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CESC Ltd.

PowerNifty 500Statement-builtBalanced risk
₹128.94
−6.98 (−5.14%)
Close 2026-11-09
52-week range
₹129−31.2% from high₹188
Last 6 months −12.3%
Trend
vs 50-DMA −11.1%vs 200-DMA −18.6%Volatility 60%
Analyst view from the market data feed
34% bullish
11 analystsmean rating 1.27
Price
₹128.94
Mkt cap
₹18,101 cr
P/E (TTM)
14.4xexcl. exceptional items
P/B
1.44x
Book value
₹89.3
ROE
12.5%
Op margin
16.5%
Net margin
8.6%
D/E
1.73
Div yield
6.62%
Q2 FY27 resultsClean on 15 checksHide
Revenue₹5,607 cr▲ 6.5%on the year▲ 2.2%on the quarter
EBITDA₹1,039 cr▼ 2.1%on the yearmargin 18.5% (−161 bps)
Net profit₹438 cr▼ 2.2%on the year▲ 4.5%on the quarter
EPS₹3.20▼ 0.9%on the year
  1. Revenue ₹5,607 cr, +6.5% on the year (this quarter has averaged +10.0% over the last 2 years); EBITDA margin 18.5%, −161 bps.
  2. Core profit grew faster than reported profit: core +4.5%, reported −2.2%. Other income, exceptional items or tax held the headline back.
  3. Every check that could run (15 of 19) came back quiet.
✓Profit is backed by cash: operating cash flow exceeded…iOperating margin slipped on the year.
Management said
  • Consolidated Revenue in H1 FY27 grew 6% YoY to Rs 11,245 Cr.presentation
  • Entered into SPA with ReNew to acquire 1.4 GWp operating renewable portfolio at an enterprise value of Rs. 4,859 Cr.presentation
  • NPCL: In Q2 FY27, Revenue increased by 14% YoY to Rs. 1,002 Cr. and reported PAT at Rs. 53 Cr.presentation
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 2021 Open
Earnings call Sep 2026 Open

Price in context split-adjusted

1M−7.8%
6M−28.6%
1Y−30.2%-30.2% a year
3Y+51.9%14.9% a year
5Y+47.9%8.1% a year
From high−35.5%worst -66%
vs Nifty, 1Y−24.3 ptsNifty −1.8%
Volatility60%a year

Trading at 9.0x earnings against its own median of 10.8x: 0.7 standard deviations below 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.

Other income is a big part of profit

Other income is 56% of pre-tax profit — a large share of the profit comes from outside the core operating business.

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

Trailing other income ₹1,198 cr against pre-tax profit ₹2,153 cr. High other-income dependence means the headline profit is flattered by treasury, one-offs, or non-operating items rather than the core business.

Borrowing while holding investments

Borrowings rose 49% over two years while the company also carries ₹154 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 ₹21,671 cr from ₹14,544 cr. Simultaneous large investments can be legitimate treasury management, or a sign that reported cash is not freely available.

Operating cash flow backs the profit

Operating cash is 251% of trailing profit — the earnings are converting to real cash, not just accruals.

Why this reading: A positive signal: cash conversion at or above ~0.9 means reported profit is showing up as actual cash.

Full read

Operating cash ₹4,057 cr against trailing net profit ₹1,618 cr. Consistent conversion near or above 1.0 is a hallmark of genuine earnings.

Profit growing with revenue

Both revenue and profit grew over the last year (8.7% and 12.9%) — 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 ₹18,853 cr, trailing profit ₹1,630 cr. Profit growing at least as fast as revenue indicates operating leverage or pricing power.

Generates free cash

Free cash flow is positive and consistent — the business funds itself after capex.

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

Full read

Latest free cash flow ₹148 cr. Negative in only 1 of 12 years. A self-funding business needs less external capital and dilutes less.

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

5 / 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

2.18× 12-year cumulative

Accruals are -5.6% of assets. Free cash flow negative in 1 of 12 years.

