Sandesh (SANDESH)
Slow GrowerFairStock Score: 60/100 — STEADY
Score breakdown: P/E: 3/3 · ROCE: 0/2 · Growth: 2/2 · Dividend: 0/1
Key Financials
| Current Price | ₹1,079.7 |
| Market Cap | ₹817.27 Cr |
| P/E Ratio | 7.62 |
| ROCE | 7.57% |
| ROE | 8.28% |
| Dividend Yield | 0.46% |
| Profit Growth | 71.12% |
| Debt/Equity | 0 |
| Sales Growth | 331.26% |
| Promoter Holding | 74.81% |
| 52-Week Range | ₹811 — ₹1,274.95 |
| Sector | Media |
| Book Value | ₹781.97 |
AI Analysis
AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.
A Graham buyer would start with the numbers, and Sandesh passes the first test with room to spare. The market price is ₹1,007.60, but book value is ₹1,777.55 per share. That means I can buy into this print media business at a 43% discount to stated net assets. Yet a big discount is not a free lunch. Sales are down 2.74%, and print media faces a structural fight for the reader's attention and the advertiser's rupee. The reported profit growth of 293.24% demands a very skeptical reading; a 293% jump could be a recovery from a weak base, an exceptional gain, or a one-time sale—we must not mistake it for normalised earnings power. The latest quarter shows ₹77 crore of sales and ₹39 crore of net profit. That is an unusually rich margin for a newspaper company, and I would want to understand what generated that profit before I trust it.
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