Larsen & Toubro Ltd

NSE: LT BSE: 500510

₹3938.90

(0.03%)

Mon, 10 Aug 2026, 04:12 am

Market Cap (in Cr)541844.69

PE Ratio32.67

Dividend0.96

Industrial Services

Engineering & Construction

24.5K

Larsen & Toubro Analysis

Pros

Dividends per share have increased over the past 10 years.
Dividends paid are well covered by earnings (3.5x coverage).
Dividends after 3 years are expected to be well covered by earnings (2.7x coverage).
Larsen & Toubro's pays a higher dividend yield than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in India (0.76%).

Cons

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

Pros

Larsen & Toubro's earnings growth is expected to exceed the low risk savings rate of 7.2%.
Larsen & Toubro's earnings are expected to increase by more than the low risk growth rate in 3 years time.
Performance (ROE) is expected to be above the current IN Construction industry average.
An improvement in Larsen & Toubro's performance (ROE) is expected over the next 3 years.

Cons

Cash flow for Larsen & Toubro is expected to increase but not above the 50% threshold in 2 years time.
Larsen & Toubro's earnings are expected to grow by 10.3% yearly, however this is not considered high growth (20% yearly).
Larsen & Toubro's earnings growth is positive but not above the India market average.
Larsen & Toubro's earnings are expected to decrease over the next year.
Larsen & Toubro's net income is expected to increase but not above the 50% threshold in 2 years time.
Larsen & Toubro is not expected to efficiently use shareholders’ funds in the future (Return on Equity less than 20%).
Larsen & Toubro's revenue is expected to increase but not above the 50% threshold in 2 years time.
Larsen & Toubro's revenue is expected to grow by 6.3% yearly, however this is not considered high growth (20% yearly).
Larsen & Toubro's revenue growth is positive but not above the India market average.

Pros

Larsen & Toubro is able to meet its short term (1 year) commitments with its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
Larsen & Toubro is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
Larsen & Toubro is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
Debt is covered by short term assets, assets are 1.3x debt.
Larsen & Toubro'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 (197.3% vs 184.9% today).
Interest payments on debt are well covered by earnings (EBIT is 5.8x coverage).
Low level of unsold assets.

Cons

Debt is not well covered by operating cash flow (4.7%, less than 20% of total debt).
Larsen & Toubro's level of debt (184.9%) compared to net worth is high (greater than 40%).

Pros

The tenure for the Larsen & Toubro board of directors is about average.
More shares have been bought than sold by Larsen & Toubro individual insiders in the past 3 months.
The tenure for the Larsen & Toubro management team is about average.

Cons

SNS's remuneration is higher than average for companies of similar size in India.
SNS's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year whilst earnings fell less than 20%.

Pros

Larsen & Toubro's year on year earnings growth rate has been positive over the past 5 years.
Larsen & Toubro has improved its use of capital last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed).

Cons

Larsen & Toubro's 1-year earnings growth is negative, it can't be compared to the 5-year average.
Larsen & Toubro used its assets less efficiently than the IN Construction industry average last year based on Return on Assets.
Larsen & Toubro has not efficiently used shareholders’ funds last year (Return on Equity less than 20%).
Larsen & Toubro's 1-year earnings growth is negative, it can't be compared to the IN Construction industry average.

Pros

Cons

Larsen & Toubro's share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a moderate discount (< 20%).
Larsen & Toubro's share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a substantial discount (< 40%).
Larsen & Toubro is overvalued based on assets compared to the IN Construction industry average.
Larsen & Toubro is poor value based on expected growth next year.
Larsen & Toubro is overvalued based on earnings compared to the IN Construction industry average.
Larsen & Toubro is overvalued based on earnings compared to the India market.
LT underperformed the Market in India which returned -14.5% over the past year.
NSEI:LT is up 3.5% underperforming the Construction industry which returned 7.1% over the past month.
NSEI:LT is up 3.5% underperforming the market in India which returned 8% over the past month.