CESC Ltd

₹ 156 -0.40%

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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 ₹ 20,670 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 156
High / Low ₹ 185 / 137
Stock P/E 14.0
Book Value ₹ 95.9
Dividend Yield 3.85 %
ROCE 11.2 %
ROE 11.3 %
Face Value ₹ 1.00

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Pros

Stock is providing a good dividend yield of 3.85%.
Company has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 44.0%

Cons

The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 6.93% over past five years.
Company has a low return on equity of 11.9% over last 3 years.

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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
	3,129	3,102	4,310	4,352	3,244	3,387	4,863	4,700	3,561	3,877	5,202	5,267	4,005
	2,633	2,589	3,586	3,706	2,898	2,977	4,492	3,804	2,951	3,065	4,338	4,206	3,226
Operating Profit	496	513	724	646	346	410	371	896	610	812	864	1,061	779
OPM %	16%	17%	17%	15%	11%	12%	8%	19%	17%	21%	17%	20%	19%
	426	547	323	423	617	645	744	189	396	293	311	156	257
Interest	289	289	308	305	296	325	322	328	339	335	363	337	343
Depreciation	219	221	300	303	303	311	301	295	305	304	304	311	308
Profit before tax	414	550	439	461	364	419	492	462	362	466	508	569	385
Tax %	19%	19%	16%	21%	17%	1%	21%	19%	22%	17%	20%	21%	21%
	336	445	368	363	301	415	388	373	282	385	404	448	304
EPS in Rs	2.41	3.27	2.62	2.63	2.12	3.02	2.85	2.66	2.00	2.81	2.92	3.23	2.15
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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
	10,111	11,067	12,124	8,363	10,275	10,664	12,159	11,632	12,544	14,246	15,293	17,001	18,351
	8,413	9,088	8,839	5,510	7,235	7,738	8,902	8,338	9,502	11,972	13,017	14,152	14,835
Operating Profit	1,698	1,979	3,285	2,854	3,040	2,926	3,257	3,293	3,042	2,274	2,276	2,849	3,516
OPM %	17%	18%	27%	34%	30%	27%	27%	28%	24%	16%	15%	17%	19%
	177	153	116	475	454	1,163	842	665	1,006	1,584	2,000	1,618	1,017
Interest	645	1,045	1,593	1,482	1,411	1,432	1,484	1,340	1,248	1,241	1,377	1,479	1,378
Depreciation	471	589	766	715	751	764	848	867	885	878	1,217	1,205	1,227
Profit before tax	758	498	1,042	1,131	1,331	1,893	1,768	1,752	1,915	1,739	1,683	1,782	1,928
Tax %	24%	40%	30%	28%	27%	37%	26%	22%	27%	20%	14%	20%
	573	299	729	810	975	1,198	1,309	1,363	1,404	1,397	1,447	1,428	1,541
EPS in Rs	3.94	1.50	4.51	5.21	6.88	8.93	9.56	10.04	10.25	10.13	10.38	10.33	11.11
Dividend Payout %	20%	60%	22%	19%	18%	20%	21%	45%	44%	45%	44%	44%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	4%
5 Years:	7%
3 Years:	11%
TTM:	11%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	21%
5 Years:	1%
3 Years:	-1%
TTM:	6%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	15%
5 Years:	21%
3 Years:	31%
1 Year:	10%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	11%
5 Years:	12%
3 Years:	12%
Last Year:	11%

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	126	133	133	133	133	133	133	133	133	133	133	133	133
Reserves	5,509	5,896	10,470	10,489	8,287	8,841	9,278	9,740	10,263	10,777	11,312	11,876	12,578
	11,916	14,202	14,877	15,599	14,578	14,479	13,991	14,277	14,961	14,263	14,544	17,978	18,811
	7,396	7,629	10,947	11,248	9,988	10,017	12,055	11,712	12,136	12,539	11,179	10,994	11,663
Total Liabilities	24,948	27,860	36,428	37,470	32,986	33,470	35,457	35,862	37,493	37,712	37,168	40,981	43,185
	14,511	20,869	26,500	26,626	23,854	23,649	24,739	24,197	23,216	22,826	22,131	22,766	22,332
CWIP	5,312	410	505	392	217	161	168	134	102	140	175	427	890
Investments	106	670	1,002	1,110	1,174	1,185	180	308	460	77	57	59	139
	5,019	5,912	8,420	9,343	7,742	8,474	10,371	11,222	13,716	14,669	14,806	17,728	19,824
Total Assets	24,948	27,860	36,428	37,470	32,986	33,470	35,457	35,862	37,493	37,712	37,168	40,981	43,185

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
	2,251	889	2,480	2,655	2,469	2,294	3,408	2,806	2,499	1,978	2,351	2,582
	-3,180	-2,381	-1,220	-1,493	-1,606	-686	-466	-1,489	-575	-545	-564	-3,013
	822	1,331	-1,181	-760	-1,485	-1,737	-2,219	-1,739	-611	-2,457	-1,642	1,337
Net Cash Flow	-107	-161	80	402	-623	-130	723	-423	1,313	-1,024	146	906

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	55	56	43	68	55	60	55	73	61	56	54	52
Inventory Days
Days Payable
Cash Conversion Cycle	55	56	43	68	55	60	55	73	61	56	54	52
Working Capital Days	-91	-98	-103	-123	-102	-109	-120	-66	-94	-89	-70	-90
ROCE %	8%	8%	12%	10%	11%	14%	14%	13%	13%	11%	12%	11%

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Numbers in percentages

	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 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%
	12.18%	12.20%	13.14%	11.95%	12.91%	13.56%	13.30%	12.36%	11.01%	10.93%	11.09%	11.88%
	21.75%	21.04%	20.06%	21.44%	21.12%	22.63%	22.63%	23.75%	25.10%	25.38%	25.65%	25.61%
	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
	13.92%	14.63%	14.68%	14.49%	13.83%	11.70%	11.96%	11.78%	11.77%	11.56%	11.14%	10.39%
No. of Shareholders	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	4,08,741	3,85,958	3,62,407

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Dec 2025
	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%	11.88%
	20.28%	25.08%	25.32%	22.81%	23.84%	20.99%	21.75%	21.12%	25.10%	25.61%
	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%	10.39%
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	3,62,407

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