DuPont — return on equity FY2026

Net margin8.7%× Asset turnover0.40×× Leverage3.71×= ROE12.9%
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 / equity1.73×
Interest coverage2.38×
ROCE11.0%

Capital that builds FY2023 → FY2026

Capital deployed+12%
Revenue produced+30%
Still in CWIP₹2,905 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 ₹30,467 cr ÷ ₹13,978 cr, over 12 years 2.18× Above 1.0 means cash exceeds reported profit — the healthier reading.
Accruals (Sloan) (net profit − operating cash flow) ÷ average total assets (₹1,618 − ₹4,057) cr ÷ average assets -5.6% Negative means cash exceeded profit — the healthier reading. Positive above ~10% is where accruals start to dominate earnings.
DuPont — return on equity net margin × asset turnover × leverage 8.7% × 0.40 × 3.71 12.9% Splits ROE into whether returns come from operations or from borrowing.
Interest coverage EBIT ÷ finance cost ₹3,651 cr ÷ ₹1,532 cr 2.38× How many times operating profit covers the interest bill.
Debt to equity borrowings ÷ net worth ₹21,671 cr ÷ ₹12,530 cr 1.73× Read against the sector — infrastructure carries more than software.
Capital that builds growth in fixed assets + CWIP, against growth in revenue capital +12% vs revenue +30%, FY2023 to FY2026 -18pp 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

ROIC8.0%
On new capital since FY2023 5.6%
Capital employed₹34,201 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 ÷ EBITDA1.12×
Cash ÷ profit2.51×
Free cash ÷ profit0.09×

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

34.4% 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.

Cost of debt FY2026

Interest ÷ average borrowings7.73%
Average borrowings₹19,825 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

Some figures appear twice on this page with different values. That is not an error — they sit on different bases. The live feed reports a rolling twelve months; everything computed here comes from the last audited statements. Both are shown so you can see which is which.

Operating margin
Trailing twelve months, live feed16.5%
FY2026, as filed19.5%
3.0% apart

Where the two disagree, every model, screen and ratio computed on this page uses the filed figure, because the rest of the page is on that basis.

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

3 / 5
  • Debt below net worth ₹21,671 cr vs ₹12,530 cr
  • Positive earnings every year 12 of 12 years
  • Earnings growth over the period 15% since FY2022
  • P/E below 15 14.4×
  • P/E × P/B below 22.5 20.8

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% 10.7%
  • Earnings yield above 8% 6.9%

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% 13%
  • Revenue growth above 20% 9%
  • Return on equity above 17% 12.9%
  • Share count not expanding equity capital ₹133 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

1 / 4
  • Cash conversion above 0.9× 2.18× over 12 years
  • ROCE above 15% 11.0%
  • Interest covered more than 4× 2.38×
  • Debt below half of equity 1.73×

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

Against the sector17 companies

Median of the companies we hold in the same sector (Power). 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
14.4×
30.1×
-52%
P/B
1.4×
2.0×
-29%
Return on equity
12.5%
12.6%
-1%
Operating margin
16.5%
26.5%
-38%
Net margin
8.6%
14.0%
-38%
Dividend yield
6.6%
1.9%
+247%
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 · 10,664FY19FY20 · 12,159FY20FY21 · 11,632FY21FY22 · 12,544FY22FY23 · 14,246FY23FY24 · 15,293FY24FY25 · 17,001FY25FY26 · 18,570FY26
Revenue (₹ cr)Net margin %

Where the year's cash went — FY2026

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

4,057Operating cash−3,235Investing1,205Financing

Quality over time

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

2.82.21.50.9FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Cash ÷ profit (×)ROCE (÷10)

Where cash gets stuck

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

76655544FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Debtor 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)
14.4x
trailing 12m, live feed
P/B
1.44x
P/S
0.96x
PEG
2.46
Dividend yield
6.62%
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
16.5%
trailing 12m, live feed
Net margin
8.6%
trailing 12m, live feed
Return on equity
12.5%
trailing 12m, live feed
How it is fundedLeverage and what is returned to shareholders.
Debt / equity
1.73
leveraged
Payout ratio
0.0%
Book value / share
₹89.3
Return on equity of 12.5% is built on a 8.6% net margin and debt of 1.73x 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
Sep '2552.11% Dec '2552.11% Mar '2652.11% Jun '2652.11%

Promoter held steady from 52.11% to 52.11% across these quarters.

