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Cemindia Projects Ltd.

ConstructionNifty 500Statement-builtHigh risk
₹1,307.50
+107.50 (+8.96%)
Close 2026-11-09
52-week range
₹510−20.3% from high₹1,640
Last 6 months +105.1%
Trend
vs 50-DMA +6.2%vs 200-DMA +22.5%Volatility 53%
Analyst view from the market data feed
25% bullish
5 analystsmean rating 1.20
Price
₹1,307.50
Mkt cap
₹20,681 cr
P/E (TTM)
37.1xexcl. exceptional items
P/B
8.74x
Book value
₹151.7
ROE
19.4%
Op margin
8.7%
Net margin
5.9%
D/E
0.38
Div yield
0.25%
Q2 FY27 results1 question to askHide
Revenue₹2,749 cr▲ 25.2%on the year▲ 1.0%on the quarter
EBITDA₹268 cr▲ 29.5%on the yearmargin 9.7% (+32 bps)
Net profit₹131 cr▲ 21.3%on the year▼ 7.3%on the quarter
EPS₹7.60▲ 21.2%on the year
  1. Revenue ₹2,749 cr, +25.2% on the year (this quarter has averaged +17.0% over the last 2 years); EBITDA margin 9.7%, +32 bps.
  2. Core profit grew faster than reported profit: core +52.3%, reported +21.3%. Other income, exceptional items or tax held the headline back.
  3. Profit with no operating cash behind it. Where did the cash go? Operating cash flow for the first half −₹77.7 cr against profit of ₹271 cr.
!Profit with no operating cash behind it. Where did…✓Core profit grew faster than reported profit: one-offs held…
Management said
  • Our order book has scaled to an all-time high of ₹ 32,715 crore, giving us multi-year revenue visibility and a strong foundation for sustained growth.press release
  • Secured new orders worth ~₹ 3,485 crore in Q2 FY27, taking total order inflow for H1 FY27 to ~₹ 12,005 crore.press release
  • Consolidated Revenue for Q2 FY27 grew 25.2% YoY to ₹ 2,749 crore, while PAT rose 21.3% YoY to ₹ 131 crore.press release
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 2025 Open
Earnings call Sep 2020 Open

Price in context split-adjusted

1M+4.1%
6M+36.7%
1Y+57.3%57.3% a year
From high−20.3%worst -41%
vs Nifty, 1Y+59.1 ptsNifty −1.8%
Beta1.38vs Nifty 50
Volatility53%a year

Trading at 34.7x earnings against its own median of 26.9x: 0.5 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.

Events marked on the chart 2
  1. 1Rights 1:4corporate action · 2006-09-08
  2. 2Rights 1:1corporate action · 2007-10-30
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.

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 ₹500 cr vs trailing profit ₹598 cr. Gaps in the 0.5–0.9 range are usually timing, occasionally a early tell.

Borrowing is funding real capacity

Debt rose over 3 years, and most of it (96%) has turned into fixed assets and projects under construction — the borrowing is building the business.

Why this reading: A positive signal: leverage taken on is visibly becoming productive capacity, not disappearing.

Full read

New borrowing ₹235 cr largely matched by an asset build of ₹226 cr. Debt that funds capacity is a different thing from debt that funds nothing.

Profit growing with revenue

Both revenue and profit grew over the last year (8.9% and 47.2%) — growth is translating to the bottom line.

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

Full read

Trailing revenue ₹10,204 cr, trailing profit ₹602 cr. Profit growing at least as fast as revenue indicates operating leverage or pricing power.

Free cash flow is variable

Free cash flow swings between positive and negative across the cycle.

Why this reading: Surfaced for context, not as a concern — it only becomes meaningful if it persists or pairs with other signals.

Full read

Latest ₹274 cr, negative in 3 of 12 years.

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

6 / 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

2.36× 11-year cumulative

Accruals are 1.5% of assets. Free cash flow negative in 3 of 12 years.

