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Last close ₹47.08down ₹0.88 (1.83%)BSE ₹47.33

Share price at the NSE close on 23 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹47.96.

52-week range of traded prices to 23 Oct 2026
₹35.48Low, 2 Mar 2026₹93.50High, 11 Nov 2025
Market cap
₹256 Cr2,143rd largest listed
P/E
Lossover the last 12 months
P/B
1.0
Dividend yield
Nonein the last 12 months
ROE
−9.0%
ROE without one-offs
−5.8%
ROCE
0.8%
Debt to equity
0.93
Volume, NSE
2,75584.9% delivered

10 years at a glance

Consolidated: the company and its subsidiaries together. ₹ crore, years to March.CL Educate annual reports

Revenue, net profit and borrowings, ₹ crore

  • Revenue
  • Net profit
  • Borrowings
  • Loss
A loss in 4 of the 10 years shown

Operating and net margin, per cent

  • Operating margin
  • Net margin

From Apr 2019 leases sit on the balance sheet: rent is charged as depreciation and interest instead, so operating profit and total assets step up with nothing about the business having changed. Borrowings here leave lease liabilities out.

The years either side of a change of basis do not compare. From the year to Mar 2025, the company reports a discontinued business.

Results for the year to Mar 2026

Consolidated: the company and its subsidiaries together. ₹ crore.

From revenue to net profit

  1. Revenue548
  2. Materials and goods−9.5
  3. Employee costs−116
  4. Other expenses−374
  5. Operating profit48
  6. Depreciation−41
  7. Other income+21
  8. One-off items−4.8
  9. Finance costs−44
  10. Profit before tax−20
  11. Tax−1.1
  12. Discontinued businesses−4.5
  13. Net profit−26

What the company owns

  • Plant, investments and other assets₹523 Cr
  • Cash and bank₹284 Cr
  • Receivables₹80 Cr
  • Inventory₹12 Cr

What pays for it: net worth and liabilities

  • Other liabilities₹334 Cr
  • Net worth₹251 Cr
  • Borrowings₹233 Cr
  • Owed to suppliers₹80 Cr

CL Educate business segments, year to Mar 2026

A reportable segment is a line of business the company must report on its own. Consolidated, ₹ crore, as the company reports them. A segment at a loss has no share of profit.CL Educate segment results by quarter

Revenue by segment

₹548 CrTotal
  • DEX₹223 Cr40.7% of total
  • EdTech₹163 Cr29.8% of total
  • MarTech₹162 Cr29.5% of total

Profit by segment

  • DEX₹34.5 Cr97.2% of total
  • MarTech₹1.0 Cr2.8% of total

Segment results by year

Consolidated, ₹ crore, years to March.

  • DEX

    Revenue, ₹ crore
    Profit, ₹ crore
  • EdTech

    Revenue, ₹ crore
    Profit, ₹ crore
  • MarTech

    Revenue, ₹ crore
    Profit, ₹ crore
  • Others

    Revenue, ₹ crore
    Profit, ₹ crore
₹ croreMar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
Revenue of all businesses372310188207291319358548
Company revenue, as in its results339309184207291319358548
Revenue––––––28223
Revenue growth–––––––695.1%
Profit––––––034
Margin––––––−0.2%15.4%
Return on capital––––––0.0%17.6%
Assets––––––262288
Liabilities––––––6792
Capital employed––––––195196
Revenue–––129176200184163
Revenue1261157678115119146162
Revenue00000000
Revenue39−2−4–––––
Revenue25208–––––
Revenue––54–––––
Revenue––50–––––
Revenue182175––––––
00––––––
0–––––––
Profit is before tax and finance costs, the way companies report their segments.

Profit and loss

Consolidated, ₹ crore, years to March.CL Educate quarterly results

₹ croreMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Filed 11 JunMar 2020Filed 3 JulMar 2021Filed 26 JunMar 2022Filed 24 MayMar 2023Filed 17 MayMar 2024Filed 11 MayMar 2025Filed 3 JulMar 2026Filed 14 May
Revenue from operations270289339309184207291319358548
240279312315195187266295336500
Materials and goods bought81411534109810
Employee costs––58534037475167116
Other expenses––243258152145209234261374
Operating profit before depreciation301027−7−102026242248
Operating margin11.0%3.4%7.9%−2.1%−5.6%9.9%8.8%7.5%6.2%8.8%
Materials, % of revenue––3.3%1.5%1.7%2.1%3.5%2.9%2.2%1.7%
Employee costs, % of revenue––17.1%17.2%21.5%17.9%16.0%16.0%18.6%21.2%
Other expenses, % of revenue––71.7%83.4%82.4%70.1%71.7%73.6%73.0%68.3%
Depreciation and amortisation689148811142041
Operating profit after depreciation23117−21−1912151027
Other income91313151096141021
Finance costs86686422844
Profit before one-off items and tax25824−14−151819224−16
One-off items000−420001−4−5
Profit before tax25824−55−151819230−20
857−1−33−4621
Share of profit of joint ventures and associates––00000−1––
Profit from discontinued businesses––210000−9−4
17620−53−12142316−11−26
Other comprehensive income––00012016
Total comprehensive income––20−53−11152516−10−20
Net margin6.2%2.0%–−17.2%−6.4%6.6%7.7%5.0%––
Net margin without joint ventures and associates–––−17.1%−6.4%6.8%7.9%5.3%––
Materials, employee costs and other expenses are shown for the years they add up to operating expenses; for the years to Mar 2017 and Mar 2018 they do not, so they are left blank. Belonging to the company's shareholders is left blank for the year to Mar 2017: the filing's earnings per share does not match the profit it states, and cannot be multiplied back into the owners' profit because the company's periods around it state no share for other owners for the gap to belong to. Net margin is left blank for the years to Mar 2019, Mar 2025 and Mar 2026: the profit includes the result of a business the company has discontinued, which the revenue does not, so the two make no margin.

