.55	1.45	1.64	1.30	1.64
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Profit & Loss

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
	5,510	6,189	6,796	7,220	7,786	7,754	7,836	6,921	7,294	7,973	8,606	9,584
	3,999	4,552	4,765	5,486	6,046	6,286	6,292	5,633	6,075	6,686	7,725	8,278
Operating Profit	1,511	1,637	2,031	1,734	1,740	1,467	1,544	1,289	1,219	1,287	881	1,306
OPM %	27%	26%	30%	24%	22%	19%	20%	19%	17%	16%	10%	14%
	100	85	-61	334	377	722	673	637	906	968	1,618	1,316
Interest	448	496	555	558	592	574	650	616	611	715	857	866
Depreciation	339	343	370	409	426	433	448	463	471	480	720	694
Profit before tax	825	883	1,046	1,101	1,099	1,183	1,119	847	1,044	1,060	922	1,062
Tax %	21%	21%	19%	22%	22%	21%	18%	4%	22%	22%	16%	25%
	652	698	845	863	862	937	918	814	816	830	775	800
EPS in Rs	5.22	5.26	6.38	6.51	6.50	7.07	6.92	6.14	6.15	6.26	5.85	6.04
Dividend Payout %	15%	17%	16%	15%	19%	25%	29%	74%	73%	72%	77%	75%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	4%
5 Years:	4%
3 Years:	10%
TTM:	11%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	2%
5 Years:	-2%
3 Years:	0%
TTM:	6%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	14%
5 Years:	24%
3 Years:	28%
1 Year:	12%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	8%
5 Years:	8%
3 Years:	8%
Last Year:	8%

Balance Sheet

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
Equity Capital	126	133	133	133	133	133	133	133	133	133	133	133
Reserves	6,913	7,947	12,868	13,191	9,314	9,631	9,905	9,844	9,822	9,831	9,755	9,752
	4,030	5,234	5,331	5,985	5,947	6,052	6,453	7,433	8,491	8,422	9,583	11,677
	5,261	5,604	9,008	9,138	10,635	10,273	10,461	10,247	9,559	9,874	8,880	8,651
Total Liabilities	16,329	18,918	27,341	28,447	26,030	26,089	26,952	27,658	28,005	28,260	28,351	30,213
	8,619	9,234	14,859	14,814	14,787	14,736	14,810	14,437	14,253	13,992	13,455	13,027
CWIP	410	262	196	188	127	67	89	66	43	64	78	95
Investments	3,191	4,249	4,608	4,648	4,700	4,943	4,446	5,074	5,016	5,063	5,220	6,381
	4,109	5,173	7,678	8,797	6,416	6,343	7,607	8,080	8,693	9,141	9,597	10,710
Total Assets	16,329	18,918	27,341	28,447	26,030	26,089	26,952	27,658	28,005	28,260	28,351	30,213

Cash Flows

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
	1,986	732	1,927	1,686	1,574	1,220	1,282	810	709	1,196	1,039	1,821
	-1,839	-1,973	-1,141	-1,708	-1,087	-662	-114	-1,065	-379	-380	-563	-2,658
	-138	1,197	-670	112	-734	-672	-440	-243	-22	-1,280	-209	605
Net Cash Flow	10	-44	116	90	-247	-114	729	-498	308	-464	266	-232

Ratios

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
Debtor Days	78	81	52	49	49	48	46	74	52	49	52	53
Inventory Days
Days Payable
Cash Conversion Cycle	78	81	52	49	49	48	46	74	52	49	52	53
Working Capital Days	-8	14	-16	-29	-116	-126	-115	-42	-22	-24	-39	-53
ROCE %	12%	11%	11%	8%	9%	11%	11%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025
	52.11%	52.11%	52.11%	52.11%	52.11%	52.11%	52.11%	52.11%	52.11%	52.11%	52.11%	52.11%
	13.92%	13.27%	12.71%	12.18%	12.20%	13.14%	11.95%	12.91%	13.56%	13.30%	12.36%	11.01%
	21.35%	22.03%	22.00%	21.75%	21.04%	20.06%	21.44%	21.12%	22.63%	22.63%	23.75%	25.10%
	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
	12.61%	12.57%	13.15%	13.92%	14.63%	14.68%	14.49%	13.83%	11.70%	11.96%	11.78%	11.77%
No. of Shareholders	2,91,453	2,87,917	2,90,495	3,07,794	3,10,987	3,12,839	3,27,212	3,63,776	3,32,459	4,05,312	4,10,015	4,23,004

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
	49.92%	49.92%	49.92%	49.92%	49.92%	52.11%	52.11%	52.11%	52.11%
	21.08%	13.38%	13.04%	18.48%	14.70%	13.80%	12.18%	12.91%	11.01%
	20.28%	25.08%	25.32%	22.81%	23.84%	20.99%	21.75%	21.12%	25.10%
	0.00%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
	8.71%	11.61%	11.71%	8.78%	11.53%	13.09%	13.92%	13.83%	11.77%
No. of Shareholders	34,598	50,958	55,670	54,181	84,055	2,96,485	3,07,794	3,63,776	4,23,004

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