FII ▲ 0.38
Sep '2511.07% Dec '2511.86% Mar '2611.59% Jun '2611.45%

FII rose from 11.07% to 11.45% across these quarters.

MF ▲ 0.85
Sep '2517.42% Dec '2517.41% Mar '2618.10% Jun '2618.27%

MF rose from 17.42% to 18.27% across these quarters.

Other ▼ 1.23
Sep '2519.40% Dec '2518.62% Mar '2618.20% Jun '2618.17%

Other trimmed from 19.40% to 18.17% 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
6055736156545247
Cash conversion cycle
Debtor + inventory − payable days
6055736156545247
Working capital days-109-120-66-96-89-70-91-128
ROCE %
Return on capital employed
14.0%14.0%13.0%13.0%11.0%12.0%11.0%11.0%

Power vitalsthe numbers this business is run on

Quarter by quarter

MetricQ2 FY27Q2 FY26
Capacity (MW)2,143—
PLF or PAF90.4%85.8%
Generation (BU)1,7281,494
Regulated equity (₹ cr)9,0148,666
Receivable days (days)52.29—
Merchant share10%—

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

Read using the Power and utilities framework (named in the filing read). Primary valuation lens: P/B against allowed RoE.

3 standard reads withheld or marked as expected here, and why
  • Capacity is added in large blocks.
  • Not a growth-software business.
  • Regulated cash cycles.

Read more closely in this sector: Regulatory receivables and late payment surcharge · Capacity announced against commissioned.

Trends

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

Revenue (₹ cr)
FY202111.6kFY202212.5kFY202314.2kFY202415.3kFY202517.0kFY202618.6k
Net profit (₹ cr)
FY20211.4kFY20221.4kFY20231.4kFY20241.4kFY20251.4kFY20261.6k

Annual Profit & Loss ₹ cr

LineFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Revenue from operations11,63212,54414,24615,29317,00118,570
Other income6651,0131,5842,0001,6191,255
Depreciation8678858781,2171,2051,228
Finance cost1,3401,2481,2411,3771,4791,532
Profit before tax1,7521,9151,7391,6831,7832,119
Net profit (owners)1,3631,4041,3971,4471,4291,618
EPS (₹)10.0410.2510.1310.3810.3311.63

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
Revenue4,3523,2443,3874,8634,7003,5613,8775,2025,2674,0054,0965,485
Other Income423617645744189396293311156257531254
Expenses3,7062,8982,9774,4923,8042,9513,0654,3384,2063,2263,3534,590
Depreciation303303311301295305304304311308304291
Finance cost305296325322328339335363337343317312
Profit before tax461364419492462362466508569385653546
Net Profit363301415388373282385404448304459419
EPS2.632.123.022.852.662.002.812.923.232.153.313.03

Balance Sheet ₹ cr, annual

ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Equity Capital133133133133133133
Reserves9,74010,26310,77711,31211,87712,397
Borrowings14,27714,96114,26314,54417,97821,671
Net block24,19723,21622,82622,13122,84722,840
CWIP1341021401754032,905
Investments308460775759154
Total Assets35,86237,49337,71237,16841,01046,470

Cash Flow ₹ cr

LineFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Cash from operations2,8062,4991,9782,3512,5814,057
Cash from investing-1,489-575-545-564-3,012-3,235
Cash from financing-1,739-611-2,457-1,6421,3371,205
Free cash flow2,1321,7291,2881,586729148
Net change in cash-4231,313-1,0241469062,027

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 8 of 10
What was looked for
  • Profit converts to cash — 2.18× over 12 years
  • Free cash flow not persistently negative — 1 of 12 years negative
  • Capital converts into revenue — capital +12% vs revenue +30%
  • Interest comfortably covered — 2.38×

