CESC Ltd

₹ 182 -2.03%

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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 ₹ 24,137 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 182
High / Low ₹ 204 / 138
Stock P/E 28.3
Book Value ₹ 73.3
Dividend Yield 3.30 %
ROCE 9.41 %
ROE 8.69 %
Face Value ₹ 1.00

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Cons

The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 7.05% over past five years.
Company has a low return on equity of 8.10% over last 3 years.
Earnings include an other income of Rs.742 Cr.

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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
	1,655	2,525	2,448	1,819	1,814	2,860	2,639	1,938	2,147	2,862	2,676	2,024	2,170
	1,417	2,181	2,125	1,757	1,781	2,786	2,130	1,676	1,686	2,333	2,078	1,612	1,778
Operating Profit	238	344	323	62	33	74	509	262	461	529	598	412	392
OPM %	14%	14%	13%	3%	2%	3%	19%	14%	21%	18%	22%	20%	18%
	389	231	336	512	540	582	154	371	209	137	107	194	304
Interest	166	181	176	177	205	207	215	228	216	224	222	217	207
Depreciation	122	179	178	180	183	175	169	174	176	169	169	170	170
Profit before tax	339	215	305	217	185	274	279	231	278	273	314	219	319
Tax %	22%	21%	25%	22%	-11%	30%	22%	26%	22%	23%	23%	20%	30%
	263	170	230	170	205	192	218	172	218	211	242	176	223
EPS in Rs	1.98	1.28	1.74	1.28	1.55	1.45	1.64	1.30	1.64	1.59	1.83	1.33	1.68
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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
	6,189	6,796	7,220	7,786	7,754	7,836	6,921	7,294	7,973	8,606	9,584	9,732
	4,552	4,765	5,486	6,046	6,286	6,297	5,633	6,075	6,686	7,725	8,148	7,801
Operating Profit	1,637	2,031	1,734	1,740	1,467	1,539	1,289	1,219	1,287	881	1,436	1,931
OPM %	26%	30%	24%	22%	19%	20%	19%	17%	16%	10%	15%	20%
	85	-61	334	377	722	678	637	906	968	1,618	1,316	742
Interest	496	555	558	592	574	650	616	611	715	857	996	870
Depreciation	343	370	409	426	433	448	463	471	480	720	694	678
Profit before tax	883	1,046	1,101	1,099	1,183	1,119	847	1,044	1,060	922	1,062	1,125
Tax %	21%	19%	22%	22%	21%	18%	4%	22%	22%	16%	25%	24%
	698	845	863	862	937	918	814	816	830	775	800	852
EPS in Rs	5.26	6.38	6.51	6.50	7.07	6.92	6.14	6.15	6.26	5.85	6.03	6.43
Dividend Payout %	17%	16%	15%	19%	25%	29%	74%	73%	72%	77%	75%	0%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	4%
5 Years:	7%
3 Years:	7%
TTM:	2%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	-1%
5 Years:	1%
3 Years:	2%
TTM:	8%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	16%
5 Years:	22%
3 Years:	38%
1 Year:	12%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	8%
5 Years:	8%
3 Years:	8%
Last Year:	9%

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	133	133	133	133	133	133	133	133	133	133	133	133
Reserves	7,947	12,868	13,191	9,314	9,631	9,905	9,844	9,822	9,831	9,755	9,752	9,584
	5,234	5,331	5,985	5,947	6,052	6,453	7,433	8,491	8,422	9,583	11,677	11,145
	5,604	9,008	9,138	10,635	10,273	10,461	10,247	9,559	9,874	8,880	8,651	10,513
Total Liabilities	18,918	27,341	28,447	26,030	26,089	26,952	27,658	28,005	28,260	28,351	30,213	31,375
	9,234	14,859	14,814	14,787	14,736	14,810	14,437	14,253	13,992	13,455	13,027	12,780
CWIP	262	196	188	127	67	89	66	43	64	78	95	232
Investments	4,249	4,608	4,648	4,700	4,943	4,446	5,074	5,016	5,063	5,220	6,381	6,407
	5,173	7,678	8,797	6,416	6,343	7,607	8,080	8,693	9,141	9,597	10,709	11,956
Total Assets	18,918	27,341	28,447	26,030	26,089	26,952	27,658	28,005	28,260	28,351	30,213	31,375

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
	732	1,927	1,686	1,574	1,220	1,282	810	709	1,196	1,039	1,821	3,426
	-1,973	-1,141	-1,708	-1,087	-662	-114	-1,065	-379	-380	-563	-2,658	-634
	1,197	-670	112	-734	-672	-440	-243	-22	-1,280	-209	605	-2,251
Net Cash Flow	-44	116	90	-247	-114	729	-498	308	-464	266	-232	541
Free Cash Flow	-221	1,129	944	980	580	664	379	179	806	617	1,211	2,687
CFO/OP	57%	104%	109%	100%	98%	94%	76%	77%	110%	158%	147%	194%

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	81	52	49	49	48	46	74	52	49	52	53	53
Inventory Days
Days Payable
Cash Conversion Cycle	81	52	49	49	48	46	74	52	49	52	53	53
Working Capital Days	-53	-94	-102	-176	-196	-189	-142	-158	-155	-133	-177	-274
ROCE %	11%	11%	8%	9%	11%	11%	9%	9%	9%	9%	10%	9%

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Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026
	52.11%	52.11%	52.11%	52.11%	52.11%	52.11%	52.11%	52.11%	52.11%	52.11%	52.11%	52.11%
	12.20%	13.14%	11.95%	12.91%	13.56%	13.30%	12.36%	11.01%	10.93%	11.09%	11.88%	11.61%
	21.04%	20.06%	21.44%	21.12%	22.63%	22.63%	23.75%	25.10%	25.38%	25.65%	25.61%	26.24%
	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
	14.63%	14.68%	14.49%	13.83%	11.70%	11.96%	11.78%	11.77%	11.56%	11.14%	10.39%	10.05%
No. of Shareholders	3,10,987	3,12,839	3,27,212	3,63,776	3,32,459	4,05,312	4,10,015	4,23,004	4,08,741	3,85,958	3,62,407	3,47,619

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	49.92%	49.92%	49.92%	49.92%	49.92%	52.11%	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%	11.61%
	20.28%	25.08%	25.32%	22.81%	23.84%	20.99%	21.75%	21.12%	25.10%	26.24%
	0.00%	0.01%	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%	10.05%
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	3,47,619

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