Century Plyboards (India) Ltd.

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centuryply.comBSE: 532548NSE: CENTURYPLY

Market Cap₹ 16,401 Cr.

Current Price

High / Low₹ 859 / 618

Stock P/E56.3

Book Value₹ 121

Price to Book5.97

Dividend Yield0.14 %

ROCE11.7 %

ROE10.8 %

Face Value₹ 1

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ABOUT

KEY POINTS

Revenue Breakup Mar 2026 • Plywood: 54.0% • MDF: 23.8% • Laminate: 13.8%

AI Sector View

AI GENERATED

Consumer Durables

Buy

Urban discretionary demand is mixed but investable. Credit card transactions rose 27.0% YoY (2026-06), urban CMIE sentiment was 109.5 (2026-07), and consumer spending remained large at INR 44743 billion (Jun/26), even though formal consumer confidence fell to 88.3 points (Jul/26) and debit card transactions were -9.0% YoY (2026-06). Heavy sector inflows of INR 13175 crore over 3 months to 2026-08-31 indicate strong investor positioning behind the theme.

Confidence

76%

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PROS

Company has consistently been profitable over the last 5 years
Latest quarter profit grew 57.4% YoY, showing strong momentum
Company has delivered good sales growth of 20.4% CAGR over last 5 years
Strong cash generation - operating cash flow backs reported profits (CFO/PAT 0.91x)
Working capital cycle has improved - days down from 7 to 5
Company has a consistent dividend-paying track record

CONS

Company has delivered a poor profit growth of 7.0% over past five years
Operating margins have contracted to 10.1% from 15.9%
Recurring exceptional / one-off items are inflating headline profit
Stock is trading at 6.0x its book value
Growth is decelerating - 3Y profit CAGR (-10.7%) trails the 5Y trend (7.0%)
Though reporting repeated profits, the company pays out little dividend (8.5%)

* The pros and cons are machine generated based on quantitative rules.

Peer comparison

Consumer DurablesConstruction MaterialsWood & Wood Products

Part ofNIFTY MICROCAP250 NIFTY TOTAL MKT

S.No.	Name
1.	CENTURYPLY	738.20	56.33	16400.81	0.14	83.30	57.39	1561.38	33.52	11.66	12.67
2.	GREENPLY	294.00	37.24	3672.12	0.17	37.61	32.16	724.89	20.65	13.47	10.01
3.	GREENPANEL	159.95	13.75	1961.43	0.31	29.80	-56.76	396.60	-10.15	-0.40	12.94
4.	ORIRAIL	126.55	18.01	848.63	0.08	10.75	82.98	137.58	16.69	12.04	15.23
5.	ARCHIDPLY	102.05	15.56	202.72	0.00	5.62	888.91	189.01	27.84	3.62	7.37
6.	ADL	72.01	0.00	40.08	0.00	-0.25	-78.57	11.05	-0.08	3.34	-0.16

Detailed Comparison with:

Quarterly Results

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
	891	997	937	1,061	1,005	1,184	1,140	1,198	1,169	1,386	1,350	1,492	1,561
	758	853	831	923	894	1,072	1,011	1,064	1,041	1,211	1,180	1,315	1,447
Operating Profit	133	144	106	137	111	111	130	135	128	175	170	177	114
OPM %	14.95%	14.47%	11.32%	12.94%	11.06%	9.40%	11.35%	11.23%	10.96%	12.60%	12.61%	11.89%	7.31%
	12	15	9	8	-5	-2	2	2	2	2	-6	5	2
Interest	6	6	8	10	15	17	18	19	22	31	31	29	30
Depreciation	23	23	23	25	34	34	34	36	37	48	48	50	54
Profit before Tax	116	129	84	110	58	58	80	82	71	98	85	104	116
Tax %	24.96%	24.93%	25.55%	28.40%	40.84%	31.10%	26.40%	34.91%	25.61%	27.52%	23.27%	23.33%	28.36%
Net Profit	0	0	0	0	34	40	59	53	53	71	65	79	83
	3.91	4.36	2.84	3.58	1.55	1.80	2.63	2.36	2.33	3.10	2.87	3.51	3.61

