Action Construction Equipment
Action Construction Equipment
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Strengths
5- Company has reduced debt.
- Company is almost debt free.
- Company has delivered good profit growth of 40.4% CAGR over last 5 years
- Company has a good return on equity (ROE) track record: 3 Years ROE 26.6%
- Company has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 94.2%
Growth Rate
AI Analysis — Bull vs Bear
Action Construction Equipment Ltd is a ₹14,095 Cr market-cap company commanding ~63% market share in India's mobile/pick-and-carry crane segment. It trades at a PE of 32.3x and 7.02x book value, with a strong 5-year profit CAGR of 40% and near-zero debt, though TTM revenue and profit growth have decelerated sharply to 5% and 3% respectively.
- Dominant market position with ~63% share in India's mobile crane segment, providing strong pricing power and scale advantages
- Virtually debt-free balance sheet, having reduced debt significantly — debt-to-equity is negligible, reducing financial risk
- Excellent 5-year compounded profit growth of 40% CAGR, demonstrating sustained earnings expansion
- Consistent return on equity averaging 27% over 3 years and 24% over 5 years, well above cost of capital
- India's crane market is projected to grow at 6-7% CAGR through 2031, supported by government capex budgeted at ₹12.2 lakh Cr for FY27 (11% YoY growth)
- Q1 FY27 showed strong recovery with 19.5% YoY revenue growth and EBITDA margin expanding to 20.5%, a 428 bps QoQ improvement — best-ever quarterly margin
- Diversification into defence equipment and tower cranes (38% domestic market share in tower cranes) provides additional growth avenues
- 5-year compounded sales CAGR of 22% and 10-year sales CAGR of 18% demonstrate long-term revenue scalability
- TTM revenue growth has decelerated sharply to just 5% versus 15% 3-year CAGR and 22% 5-year CAGR, signalling a potential slowdown
- TTM profit growth of only 3% is a steep decline from the 38% 3-year CAGR, raising questions about near-term earnings momentum
- Stock trades at 7.02x price-to-book, a premium valuation that leaves limited margin of safety if growth disappoints
- PE of 32.3x is elevated for a capital goods company with single-digit TTM earnings growth, implying high expectations already priced in
- Q2 FY26 saw crane and construction equipment volumes decline 18% YoY to 2,348 units, and agriculture segment volumes fell 27% YoY
- Agriculture segment (~6% of revenue) reported an EBIT loss of ₹1.27 Cr in Q2 FY26 versus ₹2.4 Cr profit in the prior year, showing weakness in the diversification effort
- Dividend yield of just 0.17% offers negligible income return to shareholders relative to fixed-income alternatives
- FY26 full-year revenue declined 1.4% YoY to ₹3,280 Cr after growing 14% the prior year, confirming the growth deceleration is not just a one-quarter blip
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AI News Digest
- Strong institutional investor interest Aug 10
ACE is hosting multiple investor/analyst engagements in July-August 2026 including plant visits and meetings with LIC Mutual Fund, Invisage Capital, MAIQ Capital, and Dharohar Capital, signaling sustained institutional attention.
- Dharohar Capital plant visit Aug 12 Aug 10
ACE scheduled a plant visit for Dharohar Capital at its Palwal, Haryana facility on August 12, 2026.
- LIC MF & Invisage virtual meets Aug 7
Virtual institutional meetings scheduled for August 10 and 19, 2026 with LIC Mutual Fund Ltd and Invisage Capital.
- Late-July investor meets scheduled Jul 27
Virtual one-on-one meetings with institutional investors planned for July 30-31, 2026, plus a plant visit at Dudhola facility on July 27.
- MAIQ Capital meet in Faridabad Jul 25
One-on-one institutional meet with MAIQ Capital scheduled for July 28, 2026 in Faridabad.
