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BEML Ltd.

Capital GoodsNifty 500Statement-builtBalanced risk
₹1,969.70
+75.00 (+3.96%)
Close 2026-10-16
52-week range
₹1,437−11.2% from high₹2,219
Last 6 months −13.7%
Trend
vs 50-DMA +0.6%vs 200-DMA +5.6%Volatility 74%
Analyst view from the market data feed
63% bullish
4 analystsmean rating 1.50
Price
₹1,969.70
Mkt cap
₹16,390 cr
P/E (TTM)
82.2xexcl. exceptional items
P/B
5.49x
Book value
₹352.6
ROE
7.8%
Op margin
5.8%
Net margin
3.9%
D/E
0.11
Div yield
0.88%
Q2 FY27 results4 questions to askHide
Revenue₹1,192 cr▲ 42.0%on the year▲ 45.4%on the quarter
EBITDA₹79.4 cr▲ 8.6%on the yearmargin 6.7% (−205 bps)
Net profit₹33.3 cr▼ 30.6%on the year
EPS₹4.00▼ 30.7%on the year
  1. Revenue ₹1,192 cr, +42.0% on the year (this quarter has averaged −4.3% over the last 2 years); EBITDA margin 6.7%, −205 bps.
  2. Core profit grew faster than reported profit: core −4.7%, reported −30.6%. Other income, exceptional items or tax held the headline back.
  3. Customers are taking much longer to pay. Is revenue being booked ahead of cash? Receivables at 176 days of sales, against 121 days at the last year end (₹1,938 cr now, ₹1,439 cr then).
!Customers are taking much longer to pay. Is revenue…?The auditor drew attention to a matter in the…?Inventory is piling up against sales. Slow demand, or…?Finance cost rose fast and now takes a large…

Market today: Funded rallyBhav 58 · Dhan 70 · 6 NovBhav Dhan Index →
Consolidatedstandalone figures are read separately and never mixed into these tables
What this company actually does

A plain-language read of the business, how it actually earns, where the edge is, and the economics of every reported segment — taken from the annual report and investor presentation, not a one-line industry label.

  • Business model in plain language
  • The revenue engine — what actually generates cash
  • Segment revenue, PBIT, margin and capital employed
  • Operating KPIs — volumes, capacity, utilisation
Live once this company's filings, calls and disclosures have been read.

What's newsince the last filing we processed

Annual report Annual Report 2026 Open
Earnings call Sep 2019 Open
Announcement 9 Oct - BEML received ₹75.58 crore export and maintenance order for HMV 12x12 and HMV 8x8 in Southeast Asia. Open
Credit rating 6 Aug 2024 Open

Price in context split-adjusted

1M−7.7%
6M+11.2%
1Y−10.8%-10.8% a year
3Y+72.1%19.8% a year
5Y+192.9%24.0% a year
From high−22.1%worst -77%
vs Nifty, 1Y−8.6 ptsNifty −2.2%
Volatility74%a year

Trading at 78.9x earnings against its own median of 52.3x: 0.8 standard deviations above its usual range. This compares the company with its own history, not with other companies.

How to read this: Price shows the closing price with its 50-day (amber) and 200-day (grey) averages; bars at the bottom are daily volume, green on up days and red on down days; dashed lines mark the 52-week high and low. vs Nifty 50 starts both at 100 so you can see which did better over the period. P/E shows what the market paid for each rupee of profit, inside the band it usually trades in. Drawdown shows how far below its best price the share has been. Hover anywhere for the numbers on that day.

What you must understand

The three to six things that actually matter about this company, each with the exact filing and note it came from — never a fact without the context that makes it meaningful.

  • Reported profit vs operating profit
  • Management narrative vs the numbers
  • Standalone vs consolidated divergence
  • Audit opinion vs headline optimism
Live once this company's filings, calls and disclosures have been read.

Reading the Statements forensic interpretation

What the numbers mean when read together — computed from the filings, not a score.

Profit fell while revenue grew

Over the last year profit declined 40.1% even as revenue grew 12.8% — margins are compressing, and any premium being paid rests on a year that moved backwards on the bottom line.

Why this reading: Flagged because the pattern is clear, material, and not explained by the visible numbers — the kind of thing worth understanding before anything else.

Full read

Trailing revenue ₹4,536 cr (up 12.8%) but trailing profit ₹179 cr (down 40.1%). Rising sales with falling profit points to cost inflation not passed through, mix shift to lower-margin lines, or one-off gains in the base year.

Cash lags profit somewhat

Operating cash is 84% of trailing profit — a modest gap worth keeping an eye on.

