Trident (TRIDENT)

FairStock Score: 45/100 — MIXED

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

Key Financials

AI Analysis

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

I wear my Graham hat first: Trident at ₹24.34 against a Graham Number of ₹12.78 offers no margin of safety—negative 100.22%. The DCF intrinsic value of ₹1.44 is even more sobering, and EV/EBITDA of 88.57 makes me wonder what the market is capitalising. On book value, P/B is 2.60 for an ROE of only 8.84% and ROCE of 9.48%; that is not a high-quality compounding machine by my standards. Still, the balance sheet is not stretched: debt/equity 0.38, Altman Z 3.10, Piotroski 6/9, and FCF ₹740 Cr. Promoter holding is high at 73.68%, and dividend yield 4.11% gives shareholders something while they wait. Growth is mixed: 5-year revenue CAGR 8.12% and latest sales growth 4.70% are modest, while profit growth 14.80% and latest quarter profit ₹44 Cr on sales ₹1,574 Cr suggest margin improvement or cost control. But P/E 31.21 and PEG 2.71 mean the price already assumes better days. The 52-week range of ₹21.60–₹30.94 shows the market itself is uncertain. In a cyclical textile business, low ROE/ROCE and slow sales growth do not create a wide moat; commodity products usually compete on price. FairStock 45/100 confirms mixed. I would not pay this price for this economics. I want a bigger discount, evidence that profit growth is durable, and ROCE moving into the mid-teens before calling it a Buffett-style purchase. Until then, watch from the sidelines.

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