Others in Power

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

Results · Q2 FY27July to September 2026

Open the full results page ↗
✓Clean on 15 checks✓1 positive15 of 19 checks ran · read from the filing
Revenue₹5,607 cr▲ 6.5%on the year▲ 2.2%on the quarter
EBITDA₹1,039 cr▼ 2.1%on the yearmargin 18.5% (−161 bps)
Net profit₹438 cr▼ 2.2%on the year▲ 4.5%on the quarter
EPS₹3.20▼ 0.9%on the year

What changed

  1. Revenue ₹5,607 cr, +6.5% on the year (this quarter has averaged +10.0% over the last 2 years); EBITDA margin 18.5%, −161 bps.
  2. Core profit grew faster than reported profit: core +4.5%, reported −2.2%. Other income, exceptional items or tax held the headline back.
  3. Every check that could run (15 of 19) came back quiet.

The quarter, explainedfrom the filing and the statements

CESC Ltd. reported revenue of ₹5,607 cr for July to September 2026, +6.5% on the year and +2.2% on the quarter. That is slower than this quarter has grown in recent years (+10.0% on average). It is the highest quarterly revenue in the last 12 quarters on record. Over the last four quarters revenue comes to ₹19,193 cr, +7.2% on the four before.

Operating profit (EBITDA) was ₹1,039 cr, a margin of 18.5%, −161 bps on the year and +221 bps on the quarter. Over the last 8 quarters the margin has ranged from 16.3% to 20.9%, averaging 18.4%. Operating costs grew +8.6%, faster than revenue at +6.5%, so operating profit grew less than sales.

Net profit was ₹438 cr, −2.2% on the year and +4.5% on the quarter, with earnings per share of ₹3.20. Profit before other income, one-offs and tax grew faster, at +4.5%; other income, one-offs or tax held the headline back. The tax rate of 25% is in line with its recent average. Profit over the last four quarters totals ₹1,620 cr, +6.6% on the four before.

Of the 11 companies in Power and utilities that have reported Q2 FY27 so far, CESC Ltd. ranks 8th on revenue growth; the sector median is +22.8%. Its margin moved −161 bps on the year against a sector median of +82 bps.

Most power earnings are regulated returns on equity, with fuel costs passed through, so revenue can swing with fuel prices while profit moves far less.

On earnings per share of ₹11.69 over the last four quarters, the stock at ₹128.94 trades at 11.0 times trailing earnings.

Questions to ask: none this quartereach one with its numbers and source

No check fired. That is a statement about the checks below, not a verdict on the company.

Also worth knowing

✓Positive

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

Operating cash flow for the first half ₹1,384 cr against profit of ₹857 cr.

Source: Cash flow statement

iNote

Operating margin slipped on the year.

EBITDA margin 18.5%, −161 bps on the year (+221 bps on the quarter).

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

₹448 crSep'25−₹22.0 crBusiness(EBITDA)+₹15.0 crDepreciation+₹2.0 crFinancecost−₹5.0 crOtherincome−₹27.0 crTax+₹27.0 crOtherlines₹438 crSep'26Scale starts at ₹389 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₹3,178 cr₹2,416 cr▲ 31.5%
Inventory₹634 cr₹698 cr▼ 9.2%
Cash₹2,764 cr₹4,208 cr▼ 34.3%
Bank balances₹1,479 cr₹1,364 cr▲ 8.4%
Long-term borrowings₹16,183 cr₹15,292 cr▲ 5.8%
Short-term borrowings₹5,834 cr₹6,027 cr▼ 3.2%
Trade payables₹2,154 cr₹1,848 cr▲ 16.6%
Net block₹22,836 cr₹21,724 cr▲ 5.1%
Capital work in progress₹2,969 cr₹2,905 cr▲ 2.2%
Equity₹12,468 cr₹12,530 cr▼ 0.5%
Total assets₹47,882 cr₹46,470 cr▲ 3.0%
Cash flow, year to dateThis yearLast year
Operating cash flow₹1,384 cr₹1,585 cr
Capital expenditure−₹2,010 cr−₹1,104 cr
Investing cash flow−₹1,973 cr−₹779 cr
Financing cash flow−₹855 cr−₹36.0 cr
Dividends paid−₹804 cr−₹10.0 cr

Operating cash flow was 1.61× profit. Receivables at 52 days of sales (+5 days against the last year end). Inventory at 10 days of sales (−3 days).

