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BSE: 502865Consumer DurablesSmall Cap

Last close ₹265.45up ₹1.70 (0.64%)

Share price at the BSE close on 23 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹263.75.

52-week range of traded prices to 23 Oct 2026
₹242.20Low, 31 Jul 2026₹462.75High, 28 Jan 2026
Market cap
₹342 Cr1,919th largest listed
P/E
28.2
P/B
1.7
Dividend yield
Nonein the last 12 months
ROE
5.8%
ROCE
3.6%
Debt to equity
0.00
Volume, BSE
3,053

10 years at a glance

Consolidated: the company and its subsidiaries together. ₹ crore, years to March.Forbes & Company annual reports

Revenue, net profit and borrowings, ₹ crore

  • Revenue
  • Net profit
  • Borrowings
  • Loss
A loss in 5 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 2022, the company's revenue for that year, ₹515 Cr, differs from its quarters added, ₹2,119 Cr; the company reports the part of the business demerged on 10 Feb 2022 as discontinued, and figures before the change include it. From the year to Mar 2024, the company's revenue for that year, ₹126 Cr, differs from its quarters added, ₹288 Cr.

Results for the year to Mar 2026

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

From revenue to net profit

  1. Revenue76
  2. Materials and goods−24
  3. Employee costs−17
  4. Other expenses−25
  5. Operating profit10
  6. Depreciation−2.9
  7. Other income+14
  8. One-off items0.0
  9. Finance costs−0.7
  10. Profit before tax21
  11. Tax−4.8
  12. Joint ventures−2.5
  13. Net profit13

What the company owns

  • Plant, investments and other assets₹176 Cr
  • Current investments₹40 Cr
  • Cash and bank₹21 Cr
  • Inventory₹10 Cr
  • Receivables₹8 Cr

What pays for it: net worth and liabilities

  • Net worth₹199 Cr
  • Other liabilities₹41 Cr
  • Owed to suppliers₹15 Cr

Forbes & Company 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.Forbes & Company segment results by quarter

Revenue by segment

₹78 CrTotal
  • Real Estate₹39.3 Cr50.3% of total
  • Coding and Industrial Automation₹38.9 Cr49.7% of total

Profit by segment

  • Real Estate₹22.2 Cr94.0% of total
  • Coding and Industrial Automation₹1.4 Cr6.0% of total

Segment results by year

Consolidated, ₹ crore, years to March.

  • Real Estate

    Revenue, ₹ crore
    Profit, ₹ crore
  • Coding and Industrial Automation

    Revenue, ₹ crore
    Profit, ₹ crore
₹ croreMar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
Revenue of all businesses2,8552,7562,85851544212619978
Company revenue, as in its results2,8532,7552,85751544212619976
Revenue192040430199416839
Revenue growth–––−92.6%−34.6%382.4%79.2%−76.6%
Profit3612781344622
Profit growth–––−94.1%−83.5%2,663.7%34.9%−52.0%
Margin17.4%32.4%31.4%25.3%6.4%36.6%27.5%56.5%
Return on capital––––––5,853.2%220.7%
Assets–3731511631931614938
Liabilities–4691721882652024828
Capital employed–−96−22−25−72−41110
Revenue–––––313139
Revenue12475281131––
Revenue000000––
Revenue2,3882,3702,151224190–––
Revenue209176159206230–––
Revenue114115115440–––
Profit is before tax and finance costs, the way companies report their segments.

