Ace Software Exports Ltd

₹ 225 0.65%

20 Feb - close price

About

Incorporated in 1994, Ace Software Exports Limited is mainly engaged in the business of creation of Database. The company provides Document Management, Digital Publishing and Data Conversion and Technological solutions to its clients.

Key Points

Services Offered:^[1]
The company runs its Publishing business through:
a) Pre Press Projects
b) E-book Formatting
c) Editing Content
d) Cover Design
e) Distribution & Marketing
f) Document Conversion

The company also offers technological solutions through:^[2]
a) building Apps
b) Websites
c) Software
d) Providing IT Infra
e) Project Management

Website BSE

Market Cap ₹ 364 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 225
High / Low ₹ 302 / 163
Stock P/E 51.4
Book Value ₹ 50.8
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE 9.97 %
ROE 8.06 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Company is expected to give good quarter
Company has delivered good profit growth of 34.6% CAGR over last 5 years
Company's working capital requirements have reduced from 123 days to 85.4 days

Cons

Stock is trading at 4.43 times its book value
Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
Promoter holding has decreased over last quarter: -6.71%
Company has a low return on equity of 5.61% over last 3 years.
Debtor days have increased from 19.5 to 38.5 days.

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Quarterly Results

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025
	3.20	1.94	1.90	1.98	2.09	17.75	5.31	5.85	6.81	13.68	13.25	14.01	14.89
	2.66	2.19	2.17	2.06	2.24	16.68	4.28	4.42	5.29	11.31	11.72	12.10	13.14
Operating Profit	0.54	-0.25	-0.27	-0.08	-0.15	1.07	1.03	1.43	1.52	2.37	1.53	1.91	1.75
OPM %	16.88%	-12.89%	-14.21%	-4.04%	-7.18%	6.03%	19.40%	24.44%	22.32%	17.32%	11.55%	13.63%	11.75%
	0.12	0.13	0.08	1.14	3.03	1.79	0.29	0.18	0.60	0.81	0.31	0.40	0.59
Interest	0.03	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.13	0.07	0.15	0.18	0.18	0.18	0.25	0.28
Depreciation	0.18	0.09	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.47	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.75	0.45	0.23	0.32
Profit before tax	0.45	-0.21	-0.27	0.98	2.80	2.26	1.11	1.32	1.80	2.25	1.21	1.83	1.74
Tax %	0.00%	4.76%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	19.47%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	39.56%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	0.45	-0.21	-0.27	0.98	2.81	1.82	1.11	1.33	1.80	1.37	1.22	1.83	1.74
EPS in Rs	0.27	-0.16	-0.20	0.73	2.10	0.78	0.40	0.48	0.68	1.25	0.69	1.00	0.96
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Profit & Loss

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	TTM
	4.70	5.92	8.05	8.43	8.71	8.00	9.14	8.85	9.78	10.32	23.72	31.55	55.83
	4.72	5.61	7.33	7.57	8.23	9.16	12.11	9.58	10.61	9.88	23.08	25.11	48.27
Operating Profit	-0.02	0.31	0.72	0.86	0.48	-1.16	-2.97	-0.73	-0.83	0.44	0.64	6.44	7.56
OPM %	-0.43%	5.24%	8.94%	10.20%	5.51%	-14.50%	-32.49%	-8.25%	-8.49%	4.26%	2.70%	20.41%	13.54%
	1.15	0.97	0.84	0.83	1.03	1.26	1.02	0.57	0.81	0.37	6.04	1.88	2.11
Interest	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.07	0.06	0.01	0.10	0.11	0.15	0.11	0.19	0.66	0.89
Depreciation	0.29	0.75	0.34	0.38	0.32	0.24	0.67	0.64	0.64	0.58	0.70	1.18	1.75
Profit before tax	0.82	0.50	1.20	1.24	1.13	-0.15	-2.72	-0.91	-0.81	0.12	5.79	6.48	7.03
Tax %	3.66%	6.00%	1.67%	16.13%	7.96%	6.67%	0.00%	5.49%	0.00%	8.33%	7.60%	13.73%
	0.79	0.47	1.18	1.04	1.03	-0.16	-2.72	-0.95	-0.81	0.12	5.35	5.60	6.16
EPS in Rs	0.59	0.35	0.88	0.78	0.77	0.03	-1.28	-0.46	-0.40	0.11	2.72	2.80	3.90
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:	18%
5 Years:	28%
3 Years:	48%
TTM:	56%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	32%
5 Years:	35%
3 Years:	98%
TTM:	67%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	40%
5 Years:	104%
3 Years:	204%
1 Year:	-12%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	2%
5 Years:	3%
3 Years:	6%
Last Year:	8%