Why this reading: Noted with caution: a mild gap that is commonly benign (working-capital timing) but worth tracking across years.

Full read

Operating cash ₹118 cr vs trailing profit ₹141 cr. Gaps in the 0.5–0.9 range are usually timing, occasionally a early tell.

Burning cash after capex

Free cash flow is negative — the business consumes more than it generates once capex is paid. Fine if it is deliberate growth investment; a problem if it is structural.

Why this reading: Noted with caution — worth watching, but not yet conclusive on its own. Business has ups and downs; one soft reading is not a verdict.

Full read

Latest free cash flow ₹-208 cr, negative in 3 of 12 years. Check whether the burn funds expansion (dark stores, plants, ports) or merely sustains operations.

Borrowing while holding investments

Borrowings rose 335% over two years while the company also carries ₹8 cr in investments. Why borrow at interest while parking money elsewhere is a fair question.

Why this reading: Noted with caution — worth watching, but not yet conclusive on its own. Business has ups and downs; one soft reading is not a verdict.

Full read

Borrowings moved to ₹309 cr from ₹71 cr. Simultaneous large investments can be legitimate treasury management, or a sign that reported cash is not freely available.

Capital work-in-progress is sticky

Capital work-in-progress has stayed high (44% of fixed assets) without converting to productive assets — worth checking whether projects are genuinely progressing.

Why this reading: Noted with caution — worth watching, but not yet conclusive on its own. Business has ups and downs; one soft reading is not a verdict.

Full read

CWIP ₹298 cr vs ₹37 cr two years earlier, against fixed assets ₹684 cr. Perennial CWIP that never becomes a fixed asset can hide stalled projects or capitalised costs that should have been expensed.

Net margin expanding

Net margin improved from -2% to 3.9% year-on-year — the business is keeping more of each rupee.

Why this reading: A positive signal in the numbers, shown for balance alongside the concerns.

Full read

Quarter net margin 3.9% vs -2% four quarters earlier. Expansion from operating leverage is healthy; verify it is not a one-off gain.

Forensic modelscomputed from the filed statements

Every score below is calculated here from the reported numbers — none of it is asserted. Open the notebook at the foot of the section to see each formula with this company's figures in it.

Altman Z″

Needs current assets and current liabilities.

Piotroski F

3 / 8 1 not testable
  • Profitable this year
  • Operating cash positive
  • Return on assets improved
  • Cash exceeds profit
  • Leverage reduced
  • Liquidity improved
  • No share dilution
  • Margin improved
  • Assets working harder
What is this, and how do I read it?

Piotroski F-Score — fundamental momentum — Joseph Piotroski, University of Chicago, 2000, in a study of whether accounting signals could improve returns among cheap stocks.

Nine yes-or-no tests across profitability, leverage and operating efficiency. Each pass scores one. It asks a narrow question: is this business getting better or worse on its own terms, year over year?

Profitability (4 tests)
Positive profit, positive operating cash, improving return on assets, and cash exceeding profit. The last is the quality test — profit that outruns cash is the one to question.
Leverage and liquidity (3 tests)
Falling debt, improving current ratio, no new shares issued. Growth funded by dilution scores zero here.
Operating efficiency (2 tests)
Improving margin and improving asset turnover.

How to read it7 or more suggests improving fundamentals; 3 or fewer suggests deterioration. It measures direction, not quality — a weak company improving can score higher than a strong one holding steady.

Where it failsA single year of comparison, so one unusual year distorts it. Says nothing about valuation, competitive position or management. Piotroski designed it to rank already-cheap stocks, not to judge a company in isolation.

Beneish M

Needs trade receivables, current assets, other expenses.

Cash vs profit

1.56× 12-year cumulative

Accruals are 0.3% of assets. Free cash flow negative in 3 of 12 years.

DuPont — return on equity FY2026

Net margin3.2%× Asset turnover0.61×× Leverage2.43×= ROE4.8%
What is this, and how do I read it?

DuPont decomposition — Devised inside the DuPont Corporation in the 1920s and still the standard way to read a return on equity.

Splits return on equity into its three sources, so the same headline number can be traced to very different businesses.

Net margin
What the company keeps from each rupee of sales. High margin points to pricing power or a genuine cost advantage.
Asset turnover
Sales generated per rupee of assets. High turnover points to efficiency — a retailer earns this way, a utility never will.
Leverage (equity multiplier)
Assets divided by equity. This multiplies whatever the first two produce, in both directions.

How to read itA 20% ROE built on margin and turnover is a different proposition from a 20% ROE built on 3× leverage. The first survives a downturn; the second amplifies it.

