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Birla Cable Ltd

NSE: BIRLACABLE BSE: 500060

136.06

(0.35%)

Wed, 11 Mar 2026, 09:39 pm

Birla Cable Analysis

dividend

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Pros

  • Birla Cable's pays a higher dividend yield than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in India (0.76%).
  • Birla Cable's dividend is above the markets top 25% of dividend payers in India (3.08%).
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Cons

  • Dividend payments have increased, but Birla Cable only paid a dividend in the past 6 years.
  • Dividends paid are not well covered by earnings (0.2x coverage).
  • Birla Cable has been paying a dividend for less than 10 years and during this time payments have been volatile (annual drop of over 20%).

health

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Pros

  • Birla Cable is able to meet its short term (1 year) commitments with its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
  • Birla Cable is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
  • Birla Cable is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
  • Debt is well covered by operating cash flow (47.8%, greater than 20% of total debt).
  • Debt is covered by short term assets, assets are 2.8x debt.
  • Birla Cable'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 (66.9% vs 42.9% today).
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Cons

  • Interest payments on debt are not well covered by earnings (EBIT is 0.7x annual interest expense, ideally 3x coverage).
  • Birla Cable's level of debt (42.9%) compared to net worth is high (greater than 40%).
  • High level of physical assets or inventory.

management

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Pros

  • The average tenure for the Birla Cable board of directors is over 10 years, this suggests they are a seasoned and experienced board.
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Cons

  • R.'s remuneration is higher than average for companies of similar size in India.
  • R.'s compensation has increased by more than 20% whilst company earnings have fallen more than 20% in the past year.

misc

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Pros

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    Cons

    • Birla Cable is not covered by any analysts.
    • Birla Cable has significant price volatility in the past 3 months.

    past

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    Pros

    • Birla Cable has delivered over 20% year on year earnings growth in the past 5 years.
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    Cons

    • Birla Cable's 1-year earnings growth is negative, it can't be compared to the 5-year average.
    • Birla Cable used its assets less efficiently than the IN Communications industry average last year based on Return on Assets.
    • Birla Cable's use of capital deteriorated last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed).
    • Birla Cable has not efficiently used shareholders’ funds last year (Return on Equity less than 20%).
    • Birla Cable's 1-year earnings growth is negative, it can't be compared to the IN Communications industry average.

    value

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    Pros

    • Birla Cable's share price is below the future cash flow value, and at a moderate discount (> 20%).
    • Birla Cable's share price is below the future cash flow value, and at a substantial discount (> 40%).
    • NSEI:BIRLACABLE is up 10.8% outperforming the Communications industry which returned 2.1% over the past month.
    • NSEI:BIRLACABLE is up 10.8% outperforming the market in India which returned 8% over the past month.
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    Cons

    • Birla Cable is overvalued based on assets compared to the IN Communications industry average.
    • Birla Cable is overvalued based on earnings compared to the IN Communications industry average.
    • Birla Cable is overvalued based on earnings compared to the India market.
    • BIRLACABLE underperformed the Communications industry which returned -29.7% over the past year.
    • BIRLACABLE underperformed the Market in India which returned -14.5% over the past year.

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