Photon Capital Advisors Ltd

₹ 139 0.00%

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About

Incorporated in 1983, Photon Capital Advisors
Ltd is in the business of investment and financial services.^[1]

Key Points

Business Overview:^[1]
PCAL is an investment company. It invests in long-term investments and distributes the dividends. The company is presently only passively managing existing cash. It is evaluating several business opportunities at the
moment.

Website BSE

Market Cap ₹ 37.8 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 139
High / Low ₹ 139 / 90.0
Stock P/E 42.5
Book Value ₹ 102
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE 6.18 %
ROE 5.10 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Company has reduced debt.
Company is almost debt free.

Cons

Promoter holding has decreased over last quarter: -15.4%
Company has a low return on equity of -6.48% over last 3 years.
Working capital days have increased from 487 days to 1,388 days

* The pros and cons are machine generated. Pros / cons are based on a checklist to highlight important points. Please exercise caution and do your own analysis.

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Quarterly Results

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026
	0.06	0.05	0.07	0.06	0.07	0.06	0.07	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.04	0.05	1.57
	0.10	0.14	0.11	0.23	0.07	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.16	0.13	0.16	0.17
Operating Profit	-0.04	-0.09	-0.04	-0.17	0.00	-0.06	-0.05	-0.06	-0.06	-0.10	-0.09	-0.11	1.40
OPM %	-66.67%	-180.00%	-57.14%	-283.33%	0.00%	-100.00%	-71.43%	-100.00%	-100.00%	-166.67%	-225.00%	-220.00%	89.17%
	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Interest	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Depreciation	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
Profit before tax	-0.04	-0.09	-0.04	-0.17	-0.04	-0.07	-0.06	-0.07	-0.07	-0.11	-0.10	-0.12	1.39
Tax %	150.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	5,625.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	357.14%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	13.67%
	-0.10	-0.09	-0.04	-0.17	-2.29	-0.06	-0.06	-0.07	-0.31	-0.10	-0.10	-0.11	1.20
EPS in Rs	-0.66	-0.59	-0.26	-1.12	-15.13	-0.40	-0.40	-0.46	-2.05	-0.66	-0.66	-0.73	4.41
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Profit & Loss

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	0.50	0.35	3.08	1.29	0.09	0.12	0.01	0.36	0.21	0.25	0.25	1.72
	0.75	0.64	0.39	2.60	0.45	0.43	0.41	0.40	0.45	0.55	0.48	0.61
Operating Profit	-0.25	-0.29	2.69	-1.31	-0.36	-0.31	-0.40	-0.04	-0.24	-0.30	-0.23	1.11
OPM %	-50.00%	-82.86%	87.34%	-101.55%	-400.00%	-258.33%	-4,000.00%	-11.11%	-114.29%	-120.00%	-92.00%	64.53%
	0.00	0.00	0.20	0.00	0.93	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Interest	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00
Depreciation	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.03	0.03	0.03
Profit before tax	-0.30	-0.33	2.85	-1.33	0.57	-0.31	-0.40	-0.04	-0.24	-0.34	-0.26	1.08
Tax %	-36.67%	-87.88%	7.02%	74.44%	5.26%	16.13%	30.00%	50.00%	25.00%	661.76%	96.15%	17.59%
	-0.19	-0.04	2.65	-2.32	0.55	-0.35	-0.52	-0.07	-0.30	-2.58	-0.51	0.89
EPS in Rs	-1.26	-0.26	17.51	-15.33	3.63	-2.31	-3.44	-0.46	-1.98	-17.04	-3.37	3.27
Dividend Payout %	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	17%
5 Years:	180%
3 Years:	102%
TTM:	588%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	38%
5 Years:	30%
3 Years:	71%
TTM:	275%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	33%
5 Years:	41%
3 Years:	23%
1 Year:	27%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	-2%
5 Years:	-5%
3 Years:	-6%
Last Year:	5%

Balance Sheet

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Equity Capital	1.51	1.51	1.51	1.51	1.51	1.51	1.51	1.51	1.51	1.51	1.51	2.72
Reserves	9.26	9.22	12.34	9.57	10.12	9.73	9.24	9.13	8.83	6.23	5.71	24.97
	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.06	0.03	0.00
	0.04	0.05	0.60	0.06	0.04	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.11
Total Liabilities	10.81	10.78	14.45	11.14	11.67	11.27	10.79	10.69	10.37	7.83	7.29	27.80
	0.12	0.08	0.04	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.07	0.04	0.02
CWIP	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Investments	6.44	6.29	9.59	7.09	7.63	7.32	6.92	2.40	2.41	2.41	2.40	0.01
	4.25	4.41	4.82	4.03	4.02	3.93	3.85	8.27	7.94	5.35	4.85	27.77
Total Assets	10.81	10.78	14.45	11.14	11.67	11.27	10.79	10.69	10.37	7.83	7.29	27.80

Cash Flows

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	-0.49	-0.25	-0.37	-1.09	-0.51	-0.44	-0.40	-0.41	-0.49	-0.57	-0.47	-0.61
	0.48	0.22	0.42	1.10	0.50	0.41	0.43	4.86	-3.82	0.52	0.72	-18.87
	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-0.03	-0.03	19.57
Net Cash Flow	-0.01	-0.03	0.05	0.01	-0.02	-0.03	0.03	4.44	-4.30	-0.08	0.22	0.09
Free Cash Flow	-0.50	-0.25	-0.37	-1.09	-0.51	-0.44	-0.40	-0.41	-0.49	-0.57	-0.47	-0.61
CFO/OP	196%	86%	-14%	27%	139%	142%	100%	1,025%	204%	190%	204%	-52%

Ratios

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Debtor Days	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Inventory Days
Days Payable
Cash Conversion Cycle	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Working Capital Days	73.00	-20.86	-67.55	-2.83	162.22	91.25	1,460.00	0.00	69.52	58.40	14.60	1,387.85
ROCE %	-2.75%	-3.07%	23.19%	-10.67%	5.02%	-2.71%	-3.64%	-0.37%	-2.29%	-3.64%	-3.46%	6.18%

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Numbers in percentages

	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Apr 2026
	74.89%	74.89%	74.89%	74.89%	74.89%	74.89%	74.89%	74.89%	74.89%	74.89%	59.49%	59.49%
	25.12%	25.11%	25.11%	25.11%	25.11%	25.11%	25.11%	25.10%	25.11%	25.11%	40.51%	40.51%
No. of Shareholders	6,640	6,604	6,611	6,619	6,642	6,602	6,601	6,581	6,578	6,560	6,530	6,530

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	Apr 2026
	74.89%	74.89%	74.89%	74.89%	74.89%	74.89%	74.89%	74.89%	74.89%	59.49%	59.49%
	25.11%	25.11%	25.11%	25.11%	25.11%	25.11%	25.11%	25.11%	25.11%	40.51%	40.51%
No. of Shareholders	6,644	6,608	6,595	6,584	6,583	6,606	6,650	6,611	6,601	6,530	6,530

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