Where it failsA single year. Negative equity makes it meaningless. Leverage is structural for lenders, so the third term carries no signal there.

Leverage & coverage FY2026

Debt / equity0.11×
Interest coverage5.44×
ROCE8.0%

Capital that builds FY2023 → FY2026

Capital deployed+86%
Revenue produced+12%
Still in CWIP₹298 cr

Capital is going in far faster than revenue is coming out. For a business mid-build that is expected — the test is whether it converts.

The formula notebook — every number above, worked out
Cash vs profit cumulative operating cash flow ÷ cumulative net profit ₹2,315 cr ÷ ₹1,484 cr, over 12 years 1.56× Above 1.0 means cash exceeds reported profit — the healthier reading.
Accruals (Sloan) (net profit − operating cash flow) ÷ average total assets (₹141 − ₹118) cr ÷ average assets 0.3% The share of profit that is accounting entries rather than cash. Above ~10% is where accruals start to dominate.
DuPont — return on equity net margin × asset turnover × leverage 3.2% × 0.61 × 2.43 4.8% Splits ROE into whether returns come from operations or from borrowing.
Interest coverage EBIT ÷ finance cost ₹245 cr ÷ ₹45 cr 5.44× How many times operating profit covers the interest bill.
Debt to equity borrowings ÷ net worth ₹309 cr ÷ ₹2,934 cr 0.11× Read against the sector — infrastructure carries more than software.
Capital that builds growth in fixed assets + CWIP, against growth in revenue capital +86% vs revenue +12%, FY2023 to FY2026 74pp gap Money going in far faster than revenue coming out. For an incubator this is expected — the test is whether it eventually converts.

Going deepersame statements, harder questions

Montier C-Score

Needs more balance-sheet detail (only 3 of 6 flags testable).

Return on invested capital FY2026

ROIC5.7%
On new capital since FY2023 -14.0%
Capital employed₹3,243 cr

NOPAT over equity plus debt less cash, at a notional 25% tax. Incremental ROIC is the return on money put in since then — the number that decides whether growth creates value or consumes it.

What is this, and how do I read it?

Return on invested capital, and incremental ROIC — Standard in corporate finance; the incremental form was popularised by Michael Mauboussin as the test of whether growth creates value.

ROIC measures what the business earns on all the capital it employs — equity plus debt, less cash. Incremental ROIC asks a sharper question: what has it earned on the money put in since a chosen year?

NOPAT
Operating profit after a notional tax charge, so the figure is independent of how the company is financed. We use 25%.
Invested capital
Equity plus borrowings less cash — the money actually at work.
Incremental ROIC
Change in NOPAT divided by change in invested capital. If it sits below the cost of capital, growth is destroying value however fast revenue rises.

How to read itROIC comfortably above the cost of capital — call it 11–13% in India — means growth compounds. Below it, growth consumes. Incremental below headline means recent investment is earning less than the legacy business.

Where it failsDistorted in the year of a large acquisition. Understated for companies mid-build, where capital is deployed but capacity has not yet been commissioned — an incubator will look poor until it does not.

Earnings quality ladder FY2026

Cash ÷ EBITDA0.39×
Cash ÷ profit0.84×
Free cash ÷ profit-1.48×

Read downward. Cash can cover EBITDA and still not survive capex — the third rung is where a capital-hungry business shows itself.

What is this, and how do I read it?

The earnings quality ladder — Not a named model — the standard sequence an analyst walks when testing whether reported profit is real.

Three ratios read in order, each stricter than the last.

Cash ÷ EBITDA
Does operating profit arrive as cash? Below 0.8 points to working capital absorbing it.
Cash ÷ profit
Does bottom-line profit arrive as cash? Below 1.0 persistently is the classic warning.
Free cash ÷ profit
Does anything survive capex? This is where capital-hungry businesses reveal themselves — a company can pass the first two and still never generate spendable cash.

How to read itRead downward. Each rung failing where the one above passed tells you exactly where the cash is going.

Where it failsA single year of heavy capex depresses the third rung legitimately. Judge it across a cycle.

Cost of debt FY2026

Interest ÷ average borrowings16.73%
Average borrowings₹269 cr

Against a policy rate near 6%, most sound Indian corporates borrow between 7% and 10%.

What is this, and how do I read it?

Cost of debt — Interest expense over average borrowings — the effective rate the company actually pays.

What the lenders charge, which is a market verdict on credit quality that no rating agency delay affects.

Well below the policy rate
Suggests interest is being capitalised into assets rather than expensed, or that funding comes from related parties on non-market terms.
Near the policy rate plus a normal spread
Ordinary bank funding. Nothing to explain.
Well above
Lenders are pricing risk the equity market may not yet be.