DuPont — return on equity FY2026

Net margin5.9%× Asset turnover1.42×× Leverage2.95×= ROE24.9%
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 / equity0.42×
Interest coverage4.80×
ROCE33.0%

Capital that builds FY2023 → FY2026

Capital deployed+23%
Revenue produced+98%
Still in CWIP₹22 cr

Revenue grew faster than the capital behind it, which is what operating leverage looks like: the existing asset base is working harder.

The formula notebook — every number above, worked out
Cash vs profit cumulative operating cash flow ÷ cumulative net profit ₹3,739 cr ÷ ₹1,583 cr, over 11 years 2.36× Above 1.0 means cash exceeds reported profit — the healthier reading.
Accruals (Sloan) (net profit − operating cash flow) ÷ average total assets (₹598 − ₹500) cr ÷ average assets 1.5% 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 5.9% × 1.42 × 2.95 24.9% Splits ROE into whether returns come from operations or from borrowing.
Interest coverage EBIT ÷ finance cost ₹1,033 cr ÷ ₹215 cr 4.80× How many times operating profit covers the interest bill.
Debt to equity borrowings ÷ net worth ₹1,001 cr ÷ ₹2,399 cr 0.42× Read against the sector — infrastructure carries more than software.
Capital that builds growth in fixed assets + CWIP, against growth in revenue capital +23% vs revenue +98%, 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

ROIC22.8%
On new capital since FY2023 36.7%
Capital employed₹3,400 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 ÷ EBITDA0.49×
Cash ÷ profit0.84×
Free cash ÷ profit0.46×

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.

What the price implies

27.5% free cash flow growth, every year for ten years

The growth rate that makes today's market value equal the discounted cash flows, at a 11.5% discount rate and 4.0% terminal growth. Not a forecast — the arithmetic of what is already in the price. Compare it with what the business has actually delivered.

What is this, and how do I read it?

Reverse DCF — the growth already in the price — A standard inversion of discounted cash flow, used to avoid the forecasting problem entirely.

Instead of forecasting cash flows and deriving a value, it takes today's market value as given and solves for the growth rate that would justify it. The output is not a view — it is the arithmetic of what the market is currently assuming.

Discount rate
The return required for the risk taken. We use 11.5%, roughly the long-run cost of equity in India.
Terminal growth
Growth beyond the explicit ten years. We use 4%, near long-run nominal GDP.
The output
The free-cash-flow growth rate, every year for a decade, that makes the discounted total equal today's market value.

How to read itCompare it with what the business has actually delivered. A price implying 30% a year against a decade of 15% is a demanding assumption; the reverse is a modest one.

Where it failsUseless when free cash flow is negative or unusually depressed, which is common mid-capex. Highly sensitive to the discount rate — a point either way moves the answer materially.

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 ₹1,001 cr vs ₹2,399 cr
  • Positive earnings every year 10 of 11 years
  • Earnings growth over the period 767% since FY2022
  • P/E below 15 37.1×
  • P/E × P/B below 22.5 324.2

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

1 / 2
  • Return on capital above 20% 30.4%
  • Earnings yield above 8% 2.7%

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

3 / 4
  • Annual earnings growth above 25% 60%
  • Revenue growth above 20% 9%
  • Return on equity above 17% 24.9%
  • Share count not expanding equity capital ₹17 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

4 / 4
  • Cash conversion above 0.9× 2.36× over 11 years
  • ROCE above 15% 33.0%
  • Interest covered more than 4× 4.80×
  • Debt below half of equity 0.42×

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

Against the sector13 companies

Median of the companies we hold in the same sector (Construction). 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
37.1×
31.1×
+19%
P/B
8.7×
3.6×
+141%
Return on equity
19.4%
13.7%
+41%
Operating margin
8.7%
6.1%
+43%
Net margin
5.9%
4.2%
+40%
Dividend yield
0.3%
1.1%
-77%
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 · 0FY19FY20 · 2,861FY20FY21 · 2,728FY21FY22 · 3,809FY22FY23 · 5,091FY23FY24 · 7,718FY24FY25 · 9,246FY25FY26 · 10,061FY26
Revenue (₹ cr)Net margin %

