ACE Edutrend Limited

Consumer Defensive — Education & Training Services · BSE

₹3.59−₹0.18 (−4.77%)

DalalBaazaar Score

39 / 100

🔴 Weak

Verdict

CAUTION

Risk

High

Driven by negative free cash flow, the company is currently loss-making, micro-cap size, which brings thin liquidity.

In simple words: The company is currently losing money. Cash generation is currently the main factor to watch.

Decision support, not a buy or sell call.

As of 18 Oct 2026, 7:47 pm

Understanding the Business

Company site ↗

The 60-second version of ACE Edutrend Limited — what it does, how it earns, and who it competes with, before any of the numbers below.

What does this company do?

ACE Edutrend Limited offers educational and vocational services in India. It also manages educational institutes, training institutes, and centres, as well as acts as consultants, contractors, advisors, surveyors and assessors, representations, and liaison agents.

IndustryEducation & Training Services

SectorConsumer Defensive

Who are its competitors?

The closest listed comparisons in its industry are HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LTD., ITC LTD, NESTLE INDIA LIMITED, BRITANNIA INDUSTRIES LTD. These are the companies its valuation and returns are measured against elsewhere in this report.

Compared side by side in Peers ↓

What is its competitive advantage?Little sign of one

Returns on capital of -1.3% are at or below what the capital likely costs. That is the financial pattern of a business competing largely on price, where advantage has to come from execution rather than position.

Peer median ROE51.0%

DalalBaazaar Score

39/ 100

Weak

Weighted across six categories. Every point is explained below.

✗ Return on equity is negative

Quality vs. Valuation

Company Quality

37/ 100

Weak

How good the business is, ignoring the share price entirely.

Valuation

36/ 100

Expensive

What you are being asked to pay, ignoring how good the business is.

Weak on business quality and not cheap enough to compensate.

vs. its own history

Not enough price and earnings history

vs. sector peers

Not enough peers with a usable P/E

vs. generic bands

N/A

No P/E — the company is lossmaking

EV/EBITDA

—

PEG

—

Red Flags

2 items require attention · 1 high · 1 watch

🔴The company is lossmakingFinancial
Net profit of -₹0 Cr in the latest reported year.
🟡Free cash flow is negativeFinancial
Free cash flow was -₹0 Cr in the latest year.

Investment Thesis

🟢 Bull CaseWhat could make this work?

No clear supporting case emerges from the available numbers.

🔴 Bear CaseWhat could go wrong?

Earnings are hard to forecast
Profit has swung sharply from year to year, so any single year — good or bad — is a weak guide to the next. Cyclical earnings deserve lower multiples for that reason.
Size brings its own risk
Micro Cap businesses are thinly traded, so exits are harder in a falling market and single events move the price more than they would for a larger company.

🟡 Key Things to WatchMeasurable tripwires, set against where this company stands today

1Free cash flow remains positive✗ -₹0 Cr
Profit that never becomes cash eventually stops being profit.
2ROCE stays above 8%✗ -1.3%
Falling returns on capital are usually competition arriving, and show up here before they reach the margin.

Investment Checklist

4 / 9 checks passed

✗ Strong return on equity (ROE ≥ 15%)
✗ Strong return on capital employed (ROCE ≥ 15%)
✗ Healthy net margin (≥ 10%)
✗ Generates positive free cash flow
✓ Adequate short-term liquidity (Current Ratio ≥ 1.0)
✓ Profit growing year-over-year
✓ Not trading at an extreme valuation (P/E < 40x)
✓ Not buying right at the 52-week high
✗ Short-term technical trend isn't bearish

Price history

Quick Metrics

2 good · 4 neutral · 5 weak

Market Cap

₹3 Cr

Micro Cap

Smaller company — thin liquidity and deep drawdowns are normal here

P/E (Trailing)

Not meaningful

Loss-making

Earnings are negative, so a P/E multiple can't be read here

P/B Ratio

0.45x

Reasonable

Reasonable against the company's book value

EPS (TTM)

₹-0.18

Loss-making

Negative earnings per share — the business is losing money

ROE

-2.0%

Weak

Weak capital efficiency

ROCE

-1.3%

Weak

Low return on total capital employed

Debt/Equity

Not available

No data

Source didn't return this field

Revenue Growth (YoY)

