Atul Auto (ATULAUTO)

FairStock Score: 35/100 — MIXED

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

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AI Analysis

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

As a Graham-Buffett investor, my first question is not 'how fast is it growing?' but 'can the business earn decent returns on capital, and am I being offered a margin of safety?' Atul Auto's recent numbers are eye-catching: sales are up 18.40%, profit is up 111.10%, and the latest quarter delivered ₹15 Cr net profit on ₹231 Cr sales. A Piotroski F-score of 7/9 also suggests the reported earnings are not just accounting noise. But I never pay 38.62 times earnings and 3.15 times book value merely for a good quarter. The underlying economics remain ordinary: ROE is 10.83% and ROCE is just 6.48%. That is not a wide-moat franchise; it looks like a commercial-vehicle business enjoying cyclical tailwinds. The PEG ratio of 0.60 looks seductive, but PEG only works if today's growth is genuinely sustainable and not borrowed from the next downturn. With zero dividend yield, the minority shareholder gets no direct return while waiting. Promoter holding of 42.70% shows alignment, but it is far from a controlling vote for minority interests. FairStock's 33/100 risky score reinforces my caution. I would need several more quarters of proof that margins, ROCE, and ROE have moved structurally higher before I could consider this a compounder. A high-growth cyclical at a high multiple is not the same as a wonderful business at a fair price.

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