How to read itAgainst a policy rate near 6%, most sound Indian corporates borrow between 7% and 10%. Read the direction over years as much as the level.

Where it failsUnderstated where a large share of interest is capitalised into projects under construction. Not meaningful for lenders, where interest is cost of goods.

Reading the numbers on this pagetwo bases, both shown

What the filings we hold do not give

Models that need these lines are withheld rather than estimated: net worth, current assets, current liabilities, trade receivables, inventory, net block. Nothing on this page is back-solved from a figure the company did not publish.

Published screening frameworksrules applied, not opinions quoted

Each framework below is a set of stated, mechanical criteria from published work, run against this company's own filed numbers. Passing or failing a screen is not a verdict — different frameworks disagree by design, and that disagreement is itself informative.

Graham — defensive investor

2 / 5
  • Debt below net worth ₹309 cr vs ₹2,934 cr
  • Positive earnings every year 12 of 12 years
  • Earnings growth over the period 9% since FY2022
  • P/E below 15 82.2×
  • P/E × P/B below 22.5 451.2

Benjamin Graham's stated criteria for a defensive stock, applied to the filed numbers. A company failing several is not disqualified — Graham designed these to be deliberately strict.

Greenblatt — magic formula

0 / 2
  • Return on capital above 20% 7.6%
  • Earnings yield above 8% 1.2%

Two ratios only: what the business earns on its capital, and what you pay for those earnings. Designed to be ranked across a universe rather than read in isolation.

O'Neil — CAN SLIM growth tests

1 / 4
  • Annual earnings growth above 25% -52%
  • Revenue growth above 20% 8%
  • Return on equity above 17% 4.8%
  • Share count not expanding equity capital ₹42 cr

The fundamental half of William O'Neil's framework. The market and leadership components are judgement calls and are not scored here.

Quality — compounder tests

3 / 4
  • Cash conversion above 0.9× 1.56× over 12 years
  • ROCE above 15% 8.0%
  • Interest covered more than 4× 5.44×
  • Debt below half of equity 0.11×

The characteristics long-term holders commonly look for: cash-backed earnings, high returns on capital, and debt that never forces a decision.

Against the sector63 companies

Median of the companies we hold in the same sector (Capital Goods). Every figure on both sides is the live feed's trailing twelve months, so the two are measured the same way whatever depth of extraction this company has had. A number only means something next to something else — expensive against the market and cheap against peers are different facts.

P/E
82.2×
52.0×
+58%
P/B
5.5×
7.2×
-24%
Return on equity
7.8%
17.5%
-56%
Operating margin
5.8%
12.4%
-53%
Net margin
3.9%
11.2%
-65%
Dividend yield
0.9%
0.4%
+126%
this companysector median

The page in pictures

Revenue and what it leaves behind

Bars are revenue; the line is net margin. Revenue rising while the line falls is the shape worth noticing.

FY19 · 3,474FY19FY20 · 3,025FY20FY21 · 3,557FY21FY22 · 4,337FY22FY23 · 3,899FY23FY24 · 4,054FY24FY25 · 4,022FY25FY26 · 4,351FY26
Revenue (₹ cr)Net margin %

Where the year's cash went — FY2026

Operating cash first, then what the business spent and raised.

118Operating cash−354Investing238Financing

Quality over time

One year is a snapshot. These are the two lines that matter across a cycle.

5.11.6-1.9-5.4FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Cash ÷ profit (×)ROCE (÷10)

Where cash gets stuck

Rising debtor or inventory days against flat sales is the earliest visible sign of stress.

56338721034FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Debtor daysInventory daysPayable daysCash cycle
Growth & valuation workspace

Set your own assumptions and watch the numbers move. A scenario calculator — the outputs are the arithmetic of your inputs.

User-driven scenario tool. Implied value and CAGR follow only from the assumptions you set — not a FinMinutes forecast, recommendation, or target price.

Valuation & quality

One canonical set of figures — the same numbers used everywhere else on this page and on the screener.

What you payHow the price compares with earnings, book and sales.
P/E (TTM)
82.2x
trailing 12m, live feed
P/B
5.49x
P/S
3.55x
Dividend yield
0.88%
What it earnsMargins and returns as the live feed reports them, on a rolling twelve months. The models above compute the same measures from the last audited statements, so the two can differ.
Operating margin
5.8%
trailing 12m, live feed
Net margin
3.9%
trailing 12m, live feed
Return on equity
7.8%
trailing 12m, live feed
How it is fundedLeverage and what is returned to shareholders.
Debt / equity
0.11
conservative
Payout ratio
68.9%
Book value / share
₹352.6
Return on equity of 7.8% is built on a 3.9% net margin and debt of 0.11x equity. The full DuPont breakdown sits in the forensic models above.