From the filingauditor, IPO money, related parties, promoters

✓Auditor's reviewUnmodified conclusion · S.R. Batliboi & Co. LLP

Other matter 1: “

54 subsidiaries, whose unaudited interim financial results include total assets of Rs 28,038 crores as at September 30, 2026, total revenues of Rs 3,327 crores and Rs 6,404 crores, total net profit after tax of Rs. 210 crores and Rs.… Read in full54 subsidiaries, whose unaudited interim financial results include total assets of Rs 28,038 crores as at September 30, 2026, total revenues of Rs 3,327 crores and Rs 6,404 crores, total net profit after tax of Rs. 210 crores and Rs. 418 crores, total comprehensive income of Rs 211 crores and Rs. 424 crores, for the quarter ended September 30, 2026 and the period ended on that date respectively, and net cash outflows of Rs. 864 crores for the period from April 1, 2026 to September 30, 2026, as considered in the Statement which have been reviewed by their respective independent auditors.
”

Other matter 2: “

1 joint venture, whose unaudited interim financial results include Group's share of net loss of Rs. Nil and Rs. Nil and Group's share of total comprehensive loss of Rs. Nil and Rs. Nil for the quarter ended September 30, 2026… Read in full1 joint venture, whose unaudited interim financial results include Group's share of net loss of Rs. Nil and Rs. Nil and Group's share of total comprehensive loss of Rs. Nil and Rs. Nil for the quarter ended September 30, 2026 and for the period from April 1, 2026 to September 30, 2026 respectively, as considered in the Statement whose interim financial results and other financial information have been reviewed by an independent auditor.
”

Other matter 3: “

The accompanying Statement includes unaudited interim financial results and other unaudited financial information, in respect of 2 subsidiaries, whose interim financial results include total assets of Rs 0.11 crores as at September 30, 2026, total revenues of Rs Nil and… Read in fullThe accompanying Statement includes unaudited interim financial results and other unaudited financial information, in respect of 2 subsidiaries, whose interim financial results include total assets of Rs 0.11 crores as at September 30, 2026, total revenues of Rs Nil and Rs Nil, total net loss after tax of Rs. 0.06 crores and Rs. 0.13 crores, total comprehensive loss of Rs. 0.07 crores and Rs. 0.15 crores, for the quarter ended September 30, 2026 and the period ended on that date respectively, and net cash inflows of Rs. 0.06 crores for the period from April 1, 2026 to September 30, 2026.
”

Filing p. consolidated limited review report p.1-3

✓IPO moneyUsed as stated

₹0.0 cr still unused. “Outstanding listed commercial papers as on 30.09.2026 totaling ₹1,550.00 crore across 6 ISINs; proceeds fully utilised for refinancing and normal business operations with NIL deviation.”

?Governance eventsOther

Purvah Green Power Private Limited (subsidiary) entered into SPA on August 10, 2026 to acquire 100% share capital of six SPVs from ReNew Solar Power Private Limited at an enterprise value of ₹4,859 crore. (p. consolidated note 13, presentation slide 10)

Approved Scheme of Amalgamation of RPSG Energy Services Limited with Purvah Green Power Private Limited with appointed date of October 01, 2026. (p. consolidated note 12)

Inside the profitother income, one-offs, tax

Other income, line by line

  • Interest income (6M consolidated): 80 crore (recurring)consolidated cash flow statement
  • Gain on sale / fair valuation of current investments (net) (6M consolidated): 47 crore (recurring)consolidated cash flow statement
  • Liability / Provision written back (6M consolidated): 1 crore (recurring)consolidated cash flow statement

Tax: Consolidated tax expense of ₹148.00 crore (current tax ₹122.00 crore, deferred tax ₹26.00 crore) on Profit before tax of ₹586.00 crore for Q2 FY27

Power vitalsthe numbers this business is run on

MetricQ2 FY27Q2 FY26
Capacity (MW)2,143—
PLF or PAF90.4%85.8%
Generation (BU)1,7281,494
Regulated equity (₹ cr)9,0148,666
Receivable days (days)52.29—
Merchant share10%—

