PARACABLES

Paramount Communications Limited

Cables and wires for power, telecom, railway and building-wire markets

Industrials›Capital Goods›Industrial Products›Cables - Electricals

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Key metrics

Price as of 2026-10-16

Stock price
₹60.52
Market cap
1,980 Cr
Stock P/E
30.3
P/B
2.38
ROE (FY26)
7.7%
ROCE (FY26)
11.4%
Operating margin (FY26)
2.7%
Debt / equity (FY26)
0.15
OCF / EBITDA (FY26)
-57.3%
OCF / EBITDA (3Y)
-12.5%

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What you need to know

Paramount Communications (Paramount) manufactures power cables and other cables for industrial, retail and government customers in India and for export markets including the US.

Company snapshot

9thBy market cap

Ranked among 14 companies in Cables - Electricals.

Segment mix

Reportable segments as of 2024-09-30 (Consolidated). Revenue share = segment revenue ÷ total revenue.

Largest segment: 98.9% of revenue

SegmentRevenue shareRevenuePBTAssets
Pipes
1.2%
4 Cr0.86 Cr20 Cr
Wires and Cables
98.9%
352 Cr28 Cr810 Cr

What we see

Positives
  • ✓Debt-to-equity of 0.15x — the company is largely funded by its own money, not borrowed funds.
Concerns
  • ✗Over the last three years operations used more cash than they brought in, despite an operating profit — the business is not yet turning its profit into cash.

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
Sales252 Cr284 Cr323 Cr321 Cr356 Cr392 Cr507 Cr451 Cr428 Cr461 Cr573 Cr529 Cr
Operating expenses (approx.)231 Cr260 Cr296 Cr294 Cr325 Cr358 Cr475 Cr436 Cr422 Cr446 Cr543 Cr495 Cr
EBITDA21 Cr24 Cr27 Cr27 Cr31 Cr34 Cr32 Cr15 Cr6 Cr15 Cr30 Cr35 Cr
OPM %8.4%8.5%8.4%8.3%8.8%8.6%6.3%3.4%1.4%3.3%5.2%6.6%
Other income2 Cr2 Cr3 Cr3 Cr2 Cr4 Cr2 Cr18 Cr20 Cr5 Cr9 Cr3 Cr
Interest1 Cr1 Cr1 Cr1 Cr2 Cr4 Cr5 Cr4 Cr4 Cr6 Cr8 Cr7 Cr
Depreciation2 Cr2 Cr3 Cr3 Cr3 Cr3 Cr4 Cr4 Cr4 Cr4 Cr4 Cr4 Cr
Profit before tax20 Cr22 Cr26 Cr26 Cr29 Cr31 Cr25 Cr25 Cr18 Cr10 Cr27 Cr27 Cr
Tax %0.1%0.1%-13.9%2.3%30.2%26.0%26.2%26.6%25.6%27.9%25.3%25.8%
Net profit19 Cr22 Cr29 Cr25 Cr20 Cr23 Cr19 Cr19 Cr13 Cr7 Cr21 Cr20 Cr
EPS (₹)₹0.86₹0.81₹1.00₹0.83₹0.67₹0.74₹0.62₹0.61₹0.43₹0.25₹0.67₹0.64

Profit & loss (annual)

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

MetricMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026TTM
Sales350 Cr435 Cr614 Cr606 Cr519 Cr581 Cr796 Cr1,071 Cr1,576 Cr1,913 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
Operating expenses (approx.)398 Cr438 Cr572 Cr561 Cr503 Cr561 Cr749 Cr981 Cr1,452 Cr1,847 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
EBITDA-48 Cr-3 Cr42 Cr45 Cr17 Cr20 Cr48 Cr89 Cr123 Cr66 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
OPM %-13.7%-0.6%6.9%7.5%3.2%3.5%6.0%8.3%7.8%3.5%Sign in free for the trailing twelve months
Other income4 Cr4 Cr3 Cr3 Cr3 Cr4 Cr16 Cr8 Cr11 Cr51 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
Interest20 Cr4 Cr8 Cr11 Cr7 Cr6 Cr7 Cr6 Cr11 Cr21 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
Depreciation10 Cr9 Cr9 Cr11 Cr9 Cr10 Cr9 Cr9 Cr12 Cr15 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
Profit before tax15 Cr15 Cr29 Cr26 Cr3 Cr8 Cr48 Cr82 Cr111 Cr81 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
Tax %—0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-4.5%21.6%26.1%Sign in free for the trailing twelve months
Net profit15 Cr15 Cr29 Cr26 Cr3 Cr8 Cr48 Cr86 Cr87 Cr60 CrSign in free for the trailing twelve months
EPS (₹)₹1.17₹1.10₹1.74₹1.53₹0.17₹0.42₹2.40₹3.29₹2.85₹1.96Sign in free for the trailing twelve months
Dividend payout %————0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%Sign in free for the trailing twelve months
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Balance sheet