Ownership & Skin in the Game

How the register has moved over recent quarters — the direction matters more than the level.

Promoter ― 0.00
Dec '2554.03% Mar '2654.03% Jun '2654.03% Sep '2654.03%

Promoter held steady from 54.03% to 54.03% across these quarters.

FII ▼ 0.24
Dec '255.51% Mar '265.59% Jun '265.48% Sep '265.27%

FII trimmed from 5.51% to 5.27% across these quarters.

MF ▲ 0.94
Dec '2517.25% Mar '2617.55% Jun '2617.92% Sep '2618.19%

MF rose from 17.25% to 18.19% across these quarters.

Other ▼ 0.70
Dec '2523.21% Mar '2622.83% Jun '2622.57% Sep '2622.51%

Other trimmed from 23.21% to 22.51% across these quarters.

Working capital12-year series

Where cash gets stuck. A rising inventory or debtor line against flat sales is the earliest sign of trouble in the numbers.

MeasureFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Debtor days
How long customers take to pay
170182193157116130154191
Inventory days
How long stock sits before it sells
331482373328369418462394
Payable days
How long the company takes to pay suppliers
14215213385116132129164
Cash conversion cycle
Debtor + inventory − payable days
358512434400369416487421
Working capital days232337294242236261295251
ROCE %
Return on capital employed
7.0%2.0%5.0%9.0%10.0%15.0%16.0%8.0%

Order book and executionthe numbers this business is run on

Quarter by quarter

MetricQ2 FY27Q1 FY27Q2 FY26
Execution rate1,192%819.62%839.09%
Unbilled revenue (₹ cr)645.91—601.88
Working capital days (days)317.81——

From the quarterly results and the earnings call, read by FinMinutes. Latest quarter, read in full.

Read using the Capital goods and EPC framework (named in the filing read). Primary valuation lens: P/E against order book quality.

3 standard reads withheld or marked as expected here, and why
  • Government and large-contract payment cycles run long by design.
  • Performance and bank guarantees are mandatory on every contract.
  • Milestone and percentage-of-completion revenue makes quarters uneven.

Read more closely in this sector: Unbilled revenue growing faster than billed receivables · Order inflow against execution · Bank guarantees outstanding growing faster than the order book · Liquidated damages or cost overruns disclosed.

Trends

The shape of the business over time (annual) — read the direction, not the single print.

Revenue (₹ cr)
FY20213.6kFY20224.3kFY20233.9kFY20244.1kFY20254.0kFY20264.4k
Net profit (₹ cr)
FY202169.0FY2022129FY2023158FY2024282FY2025293FY2026141

Annual Profit & Loss ₹ cr

LineFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Revenue from operations3,5574,3373,8994,0544,0224,351
Other income60622422429
Depreciation716664647183
Finance cost396549425445
Profit before tax87200278382404200
Net profit (owners)69129158282293141
EPS (₹)8.2715.4618.9633.8335.1217.00

Exceptional items, total income and EBITDA are read from the filed statements.

Quarterly Financials ₹ cr

MetricSep 2023Dec 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026
Revenue9171,0471,5146348608761,6536348391,0831,794820
Other Income1034511554974102
Expenses8589911,1436847878151,2306837661,0801,523818
Depreciation161617171719192020212223
Finance cost1181191617131010121414
Profit before tax4267348-755530395-7050-25245-34
Net Profit5248257-705124288-6448-22180-27
EPS6.225.7930.83-8.466.132.9334.52-7.705.77-2.6921.59-3.24

Balance Sheet ₹ cr, annual

ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Equity Capital424242424242
Reserves2,1732,3152,3802,6262,8462,892
Borrowings74383238171229309
Net block601621505528580684
CWIP14142337107298
Investments000068
Total Assets5,8435,8135,1075,5916,0447,135

Cash Flow ₹ cr

LineFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Cash from operations-3015156045899118
Cash from investing-49-25-20-68-210-354
Cash from financing-176-10-331-130107238
Free cash flow-35030551358-92-208
Net change in cash-52616208260-42

Cash from operations is the number profit has to answer to. Free cash flow is what remains after the business pays for its own growth.

From the filings, calls & disclosures

The part no one reads: the auditor's opinion, the contingent liabilities buried in the notes, the covenants, and the claims in the deck placed beside the figures that test them.

