Kernex Microsystems (India) Ltd

₹ 2,387 3.34%

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About

Incorporated in 1991, Kernex Microsystems Ltd manufactures and sells Safety Systems and Software services for Railways^[1]

Key Points

Business Overview:^[1]^[2]
KML, an ISO 9001:2015 certified, 100% Export Oriented Unit, provides turnkey electronic systems and technical support. It specializes in anti-collision devices, railway safety and signal systems, train collision avoidance systems, and automatic level crossing gates.

Website BSE NSE

Market Cap ₹ 4,005 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 2,387
High / Low ₹ 2,586 / 850
Stock P/E 45.3
Book Value ₹ 148
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE 47.8 %
ROE 43.5 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Company is expected to give good quarter
Company has delivered good profit growth of 116% CAGR over last 5 years
Company has a good return on equity (ROE) track record: 3 Years ROE 26.1%
Company's median sales growth is 15.8% of last 10 years

Cons

Stock is trading at 16.2 times its book value
Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
Promoter holding is low: 28.7%
Company has high debtors of 268 days.

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Quarterly Results

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	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	1	1	8	9	29	41	37	83	56	47	73	255
	7	1	5	13	21	24	31	28	66	43	33	56	149
Operating Profit	-7	-0	-3	-4	-12	5	10	9	17	13	14	17	105
OPM %	-1,269%	-52%	-242%	-54%	-139%	17%	25%	23%	21%	22%	30%	23%	41%
	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Interest	-1	0	0	1	1	1	3	1	2	3	5	9	12
Depreciation	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Profit before tax	-8	-1	-4	-9	-13	3	7	7	15	10	9	6	92
Tax %	2%	9%	10%	1%	-5%	-4%	-0%	-1%	-114%	22%	28%	3%	26%
	-8	-1	-5	-9	-13	4	7	7	33	7	7	6	68
EPS in Rs	-5.33	-0.57	-2.85	-5.07	-7.53	2.16	4.09	4.28	19.45	4.45	3.92	3.59	40.63
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Upcoming result date: 13 August 2026

Profit & Loss

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	18	12	12	13	8	15	18	7	4	20	190	430
	25	20	33	25	21	22	14	16	21	42	149	281
Operating Profit	-7	-9	-21	-12	-13	-7	4	-9	-17	-23	41	149
OPM %	-37%	-76%	-171%	-87%	-158%	-49%	21%	-142%	-416%	-117%	22%	35%
	2	2	25	1	-4	18	1	-3	1	1	1	2
Interest	3	6	4	2	2	6	1	3	1	3	7	28
Depreciation	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	6
Profit before tax	-13	-16	-2	-15	-22	3	2	-17	-20	-27	32	117
Tax %	-2%	-2%	115%	-4%	-1%	-1%	2%	2%	2%	-0%	-54%	25%
	-13	-16	-4	-15	-21	3	2	-17	-20	-27	50	88
EPS in Rs	-10.11	-12.74	-3.24	-11.78	-17.06	2.74	1.62	-13.76	-12.82	-15.76	29.98	52.58
Dividend Payout %	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	44%
5 Years:	88%
3 Years:	374%
TTM:	127%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	22%
5 Years:	116%
3 Years:	86%
TTM:	76%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	52%
5 Years:	99%
3 Years:	83%
1 Year:	109%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	1%
5 Years:	14%
3 Years:	26%
Last Year:	44%

Balance Sheet

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	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	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	17	17	17
Reserves	101	84	75	64	43	46	50	36	67	90	141	231
	28	33	24	26	21	11	20	18	11	28	40	162
	20	27	21	19	16	16	12	14	11	27	42	509
Total Liabilities	162	157	133	121	93	85	95	80	104	161	240	919
	53	50	55	54	43	33	32	25	24	24	25	34
CWIP	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	7	0
Investments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	99	97	78	68	50	53	63	55	78	135	208	885
Total Assets	162	157	133	121	93	85	95	80	104	161	240	919

Cash Flows

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	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	-4	-26	3	-23	-11	3	-5	-36	-71	15	-100
	1	0	30	-0	26	25	-12	-7	-1	-5	-9	-8
	-2	3	-4	-2	-2	-6	-1	0	45	64	5	94
Net Cash Flow	-8	-0	0	1	1	7	-10	-11	9	-11	11	-14
Free Cash Flow	-6	-4	4	3	6	12	3	1	-37	-76	6	-107
CFO/OP	83%	40%	122%	-26%	176%	153%	86%	49%	214%	311%	36%	-65%

Ratios

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	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	1,043	1,643	1,236	996	674	316	239	596	0	94	45	268
Inventory Days		1,779	293	1,915	844	266	962	967	2,141	2,098	207	787
Days Payable		962	325	1,225	405	20	101	177	43	460	76	938
Cash Conversion Cycle	1,043	2,460	1,205	1,686	1,114	562	1,099	1,385	2,098	1,731	177	117
Working Capital Days	748	889	629	505	272	236	164	226	1,219	1,161	152	150
ROCE %	-6%	-7%	-18%	-12%	-15%	-8%	4%	-13%	-23%	-21%	24%	48%

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	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
	31.60%	29.14%	29.14%	29.14%	29.14%	29.08%	29.08%	28.97%	28.97%	28.89%	28.85%	28.73%
	0.03%	0.01%	0.01%	0.00%	0.49%	1.16%	0.07%	0.52%	0.54%	0.07%	0.30%	2.48%
	0.00%	0.01%	0.01%	0.00%	0.04%	0.73%	1.10%	1.11%	0.39%	0.07%	0.02%	0.05%
	0.07%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%
	68.30%	70.79%	70.77%	70.78%	70.26%	68.96%	69.68%	69.34%	70.04%	70.91%	70.78%	68.69%
No. of Shareholders	14,660	15,007	16,240	22,241	27,058	34,242	37,894	42,149	42,785	40,187	41,511	41,803

	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
	39.70%	33.35%	31.78%	27.41%	22.34%	22.34%	34.52%	31.60%	29.14%	29.08%	28.85%	28.73%
	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.01%	0.07%	0.30%	2.48%
	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.01%	1.10%	0.02%	0.05%
	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.07%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%
	60.30%	66.65%	68.22%	72.59%	77.66%	77.66%	65.48%	68.34%	70.77%	69.68%	70.78%	68.69%
No. of Shareholders	21,121	19,567	17,251	16,427	16,091	14,480	12,514	13,094	16,240	37,894	41,511	41,803

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Kernex Microsystems (India) Ltd

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