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Dalmia Bharat Limited (DALBHARAT)

Large Cap

Materials stocks · Large cap · NSE

Dalmia Bharat Limited operates in Cement, within the Materials sector. Use the latest filing and company disclosures below to verify its revenue mix and current business drivers.

₹1,749.3
-21.90 · -1.24%
Quote04 Sept, 03:56 pm IST
Fundamentals05 Sept 2026 · screener
Score05 Sept, 10:20 pm IST · v4.3-runtime-valuation
Tags15 Aug 2026
Coverage14/14 · 100%
Valuation2026-07-20 · Rf 6.8% · Materials P/E 30.3 (n=19)
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 acceptable, price trend is neutral, and recent execution is mixed.

Suggested next step
Research, do not rush
The four lenses are not strongly aligned. Compare peers and wait for a cleaner setup.
U-Score
OVERVALUED
25

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

Trust
Healthy Trust
70

low confidence · 0/4 claims checked

Technical
Neutral
47

Timing lens: price trend and sector relative strength.

Result consistency
mixed
60

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

Latest result

Quarter ended 30 Jun 2026

Bad · 0/100

PAT -51% YoY · margin compression · Rev +7% YoY

Filed 24 Jul 2026
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MetricThis quarterYoYQoQ
Revenue₹3,890 Cr+7.0%-8.4%
EBITDA₹805 Cr-8.8%-10.8%
Operating margin21.0%-300 bps+0 bps
PAT₹192 Cr-51.4%-51.3%
PAT margin4.9%-592 bps-434 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 evidence available

Dalmia Bharat Limited operates in Cement, within the Materials 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. Management claims from the latest issuer document are tracked in the accountability section below.

Management accountability

What management said, and what results must prove

Management accountability

What management said, and what results must prove

Issuer guidance and extracted claims are tracked against later reported outcomes. Treat these as management statements, not IndiaPulse forecasts.

Jan 2026
Extracted source claims
capex timelinenot yet verifiablequantified

The company is on the path to expand its presence in new regions and reach a capacity of around 75 million tons by FY28.

Timeframe: By FY28Direction: IncreaseConfidence: High

"reach a capacity of around 75 million tons by FY28."

capex timelinenot yet verifiablequantified

The company expects CAPEX spending to be around Rs. 2,700 crores in FY26.

Timeframe: FY26Confidence: High

"We expect the spending to be around Rs. 2,700 crores in FY26."

demand outlooknot yet verifiablequantified

Cement demand in FY26 will witness a growth of about 6% YOY on a full year basis.

Timeframe: FY26Direction: IncreaseConfidence: High

"FY26 will witness a growth of about 6% YOY on a full year basis."

macro expectationnot yet verifiablequantified

India's GDP growth is projected at 7.3% in the current fiscal.

Timeframe: Current fiscalConfidence: High

"The Reserve Bank of India is projecting India's GDP growth at 7.3% in the current fiscal."

Technical timing lens

Trend score and candlestick chart

47Neutral

MACD −

Stock trend: 40
Sector RS: 57
Sector 3M: +0.0% vs Nifty -1.5%

Technical chart

DALBHARATdaily · 1Y · AUTO-9.3%
Latest close ₹1749.30 on 2026-09-04
Bar
-1.2%
RSI
37
MACD hist
-14.82
52W pos
16%
2026-09-04O ₹1770.10H ₹1778.90L ₹1740.00C ₹1749.30Vol 73,496 sh
₹1.58k₹1.71k₹1.85k₹1.98k₹2.11k52L1749.302026-032026-06VolRSIMACD2026-032026-042026-062026-072026-09
Up bar
Down bar
EMA 20
EMA 50
Volume + 20D avg
Result date
RSI(14)
MACD / signal

Daily technical trend read

Bearish setup

Trend is weak — long-term trend down. RSI 37.

  • Price below SMA200 (long-term downtrend) — short-term bounces likely countertrend.
  • SMA20 roughly flat — short-term momentum stalled.
  • RSI(14) at 37 — falling, no extreme reading.
  • MACD below signal, histogram expanding negatively — bearish momentum building.
  • 30% off 52W high · 9% 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.

Nifty 500 leadership

Relative Strength & Trend Stage

19
RS percentile
Stage 4 Downtrend
1M return
-4.3%
3M return
+5.9%
6M return
-7.7%
1Y return
-28.0%
RS 1D
-2
RS 20D
+1
Sector rank
#18
Industry rank
#25
Stage evidence
  • Price is 5.5% below the 30-week proxy.
  • The 50-DMA is below the 30-week proxy and its slope is falling -2.0%.
50-DMA
price below
200-DMA
price below
Sector
lagging
Industry
lagging
Relative-strength line vs Nifty 500 (base 100)
264 observations
04 Sept 2026Value 75.34-1.23%
71819099109Aug 25Dec 25Apr 26Sept 2675
RS vs Nifty 50075

Valuation & score drivers

U-Score 25 · OVERVALUED · pillar breakdown, sector model, fair-value anchor

25U-SCORE
OVERVALUED

Fundamental score breakdown

OVERVALUED
Valuation2/30
Growth6/25
Quality0/20
Balance Sheet7/15
Cash Flow4/10
Piotroski
7/9 (+5)
Penalties
1
Raw sum
25

Why this score?