  • Buried in the footnotes — what the notes disclose and the summary does not
  • Risk register — every dispute, probe and contingent liability with its amount
  • Audit & governance — opinion type, emphasis of matter, going concern, subsidiary coverage
  • Guidance & forward view
  • Narrative vs numbers
  • Segment intelligence
Live once this company's filings, calls and disclosures have been read.
The analyst grilling

Where analysts pressed management on the earnings call, and exactly how management answered — the questions that were hardest to answer are usually the ones that matter.

  • The question, and who asked it
  • Management's answer, in their own framing
Live once this company's filings, calls and disclosures have been read.

Disclosure & evidencewhat the filings actually show

These are coverage counts, not ratings. Each one asks a fixed set of questions of the filings and reports how many the company answered. A company that discloses nothing counts nothing here — that is a statement about the disclosure, not about the business.

Capital discipline

3 of 4 disclosed weighted 7 of 10
What was looked for
  • Profit converts to cash — 1.56× over 12 years
  • Free cash flow not persistently negative — 3 of 12 years negative
  • Capital converts into revenue — capital +86% vs revenue +12%
  • Interest comfortably covered — 5.44×

Others in Capital Goods

The same read, applied to the companies this one competes with.

Results · Q2 FY27July to September 2026

Open the full results page ↗
!1 serious?3 questions to ask✓1 positive14 of 19 checks ran · read from the filing
Revenue₹1,192 cr▲ 42.0%on the year▲ 45.4%on the quarter
EBITDA₹79.4 cr▲ 8.6%on the yearmargin 6.7% (−205 bps)
Net profit₹33.3 cr▼ 30.6%on the year
EPS₹4.00▼ 30.7%on the year

What changed

  1. Revenue ₹1,192 cr, +42.0% on the year (this quarter has averaged −4.3% over the last 2 years); EBITDA margin 6.7%, −205 bps.
  2. Core profit grew faster than reported profit: core −4.7%, reported −30.6%. Other income, exceptional items or tax held the headline back.
  3. Customers are taking much longer to pay. Is revenue being booked ahead of cash? Receivables at 176 days of sales, against 121 days at the last year end (₹1,938 cr now, ₹1,439 cr then).

The quarter, explainedfrom the filing and the statements

BEML Ltd. reported revenue of ₹1,192 cr for July to September 2026, +42.0% on the year and +45.4% on the quarter. That is faster than this quarter has grown in recent years (−4.3% on average), so the year-on-year number is not just the season. Over the last four quarters revenue comes to ₹4,888 cr, +22.1% on the four before.

Operating profit (EBITDA) was ₹79.4 cr, a margin of 6.7%, −205 bps on the year and +643 bps on the quarter. Over the last 8 quarters the margin has ranged from −7.7% to 25.5%, averaging 7.0%. Operating costs grew +45.2%, faster than revenue at +42.0%, so operating profit grew less than sales.

Net profit was ₹33.3 cr, −30.6% on the year and — on the quarter, with earnings per share of ₹4.00. Profit before other income, one-offs and tax grew faster, at −4.7%; other income, one-offs or tax held the headline back. The tax rate was 30% against an average of 17% over the previous 5 quarters, which weighed on profit this quarter. Profit over the last four quarters totals ₹164 cr, −44.5% on the four before.

Of the 29 companies in Capital goods and EPC that have reported Q2 FY27 so far, BEML Ltd. ranks 3rd on revenue growth; the sector median is +19.3%. Its margin moved −205 bps on the year against a sector median of +15 bps.

Capital goods and EPC revenue follows project execution, which makes quarters uneven; the order book and new orders tell more about the year than one quarter does.

On earnings per share of ₹19.66 over the last four quarters, the stock at ₹1,969.70 trades at 100.2 times trailing earnings.

Questions to askeach one with its numbers and source

!Serious

Customers are taking much longer to pay. Is revenue being booked ahead of cash?

Receivables at 176 days of sales, against 121 days at the last year end (₹1,938 cr now, ₹1,439 cr then).

Source: Balance sheet

?Question

The auditor drew attention to a matter in the limited review report. Read it before the numbers.

“We draw attention to Note No. 5 to the accompanying Statement regarding the Parent Company's outlay of Rs. 7,488.90 lakhs in MAMC Consortium. The recoverability of these amounts depends on the sale/realisation of assets acquired from Mining & Allied Machinery Corporation Ltd. (MAMC) (under liquidation)… Read in full“We draw attention to Note No. 5 to the accompanying Statement regarding the Parent Company's outlay of Rs. 7,488.90 lakhs in MAMC Consortium. The recoverability of these amounts depends on the sale/realisation of assets acquired from Mining & Allied Machinery Corporation Ltd. (MAMC) (under liquidation) the value and timing of which are presently not ascertainable. Based on the factors set out in the said note, management has considered the amounts recoverable”

Source: Auditor (p. consolidated limited review report p.10-12)

?Question

Inventory is piling up against sales. Slow demand, or stocking ahead?