Balance Sheet

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Sep 2025
Equity Capital	4.68	4.68	4.68	4.68	4.68	4.68	4.68	4.68	4.68	4.68	6.40	12.69	12.77
Reserves	12.82	13.29	14.47	16.84	17.70	17.60	14.65	14.98	14.88	15.28	23.68	75.83	79.68
	0.05	0.00	0.05	0.00	0.00	0.35	1.72	1.91	1.77	0.00	1.90	5.73	12.77
	0.62	1.32	1.08	0.98	1.67	3.73	3.11	2.49	1.98	1.10	7.55	10.58	11.79
Total Liabilities	18.17	19.29	20.28	22.50	24.05	26.36	24.16	24.06	23.31	21.06	39.53	104.83	117.01
	2.28	2.01	4.05	4.53	4.30	8.92	9.05	9.00	8.35	4.52	10.30	35.11	59.27
CWIP	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.92	0.00
Investments	5.12	4.02	5.03	7.89	8.68	5.46	1.71	2.53	6.53	7.46	12.58	3.38	5.22
	10.77	13.26	11.20	10.08	11.07	11.98	13.40	12.53	8.43	9.08	16.65	62.42	52.52
Total Assets	18.17	19.29	20.28	22.50	24.05	26.36	24.16	24.06	23.31	21.06	39.53	104.83	117.01

Cash Flows

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
	-0.98	-0.05	3.29	1.11	-0.86	-1.22	-4.05	-0.71	2.58	-0.78	-3.32	-9.79
	1.52	-0.35	-2.89	-1.16	0.45	-0.31	2.58	0.08	-2.26	2.83	-4.59	-15.18
	-0.18	-0.08	0.03	-0.06	-0.01	2.36	1.22	0.13	-0.14	-2.29	12.68	50.15
Net Cash Flow	0.36	-0.48	0.43	-0.12	-0.41	0.82	-0.25	-0.51	0.18	-0.24	4.76	25.18

Ratios

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	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	0.00	1.85	0.00	0.00	2.51	4.56	4.79	0.41	0.37	0.35	19.70	38.52
Inventory Days
Days Payable
Cash Conversion Cycle	0.00	1.85	0.00	0.00	2.51	4.56	4.79	0.41	0.37	0.35	19.70	38.52
Working Capital Days	410.82	306.43	133.30	125.13	155.89	191.62	205.26	218.18	162.35	208.67	74.78	85.38
ROCE %	3.76%	1.85%	5.42%	6.27%	5.41%	-3.39%	-13.03%	-3.96%	-4.93%	1.29%	2.56%	9.97%

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

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	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025
	68.08%	68.11%	68.11%	68.11%	74.96%	74.96%	63.24%	63.24%	68.21%	68.21%	68.39%	61.68%
	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.60%
	31.92%	31.89%	31.88%	31.88%	25.03%	25.05%	36.75%	36.77%	31.78%	31.78%	31.61%	37.73%
No. of Shareholders	3,634	3,609	3,549	3,677	3,619	3,697	4,641	5,764	5,823	5,625	5,127	5,227

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Dec 2025
	66.57%	66.64%	66.80%	67.71%	67.84%	68.02%	68.08%	74.96%	68.21%	61.68%
	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.60%
	33.43%	33.36%	33.20%	32.29%	32.16%	31.98%	31.92%	25.03%	31.78%	37.73%
No. of Shareholders	3,297	3,222	3,203	3,179	3,256	3,557	3,634	3,619	5,823	5,227

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