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Century Plyboards (India) Ltd

NSE: CENTURYPLY BSE: 532548

735.05

(-3.72%)

Tue, 03 Mar 2026, 06:33 pm

Century Plyboards (India) Analysis

dividend

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Pros

  • Dividends per share have increased over the past 10 years.
  • Dividends paid are well covered by earnings (6.3x coverage).
  • Dividends after 3 years are expected to be well covered by earnings (5.8x coverage).
  • Century Plyboards (India)'s pays a higher dividend yield than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in India (0.76%).
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Cons

  • Dividends per share have been volatile in the past 10 years (annual drop of over 20%).
  • Century Plyboards (India)'s dividend is below the markets top 25% of dividend payers in India (3.08%).

future

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Pros

  • Century Plyboards (India)'s earnings growth is expected to exceed the low risk savings rate of 7.2%.
  • Century Plyboards (India)'s earnings are expected to exceed the low risk growth rate next year.
  • Performance (ROE) is expected to be above the current IN Forestry industry average.
  • An improvement in Century Plyboards (India)'s performance (ROE) is expected over the next 3 years.
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Cons

  • Cash flow for Century Plyboards (India) is expected to increase but not above the 50% threshold in 2 years time.
  • Century Plyboards (India)'s earnings are expected to grow by 11.9% yearly, however this is not considered high growth (20% yearly).
  • Century Plyboards (India)'s earnings growth is positive but not above the India market average.
  • Century Plyboards (India)'s net income is expected to increase but not above the 50% threshold in 2 years time.
  • Century Plyboards (India) is not expected to efficiently use shareholders’ funds in the future (Return on Equity less than 20%).
  • Century Plyboards (India)'s revenue is expected to increase but not above the 50% threshold in 2 years time.
  • Century Plyboards (India)'s revenue is expected to grow by 4.7% yearly, however this is not considered high growth (20% yearly).
  • Century Plyboards (India)'s revenue growth is positive but not above the India market average.

health

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Pros

  • Century Plyboards (India) is able to meet its short term (1 year) commitments with its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
  • Century Plyboards (India) is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
  • Century Plyboards (India) is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
  • Debt is well covered by operating cash flow (64.5%, greater than 20% of total debt).
  • Debt is covered by short term assets, assets are 2.1x debt.
  • Century Plyboards (India)'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 (141.7% vs 37.7% today).
  • Interest payments on debt are well covered by earnings (EBIT is 8.7x coverage).
  • Century Plyboards (India)'s level of debt (37.7%) compared to net worth is satisfactory (less than 40%).
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Cons

  • High level of physical assets or inventory.

management

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Pros

  • The tenure for the Century Plyboards (India) board of directors is about average.
  • Sanjay's remuneration is lower than average for companies of similar size in India.
  • Sanjay's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year, both up more than 20%.
  • More shares have been bought than sold by Century Plyboards (India) individual insiders in the past 3 months.
  • The average tenure for the Century Plyboards (India) management team is over 5 years, this suggests they are a seasoned and experienced team.
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Cons

    misc

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    Pros

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      Cons

      • Century Plyboards (India) has significant price volatility in the past 3 months.

      past

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      Pros

      • Century Plyboards (India)'s 1-year earnings growth exceeds its 5-year average (10.5% vs -0.2%)
      • Century Plyboards (India) used its assets more efficiently than the IN Forestry industry average last year based on Return on Assets.
      • Century Plyboards (India)'s earnings growth has exceeded the IN Forestry industry average in the past year (10.5% vs 4.1%).
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      Cons

      • Century Plyboards (India)'s year on year earnings growth rate was negative over the past 5 years, however the most recent earnings are above average.
      • Century Plyboards (India)'s use of capital deteriorated last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed).
      • Century Plyboards (India) has not efficiently used shareholders’ funds last year (Return on Equity less than 20%).

      value

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      Pros

      • 532548 outperformed the Forestry industry which returned -48.1% over the past year.
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      Cons

      • Century Plyboards (India)'s share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a moderate discount (< 20%).
      • Century Plyboards (India)'s share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a substantial discount (< 40%).
      • Century Plyboards (India) is overvalued based on assets compared to the IN Forestry industry average.
      • Century Plyboards (India) is poor value based on expected growth next year.
      • Century Plyboards (India) is overvalued based on earnings compared to the IN Forestry industry average.
      • Century Plyboards (India) is overvalued based on earnings compared to the India market.
      • 532548 underperformed the Market in India which returned -14.5% over the past year.
      • BSE:532548 is down -5.4% underperforming the Forestry industry which returned 7.8% over the past month.
      • BSE:532548 is down -5.4% underperforming the market in India which returned 8% over the past month.

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