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CARE Ratings Limited (CARERATING)

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Financial Services stocks · Small cap · NSE

CARE Ratings Limited operates in Ratings, within the Financial Services sector. Use the latest filing and company disclosures below to verify its revenue mix and current business drivers.

₹1,738.2
+29.80 · +1.74%
Quote04 Sept, 03:59 pm IST
Fundamentals05 Sept 2026 · screener
Score05 Sept, 10:20 pm IST · v4.3-runtime-valuation
Tags02 May 2026
Coverage13/14 · 93%
Valuation2026-07-20 · Rf 6.8% · Financial Services P/E 18.5 (n=240)
Data confidence
Fresh enough for analysis
Investor decision lenses

One read, four checks

75+ is strong, 60-74 is usable, 45-59 is mixed, and below 45 needs caution. These are research lenses, not buy/sell instructions.

Mixed fundamentals, while price trend supports entry. This looks more like momentum/speculation than a clean fundamental investment setup.

Suggested next step
Momentum only
Trend is strong but fundamentals do not support a clean investment thesis.
Weak U-Score but strong trend: momentum may be ahead of fundamentals.
U-Score
FAIR VALUE
50

Fundamental lens: valuation, quality, growth, balance sheet, and cash flow.

Trust
High Trust
85

low confidence · 0/0 claims checked

Technical
Bullish
72

Timing lens: price trend and sector relative strength.

Result consistency
stable
77

Rolling lens: recent quarterly delivery, not the latest single-result score.

Latest result

Quarter ended 30 Jun 2026

Excellent · 80/100

Rev +19% YoY · PAT +27% YoY · margin expansion · operating leverage

Filed 30 Jun 2026
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MetricThis quarterYoYQoQ
Revenue₹112 Cr+19.1%-14.5%
EBITDA₹35 Cr+25.0%-42.6%
Operating margin31.0%+100 bps-1500 bps
PAT₹33 Cr+26.9%-37.7%
PAT margin29.5%+180 bps-1100 bps

NDF means not disclosed in the current structured filing feed. It is intentionally not treated as zero.

Business & thesis

Growth engines, tailwinds/headwinds, and risk radar from management commentary

Business and thesis

Issuer presentation review pending

CARE Ratings Limited operates in Ratings, within the Financial Services sector. Use the latest filing and company disclosures below to verify its revenue mix and current business drivers. The structured result feed currently covers the quarter ended 30 Jun 2026. Investor presentations and earnings-call PDFs will be added as issuer-backed evidence before management claims appear here.

Management accountability

What management said, and what results must prove

Technical timing lens

Trend score and candlestick chart

72Bullish

full bull SMA stack · MACD +

Stock trend: 72
Sector RS:

Technical chart

CARERATINGdaily · 1Y · AUTO+6.1%
Latest close ₹1738.20 on 2026-09-04
Bar
+1.2%
RSI
57
MACD hist
4.67
52W pos
78%
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Up bar
Down bar
EMA 20
EMA 50
Volume + 20D avg
Result date
RSI(14)
MACD / signal

Daily technical trend read

Bullish setup

Trend is constructive — long-term uptrend intact. RSI 57.

  • Price > SMA20 > SMA50 > SMA200 — full bullish stack.
  • SMA20 roughly flat — short-term momentum stalled.
  • RSI(14) at 57 — rising, no extreme reading.
  • MACD above signal, histogram expanding — bullish momentum building.
  • 5% off 52W high · 25% above 52W low.

Mechanical read from the price + indicator series above. Not a recommendation — technical setups can reverse without warning, especially around earnings and macro events.

Valuation & score drivers

U-Score 50 · FAIR VALUE · pillar breakdown, sector model, fair-value anchor

50U-SCORE
Premium Compounder

Fundamental score breakdown

FAIR VALUE
Valuation0/30
Growth15/25
Quality16/20
Balance Sheet9/15
Cash Flow5/10
Piotroski
8/9 (+5)
Penalties
0
Raw sum
50

Why this score?

Top U-Score contributors and drags from the latest stored fundamentals.

50/100 · FAIR VALUE

Positive drivers

  • Piotroski is strong at 8/9.
  • Quality contributes 16/20 to the score.
  • Growth contributes 15/25 to the score.

Main drags

  • Fair-value margin of safety is negative at -5.9%.
  • Valuation is weaker at 0/30; verify the latest quarterly trend.
  • Cash flow is weaker at 5/10; verify the latest quarterly trend.
Sector valuation model

Blended valuation: PE, EV/EBITDA, FCF yield, and balance-sheet checks

For this sector, IndiaPulse uses a blended lens rather than relying on a single valuation ratio.