Inventory at 237 days of sales, against 207 days at the last year end (₹2,609 cr now, ₹2,469 cr then).

Source: Balance sheet

?Question

Finance cost rose fast and now takes a large bite of operating profit. New borrowing, or a higher rate?

Finance cost ₹14.9 cr, +50.2% on the year; 19% of EBITDA.

Source: Results filing

Also worth knowing

✓Positive

Profit is backed by cash: operating cash flow exceeded profit.

Operating cash flow for the first half ₹257 cr against profit of ₹6.3 cr.

Source: Cash flow statement

iNote

Operating margin slipped on the year.

EBITDA margin 6.7%, −205 bps on the year (+643 bps on the quarter).

Source: Results filing

Could not run on this quarter: Exceptional items that recur, IPO money used as stated, Related-party transactions, Promoter pledges and allotments, Earlier promises against delivery. The filing did not carry these lines.

Where the profit change came fromSep '25 → Sep '26

₹48.0 crSep'25+₹6.3 crBusiness(EBITDA)−₹3.3 crDepreciation−₹5.0 crFinancecost−₹0.5 crOtherincome−₹12.1 crTax₹33.3 crSep'26Scale starts at ₹20.8 cr, not zero, so the changes are visible

Net profit a year ago, each driver's change, and net profit now. Blue added profit, red took it away.

The half year: balance sheet and cashfiled with Q2

Balance sheetSep '26Last year endChange
Trade receivables₹1,938 cr₹1,439 cr▲ 34.7%
Inventory₹2,609 cr₹2,469 cr▲ 5.7%
Cash₹6.1 cr₹36.1 cr▼ 83.1%
Bank balances₹30.6 cr₹0.9 cr▲ 3,380.7%
Short-term borrowings₹612 cr₹651 cr▼ 6.0%
Trade payables₹1,044 cr₹617 cr▲ 69.4%
Net block₹669 cr₹549 cr▲ 21.8%
Capital work in progress₹429 cr₹171 cr▲ 150.9%
Equity₹2,873 cr₹2,801 cr▲ 2.6%
Total assets₹7,226 cr₹5,935 cr▲ 21.7%
Cash flow, year to dateThis yearLast year
Operating cash flow₹257 cr−₹242 cr
Capital expenditure−₹236 cr−₹122 cr
Investing cash flow−₹238 cr−₹72.3 cr
Financing cash flow−₹20.6 cr₹346 cr
Dividends paid−₹19.2 cr−₹62.5 cr

Operating cash flow was 40.66× profit. Receivables at 176 days of sales (+55 days against the last year end). Inventory at 237 days of sales (+30 days).

From the filingauditor, IPO money, related parties, promoters

?Auditor's reviewUnmodified conclusion · Vaithisvaran & Co LLP

Emphasis of matter: “

We draw attention to Note No. 5 to the accompanying Statement regarding the Parent Company's outlay of Rs. 7,488.90 lakhs in MAMC Consortium. The recoverability of these amounts depends on the sale/realisation of assets acquired from Mining & Allied Machinery… Read in fullWe draw attention to Note No. 5 to the accompanying Statement regarding the Parent Company's outlay of Rs. 7,488.90 lakhs in MAMC Consortium. The recoverability of these amounts depends on the sale/realisation of assets acquired from Mining & Allied Machinery Corporation Ltd. (MAMC) (under liquidation) the value and timing of which are presently not ascertainable. Based on the factors set out in the said note, management has considered the amounts recoverable
”

Other matter 1: “

We did not review the interim financial results of the two subsidiaries included in the unaudited consolidated financial results, whose interim financial information reflects total assets of Rs. 3,389.85 lakhs as at September 30, 2026, total revenues of Rs.87.79 lakhs… Read in fullWe did not review the interim financial results of the two subsidiaries included in the unaudited consolidated financial results, whose interim financial information reflects total assets of Rs. 3,389.85 lakhs as at September 30, 2026, total revenues of Rs.87.79 lakhs for the period ended September 30, 2026 anda consolidated profit of Rs.65.76 lakhs for the period ended September 30, 2026 , as considered in the Statement.
”