Worked out from filed numbers. Receivable Days: Trade Receivables (₹3,178.00 crore) / (Annualised H1 FY27 Revenue ₹11,092.00 crore * 2) * 365 = 52.29 days

Checks this sector needs

iRegulatory receivables and late payment surcharge

Regulatory deferral account balances stood at ₹9,014.00 crore as of Sept 30, 2026 (vs ₹8,666.00 crore as of March 31, 2026). Company recognized net regulatory income of ₹99.00 crore in Q2 FY27 (vs ₹72.00 crore in Q2 FY26) based on tariff/APR orders from WBERC & UPERC.

Regulatory deferral assets represent ~18.8% of total consolidated assets; appeals pending before APTEL regarding tariff methodology deviations.

✓Capacity announced against commissioned

Purvah Green contracted renewable capacity reached 4.9 GWp (including 1.411 GWp solar acquisition from ReNew signed in Aug 2026), moving towards medium-term vision of 10 GW RE capacity with 300 MW solar commissioned in Kolkata.

Execution pipeline accelerating with 1.4 GWp operating asset acquisition providing immediate cash flow.

Read using the Power and utilities framework (named in the filing read). Primary valuation lens: P/B against allowed RoE.

1 standard read withheld or marked as expected here, and why
  • Project finance keeps reserve cash beside debt by covenant.

Read more closely in this sector: Regulatory receivables and late payment surcharge · Capacity announced against commissioned.

What management saidquoted, with source

  • Consolidated Revenue in H1 FY27 grew 6% YoY to Rs 11,245 Cr.presentation, slide 4
  • Entered into SPA with ReNew to acquire 1.4 GWp operating renewable portfolio at an enterprise value of Rs. 4,859 Cr.presentation, slide 5
  • NPCL: In Q2 FY27, Revenue increased by 14% YoY to Rs. 1,002 Cr. and reported PAT at Rs. 53 Cr.presentation, slide 4
  • Chandigarh Power (CPDL) reported Q2 sales volume of 603 MU (+6% YoY), generating revenue of Rs. 341 Cr, up 10% YoY.presentation, slide 4
  • Standalone Revenue increased to Rs. 2,914 Cr in Q2, up 7% YoY and PAT at Rs. 256 Cr. as against Rs. 242 Cr. in Q2 FY26.presentation, slide 5

Guidance given this quarter

MetricGuidanceForAgainst earlier guidance
Medium-Term Renewable Energy Capacity Target10.00Medium termunchanged or first given
Contracted Renewable Capacity Target4.90FY2026-27unchanged or first given
Committed Renewable Capex Outlay26000.00Execution pipelineunchanged or first given
Contracted Renewable Annualized Revenue Run-Rate3400.00Full capacity run-rateunchanged or first given

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

Every quartersame rules, every quarter

Q3 FY24Q4 FY24Q1 FY25Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27Q2 FY27
Revenue₹3,244 cr₹3,387 cr₹4,863 cr₹4,700 cr₹3,561 cr₹3,877 cr₹5,202 cr₹5,267 cr₹4,005 cr₹4,096 cr₹5,485 cr₹5,607 cr
YoY——+13%+8%+10%+14%+7%+12%+12%+6%+5%+6%
EBITDA margin10.7%12.1%7.6%19.1%17.1%20.9%16.6%20.1%19.5%18.1%16.3%18.5%
Other income, % of PBT170%154%151%41%109%63%61%15%67%81%14%13%
Exceptional items————————————
Tax rate17%1%21%19%22%17%20%21%21%30%23%25%
Net profit₹301 cr₹415 cr₹388 cr₹373 cr₹282 cr₹385 cr₹404 cr₹448 cr₹304 cr₹459 cr₹419 cr₹438 cr
YoY——+5%+3%−6%−7%+4%+20%+8%+19%+4%−2%
Core profit YoY——−317%+618%———+78%—−29%+140%+5%
EPS₹2.12₹3.02₹2.85₹2.66₹2.00₹2.81₹2.92₹3.23₹2.15₹3.31₹3.03₹3.20
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