BIRLACABLE

Birla Cable Limited

Cables manufacturer part of Birla Cable group

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Key metrics

Price as of 2026-10-16

Stock price
₹346.15
Market cap
1,039 Cr
Stock P/E
22.5
P/B
3.70
Dividend yield
0.5%
ROE (FY26)
6.0%
ROCE (FY26)
8.5%
Operating margin (FY26)
4.0%
Debt / equity (FY26)
0.47
OCF / EBITDA (FY26)
-44.1%
OCF / EBITDA (3Y)
89.4%

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What you need to know

Birla Cable makes telecom cables, mainly optical fibre cables for telecom networks and structured copper LAN cables for broadband connectivity, and sells most of them to customers in India.

Company snapshot

6thBy market cap

Ranked among 9 companies in Telecom - Equipment & Accessories.

What we see

Positives
  • ✓89% of operating profit came in as cash over the last three years — profits are backed by real cash.
Concerns
  • ✗Net margin is very thin at 2.2% — little room for error if costs rise.

Statement tables · Consolidated

Switches quarterly, P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow. Key metrics and ratios stay on consolidated when available.

Amounts in ₹ Cr · tap + to expand rows

Quarterly results

Quarterly · ₹ Cr · tap + rows to expand

MetricSept 2023Dec 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sept 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sept 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026
Sales175 Cr162 Cr175 Cr166 Cr182 Cr158 Cr156 Cr176 Cr176 Cr205 Cr214 Cr267 Cr
Operating expenses (approx.)165 Cr151 Cr168 Cr159 Cr173 Cr149 Cr148 Cr169 Cr169 Cr194 Cr194 Cr221 Cr
EBITDA10 Cr11 Cr7 Cr6 Cr9 Cr9 Cr8 Cr8 Cr7 Cr11 Cr20 Cr46 Cr
OPM %5.6%7.0%4.1%3.9%5.0%5.8%5.1%4.4%4.1%5.3%9.5%17.2%
Other income3 Cr0.76 Cr2 Cr0.56 Cr1 Cr0.75 Cr0.76 Cr0.55 Cr0.43 Cr0.61 Cr1 Cr0.61 Cr
Interest3 Cr4 Cr4 Cr3 Cr4 Cr4 Cr2 Cr2 Cr3 Cr2 Cr4 Cr2 Cr
Depreciation3 Cr3 Cr3 Cr4 Cr4 Cr4 Cr4 Cr4 Cr4 Cr4 Cr4 Cr3 Cr
Profit before tax7 Cr5 Cr2 Cr0.21 Cr2 Cr2 Cr2 Cr2 Cr1 Cr5 Cr14 Cr41 Cr
Tax %25.3%25.2%26.0%30.9%24.9%27.8%27.6%26.7%31.8%25.9%24.4%25.3%
Net profit5 Cr4 Cr2 Cr0.14 Cr2 Cr1 Cr1 Cr1 Cr0.71 Cr4 Cr11 Cr31 Cr
EPS (₹)₹1.68₹1.27₹0.53₹0.05₹0.61₹0.48₹0.49₹0.45₹0.24₹1.34₹3.60₹10.23

Profit & loss (annual)

Annual · last column is TTM · ₹ Cr · tap + to expand

MetricMar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026TTM
Sales792 Cr685 Cr662 Cr771 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
Operating expenses (approx.)729 Cr645 Cr629 Cr724 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
EBITDA63 Cr40 Cr33 Cr47 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
OPM %8.0%5.9%4.9%6.1%Sign in free for the trailing twelve months
Other income5 Cr15 Cr3 Cr4 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
Interest13 Cr15 Cr13 Cr12 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
Depreciation11 Cr11 Cr16 Cr16 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
Profit before tax44 Cr30 Cr7 Cr23 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
Tax %25.1%25.7%26.8%25.3%Sign in free for the trailing twelve months
Net profit33 Cr22 Cr5 Cr17 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
EPS (₹)₹10.98₹7.38₹1.63₹5.63Sign in free for the trailing twelve months
Dividend payout %13.7%33.9%107.3%0.0%Sign in free for the trailing twelve months
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The latest four quarters added up, next to each full year

Balance sheet

Annual · ₹ Cr · tap + rows to expand

MetricMar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
Equity capital30 Cr30 Cr30 Cr30 Cr
Reserves199 Cr221 Cr223 Cr251 Cr
Borrowings128 Cr165 Cr110 Cr131 Cr
Other liabilities103 Cr42 Cr53 Cr52 Cr
Total liabilities461 Cr458 Cr416 Cr464 Cr
Fixed assets (net)83 Cr117 Cr128 Cr110 Cr
CWIP3 Cr0 Cr0.03 Cr0 Cr
Investments28 Cr36 Cr41 Cr51 Cr
Loans & advances0.16 Cr0.17 Cr0.21 Cr0.10 Cr
Inventories103 Cr76 Cr51 Cr79 Cr
Trade receivables216 Cr213 Cr167 Cr203 Cr
Cash & bank1 Cr0.43 Cr0.96 Cr0.65 Cr
Other assets25 Cr14 Cr27 Cr21 Cr
Total assets461 Cr458 Cr416 Cr464 Cr

Cash flows

Annual · ₹ Cr · tap + rows to expand · last column includes FCF

MetricMar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
Cash from operating activity-8 Cr16 Cr112 Cr-21 Cr
Cash from investing-22 Cr-32 Cr-38 Cr12 Cr
Cash from financing30 Cr15 Cr-74 Cr9 Cr
Net cash flow0.50 Cr-0.60 Cr0.53 Cr-0.31 Cr
Free cash flow (OCF − Capex)-35 Cr-23 Cr85 Cr-23 Cr

Ratios

MetricMar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
ROCE %15.9%10.7%5.5%8.5%
ROE %14.4%8.8%1.9%6.0%
Debtor days991149296
Inventory days59523545
Days payable48172018
Cash conversion cycle110148107123
OCF / EBITDA %-12.4%39.1%343.4%-44.1%
OCF / EBITDA % (3 years)——88.3%89.4%
Debt / equity0.560.660.430.47
Current ratio2.092.432.182.19
Net debt / EBITDA2.024.083.332.78