Where the year's cash went — FY2026

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

500Operating cash−147Investing−243Financing

Quality over time

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

138.63.8-0.9FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Cash ÷ profit (×)ROCE (÷10)

Where cash gets stuck

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

3631856.4-172FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
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)
37.1x
trailing 12m, live feed
P/B
8.74x
P/S
2.06x
PEG
0.51
growth cheap
Dividend yield
0.25%
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
8.7%
trailing 12m, live feed
Net margin
5.9%
trailing 12m, live feed
Return on equity
19.4%
trailing 12m, live feed
How it is fundedLeverage and what is returned to shareholders.
Debt / equity
0.38
conservative
Payout ratio
8.6%
Book value / share
₹151.7
Return on equity of 19.4% is built on a 5.9% net margin and debt of 0.38x 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 '2567.46% Mar '2667.46% Jun '2667.46% Sep '2667.46%

Promoter held steady from 67.46% to 67.46% across these quarters.

FII ▼ 1.54
Dec '258.19% Mar '267.31% Jun '267.26% Sep '266.65%

FII trimmed from 8.19% to 6.65% across these quarters.

MF ▲ 2.91
Dec '251.02% Mar '261.41% Jun '262.31% Sep '263.93%

MF rose from 1.02% to 3.93% across these quarters.

Other ▼ 1.37
Dec '2523.33% Mar '2623.82% Jun '2622.97% Sep '2621.96%

Other trimmed from 23.33% to 21.96% 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
5075716077573947
Inventory days
How long stock sits before it sells
7599144118119867382
Payable days
How long the company takes to pay suppliers
171225311276275179232238
Cash conversion cycle
Debtor + inventory − payable days
-45-51-96-99-78-36-120-110
Working capital days32-212-19-35-26-86
ROCE %
Return on capital employed
20.0%15.0%10.0%14.0%19.0%27.0%28.0%33.0%

Order book and executionthe numbers this business is run on

Quarter by quarter

MetricQ2 FY27Q1 FY27Q2 FY26
Order inflow (₹ cr)3,485——
Order book (₹ cr)32,715——
Book to bill (×)2.99——
Execution rate2,749%2,721%2,195%
Government share of book36%——
Working capital days (days)3.1——

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)
FY20212.7kFY20223.8kFY20235.1kFY20247.7kFY20259.2kFY202610.1k
Net profit (₹ cr)
FY202116.0FY202269.0FY2023125FY2024274FY2025373FY2026598

Annual Profit & Loss ₹ cr

LineFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Revenue from operations2,7283,8095,0917,7189,24610,061
Other income4545636478183
Depreciation100103114208194166
Finance cost138142165218236215
Profit before tax2094184383508818
Net profit (owners)1669125274373598
EPS (₹)0.924.017.2315.9321.7034.79

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

Quarterly Financials ₹ cr

MetricDec 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026Mar 2019 15m
Revenue2,0172,2582,3811,9912,2702,5322,5762,1952,3152,9732,7213,170
Other Income152216231016204123921014
Expenses1,8122,0372,1601,8092,0632,2772,3361,9932,0942,6162,4462,843
Depreciation565449474551414343394382
Finance cost5857535759625053506150124
Profit before tax106130135100113157169146152350192134
Net Profit7990100728711313710811124214183
EPS4.565.215.834.195.076.607.996.276.4614.108.204.77

Balance Sheet ₹ cr, annual

ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Equity Capital171717171717
Reserves1,0491,1141,2201,4771,8162,382
Borrowings4585607668899931,001
Net block6016558471,0811,0771,168
CWIP532117102122
Investments19411345500
Total Assets3,1923,6165,0175,9175,8527,086