Other matter 2: “

This interim financial information has been reviewed by other auditors whose reports have been furnished to us and our conclusion on the Statement, in so far as it relates to the amounts and disclosures included in respect of these subsidiaries,… Read in fullThis interim financial information has been reviewed by other auditors whose reports have been furnished to us and our conclusion on the Statement, in so far as it relates to the amounts and disclosures included in respect of these subsidiaries, is based solely on the reports of the other auditors and the procedures performed by us as stated in paragraph 3 above.
”

Filing p. consolidated limited review report p.10-12

?Governance eventsOther

Voluntary liquidation of subsidiary M/s Vignyan Industries Ltd. remains under process as per CCEA approval dated 8th September 2021. (p. consolidated note 4)

Outlay of ₹74.89 crore in MAMC Consortium and advance of ₹6.24 crore to MAMC Industries Ltd. subject to statutory audit emphasis of matter regarding asset recovery under liquidation. (p. consolidated note 5, auditor report p.11)

Inside the profitother income, one-offs, tax

Other income, line by line

  • Allowance for Inventory no longer required written back (6M consolidated): 26.66 crore (recurring)consolidated cash flow statement p.6
  • Interest income (6M consolidated): 0.83 crore (recurring)consolidated cash flow statement p.6
  • Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment (net) (6M consolidated): 0.73 crore (recurring)consolidated cash flow statement p.6

Tax: Consolidated tax expense of ₹14.37 crore (current tax ₹26.28 crore, deferred tax credit ₹11.91 crore) on Profit before tax of ₹47.70 crore for Q2 FY27

Order book and executionthe numbers this business is run on

MetricQ2 FY27Q1 FY27Q2 FY26
Execution rate1,192%819.62%839.09%
Unbilled revenue (₹ cr)645.91—601.88
Working capital days (days)317.81——

Worked out from filed numbers. Working Capital Days: Receivable days (175.87) + Inventory days (236.70) - Payable days (94.76) = 317.81 days calculated on annualised H1 FY27 revenue

Checks this sector needs

✓Unbilled revenue growing faster than billed receivables

Unbilled contract assets grew 7.32% YoY to ₹645.91 crore as of September 30, 2026 (vs ₹601.88 crore as of September 30, 2025), whereas billed trade receivables expanded 34.68% YoY to ₹1,938.20 crore (vs ₹1,439.16 crore).

Billed trade receivables grew significantly faster than unbilled contract assets, indicating active billing conversion on ongoing projects.

iOrder inflow against execution

not disclosed

Order intake and order book figures were omitted from the quarterly results filing pack as MCA granted exemption from publishing segment disclosures.

iBank guarantees outstanding growing faster than the order book

not disclosed

Bank guarantee limit details and outstanding guarantees are omitted from quarterly earnings disclosures.

✓Liquidated damages or cost overruns disclosed

No liquidated damages, contract penalties, or project cost overruns were reported in the financial notes for Q2 FY27.

No provisions or write-offs regarding liquidated damages or execution penalties were disclosed.

Read using the Capital goods and EPC framework (named in the filing read). Primary valuation lens: P/E against order book quality.

1 standard read withheld or marked as expected here, and why
  • Quarters swing with the season or with project milestones here; read the year, not the quarter.

Read more closely in this sector: Unbilled revenue growing faster than billed receivables · Order inflow against execution · Bank guarantees outstanding growing faster than the order book · Liquidated damages or cost overruns disclosed.

Every quartersame rules, every quarter

Q3 FY24Q4 FY24Q1 FY25Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27Q2 FY27
Revenue₹1,047 cr₹1,514 cr₹634 cr₹860 cr₹876 cr₹1,653 cr₹634 cr₹839 cr₹1,083 cr₹1,794 cr₹820 cr₹1,192 cr
YoY——+10%−6%−16%+9%0%−2%+24%+9%+29%+42%
EBITDA margin5.3%24.4%−7.9%8.5%6.8%25.5%−7.7%8.7%0.4%15.2%0.2%6.7%
Other income, % of PBT51%1%—27%17%1%—14%—4%—14%
Exceptional items————————————
Tax rate28%26%—7%17%27%—5%—27%—30%
Net profit₹48.0 cr₹257 cr−₹70.0 cr₹51.0 cr₹24.0 cr₹288 cr−₹64.0 cr₹48.0 cr−₹22.0 cr₹180 cr−₹27.0 cr₹33.3 cr
YoY———−2%−50%+12%—−6%−192%−38%—−31%
Core profit YoY———+25%−24%+14%—+8%−216%−40%—−5%
EPS₹5.79₹30.83−₹8.46₹6.13₹2.93₹34.52−₹7.70₹5.77−₹2.69₹21.59−₹3.24₹4.00
Flags1·✓21✓✓121✓4

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