Annual · ₹ Cr · tap + rows to expand

MetricMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
Equity capital25 Cr29 Cr34 Cr37 Cr39 Cr39 Cr39 Cr61 Cr61 Cr61 Cr
Reserves-36 Cr58 Cr107 Cr145 Cr154 Cr163 Cr256 Cr565 Cr656 Cr717 Cr
Borrowings210 Cr198 Cr197 Cr196 Cr174 Cr175 Cr158 Cr101 Cr25 Cr116 Cr
Other liabilities122 Cr106 Cr130 Cr134 Cr104 Cr105 Cr51 Cr100 Cr165 Cr235 Cr
Total liabilities321 Cr390 Cr469 Cr512 Cr471 Cr481 Cr504 Cr827 Cr908 Cr1,129 Cr
Fixed assets (net)137 Cr130 Cr132 Cr144 Cr100 Cr134 Cr127 Cr169 Cr221 Cr260 Cr
CWIP———0 Cr0 Cr0 Cr0 Cr1 Cr4 Cr—
Investments0 Cr0 Cr0 Cr0 Cr0 Cr0 Cr10 Cr56 Cr0 Cr0 Cr
Loans & advances——0.41 Cr0.76 Cr0.21 Cr0.22 Cr0.43 Cr0.49 Cr0.27 Cr0.31 Cr
Inventories13 Cr28 Cr78 Cr109 Cr100 Cr115 Cr113 Cr234 Cr311 Cr285 Cr
Trade receivables116 Cr189 Cr213 Cr207 Cr167 Cr174 Cr169 Cr252 Cr205 Cr413 Cr
Cash & bank0.95 Cr3 Cr2 Cr2 Cr7 Cr1 Cr18 Cr5 Cr23 Cr5 Cr
Other assets54 Cr41 Cr44 Cr50 Cr96 Cr57 Cr67 Cr109 Cr144 Cr165 Cr
Total assets321 Cr390 Cr469 Cr512 Cr471 Cr481 Cr504 Cr827 Cr908 Cr1,129 Cr

Cash flows

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

MetricMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
Cash from operating activity52 Cr20 Cr-18 Cr13 Cr14 Cr15 Cr11 Cr-101 Cr104 Cr-38 Cr
Cash from investing2 Cr1 Cr-8 Cr-5 Cr-3 Cr-1 Cr-16 Cr-96 Cr-1 Cr-51 Cr
Cash from financing-53 Cr-18 Cr25 Cr-8 Cr-5 Cr-19 Cr22 Cr183 Cr-84 Cr70 Cr
Net cash flow0.79 Cr4 Cr-0.72 Cr-0.41 Cr6 Cr-6 Cr17 Cr-13 Cr19 Cr-19 Cr
Free cash flow (OCF − Capex)50 Cr18 Cr-28 Cr5 Cr9 Cr12 Cr2 Cr-153 Cr44 Cr-91 Cr

Ratios

MetricMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
ROCE %—6.8%11.0%9.8%2.8%3.9%12.1%12.1%16.4%11.4%
ROE %—17.0%20.6%14.5%1.6%4.1%16.2%13.7%12.1%7.7%
Debtor days12115812612511710977864779
Inventory days192856819291701019173
Days payable28937581626625374050
Cash conversion cycle1129310812514713312315098101
OCF / EBITDA %——-41.4%29.0%86.7%71.7%23.1%-113.0%84.4%-57.3%
OCF / EBITDA % (3 years)———18.4%9.5%51.2%47.2%-47.7%5.5%-12.5%
Debt / equity—2.291.391.070.900.870.540.160.040.15
Current ratio1.172.192.482.743.382.993.903.403.552.42
Net debt / EBITDA——4.604.2910.098.492.921.080.021.67