Not available

No data

Source didn't return this field

Profit Growth (YoY)

75.9%

Healthy

Profits growing at a healthy clip

Dividend Yield

None

No dividend yield reported — usually means no payout, but verify if one was recently initiated

Free Cash Flow

-₹0 Cr

Cash burning

Spending more cash than the operations bring in

More Metrics

Operating Margin

30.0%

Good

Healthy core-business profitability

Net Margin

0.0%

Weak

Very little revenue reaches the bottom line

Current Ratio

1.23

Comfortable

Healthy short-term liquidity

Beta (vs Nifty)

0.09

Defensive

Steadier than the market

52W Range Position

Near low

Near its 52-week low

Technical Snapshot

SMA 20 / SMA 50

4.1 / 4.4

Bearish alignment (short < long)

Price vs SMA 200

Below

Long-term downtrend

RSI (14)

0.0

Oversold zone

Financial Trend (4-Year)

Metric	FY23	FY24	FY25	FY26	3Y CAGR
EBITDA	-₹0 Cr	-₹0 Cr	-₹0 Cr	-₹0 Cr	—
PAT (Net Profit)	-₹0 Cr	-₹0 Cr	-₹1 Cr	-₹0 Cr	—
EPS	₹-0.22	₹-0.18	₹-0.72	₹-0.17	—
ROE	-2.3%	-1.9%	-8.2%	-2.0%	—
ROCE	-1.5%	-1.1%	-1.0%	-1.3%	—
Free Cash Flow	-₹0 Cr	₹0 Cr	-₹0 Cr	-₹0 Cr	—

🟡 ROE has held roughly flat at -2.0% over 3 years.

🟡 ROCE has held roughly flat at -1.3% over 3 years.

Balance Sheet & Cash Flow — FY2026

Total Assets

₹12 Cr

Total Liabilities

₹5 Cr

Total Debt

—

Cash & Equivalents

₹0 Cr

Operating Cash Flow

-₹0 Cr

Capex

—

Shareholding (proxy)

Institutional Holding

0.0%

Insider Holding

40.1%

Corporate Actions

Ex-Dividend Date

18 Mar 1997

Peer Comparison

Company	P/E	ROE
HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LTD.	42.5x	21.5%
ITC LTD	16.6x	27.4%
NESTLE INDIA LIMITED	59.8x	79.9%
BRITANNIA INDUSTRIES LTD	44.1x	51.0%

Recent News

1 mixed5 general

ACE EduTrend Ltd. Peer Comparison – Compare with Others

Value Research, 30 Aug

ACE Edutrend Ltd accepts resignation of Company Secretary effective July 13

scanx.trade, 13 Jul

Oxygenta Pharmaceutical reports standalone net loss of Rs 2.10 crore in the June 2026 quarter

Business Standard, 28 JulResults

🟡Mixed / dependsA results event. The figures on this page update once the new statements reach the data feed, which usually lags the announcement.

Top 16 Education Sector Stocks In India | Education Industry Guide

Samco, 02 Sept

ACE EduTrend Ltd. Financials – Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss, Cash Flow

Value Research, 30 Aug

SDC Stock Price and Chart — BSE:SDC

TradingView, 02 Apr

Watch Items

Trading very close to its 52-week low — worth checking whether this reflects a temporary setback or a structural problem.
Cross-check against the company's latest quarterly filing / investor presentation before acting.
2 metrics couldn't be retrieved for this stock — this is more common for smaller or thinly-covered listings.
RSI is in oversold territory — could mean either a bargain or a stock still falling for good reason. Check the 'why' before assuming reversal.

DalalBaazaar Thesis

MiddlingGrowth · Valuation

WeakBusiness Quality · Financial Health · Profitability · Risk

Points for each in the Score ↑

Weak on the fundamentals

Poor scores on business quality without a price low enough to compensate. There is no obvious argument for owning this over a stronger company at a similar valuation. 1 high-severity red flag sits above this conclusion and should be read first.

2 of 2 tripwires tripped — Free cash flow remains positive; ROCE stays above 8% · see Key things to watch ↑