Cash Flow ₹ cr

LineFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Cash from operations191339471704184500
Cash from investing-51-25-438-419-233-147
Cash from financing-250-5628-123-218-243
Free cash flow802446936912274
Net change in cash-11025861162-267110

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

4 of 4 disclosed weighted 10 of 10
What was looked for
  • Profit converts to cash — 2.36× over 11 years
  • Free cash flow not persistently negative — 3 of 12 years negative
  • Capital converts into revenue — capital +23% vs revenue +98%
  • Interest comfortably covered — 4.80×

Others in Construction

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

Results · Q2 FY27July to September 2026

Open the full results page ↗
!1 serious✓1 positive15 of 19 checks ran · read from the filing
Revenue₹2,749 cr▲ 25.2%on the year▲ 1.0%on the quarter
EBITDA₹268 cr▲ 29.5%on the yearmargin 9.7% (+32 bps)
Net profit₹131 cr▲ 21.3%on the year▼ 7.3%on the quarter
EPS₹7.60▲ 21.2%on the year

What changed

  1. Revenue ₹2,749 cr, +25.2% on the year (this quarter has averaged +17.0% over the last 2 years); EBITDA margin 9.7%, +32 bps.
  2. Core profit grew faster than reported profit: core +52.3%, reported +21.3%. Other income, exceptional items or tax held the headline back.
  3. Profit with no operating cash behind it. Where did the cash go? Operating cash flow for the first half −₹77.7 cr against profit of ₹271 cr.

The quarter, explainedfrom the filing and the statements

Cemindia Projects Ltd. reported revenue of ₹2,749 cr for July to September 2026, +25.2% on the year and +1.0% on the quarter. That is faster than this quarter has grown in recent years (+17.0% on average), so the year-on-year number is not just the season. Over the last four quarters revenue comes to ₹10,758 cr, +12.4% on the four before.

Operating profit (EBITDA) was ₹268 cr, a margin of 9.7%, +32 bps on the year and −36 bps on the quarter. Over the last 8 quarters the margin has ranged from 9.1% to 12.0%, averaging 9.9%. Operating costs grew +24.8% against revenue growth of +25.2%, so more of each rupee of sales reached operating profit.

Net profit was ₹131 cr, +21.3% on the year and −7.3% on the quarter, with earnings per share of ₹7.60. Profit before other income, one-offs and tax grew faster, at +52.3%; other income, one-offs or tax held the headline back. The tax rate of 27% is in line with its recent average. Profit over the last four quarters totals ₹624 cr, +40.4% on the four before.

Of the 34 companies in Capital goods and EPC that have reported Q2 FY27 so far, Cemindia Projects Ltd. ranks 13th on revenue growth; the sector median is +17.0%. Its margin moved +32 bps on the year against a sector median of +6 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 ₹36.36 over the last four quarters, the stock at ₹1,307.50 trades at 36.0 times trailing earnings.

Questions to askeach one with its numbers and source

!Serious

Profit with no operating cash behind it. Where did the cash go?

Operating cash flow for the first half −₹77.7 cr against profit of ₹271 cr.

Source: Cash flow statement

Also worth knowing

✓Positive

Core profit grew faster than reported profit: one-offs held the headline down.

Reported profit +21.3% on the year; profit before other income, exceptional items and tax +52.3%.

