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Centum Electronics Limited (CENTUM)

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Industrials stocks · Small cap · NSE

Centum Electronics Limited operates in Defence Electronics, within the Industrials sector. Use the latest filing and company disclosures below to verify its revenue mix and current business drivers.

₹3,767.3
-8.80 · -0.23%
Quote04 Sept, 03:52 pm IST
Fundamentals05 Sept 2026 · screener
Score05 Sept, 10:20 pm IST · v4.3-runtime-valuation
Tags02 May 2026
Coverage14/14 · 100%
Valuation2026-07-20 · Rf 6.8% · Industrials P/E 26.4 (n=540)
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.

Weak fundamentals, management trust is supportive, price trend is neutral, and recent execution is weak.

Suggested next step
Research, do not rush
The four lenses are not strongly aligned. Compare peers and wait for a cleaner setup.
U-Score
WATCHLIST
32

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

Trust
Healthy Trust
75

low confidence · 0/0 claims checked

Technical
Neutral
54

Timing lens: price trend and sector relative strength.

Result consistency
mixed
53

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

Latest result

Quarter ended 30 Jun 2026

Good · 57/100

Rev +14% YoY · PAT +2020% YoY · operating leverage · margin compression

Filed 13 Aug 2026
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MetricThis quarterYoYQoQ
Revenue₹204 Cr+14.0%-40.0%
EBITDA₹24 Cr-14.3%-51.0%
Operating margin12.0%-400 bps-200 bps
PAT₹106 Cr+2020.0%+5200.0%
PAT margin52.0%+4917 bps+5137 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

Centum Electronics Limited operates in Defence Electronics, within the Industrials 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

54Neutral

SMA20 -3.2% / mo · MACD + · near 52W high

Stock trend: 58
Sector RS: 48
Sector 3M: -1.6% vs Nifty -1.5%

Technical chart

CENTUMdaily · 1Y · AUTO+38.3%
Latest close ₹3767.30 on 2026-09-04
Bar
+0.6%
RSI
62
MACD hist
38.65
52W pos
90%
2026-09-04O ₹3746.30H ₹3800.00L ₹3723.00C ₹3767.30Vol 29,156 sh
₹2.37k₹2.79k₹3.21k₹3.63k₹4.05k52H3767.302026-032026-06VolRSIMACD2026-032026-042026-062026-072026-09
Up bar
Down bar
EMA 20
EMA 50
Volume + 20D avg
Result date
RSI(14)
MACD / signal

Daily technical trend read

Mixed signals

Signals are conflicting — long-term uptrend intact. RSI 62. Wait for confirmation.

  • Price above SMA200 (long-term uptrend) but mid-term MAs not aligned.
  • SMA20 falling (~3.3% over last month) — short-term momentum negative.
  • RSI(14) at 62 — rising, no extreme reading.
  • MACD above signal, histogram expanding — bullish momentum building.
  • 5% off 52W high · 84% 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 32 · WATCHLIST · pillar breakdown, sector model, fair-value anchor

32U-SCORE
WATCHLIST

Fundamental score breakdown

WATCHLIST
Valuation0/30
Growth11/25
Quality5/20
Balance Sheet8/15
Cash Flow4/10
Piotroski
7/9 (+5)
Penalties
-1
Raw sum
32

Why this score?

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

32/100 · WATCHLIST

Positive drivers

  • Piotroski is strong at 7/9.
  • Balance sheet contributes 8/15 to the score.
  • Growth contributes 11/25 to the score.

Main drags

  • Penalty bucket subtracts 1 points.
  • Fair-value margin of safety is negative at -185.2%.
  • Valuation is weaker at 0/30; verify the latest quarterly trend.
Sector valuation model

Execution business valuation: EV/EBITDA plus order and working-capital risk

Capital-intensive execution stories need cash-flow and balance-sheet checks alongside valuation.

Execution EV/EBITDA
Primary lens
EV/EBITDA and PE against execution quality and margin stability.
Secondary checks
Order book, receivables, working capital, debt, operating cash flow.
Main risk check
Order wins matter only if they convert into cash and margins.
PE
63.6
PB
16.2
EV/EBITDA
37.9
ROE
-12.5%
ROCE
25.5%
FCF Yield
0.4%
Debt/Equity
0.4
MoS
-185.2%
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
32
Previous: 32
Verdict
WATCHLIST
Previous: WATCHLIST
Margin of safety
-185.2%
Previous: -185.2%

Score history

12 stored score snapshots. Latest stored move: -1 points.

05 Sept 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
54
54
33
33
33
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33
33
33
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32

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
₹418.2
-800.8% MoS
Growth-justified P/E
39.6
Growth-justified Value
₹1,321.06
-185.2% MoS
PEG
1.47

Trust score

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

Trust Score
75Healthy 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.

Healthy Trust: Claim history is still being built. It ranks around the 78th percentile of the scored universe and 76th percentile within Industrials. Main check: results consistency is weak at 53/100.

High Trust Lite: Promoter pledge is zero. Key concern: 2 latest quarters had PAT decline worse than 25% YoY.

Computed 05 Sept 2026
management-trust-v1
123 docs text-extracted · 24 concalls text-extracted
Score band
Healthy Trust

Generally investable credibility. Look for weak sub-scores before increasing position size.

Relative rank
78th percentile

overall median 67 · Industrials: 76th pctile, median 68 · Small: 80th 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

Healthy 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
89
strong · leverage and solvency
Discipline
74
acceptable · capital discipline
Results
53
watch · quarterly consistency

Trust positives

  • Promoter pledge is zero.
  • FCF yield is positive at 0.4%.
  • 9 years of positive FCF.
  • ROCE is 25.5%.

Trust risks

  • 2 latest quarters had PAT decline worse than 25% YoY.
  • ROE is low at -12.5%.

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
63.60
P/B
16.17
EV/EBITDA
37.89
Market Cap
5561.00Cr

Profitability

ROE
-12.50%
ROCE
25.50%
ROA
3.76%
Dividend Y
0.13%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y
3.00%
EPS 5Y
51.00%
Revenue 3Y
1.00%
EPS 3Y
32.00%

Balance Sheet

Debt/Equity
0.36
Interest Coverage
5.68×
Altman Z
5.05
Book Value
233.00

Cash Flow

FCF Yield
0.40%
FCF Positive Y
9/5
OCF
60.00 Cr
EPS TTM
33.36

Shareholding

Promoter Hold
46.82%
Promoter Pledge
0.00%
Momentum 52W
90%

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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