Balance sheet

Consolidated, ₹ crore, at 31 March.

₹ croreMar 2019Filed 11 JunMar 2020Filed 3 JulMar 2021Filed 26 JunMar 2022Filed 24 MayMar 2023Filed 17 MayMar 2024Filed 11 MayMar 2025Filed 3 JulMar 2026Filed 14 May
338284272262275279269251
338283272262275281272253
Share capital1414141428272727
Reserves324269258247247254245226
Belonging to outside owners of subsidiaries000–0−2−2−2
534338171021241233
13812390738693224414
171414131217404233
494421377348373388897898
220178157107165144428451
244215185188195231468447
Net debt5−9−30−44−53−839−51
Borrowings are counted again inside the liabilities due within a year and after a year. No balance sheet is on record for the years to Mar 2017 and Mar 2018, so its lines and the ratios worked from it are blank there.

Cash flow

Consolidated, ₹ crore, years to March.

₹ croreMar 2021Filed 26 JunMar 2022Filed 24 MayMar 2023Filed 17 MayMar 2024Filed 11 MayMar 2025Filed 3 JulMar 2026Filed 14 May
263324261679
222731281781
23−1−13−723
Receivables121−24−9−1118
Inventories0−120−11
Payables−16412−7813
Other working capital5−193−3−9
Tax paid47−7−20−3
Capital spending5212813129
Free cash flow2112−425−1450
−4−18−4−245−6
−17−35−22−6208−53
Dividends paid000000
Shares bought back0010800
Shares issued000000
Net change in cash6−21016−2020
Capital spending is part of cash from investing, and dividends paid, shares bought back and shares issued are part of cash from financing. Each is shown as an amount on a line of its own, and the section's other items are in its total only. No cash flow statement is on record for the years to Mar 2017, Mar 2018, Mar 2019 and Mar 2020.

Per share

Consolidated, ₹ per share, years to March.CL Educate dividend history

₹ per shareMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Filed 11 JunMar 2020Filed 3 JulMar 2021Filed 26 JunMar 2022Filed 24 MayMar 2023Filed 17 MayMar 2024Filed 11 MayMar 2025Filed 3 JulMar 2026Filed 14 May
₹3.96₹1.05₹3.53−₹9.36−₹2.09₹2.44₹4.08₹2.89−₹2.09−₹4.81
As stated that year₹15.84₹4.18₹14.10−₹37.45−₹8.35₹4.87₹4.08₹2.89−₹2.09−₹4.81
₹3.96₹1.04₹3.53−₹9.36−₹2.09₹2.44₹4.08₹2.88−₹2.09−₹4.81
––₹0.25₹0.25––––––
––₹59.70₹50.01₹48.03₹46.17₹49.90₹51.91₹50.20₹46.65
Dividend payout––7.1%–––––––
Shareholder yield––––0.0%0.0%3.5%1.8%0.0%0.0%
Market cap at the year end (₹ crore)59826817244130354273463426241
Every year is restated for later splits and bonuses, so they do not break the line. The figure the company stated that year is under each line it differs from.

