Creative Graphics Solutions India Limited

Sector n/a · NSE

₹178.30+₹6.75 (+3.93%)

DalalBaazaar Score

50 / 100

🟡 Moderate

Verdict

NEUTRAL

Risk

High

Driven by negative free cash flow, micro-cap size, which brings thin liquidity, falling profits.

In simple words: Strong business and financial position, though profits are falling even as sales grow. Cash generation is currently the main factor to watch.

Decision support, not a buy or sell call.

As of 18 Oct 2026, 6:58 pm

Understanding the Business

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

How does it make money?

Turns over ₹346 Cr a year. Of every ₹100 of sales, about ₹5 reaches shareholders as profit, with ₹11 left at the operating level before interest, tax and depreciation.

What is its competitive advantage?Some evidence

ROCE of 19.7% is above what capital typically costs, which suggests some pricing power, though not yet the sustained, wide gap that marks a durable advantage.

What has been driving growth?

Growth has come mainly from selling more, rather than from keeping more of each sale. Over 3 years revenue moved +284% while net margin moved -43% relative to itself. What this cannot tell you is which products, customers or geographies did the work — that lives in the segment disclosures of the annual report.

Revenue effect+284%

Margin effect-43%

DalalBaazaar Score

50/ 100

Moderate

Weighted across six categories. Every point is explained below.

✗ Micro Cap: thinner liquidity and sharper drawdowns are normal
✗ Negative free cash flow means dependence on external funding

Quality vs. Valuation

Company Quality

53/ 100

Average

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

Valuation

60/ 100

Fair

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

A reasonable business at a reasonable price — neither the quality nor the valuation stands out in either direction.

vs. its own history

Not enough price and earnings history

vs. sector peers

Not enough peers with a usable P/E

vs. generic bands

No P/E available

EV/EBITDA

14.2x

PEG

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What's Good / What's Bad

🟢 What's Going Well1

Consistently profitable
Profitable in every one of the last 4 reported years.

🔴 What Needs Attention2

Return on equity is falling
ROE has dropped from 46.1% to 14.9% — each rupee of shareholder capital earns less than it did.
Return on capital is falling
ROCE has declined from 42.9% to 19.7% — often a sign of competition or overexpansion.

Red Flags

5 items require attention · 4 high · 1 watch

🔴Debt has risen sharplyFinancial
Total debt is up 289% over 3 years, from ₹24 Cr to ₹95 Cr.
🔴Free cash flow negative for 4 yearsFinancial
The business has not covered its capital spending from operations for several years running, which has to be funded externally.
🔴Significant margin compressionFinancial
EBITDA margin has fallen 7.3 points, from 17.8% to 10.6%.
🔴Inventory building faster than salesFinancial
Inventory up 984% against revenue up 284% — stock may not be moving.
🟡Interest coverage is deterioratingFinancial
Cover has fallen from 6.9x to 4.6x.

Investment Thesis

🟢 Bull CaseWhat could make this work?

Capital compounds at a high rate
ROCE of 19.7% means each rupee reinvested earns well above what capital costs. If the company can keep deploying at this rate, growth creates value rather than just consuming cash.
Earnings have proved durable
Profitable in every one of the last 4 reported years. Consistency lowers the risk that any single bad year is structural rather than cyclical.

🔴 Bear CaseWhat could go wrong?

Margins are being competed away
EBITDA margin has fallen from 17.8% to 10.6%. If the trend continues, profit falls even on flat sales — and margin decline rarely reverses quickly.
Returns on shareholder capital are falling
ROE has dropped from 46.1% to 14.9%. Each rupee of equity earns less than it did, so profit growth increasingly depends on raising more capital rather than on the existing base working harder.
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.
Several serious flags at once
4 high-severity checks triggered. Individually each has an explanation; together they raise the chance that something structural is wrong rather than a one-off.

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

1Revenue growth stays above 42% a year✓ 56.6% CAGR
Latest reported year was 37.8%. The bar is set below the established compounding rate, so ordinary variation does not trip it.
2EBITDA margin holds above 9%✓ 10.6%
Two points below today's level — enough room for noise, tight enough to catch real compression.
3Debt / EBITDA stays below 2x✗ 2.6x
The ratio lenders write covenants against; it survives a small or negative equity base, unlike Debt/Equity.
4Free cash flow remains positive✗ -₹36 Cr
Profit that never becomes cash eventually stops being profit.
5ROCE stays above 17%✓ 19.7%
Falling returns on capital are usually competition arriving, and show up here before they reach the margin.