Source: Results filing

Could not run on this quarter: Exceptional items that recur, 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

₹108 crSep'25+₹60.9 crBusiness(EBITDA)+₹1.2 crDepreciation−₹4.3 crFinancecost−₹24.1 crOtherincome−₹10.6 crTax₹131 crSep'26Scale starts at ₹70.4 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₹1,444 cr₹1,295 cr▲ 11.5%
Inventory₹838 cr₹751 cr▲ 11.6%
Cash₹240 cr₹475 cr▼ 49.4%
Bank balances₹324 cr₹474 cr▼ 31.6%
Long-term borrowings₹93.1 cr₹92.6 cr▲ 0.6%
Short-term borrowings₹792 cr₹774 cr▲ 2.3%
Trade payables₹2,189 cr₹2,190 cr▼ 0.0%
Net block₹1,217 cr₹1,162 cr▲ 4.7%
Capital work in progress₹42.6 cr₹21.6 cr▲ 96.9%
Equity₹2,619 cr₹2,400 cr▲ 9.2%
Total assets₹7,563 cr₹7,086 cr▲ 6.7%
Cash flow, year to dateThis yearLast year
Operating cash flow−₹77.7 cr₹328 cr
Capital expenditure−₹203 cr−₹138 cr
Investing cash flow−₹22.2 cr−₹126 cr
Financing cash flow−₹134 cr−₹113 cr
Dividends paid−₹51.5 cr−₹34.3 cr

Operating cash flow was -0.29× profit. Receivables at 48 days of sales (+1 days against the last year end). Inventory at 28 days of sales (+1 days).

From the filingauditor, IPO money, related parties, promoters

✓Auditor's reviewUnmodified conclusion · Price Waterhouse Chartered Accountants LLP

Other matter 1: “

The consolidated unaudited financial results include the Group's share of net loss after tax of Rs. 0.26 crore and total comprehensive loss of Rs. 0.26 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2026 and for the period from April 01,… Read in fullThe consolidated unaudited financial results include the Group's share of net loss after tax of Rs. 0.26 crore and total comprehensive loss of Rs. 0.26 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2026 and for the period from April 01, 2026 to September 30, 2026, as considered in the consolidated unaudited financial results, in respect of one associate based on its interim financial information, which have not been reviewed by its auditors. According to the information and explanations given to us by the Management, this financial information is not material to the Group. Our conclusion on the Statement is not modified in respect of this matter.
”

Other matter 2: “

The consolidated financial results of the Group for the quarter ended September 30, 2025 and the year to date results for the period April 01, 2025 to September 30, 2025, were reviewed by another firm of chartered accountants who issued… Read in fullThe consolidated financial results of the Group for the quarter ended September 30, 2025 and the year to date results for the period April 01, 2025 to September 30, 2025, were reviewed by another firm of chartered accountants who issued their unmodified conclusion, vide their report dated October 30, 2025. Our conclusion on the Statement is not modified in respect of this matter.
”

Filing p. consolidated limited review report p.1-2

✓IPO moneyUsed as stated

₹1,400 cr still unused. “Approved and allotted 1,26,35,379 equity shares at ₹1,108 per share aggregating to ₹1,400.00 crore through QIP on October 19, 2026. Paid-up share capital increased from ₹17.18 crore to ₹18.44 crore. Proceeds to be utilised for capex, debt repayment, working capital and general corporate purposes.”

?Governance eventsOther

Name of the Company changed from ITD Cementation India Limited to Cemindia Projects Limited following acquisition by Renew Exim DMCC (Adani Group entity). (p. outcome letter p.1, presentation slide 2)

Inside the profitother income, one-offs, tax

Other income, line by line

  • Interest Income (6M consolidated): 16.58 crore (recurring)consolidated cash flow statement
  • Profit on disposal of property, plant and equipment (net) (6M consolidated): 1.57 crore (recurring)consolidated cash flow statement
  • Excess provision no longer required written back (6M consolidated): 0.39 crore (recurring)consolidated cash flow statement

Tax: Consolidated tax expense of ₹49.30 crore (current tax ₹52.56 crore, deferred tax credit ₹3.26 crore) on Profit before tax of ₹179.89 crore for Q2 FY27

Order book and executionthe numbers this business is run on

MetricQ2 FY27Q1 FY27Q2 FY26
Order inflow (₹ cr)3,485——
Order book (₹ cr)32,715——
Book to bill (×)2.99——
Execution rate2,749%2,721%2,195%
Government share of book36%——
Working capital days (days)3.1——

