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CESC

NSI:CESC INE486A01013
7
  • Value
    52
  • Growth
    30
  • Safety
    Safety
    12
  • Combined
    12
  • Sentiment
    85
  • 360° View
    360° View
    7
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Company Description

CESC Limited is an integrated power utility company engaged in electricity generation and distribution. Its main businesses span coal mining, power generation, and power distribution. It operates in Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly, North and South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, and also has distribution franchisees in Kota, Bharatpur, Bikaner in Rajasthan, and Malegaon, Maharashtra. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $2796 million.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 7 (better than 7% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock CESC are critical, mostly below average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half the metrics below and half above average for CESC. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 52, which means that the share price of CESC is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is lower than for 52% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 85, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 85% of alternative investment opportunities. But the consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 30, which means that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth, and stock returns. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 12, meaning the company has a riskier financing structure than 88 comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. ...read more

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Strongest Rank 360° View
Weakest Rank Sentiment
Country India
Industry Electric Utilities
Size Medium
Website cesc.co.in
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Last update: 20-May-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
52 48 82 88
Growth
30 74 51 81
Safety
Safety
12 65 51 47
Sentiment
85 94 98 91
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7 92 92 100
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
81 93 97 100
Opinions Change
50 50 72 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 78 94 71
Market Pulse
63 54 43 42
Sentiment
85 94 98 91
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
52 48 82 88
Growth
30 74 51 81
Safety Safety
12 65 51 47
Combined
12 80 78 94
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
75 64 80 76
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
46 45 76 89
Price vs. Book (P/B)
46 47 65 64
Dividend Yield
46 48 59 88
Value
52 48 82 88
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
73 56 60 49
Profit Growth
40 45 29 39
Capital Growth
18 86 24 98
Stock Returns
42 64 75 77
Growth
30 74 51 81
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
27 43 34 28
Refinancing
20 86 91 81
Liquidity
33 41 39 37
Safety Safety
12 65 51 47

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With good value and positive sentiment, but low growth and risky financing, this combination is generally dangerous as debt requires growth to sustain it. Only investors with a strong belief in future growth potential and a high-risk tolerance should consider this stock.

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