Blended relative
Primary lens
PE, EV/EBITDA, margin of safety, and FCF yield together.
Secondary checks
ROE/ROCE, growth, cash conversion, leverage, promoter risk.
Main risk check
One cheap metric is not enough if quality or cash flow is weak.
PE
29.5
PB
5.6
EV/EBITDA
24.0
ROE
19.7%
ROCE
26.3%
FCF Yield
1.0%
Debt/Equity
0.0
MoS
-5.9%
Score movement

Stored run vs live recompute

This shows the stored score trend when snapshots exist, and also compares the latest stored nightly score with a live recompute from current fundamentals and price.

Stored run: 05 Sept 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
Final score
50
Previous: 50
Verdict
FAIR VALUE
Previous: FAIR VALUE
Margin of safety
-5.9%
Previous: -5.9%

Score history

12 stored score snapshots. Latest stored move: -3 points.

05 Sept 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
53
51
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
51
53
50

Factor attribution

No pillar movement versus the latest stored run. Historical score trend will appear after snapshot storage is enabled.

Modelled fair value

Graham Number
₹642.37
-170.6% MoS
Growth-justified P/E
27.8
Growth-justified Value
₹1,641.69
-5.9% MoS
PEG
1.54

Trust score

Does management behaviour match later outcomes? Claim delivery, forensic breakdown, evidence depth

Trust Score
85High Trust · low confidenceTrust Lite

Trust asks: does management behaviour match later outcomes? Higher is better, but confidence and evidence depth matter as much as the number.

High Trust: Claim history is still being built. It ranks around the 98th percentile of the scored universe and 99th percentile within Financial Services. No major sub-score weakness stands out.

High Trust Lite: Promoter pledge is zero. Key concern: OPM spread across recent quarters is 20%.

Computed 05 Sept 2026
management-trust-v1
123 docs text-extracted · 12 concalls text-extracted
Score band
High Trust

Management behaviour ranks as unusually reliable. Still verify valuation and cycle risk.

Relative rank
98th percentile

overall median 67 · Financial Services: 99th pctile, median 62 · Small: 98th pctile, median 66

Evidence depth
Financial-only

123 documents have extracted text, but claim history is not strong enough yet.

Claim delivery
Outcome history still building

0 claims extracted · No contradicted claim yet

How to read this Trust Score

High Trust · low confidence
What it measures
Reliability of management and financial delivery, using financial behaviour only.
Confidence
Treat this as an early read until more concalls and outcomes are matched.
Investor use
Can support position sizing if valuation and trend also agree.

Read Trust alongside U-Score, result consistency, and technical trend. A cheap stock with weak Trust needs a larger margin of safety; a high Trust score does not make an expensive stock attractive by itself.

Forensic breakdown

Read low sub-scores as due-diligence warnings, not automatic sell signals.

Promoter
78
strong · holding, pledge, alignment
Cash flow
77
strong · profit to cash conversion
Balance sheet
96
strong · leverage and solvency
Discipline
98
strong · capital discipline
Results
77
strong · quarterly consistency

Trust positives

  • Promoter pledge is zero.
  • FCF yield is positive at 1%.
  • 12 years of positive FCF.
  • Debt/equity is 0.03.

Trust risks

  • OPM spread across recent quarters is 20%.

Trust Lite uses financial behaviour only. Prefer claim-tested Trust when enough concall claims have later outcomes.

Financials

Full fundamentals table and 10-year revenue / profit / ROE history

Fundamentals

Valuation

P/E
29.50
P/B
5.61
EV/EBITDA
24.02
Market Cap
5235.00Cr

Profitability

ROE
19.70%
ROCE
26.30%
ROA
16.29%
Dividend Y
1.27%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y
14.00%
EPS 5Y
14.00%
Revenue 3Y
19.00%
EPS 3Y
27.00%

Balance Sheet

Debt/Equity
0.03
Interest Coverage
102.00×
Altman Z
8.50
Book Value
310.00

Cash Flow

FCF Yield
1.03%
FCF Positive Y
12/5
OCF
148.00 Cr
EPS TTM
59.16

Shareholding

Promoter Hold
Promoter Pledge
0.00%
Momentum 52W
78%

Financial History

Updated 5/9/2026

Revenue

₹ Cr
No data

Net Profit

₹ Cr
No data

Return on Equity

%
No data

Peers

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All information is for study purposes only. For investment decisions, consult your financial advisor. See Playbook for methodology.