Worked out from filed numbers. Book-to-Bill Ratio: Order Book (₹32,715 crore) / Annualised H1 FY27 Revenue (₹5,469.57 crore * 2) = 2.99x · Government and PSU Order Share: Government clients 11% + PSU clients 25% = 36% (Private sector share 64%) · Working Capital Days: Receivable days (48.17) + Inventory days (27.95) - Payable days (73.02) = 3.10 days calculated on annualised H1 FY27 revenue

Checks this sector needs

iUnbilled revenue growing faster than billed receivables

Unbilled contract assets grew 20.95% to ₹2,737.78 crore as of September 30, 2026 (vs ₹2,263.49 crore as of March 31, 2026), compared to billed trade receivables which grew 11.51% to ₹1,443.60 crore (vs ₹1,294.56 crore).

Contract assets increased at a faster pace than trade receivables, reflecting ongoing project milestones nearing billing certification.

✓Order inflow against execution

Order inflow for Q2 FY27 stood at ~₹3,485 crore (H1 FY27 inflow ~₹12,005 crore) against Q2 FY27 revenue execution of ₹2,748.65 crore (H1 FY27 execution ₹5,469.57 crore), representing a strong book-to-bill inflow ratio of 1.27x in Q2.

Order intake comfortably exceeds execution rate, building the order book to a record ₹32,715 crore.

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.

Order book 32715 crore at quarter end, after inflows of 3485 crore in the quarter (2.99× trailing revenue).

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.

What management saidquoted, with source

  • Our order book has scaled to an all-time high of ₹ 32,715 crore, giving us multi-year revenue visibility and a strong foundation for sustained growth.press release, release p.1
  • Secured new orders worth ~₹ 3,485 crore in Q2 FY27, taking total order inflow for H1 FY27 to ~₹ 12,005 crore.press release, release p.1
  • Consolidated Revenue for Q2 FY27 grew 25.2% YoY to ₹ 2,749 crore, while PAT rose 21.3% YoY to ₹ 131 crore.press release, release p.1
  • In October 2026, the Company successfully raised ₹ 1,400 crore through a Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP), which saw participation from leading domestic mutual funds and financial investors.press release, release p.2

Guidance given this quarter

MetricGuidanceForAgainst earlier guidance
QIP Proceeds Deployment Target1400.00Future quartersunchanged or first given

Held for next quarter's said-then-did check.

Segments

SegmentRevenueYoYResultYoY
Engineering and Construction₹2,749 cr▲ 25.2%₹180 cr▲ 23.1%

Every quartersame rules, every quarter

Q3 FY24Q4 FY24Q1 FY25Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27Q2 FY27
Revenue₹2,017 cr₹2,258 cr₹2,381 cr₹1,991 cr₹2,270 cr₹2,532 cr₹2,576 cr₹2,195 cr₹2,315 cr₹2,973 cr₹2,721 cr₹2,749 cr
YoY——+30%+24%+13%+12%+8%+10%+2%+17%+6%+25%
EBITDA margin10.2%9.8%9.3%9.1%9.1%10.1%9.3%9.4%9.6%12.0%10.1%9.7%
Other income, % of PBT14%17%12%23%9%10%12%25%15%26%5%7%
Exceptional items————————————
Tax rate26%31%26%28%23%28%19%26%27%31%27%27%
Net profit₹79.0 cr₹90.0 cr₹100 cr₹72.0 cr₹87.0 cr₹113 cr₹137 cr₹108 cr₹111 cr₹242 cr₹141 cr₹131 cr
YoY——+92%+33%+10%+26%+37%+50%+28%+114%+3%+21%
Core profit YoY——+80%+43%+13%+31%+25%+43%+25%+83%+22%+52%
EPS₹4.56₹5.21₹5.83₹4.19₹5.07₹6.60₹7.99₹6.27₹6.46₹14.10₹8.20₹7.60
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