A B B (ABB)

FairStock Score: 45/100 — MIXED

Score breakdown: P/E: 0/3 · ROCE: 2/2 · Growth: 0/2 · Dividend: 0/1

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AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

I wear Graham's skeptical glasses and Buffett's long-term lens. ABB is a high-quality heavy electrical equipment franchise: ROCE 29.90%, ROE 19.13%, debt/equity only 0.02, FCF ₹1,584 Cr, and promoter holding 75%. Its Piotroski F-Score 7/9 and Altman Z-Score 7.69 suggest a strong balance sheet. Revenue growth is respectable: 5-year revenue CAGR 17.80%, current sales growth 11.49%, latest quarter sales ₹3,557 Cr and net profit ₹433 Cr. But profit growth is only 3.00%, so the bottom line is not compounding in lockstep. The market is pricing this quality richly: price ₹7,649, market cap ₹1.62 lakh Cr, P/E 102.04, P/B 17.36, dividend yield 0.51%. Graham Number is ₹809.35 and DCF intrinsic value is ₹228.67. At ₹7,649, margin of safety is -650.36%, meaning no margin at all. Even if DCF and Graham are conservative, the gap is enormous. I love the moat-like returns, low debt, and cash generation, but at 102x earnings I am paying for perfection. FairStock Score 45/100 is mixed. EV/EBITDA -203.93 looks distorted, so I won't lean on it. The 52-week range ₹4,637.50–₹7,924.50 shows the market has already re-rated it. For an Indian retail investor, this is a wonderful business, but not a Graham bargain. I would wait for price to come closer to intrinsic value or for profit growth to accelerate. Quality without margin of safety is speculation.

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