B & A Ltd
NSE: BSE: 508136
â‚ą393.65
+4.05 (1.04%)
Sat, 24 Oct 2026, 09:18 am
Market Cap (in Cr)127.7
PE Ratio167.23
Dividend0
Process Industries
Agricultural Commodities/Milling
24.5KB & A Analysis
dividend
- Dividends paid are thoroughly covered by earnings (23.9x coverage).
- B&A's pays a higher dividend yield than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in India (0.76%).
- Dividends per share have fallen over the past 10 years.
- Dividends per share have been volatile in the past 10 years (annual drop of over 20%).
- B&A's dividend is below the markets top 25% of dividend payers in India (3.08%).
health
- B&A is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
- B&A is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
- Debt is well covered by operating cash flow (26.3%, greater than 20% of total debt).
- Debt is covered by short term assets, assets are 1.6x debt.
- B&A's cash and other short term assets cover its long term commitments.
- The level of debt compared to net worth has been reduced over the past 5 years (57.7% vs 53.7% today).
- Interest payments on debt are well covered by earnings (EBIT is 3.1x coverage).
- B&A's short term (1 year) commitments are greater than its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
- B&A's level of debt (53.7%) compared to net worth is high (greater than 40%).
- High level of physical assets or inventory.
management
- The tenure for the B&A board of directors is about average.
- Somnath's remuneration is about average for companies of similar size in India.
- Somnath's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year, both up more than 20%.
- The average tenure for the B&A management team is over 5 years, this suggests they are a seasoned and experienced team.
misc
- B&A is not covered by any analysts.
- B&A has significant price volatility in the past 3 months.
past
- B&A's 1-year earnings growth exceeds its 5-year average (22% vs -11.8%)
- B&A used its assets more efficiently than the IN Food industry average last year based on Return on Assets.
- B&A has significantly improved its use of capital last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed).
- B&A's earnings growth has exceeded the IN Food industry average in the past year (22% vs 20.5%).
- B&A's year on year earnings growth rate was negative over the past 5 years and the most recent earnings are below average.
- B&A has not efficiently used shareholders’ funds last year (Return on Equity less than 20%).
value
- B&A's share price is below the future cash flow value, and at a moderate discount (> 20%).
- B&A is good value based on assets compared to the IN Food industry average.
- B&A is good value based on earnings compared to the IN Food industry average.
- B&A is good value based on earnings compared to the India market.
- 508136 outperformed the Market in India which returned -14.5% over the past year.
- BSE:508136 is up 18.1% outperforming the Food industry which returned 5% over the past month.
- BSE:508136 is up 18.1% outperforming the market in India which returned 8% over the past month.
- B&A's share price is below the future cash flow value, but not at a substantial discount (< 40%).
- 508136 underperformed the Food industry which returned 18.8% over the past year.