Profit and loss

Consolidated, ₹ crore, years to March.Forbes & Company quarterly results

₹ croreMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Filed 12 JunMar 2020Filed 27 JulMar 2021Filed 5 JulMar 2022Filed 8 JunMar 2023Filed 27 MayMar 2024Filed 3 AugMar 2025Filed 25 AugMar 2026Filed 14 May
Revenue from operations3,0232,8282,8532,7552,85751544212619976
2,9192,6992,7112,7232,66846546112117266
Materials and goods bought1,1671,0289909361,1411381375012524
Employee costs––686695619173143151417
Other expenses––1,0351,092908154182563225
Operating profit before depreciation1051291433118949−1952810
Operating margin3.5%4.6%5.0%1.1%6.6%9.6%−4.3%3.6%13.9%13.3%
Materials, % of revenue––34.7%34.0%40.0%26.8%30.9%39.8%62.7%31.6%
Employee costs, % of revenue––24.1%25.2%21.7%33.6%32.3%11.9%7.2%22.0%
Other expenses, % of revenue––36.3%39.7%31.8%30.0%41.1%44.7%16.2%33.2%
Depreciation and amortisation71777799974127223
Operating profit after depreciation345266−68928−463267
Other income533038378034268251614
Finance costs749689101874218211
Profit before one-off items and tax13−1414−132850204274221
One-off items820−10−215−121−35012−300
Profit before tax95−144−347−36−350216244221
242814−280−10282115
Share of profit of joint ventures and associates19–768123−2−2−2
Profit from discontinued businesses––––−94,5520−2394–
90−32−3−338−1174,225192−412313
Other comprehensive income––3−162265−323318−34
Total comprehensive income––0−355−944,29016028141−20
Net margin3.0%−1.1%−0.1%−12.3%−4.1%–43.4%––17.6%
Net margin without joint ventures and associates2.4%–−0.4%−12.5%−4.4%–42.7%––20.9%
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. Net margin is left blank for the years to Mar 2022, Mar 2024 and Mar 2025: 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 12 JunMar 2020Filed 27 JulMar 2021Filed 5 JulMar 2022Filed 8 JunMar 2023Filed 27 MayMar 2024Filed 3 AugMar 2025Filed 25 AugMar 2026Filed 14 May
37310−7782225140219199
264−88−14183225140219199
Share capital1313131313131313
Reserves251−101−15470212127207186
Belonging to outside owners of subsidiaries109996400000
86778962927551400
1,7452,1831,7186154102635835
76155540210067172820
2,8792,7482,043797701421305255
1,5531,329932336312185209170
1,3261,4191,1113563892369684
Net debt793687444253−28−65−62−61
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 5 JulMar 2022Filed 8 JunMar 2023Filed 27 MayMar 2024Filed 3 AugMar 2025Filed 25 AugMar 2026Filed 14 May
307201554−103−6
306226564−105−2
5310481−24−41−14
Receivables342110−5−10
Inventories250−56−11381075
Payables−39−37−1111−4−10
Other working capital−19317692−68−143−9
Tax paid1−26−202−4
Capital spending265915122
Free cash flow281142394−105−8
11932216870
−377−298−243−6−1−1
Dividends paid0082000
Shares bought back000000
Shares issued000000
Net change in cash49−65286−97−7
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.Forbes & Company dividend history

₹ per shareMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Filed 12 JunMar 2020Filed 27 JulMar 2021Filed 5 JulMar 2022Filed 8 JunMar 2023Filed 27 MayMar 2024Filed 3 AugMar 2025Filed 25 AugMar 2026Filed 14 May
Earnings per share₹70.58−₹25.30₹5.47−₹254.95−₹61.00₹3,319.02₹150.77−₹3.50₹96.42₹10.53
Diluted earnings per share₹70.58−₹25.30₹5.47−₹254.95−₹61.00₹3,319.02₹150.77−₹3.50₹96.42₹10.53
Dividend per share₹2.50₹2.50–₹2.50––₹65.00–––
Book value per share––₹207.07−₹68.33−₹109.32₹64.02₹174.28₹108.74₹170.14₹154.54
Dividend payout3.6%–––––43.7%–––
Shareholder yield––––0.0%−0.1%10.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Market cap at the year end (₹ crore)2,2773,9922,8349922,224529754557376408