Investment Checklist

5 / 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
✓ Manageable leverage (Debt/Equity < 1.0)
✓ Adequate short-term liquidity (Current Ratio ≥ 1.0)
✓ Revenue growing year-over-year
✗ Profit growing year-over-year
✓ Short-term technical trend isn't bearish

Price history

Quick Metrics

2 good · 7 neutral · 2 weak

Market Cap

₹433 Cr

Micro Cap

Smaller company — thin liquidity and deep drawdowns are normal here

P/E (Trailing)

Not available

No data

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P/B Ratio

Not available

No data

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EPS (TTM)

Not available

No data

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ROE

14.9%

Moderate

Moderate capital efficiency

ROCE

19.7%

Strong

Earns comfortably above its likely cost of capital

Debt/Equity

0.75x

Moderate

Moderate leverage

Revenue Growth (YoY)

37.8%

Healthy

Healthy top-line growth

Profit Growth (YoY)

-9.7%

Falling

Profits are shrinking

Dividend Yield

None

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

Free Cash Flow

-₹36 Cr

Cash burning

Spending more cash than the operations bring in

More Metrics

Gross Margin

25.2%

Proxy

Operating margin unavailable — showing gross margin instead

Net Margin

5.4%

Average

Average bottom-line conversion

Current Ratio

1.64

Comfortable

Healthy short-term liquidity

Technical Snapshot

SMA 20 / SMA 50

148.3 / 147.1

Bullish alignment (short > long)

Price vs SMA 200

Below

Long-term downtrend

RSI (14)

64.7

Neutral momentum

Financial Trend (4-Year)

Metric	FY23	FY24	FY25	FY26	3Y CAGR
Revenue	₹90 Cr	₹132 Cr	₹251 Cr	₹346 Cr	+56.6%
EBITDA	₹16 Cr	₹23 Cr	₹38 Cr	₹37 Cr	+31.5%
EBITDA Margin	17.8%	17.3%	15.1%	10.6%	—
PAT (Net Profit)	₹9 Cr	₹11 Cr	₹21 Cr	₹19 Cr	+29.5%
EPS	₹3.56	₹4.45	₹8.58	—	—
ROE	46.1%	30.1%	19.5%	14.9%	—
ROCE	42.9%	34.7%	26.4%	19.7%	—
Total Debt	₹24 Cr	₹50 Cr	₹65 Cr	₹95 Cr	+57.3%
Free Cash Flow	-₹11 Cr	-₹1 Cr	-₹40 Cr	-₹36 Cr	—

🟢 Revenue has grown at 56.6% a year over 3 years.

🟢 EBITDA has grown at 31.5% a year over 3 years.

🔴 EBITDA Margin has fallen from 17.8% to 10.6% over 3 years (-7.3 pts).

🟢 PAT (Net Profit) has grown at 29.5% a year over 3 years.

🔴 ROE has fallen from 46.1% to 14.9% over 3 years (-31.2 pts).

🔴 ROCE has fallen from 42.9% to 19.7% over 3 years (-23.2 pts).

🔴 Total Debt has grown at 57.3% a year over 3 years.

Balance Sheet & Cash Flow — FY2026

Total Assets

₹280 Cr

Total Liabilities

₹154 Cr

Cash & Equivalents

₹9 Cr

Operating Cash Flow

-₹5 Cr

Capex

-₹31 Cr

Recent News

3 mixed3 general

Creative Graphics Solutions India Ltd Share Price rises

Univest, 28 SeptPrice move

🟡Mixed / dependsA price move, which is not by itself a change in the business. Worth finding the cause before reading it as either good or bad.

Creative Graphics Solutions India Ltd Key Financial Ratios – Valuation, Profitability & More

Value Research, 31 Aug

Creative Graphics Solutions India Ltd (NSE:CGRAPHICS) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: ...

Yahoo Finance, 15 JunResults

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

CREATIVE GRAPHICS S IND L Share Price

Upstox, 05 May

Creative Graphics Solutions India Ltd. Share Price Up 8.58%

Univest, 21 AugPrice move

🟡Mixed / dependsA price move, which is not by itself a change in the business. Worth finding the cause before reading it as either good or bad.

Take Care Before Diving Into The Deep End On Creative Graphics Solutions India Limited (NSE:CGRAPHICS)

Simply Wall Street, 01 Oct

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DalalBaazaar Thesis

MiddlingFinancial Health · Growth · Profitability · Valuation

WeakBusiness Quality · Risk

Points for each in the Score ↑

Unremarkable in both directions

A reasonable business at a reasonable price. Nothing here is alarming and nothing is compelling, which usually means the decision rests on things this data cannot see — the industry's direction, management's intent, and what else is available to you. 4 high-severity red flags sit above this conclusion and should be read first.

2 of 5 tripwires tripped — Debt / EBITDA stays below 2x; Free cash flow remains positive · see Key things to watch ↑