California Software Company Ltd

₹ 16.6 0.48%

01 Dec - close price

About

Established in 1992, California Software Ltd is engaged in the business of Software Development, Implementation, Support, Validation and Testing.

Key Points

Business Overview:^[1]
a) Digital Business:
Help clients apply digital technology to transform their products and customer experiences.
b) Digital Operations:
Help clients infuse their business processes with agility, intelligence, and automation.
c) Digital Systems and Technology:
Help clients build adaptive, cloud-enabled and secure technology platform needed to run a modern digital enterprise

Website BSE NSE

Market Cap ₹ 47.6 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 16.6
High / Low ₹ 21.6 / 9.25
Stock P/E 51.8
Book Value ₹ 4.54
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE 3.88 %
ROE 3.42 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Company has reduced debt.
Company is almost debt free.

Cons

Stock is trading at 3.66 times its book value
Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
Company has a low return on equity of 3.12% over last 3 years.
Company has high debtors of 1,232 days.

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Quarterly Results

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025
	1.02	0.72	0.02	0.98	1.03	1.26	1.01	1.08	1.07	1.31	1.99	1.55	1.54
	0.30	0.51	0.42	0.59	0.81	0.69	0.62	0.70	0.82	0.89	1.47	1.15	1.09
Operating Profit	0.72	0.21	-0.40	0.39	0.22	0.57	0.39	0.38	0.25	0.42	0.52	0.40	0.45
OPM %	70.59%	29.17%	-2,000.00%	39.80%	21.36%	45.24%	38.61%	35.19%	23.36%	32.06%	26.13%	25.81%	29.22%
	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	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Depreciation	0.21	0.20	0.22	0.18	0.18	0.18	0.18	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14
Profit before tax	0.51	0.01	-0.62	0.21	0.04	0.39	0.21	0.24	0.11	0.28	0.38	0.26	0.31
Tax %	49.02%	0.00%	-27.42%	0.00%	0.00%	43.59%	28.57%	25.00%	27.27%	25.00%	23.68%	26.92%	25.81%
	0.26	0.00	-0.45	0.21	0.04	0.22	0.15	0.17	0.08	0.20	0.30	0.19	0.23
EPS in Rs	0.04	0.00	-0.07	0.03	0.01	0.04	0.02	0.03	0.01	0.03	0.05	0.03	0.04
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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	TTM
	4.64	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.95	1.45	1.18	1.46	10.86	2.76	4.28	5.45	6.39
	18.66	5.67	-7.99	-1.72	0.41	0.79	1.26	0.90	3.43	1.56	2.71	3.87	4.60
Operating Profit	-14.02	-5.67	7.99	1.72	0.54	0.66	-0.08	0.56	7.43	1.20	1.57	1.58	1.79
OPM %	-302.16%				56.84%	45.52%	-6.78%	38.36%	68.42%	43.48%	36.68%	28.99%	28.01%
	7.57	5.12	-2.29	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.17	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Interest	9.66	9.03	7.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00
Depreciation	2.44	2.54	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.30	1.11	0.90	0.72	0.57	0.56
Profit before tax	-18.55	-12.12	-1.30	1.74	0.54	0.66	0.09	0.26	6.32	0.30	0.85	1.00	1.23
Tax %	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	18.52%	30.30%	33.33%	26.92%	27.85%	26.67%	27.06%	28.00%
	-18.56	-12.12	-1.30	1.74	0.44	0.47	0.05	0.19	4.55	0.22	0.62	0.72	0.92
EPS in Rs	-3.75	-2.45	-0.26	0.35	0.09	0.09	0.01	0.03	0.74	0.04	0.10	0.12	0.15
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:	%
5 Years:	36%
3 Years:	-21%
TTM:	45%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	7%
5 Years:	70%
3 Years:	-46%
TTM:	48%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	9%
5 Years:	24%
3 Years:	11%
1 Year:	50%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	%
5 Years:	9%
3 Years:	3%
Last Year:	3%

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	Sep 2025
Equity Capital	12.37	12.37	12.37	12.37	12.37	12.37	12.37	15.46	15.46	15.46	15.46	27.05	27.05
Reserves	-27.02	-39.14	-40.45	-38.71	-3.16	-2.69	-2.63	-5.53	-0.98	-1.18	-0.55	0.16	1.01
	54.42	60.90	36.97	35.11	0.32	0.55	1.17	1.70	4.90	6.79	8.73	1.22	0.59
	49.15	49.05	0.41	0.35	0.25	0.29	0.43	6.46	6.82	7.10	1.36	2.07	2.71
Total Liabilities	88.92	83.18	9.30	9.12	9.78	10.52	11.34	18.09	26.20	28.17	25.00	30.50	31.36
	45.03	41.97	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.01	5.50	4.42	3.53	2.81	2.25	2.32
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	0.00
Investments	33.84	33.84	3.11	3.11	3.11	3.11	3.11	3.11	3.11	3.11	3.11	3.11	3.11
	10.05	7.37	6.19	6.01	6.67	7.40	8.22	9.48	18.67	21.53	19.08	25.14	25.93
Total Assets	88.92	83.18	9.30	9.12	9.78	10.52	11.34	18.09	26.20	28.17	25.00	30.50	31.36

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
	4.38	5.26	-16.39	-0.08	-35.03	-0.22	-0.58	5.22	-3.14	-1.46	-1.95	-2.08
	6.74	0.03	36.00	0.00	-0.10	-0.01	0.00	-5.78	-0.04	-0.01	0.00	0.00
	-18.23	-6.35	-19.80	0.00	35.11	0.24	0.61	0.53	3.20	1.47	1.95	4.09
Net Cash Flow	-7.11	-1.06	-0.19	-0.08	-0.02	0.01	0.03	-0.03	0.02	0.00	0.00	2.01

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	15.73				265.11	349.90	692.88	902.50	485.99	2,266.70	1,249.36	1,232.29
Inventory Days
Days Payable
Cash Conversion Cycle	15.73				265.11	349.90	692.88	902.50	485.99	2,266.70	1,249.36	1,232.29
Working Capital Days	-5,068.31				2,336.00	1,643.76	2,026.06	332.50	230.56	1,048.71	787.14	1,345.48
ROCE %	-26.36%	-12.40%	54.25%	19.71%	5.90%	6.68%	0.85%	2.31%	40.76%	1.48%	3.80%	3.88%

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025
	35.73%	35.73%	35.73%	35.73%	35.73%	35.73%	35.73%	35.73%	35.73%	62.26%	62.26%	62.26%
	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.01%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	64.27%	64.27%	64.28%	64.28%	64.27%	64.27%	64.27%	64.26%	64.27%	37.73%	37.74%	37.73%
No. of Shareholders	13,518	13,571	13,645	13,457	14,241	13,985	14,004	14,418	14,582	15,907	16,153	16,675

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Sep 2025
	70.71%	44.78%	39.92%	40.98%	35.73%	35.73%	35.73%	35.73%	62.26%	62.26%
	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.01%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	29.28%	55.22%	60.07%	59.02%	64.27%	64.26%	64.27%	64.27%	37.73%	37.73%
No. of Shareholders	3,554	4,998	5,358	5,322	6,218	12,573	13,571	13,985	15,907	16,675

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California Software Company Ltd

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