Ratios

Consolidated, years to March.Forbes & Company PE ratio and valuation

RatioMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Filed 12 JunMar 2020Filed 27 JulMar 2021Filed 5 JulMar 2022Filed 8 JunMar 2023Filed 27 MayMar 2024Filed 3 AugMar 2025Filed 25 AugMar 2026Filed 14 May
Revenue growth−20.5%−6.5%0.9%−3.5%3.7%–−14.1%–58.2%−61.8%
Operating profit growth–23.6%10.3%−78.1%505.9%–––513.5%−63.6%
Net profit growth––––––−95.5%––−89.1%
Earnings per share growth––––––−95.5%––−89.1%
––2.6%−369.9%67.8%––−2.4%68.3%6.4%
–––−372.6 pts437.7 pts–––70.7 pts−61.8 pts
From the net margin–––−130.2 pts284.6 pts–––––
From asset turnover–––1.5 pts−18.6 pts–––––
From borrowing–––−243.9 pts171.8 pts–––––
Return on capital employed––5.3%−8.5%16.6%–−16.8%2.0%11.9%3.6%
Cash conversion–––––4.8%28.5%–−84.2%−45.6%
Interest cover0.50.50.7–1.10.2–1.849.311.0
Debt to equity––2.3376.20––0.230.030.000.00
Receivable days––595441–48291537
Inventory days––220278151–56588443150
Payable days––151158111–19133871222
Cash conversion cycle, days––12817480–422574−13−35
Working capital days––−26−56−52–−56−268−43−58
Asset turnover––0.990.981.19––0.220.550.27
Assets per rupee of net worth––10.9232.06−20.90––3.072.021.34
Sales per rupee of plant––5.164.828.005.214.7679.1872.4520.80
Capital spending to depreciation––––0.261.430.560.331.250.73
Plant being built, % of plant in use––0.7%0.2%0.6%0.8%2.0%0.0%3.6%9.3%
Interest cover is left blank for the years to Mar 2020 and Mar 2023: operating profit after depreciation is a loss, and a loss covers no interest bill. Debt to equity is left blank for the year to Mar 2021: net worth is below zero, so there is no shareholders' money to set the borrowings against. 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 2022: between the two periods the company restated its earlier figures and the company began reporting a business as discontinued, so the two are on different bases and the change is not worked out. Revenue growth is left blank for the year to Mar 2024: between the two periods the company restated its earlier figures, so the two are on different bases and the change is not worked out. From the net margin, from asset turnover and from borrowing are left blank for the years to 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. 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
4.8%
Cash from operations against operating profit
−60.6%
Measure10 years5 years3 years
Revenue growth, yearly rate−32.4%−51.6%−44.4%
Profit growth, yearly rate––−58.8%
Return on equity, average––24.1%
Return on capital employed, average–0.2%5.8%
Operating margin, average5.7%7.2%10.3%
Asset turnover, average––0.35
Cash conversion cycle, days, average–237175
Interest cover, average–15.620.7
Debt to equity, average–0.060.01

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 operations150−105−6
Cash from investing263150
Cash from financing−549−8−1
Capital spending7952
Dividends paid8300
Shares bought back000
Shares issued for cash000
Borrowings raised8200
Borrowings repaid34000

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––––666464
Altman Z-scorePublished threshold 1.81––1.720.541.65−0.453.072.034.866.27
Beneish M-scorePublished threshold −1.78––––−3.60−6.01−1.97−3.280.45−1.62
Profit not backed by cash, % of assetsPublished threshold 10 per cent of average total assets––––−22.68281.12−10.51−2.9360.556.89
Cash from operations to profit, 3 yearsPublished threshold 0.7 times––––––0.130.06−0.14−0.80
Receivables growth less revenue growthOur threshold 0 percentage points–––−9.03−25.319.24−19.07−11.53−73.3754.61
Inventory growth less cost-of-goods growthOur threshold 0 percentage points–––25.07−55.9230.675.9920.75−237.1448.73
Other current assets growth less revenue growthOur threshold 5 per cent of revenue–––−0.05−1.76−17.30−1.35−3.26−12.27−7.03
Assets under construction, years of additionsOur threshold 2 years of additions–––0.01––0.09–0.040.09
Effective tax ratePublished threshold 17.16 per cent25.14–338.32–––12.8610.4326.9423.08
Tax charged less tax paid, % of profitOur threshold 10 percentage points––––––12.148.3822.413.92
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
17 Feb 2026CARE Ratings Limited (opens in a new tab)Fund-based - LT-Cash CreditLong-term scaleCARE BBB-Review, Re-affirmStable42.58
17 Feb 2026CARE Ratings Limited (opens in a new tab)Non-fund-based - ST-BG/LCShort-term scaleCARE A3Review, Re-affirm7.50
30 Dec 2025CRISIL Ratings Limited (opens in a new tab)Corporate Credit RatingLong-term scaleCrisil BBB-Rating AssignedStable
The latest rating on each borrowing. The agency's name opens its reasoning for the rating.