UltraTech Cement Ltd.
NSE: ULTRACEMCOUltraTech Cement Ltd.: A 30-second snapshot
ULTRACEMCO trades at ₹12,105, up 0.44% over the past 12 months and 6.73% over the past 3 months, sitting 5.78% below its 52-week high and above both its 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Trailing PE of 41.67x ranks 4th of 6 in the cement sector while forward PE of 28.01x is lower, alongside 5-year revenue growth of 15.9% and earnings growth of 16.8%. Analyst consensus across 38 analysts stands at 1.45 on a 1-5 scale (lower = more constructive).
P/E
41.7
Forward P/E
28.0
ROE
—
Debt / Equity
29.43
Profit Margin
+9.3%
Div. Yield
+2.0%
5Y ROE > 15%
0/5
5Y FCF > 0
4/5
Quality
61/100
News
8 headlines · 2 positive · 0 negative
UltraTech Cement Plans To Raise Rs 5,000 Cr From Market - HDFC Sky
HDFC Sky
UltraTech Cement Board Approves ₹5,000 Crore NCD Issue Via Private Placement - Sahi
Sahi
UltraTech Cement stock outlook: Brokerages bullish post Q1 results beat on strong execution, cost...
Moneycontrol.com
UltraTech Cement Limited Reports Earnings Results for the First Quarter Ended June 30, 2026 - marketscreener.com
marketscreener.com
Analysts Have Made A Financial Statement On UltraTech Cement Limited's (NSE:ULTRACEMCO) First-Quarter Report - simplywall.st
simplywall.st
Recent context
- ·UltraTech Cement's board approved a ₹5,000 crore NCD issue via private placement and separately outlined plans to raise ₹5,000 crore from the market, per filings reported in late July 2026.
- ·News flow over the tracked period (8 items) skewed neutral-to-positive: 2 positive, 6 neutral, 0 negative, with brokerage commentary following Q1 results citing execution and cost factors.
- ·Q1 FY27 (quarter ended June 30, 2026) earnings were reported in late July 2026, around the same time as the capital-raise announcements.
Strengths
- +Quality score of 43 ranks 1st of 6 among tracked cement peers (Grasim 25, Shree Cement 39, Dalmia Bharat 30, ACC 21, Ambuja Cements 19).
- +Free cash flow was positive in 4 of the last 5 years tracked, with debt-to-equity at a low approximately 0.29x.
- +5-year revenue growth of 15.9% and earnings growth of 16.8%, alongside a forward PE of 28.01x below the trailing 41.67x.
- +Analyst consensus of 1.45 across 38 analysts (1-5 scale, lower = more constructive), among the more constructive readings in the dataset.
Weaknesses
- −Return on equity has not exceeded 15% in any of the years tracked (roeYearsAbove15 = 0), despite the top quality-score ranking among peers.
- −Debt-to-equity trend is recorded as rising, even though the absolute level (approximately 0.29x) remains low.
- −12-month price change is close to flat at +0.44%, despite the stock trading above both moving averages and near its 52-week high.
- −Sector-peer comparison is data-limited: 12-month price change is unavailable for all five peers and ROE for four of five, and no resistance levels were identified for the stock itself.
Open questions
- ?Does the rising debt-to-equity trend reflect the recently announced ₹5,000 crore-plus capital raise, and how might that change the current low approximately 0.29x base going forward?
- ?What would need to change structurally for return on equity to clear the 15% threshold it has not reached in any tracked year?
- ?How does the gap between trailing (41.67x) and forward (28.01x) PE compare with the cement sector's own historical multiple compression during past expansion cycles?
- ?Given a 12-month price change of only 0.44% alongside a constructive 1.45 analyst consensus, what does that divergence suggest about how sentiment and price have interacted over the period?
Peer comparison: Cement
Ranks 1 of 6 on qualityTechnical state
Current price
₹12,105.00
SMA 50
₹11,349.76
SMA 200
₹11,570.80
RSI (14)
65.9 (neutral)
From 52w high
-5.8%
1Y return
+0.4%
3M return
+6.7%
50-DMA
Above
200-DMA
Above
Algorithmic support levels
Risk flags
- mediumTrailing PE of 41.67x ranks 4th of 6 cement-sector peers (below Grasim's 45.45x and Shree Cement's 57.47x, above Dalmia Bharat's 36.63x, Ambuja Cements' 24.33x and ACC's 13.44x); forward PE of 28.01x implies a step-down in the multiple that 5-year revenue growth of 15.9% and earnings growth of 16.8% only partly support.
- lowReturn on equity has not exceeded 15% in any of the years tracked (roeYearsAbove15 = 0) and the debt-to-equity trend is recorded as rising, though the current debt-to-equity ratio itself remains low at approximately 0.29x and free cash flow was positive in 4 of the last 5 years tracked.
- low12-month price change is close to flat at +0.44% even though the stock trades above both its 50-day (about ₹11,349.76) and 200-day (about ₹11,570.80) moving averages and sits only 5.78% below its 52-week high; the 14-day RSI of 65.89 is in neutral territory, below the conventional 70 overbought threshold.
- lowSector-peer comparison is incomplete: 12-month price change is unavailable for all five listed cement peers and return on equity is available for only one of five (Grasim, at 6.29%), and no resistance levels were identified for ULTRACEMCO itself, limiting both the sector ranking and near-term technical reference points.
Cross-section contradictions
- Analyst consensus across 38 analysts stands at 1.45 on a 1-5 scale (lower = more constructive), placing sentiment toward the constructive end even as the underlying return-on-equity history has not cleared 15% in any tracked year and the debt-to-equity trend is rising - a tension between forward-looking analyst sentiment and the company's own multi-year profitability record that the available data does not fully reconcile.
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