Ratios

Consolidated, years to March.CL Educate PE ratio and valuation

RatioMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Filed 11 JunMar 2020Filed 3 JulMar 2021Filed 26 JunMar 2022Filed 24 MayMar 2023Filed 17 MayMar 2024Filed 11 MayMar 2025Filed 3 JulMar 2026Filed 14 May
Revenue growth–7.0%17.4%−9.0%−40.2%12.4%40.4%9.4%–53.1%
Operating profit growth–−66.9%173.8%–––25.3%−6.4%–115.5%
Net profit growth–−65.5%248.1%–––63.4%−29.9%––
Earnings per share growth–−73.6%237.3%–––67.6%−29.2%––
––5.9%−17.1%−4.2%––5.4%−4.1%−9.9%
–––−23.0 pts12.9 pts–––−9.5 pts−5.8 pts
From the net margin––––10.8 pts–––––
From asset turnover––––2.0 pts–––––
From borrowing––––0.1 pts–––––
Return on capital employed––4.5%−6.3%−6.0%–5.1%3.4%0.4%1.3%
Cash conversion–––––242.1%107.9%161.8%––
Interest cover3.00.22.8––3.59.04.20.30.1
Debt to equity––0.160.150.14–0.040.080.900.93
Receivable days––140112104–877411353
Inventory days––3231,1381,659–434504634450
Payable days––1,5853,1912,842–1,4411,3313,1103,060
Cash conversion cycle, days––−1,122−1,941−1,079–−920−753−2,363−2,557
Working capital days––11194117–686280−127
Asset turnover––0.690.670.46––0.840.560.61
Assets per rupee of net worth––1.461.471.44––1.372.333.42
Sales per rupee of plant––7.846.275.1122.2527.3119.4011.7911.35
Capital spending to depreciation––––0.612.602.530.061.510.71
Plant being built, % of plant in use–––0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Interest cover is left blank for the years to Mar 2020 and Mar 2021: operating profit after depreciation is a loss, and a loss covers no interest bill. From the net margin, from asset turnover and from borrowing are left blank for the years to Mar 2020, Mar 2025 and Mar 2026: the profit of this year or the year before includes a business the company has discontinued while its revenue does not, so the change in return on equity is not split into margin, turnover and borrowing. Return on equity, asset turnover and assets per rupee of net worth are left blank for the years to Mar 2022 and Mar 2023: a tenth or more of the assets on the balance sheet it is worked from are held for sale or for a demerger, so it would mix the business being kept with the part that is leaving. Change in return on equity, from the net margin, from asset turnover and from borrowing are left blank for the years to Mar 2022, Mar 2023 and Mar 2024: a tenth or more of the assets on the balance sheet it is worked from are held for sale or for a demerger, so it would mix the business being kept with the part that is leaving. Debt to equity, receivable days, inventory days, payable days, cash conversion cycle, days, return on capital employed and working capital days are left blank for the year to Mar 2022: a tenth or more of the assets on the balance sheet it is worked from are held for sale or for a demerger, so it would mix the business being kept with the part that is leaving. Revenue growth and operating profit growth are left blank for the year to Mar 2025: between the two periods the company began reporting a business as discontinued, so the two are on different bases and the change is not worked out. No balance sheet is on record for the years to Mar 2017 and Mar 2018, so its lines and the ratios worked from it are blank there.

Growth and returns over 3, 5 and 10 years

Consolidated: the company and its subsidiaries together. Each window ends with the year to Mar 2026.

Return on assets, latest year
−2.9%
Cash from operations against operating profit
164.8%
Measure10 years5 years3 years
Revenue growth, yearly rate–24.3%23.5%
Return on equity, average––−2.8%
Return on capital employed, average–2.6%1.7%
Operating margin, average5.6%8.2%7.5%
Asset turnover, average––0.67
Cash conversion cycle, days, average–−1,648−1,891
Interest cover, average–3.41.5
Debt to equity, average–0.480.63

Where the cash came from and went

Consolidated: the company and its subsidiaries together. ₹ crore, added up over each window, which ends with the year to Mar 2026.

₹ crore5 years3 yearsLatest year
Cash from operations17912179
Cash from investing−249−256−6
Cash from financing93150−53
Capital spending1106129
Dividends paid000
Shares bought back1880
Shares issued for cash000
Borrowings raised2282280
Borrowings repaid4199

Accounting checks

Consolidated, years to March. Published tests of whether reported profit is backed by cash and the balance sheet.

CheckMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
Piotroski score, out of 9Published threshold 3 points out of 9––––586745
Altman Z-scorePublished threshold 1.1––6.254.926.458.097.387.573.191.64
Beneish M-scorePublished threshold −1.78––––−3.29−2.71−2.12−2.75−2.14−3.16
Profit not backed by cash, % of assetsPublished threshold 10 per cent of average total assets––––−8.61−5.23−2.61−1.4533.88−10.99
Cash from operations to profit, 3 yearsPublished threshold 0.7 times––––––3.421.602.45–
Receivables growth less revenue growthOur threshold 0 percentage points–––−18.10−4.36−17.27−1.00−16.0557.88−81.04
Inventory growth less cost-of-goods growthOur threshold 0 percentage points–––105.8931.36−35.06−150.7814.4022.59−34.65
Other current assets growth less revenue growthOur threshold 5 per cent of revenue–––0.97−2.287.00−0.300.1117.27−7.21
Assets under construction, years of additionsOur threshold 2 years of additions–––0.00––0.000.000.000.00
Effective tax ratePublished threshold 17.16 per cent32.4158.9827.74––19.48−19.8026.20––
Tax charged less tax paid, % of profitOur threshold 10 percentage points–––––−18.01−56.6016.69––
A threshold marked as ours has no published figure; it is the line we read the check against.

Credit ratings

An agency's view of the chance the company repays a borrowing on time, from AAA, the highest, down to D, in default.

DateAgencyBorrowing ratedRatingOutlookAmount, ₹ Cr
14 Oct 2026ICRA Limited (opens in a new tab)Issuer RatingLong-term scale[ICRA]BBBNew, NewStable
The latest rating on each borrowing. The agency's name opens its reasoning for the rating.