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Sat, 31 Jan 2026, 03:50 pm

Analysis

dividend

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Pros

  • Dividends per share have increased over the past 10 years.
  • Dividends paid are covered by earnings (2x coverage).
  • Dividends after 3 years are expected to be well covered by earnings (2.5x coverage).
  • Dividends per share have been stable in the past 10 years.
  • Essel Propack's pays a higher dividend yield than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in India (0.76%).
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Cons

  • Essel Propack's dividend is below the markets top 25% of dividend payers in India (3.08%).

future

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Pros

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

  • Cash flow for Essel Propack is expected to increase but not above the 50% threshold in 2 years time.
  • Essel Propack's earnings are expected to grow by 17.8% yearly, however this is not considered high growth (20% yearly).
  • Essel Propack's earnings growth is positive but not above the India market average.
  • Essel Propack's net income is expected to increase but not above the 50% threshold in 2 years time.
  • Essel Propack is not expected to efficiently use shareholders’ funds in the future (Return on Equity less than 20%).
  • Essel Propack's revenue is expected to increase but not above the 50% threshold in 2 years time.
  • Essel Propack's revenue is expected to grow by 6.7% yearly, however this is not considered high growth (20% yearly).
  • Essel Propack's revenue growth is positive but not above the India market average.

health

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Pros

  • Essel Propack is able to meet its short term (1 year) commitments with its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
  • Essel Propack is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
  • Essel Propack is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
  • Debt is well covered by operating cash flow (92.9%, greater than 20% of total debt).
  • Debt is covered by short term assets, assets are 2.6x debt.
  • Essel Propack'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 (114% vs 34.1% today).
  • Interest payments on debt are well covered by earnings (EBIT is 6.5x coverage).
  • Essel Propack's level of debt (34.1%) 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 Essel Propack management team is about average.
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Cons

  • The average tenure for the Essel Propack board of directors is less than 3 years, this suggests a new board.

past

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Pros

  • Essel Propack's 1-year earnings growth exceeds its 5-year average (7.7% vs 3.9%)
  • Essel Propack's year on year earnings growth rate has been positive over the past 5 years.
  • Essel Propack used its assets more efficiently than the IN Packaging industry average last year based on Return on Assets.
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Cons

  • Essel Propack's use of capital has not improved over the past 3 years (Return on Capital Employed).
  • Essel Propack has not efficiently used shareholders’ funds last year (Return on Equity less than 20%).
  • Essel Propack's earnings growth has not exceeded the IN Packaging industry average in the past year (7.7% vs 16.2%).

value

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Pros

  • ESSELPACK outperformed the Packaging industry which returned -14.7% over the past year.
  • ESSELPACK outperformed the Market in India which returned -14.5% over the past year.
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Cons

  • Essel Propack's share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a moderate discount (< 20%).
  • Essel Propack's share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a substantial discount (< 40%).
  • Essel Propack is overvalued based on assets compared to the IN Packaging industry average.
  • Essel Propack is poor value based on expected growth next year.
  • Essel Propack is overvalued based on earnings compared to the IN Packaging industry average.
  • Essel Propack is overvalued based on earnings compared to the India market.
  • NSEI:ESSELPACK is flat (-0.7%) underperforming the Packaging industry which returned 6.3% over the past month.
  • NSEI:ESSELPACK is flat (-0.7%) underperforming the market in India which returned 8% over the past month.

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