Profit & Loss

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	TTM
	1,819	2,024	2,280	2,317	2,130	3,027	3,647	3,886	4,528	5,397	5,789
	1,507	1,693	1,979	2,037	1,795	2,496	3,088	3,365	4,041	4,747	5,153
Operating Profit	312	331	302	280	336	531	559	521	487	650	636
OPM %	17.15%	16.36%	13.23%	12.07%	15.75%	17.54%	15.32%	13.40%	10.75%	12.05%	10.99%
	23	8	7	13	6	23	48	44	-3	3	3
Interest	30	36	47	39	13	11	17	31	69	113	121
Depreciation	59	91	59	76	69	74	78	95	137	182	200
Profit before Tax	245	212	202	177	260	468	512	439	277	357	403
Tax %	21.02%	21.79%	26.42%	29.30%	26.33%	33.12%	26.35%	25.92%	32.89%	24.92%	25.79%
Net Profit	193	166	149	125	191	313	377	325	186	268	299
EPS	8.57	7.34	6.68	6.78	8.62	14.09	16.93	14.69	8.34	11.82	—
Dividend Payout %	11.67%	13.63%	14.97%	14.75%	11.60%	10.65%	5.91%	6.81%	11.99%	8.46%	—

COMPOUNDED SALES GROWTH

10 Years:: 13%
5 Years:: 20%
3 Years:: 14%

COMPOUNDED PROFIT GROWTH

10 Years:: 5%
5 Years:: 7%
3 Years:: -11%

STOCK PRICE CAGR

10 Years:: 13%
5 Years:: 12%
3 Years:: 2%
1 Year:: -7%

RETURN ON EQUITY

10 Years:: 18%
5 Years:: 16%
3 Years:: 12%
Last Year:: 11%

Balance Sheet

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Equity Capital	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Minority Interest	12	18	25	-2	-1	-3	-4	-5	14	20
	693	829	953	1,068	1,245	1,535	1,885	2,189	2,343	2,588
	612	576	533	292	158	233	325	771	1,541	1,657
Trade Payables	141	175	159	152	209	253	275	286	357	405
	36	35	58	70	136	190	212	293	291	380
Total Liabilities	1,516	1,656	1,750	1,602	1,769	2,230	2,716	3,556	4,568	5,072
	306	649	836	779	756	770	1,063	1,907	2,036	2,798
Capital Work in Progress	54	126	27	16	28	177	236	267	730	180
	0	0	0	0	111	0	0	3	3	6
	301	383	461	398	369	526	529	646	987	1,087
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	417	500	618
Cash & Bank	67	21	26	25	91	261	278	64	49	59
	788	477	399	385	414	496	610	253	264	325
Total Assets	1,516	1,656	1,750	1,602	1,769	2,230	2,716	3,556	4,568	5,072

Cash Flows

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	263	362	311	442	417	385	551	252	-3	457
Cash from Investing	-304	-250	-147	-25	-226	-320	-480	-578	-678	-425
Cash from Financing	112	-100	-116	-377	-140	35	39	353	660	-22
	28	-46	3	-2	4	-9	-3	27	-21	10

Ratios

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
	72.59	72.64	72.64	72.64	72.64	72.64	71.83	71.83
	4.44	4.53	4.61	4.43	4.28	4.10	4.10	3.86
	16.96	17.46	17.59	17.92	18.13	18.36	19.17	19.41
Government	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	6.00	5.36	5.16	5.02	4.95	4.91	4.91	4.91

Documents

Corporate disclosures, annual reports, credit ratings, and concall transcripts

2026-08-25

Copy of Newspaper Publication

2026-08-25 - Century Plyboards (India) Limited has informed the Exchange about Copy of Newspaper Publication

2026-08-24

Updates

2026-08-24 - Century Plyboards (India) Limited has informed the Exchange regarding ''.

2026-08-24

Shareholders meeting

2026-08-24 - Century Plyboards (India) Limited has informed the Exchange regarding Notice of Annual General Meeting to be held on September 16, 2026

2026-08-24

General Updates

2026-08-24 - Century Plyboards (India) Limited has informed the Exchange about General Updates

2026-08-14

Copy of Newspaper Publication

2026-08-14 - Century Plyboards (India) Limited has informed the Exchange about Copy of Newspaper Publication

2026-08-06

Analysts/Institutional Investor Meet/Con. Call Updates

2026-08-06 - Century Plyboards (India) Limited has informed the Exchange about Transcript

2026-08-04

Analysts/Institutional Investor Meet/Con. Call Updates

2026-08-04 - Century Plyboards (India) Limited has informed the Exchange about Link of Recording

2026-08-04

Analysts/Institutional Investor Meet/Con. Call Updates

2026-08-04 - Century Plyboards (India) Limited has informed the Exchange about Schedule of meet

2026-08-04

Analysts/Institutional Investor Meet/Con. Call Updates

2026-08-04 - Century Plyboards (India) Limited has informed the Exchange about Schedule of meet

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