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

25/100 · OVERVALUED

Positive drivers

  • Piotroski is strong at 7/9.
  • Balance sheet contributes 7/15 to the score.
  • Cash flow contributes 4/10 to the score.

Main drags

  • Fair-value margin of safety is negative at -457.5%.
  • Quality is weaker at 0/20; verify the latest quarterly trend.
  • Valuation is weaker at 2/30; verify the latest quarterly trend.
Sector valuation model

Cyclical valuation: normalized earnings, not just trailing PE

Cyclical companies can look cheapest near peak profits, so IndiaPulse flags value-trap risk separately.

Cyclical normalized
Primary lens
Mid-cycle PE/EV/EBITDA using multi-year average margins or earnings.
Secondary checks
Current margin versus 5-year average, balance sheet strength, commodity cycle.
Main risk check
A low trailing PE may mean peak-cycle earnings, not true cheapness.
PE
29.9
PB
1.8
EV/EBITDA
9.2
ROE
6.1%
ROCE
7.6%
FCF Yield
0.0%
Debt/Equity
0.4
MoS
-457.5%
Cyclical/value-trap warning
This sector can look cheap when profits are temporarily high. Check mid-cycle margins/earnings before relying on trailing PE.
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
25
Previous: 25
Verdict
OVERVALUED
Previous: OVERVALUED
Margin of safety
-457.5%
Previous: -457.5%

Score history

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

05 Sept 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
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30
24
24
24
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24
24
24
24
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25

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
₹1,035.88
-68.9% MoS
Growth-justified P/E
6.3
Growth-justified Value
₹313.8
-457.5% MoS
PEG

Trust score

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

Trust Score
70Healthy 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 63rd percentile of the scored universe and 53rd percentile within Materials. Main check: financial discipline is weak at 40/100.

Healthy Trust Lite: Promoter holding is 55.8%. Key concern: ROCE is low at 7.6%.

Computed 05 Sept 2026
management-trust-v1
109 docs text-extracted · 33 concalls text-extracted
Score band
Healthy Trust

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

Relative rank
63rd percentile

overall median 67 · Materials: 53rd pctile, median 70 · Large: 41st pctile, median 73

Evidence depth
Financial-only

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

Claim delivery
Outcome history still building

4 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
Acceptable, but check the weakest sub-score before increasing exposure.

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
86
strong · holding, pledge, alignment
Cash flow
77
strong · profit to cash conversion
Balance sheet
81
strong · leverage and solvency
Discipline
40
weak · capital discipline
Results
60
acceptable · quarterly consistency

Trust positives

  • Promoter holding is 55.8%.
  • Promoter pledge is zero.
  • FCF yield is positive at 0%.
  • 8 years of positive FCF.

Trust risks

  • ROCE is low at 7.6%.
  • ROE is low at 6.1%.
  • 1 of the latest 4 quarters had PAT decline worse than 25% YoY.

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
29.90
P/B
1.82
EV/EBITDA
9.15
Market Cap
32811.00Cr

Profitability

ROE
6.11%
ROCE
7.59%
ROA
2.87%
Dividend Y
0.51%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y
8.00%
EPS 5Y
-2.00%
Revenue 3Y
3.00%
EPS 3Y
-1.00%

Balance Sheet

Debt/Equity
0.41
Interest Coverage
5.79×
Altman Z
2.99
Book Value
959.00

Cash Flow

FCF Yield
0.02%
FCF Positive Y
8/5
OCF
2278.00 Cr
EPS TTM
49.73

Shareholding

Promoter Hold
55.84%
Promoter Pledge
0.00%
Momentum 52W
16%

Financial History

Updated 5/9/2026

Revenue

₹ Cr
Latest: 14.8k+5.9% vs prev
015kMar 2017: 7,444Mar 2018: 8,579Mar 2019: 9,484Mar 2020: 9,674Mar 2021: 10.1kMar 2022: 11.3kMar 2023: 13.6kMar 2024: 14.7kMar 2025: 14.0kMar 2026: 14.8kFY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26

Net Profit

₹ Cr
Latest: 1,157+65.5% vs prev
01183Mar 2017: 44.0Mar 2018: 291Mar 2019: 349Mar 2020: 238Mar 2021: 1,183Mar 2022: 845Mar 2023: 1,079Mar 2024: 853Mar 2025: 699Mar 2026: 1,157FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26

Return on Equity

%
Latest: 6.4+60.2% vs prev
09.2Mar 2017: 0.5%Mar 2018: 2.8%Mar 2019: 3.3%Mar 2020: 2.3%Mar 2021: 9.2%Mar 2022: 5.3%Mar 2023: 6.9%Mar 2024: 5.2%Mar 2025: 4.0%Mar 2026: 6.4%FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26

Peers

Business-comparable names in Materials, ranked by similarity

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