TL;DR: No operational or financial news emerged in this period — all updates relate to investor and analyst engagement activities. The high frequency of institutional meetings and plant visits through July-August 2026 suggests healthy buy-side interest in ACE. There are no visible headwinds from recent news flow. The lack of business updates makes it difficult to assess fundamental trajectory, but sustained institutional engagement is a mild positive signal for near-term sentiment.
Quarterly Results
| Particulars | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 652 | 673 | 753 | 836 | 734 | 757 | 875 | 961 | 652 | 744 | 855 | 1,029 | 786 |
| Expenses | 570 | 584 | 650 | 706 | 636 | 648 | 740 | 797 | 559 | 635 | 725 | 857 | 668 |
| Operating Profit | 82 | 89 | 103 | 130 | 99 | 109 | 135 | 164 | 93 | 109 | 130 | 172 | 118 |
| OPM % | 13% | 13% | 14% | 16% | 13% | 14% | 15% | 17% | 14% | 15% | 15% | 17% | 15% |
| Other Income | 16 | 17 | 23 | 21 | 28 | 34 | 30 | 8 | 51 | 29 | 36 | -6 | 55 |
| Interest | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Depreciation | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| PBT | 90 | 97 | 114 | 133 | 112 | 127 | 149 | 161 | 128 | 124 | 152 | 153 | 158 |
| Tax % | 25% | 24% | 23% | 26% | 25% | 25% | 25% | 26% | 23% | 27% | 23% | 28% | 25% |
| Net Profit | 68 | 74 | 88 | 98 | 84 | 95 | 112 | 119 | 98 | 90 | 116 | 111 | 119 |
| EPS in Rs | 5.67 | 6.21 | 7.41 | 8.27 | 7.07 | 7.96 | 9.38 | 9.96 | 8.21 | 7.56 | 9.78 | 9.31 | 10.03 |
Profit & Loss
| Particulars | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 | TTM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 599 | 637 | 751 | 1,087 | 1,343 | 1,156 | 1,227 | 1,630 | 2,160 | 2,914 | 3,327 | 3,280 | 3,414 |
| Expenses | 580 | 607 | 712 | 995 | 1,245 | 1,065 | 1,108 | 1,478 | 1,939 | 2,510 | 2,821 | 2,776 | 2,885 |
| Operating Profit | 19 | 31 | 39 | 92 | 98 | 92 | 119 | 151 | 221 | 404 | 506 | 504 | 529 |
| OPM % | 3.1% | 4.8% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 10% | 9% | 10% | 14% | 15% | 15% | 16% |
| Other Income | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 41 | 77 | 100 | 110 | 114 |
| Interest | 13 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 22 | 19 |
| Depreciation | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 28 | 35 | 36 |
| PBT | 8 | 15 | 19 | 74 | 84 | 68 | 108 | 137 | 234 | 434 | 549 | 557 | 587 |
| Tax % | 35% | 42% | 27% | 30% | 33% | 23% | 26% | 24% | 26% | 24% | 25% | 25% | — |
| Net Profit | 5 | 9 | 14 | 52 | 56 | 52 | 80 | 105 | 173 | 328 | 409 | 415 | 437 |
| EPS in Rs | 0.67 | 0.85 | 1.31 | 4.44 | 4.78 | 4.63 | 7.03 | 8.82 | 14.41 | 27.56 | 34.36 | 34.86 | 36.68 |
| Div. Payout % | 30% | 24% | 23% | 11% | 10% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 139% | 137% | — |
Balance Sheet
| Particulars | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity Capital | 20 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Reserves | 272 | 259 | 311 | 359 | 414 | 420 | 501 | 730 | 895 | 1,206 | 1,591 | 1,987 |
| Borrowings | 138 | 154 | 114 | 78 | 53 | 82 | 55 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 8 |
| Other Liabilities | 180 | 183 | 229 | 356 | 396 | 429 | 477 | 497 | 674 | 934 | 1,079 | 1,232 |
| Total Liabilities | 609 | 620 | 677 | 817 | 887 | 954 | 1,055 | 1,282 | 1,600 | 2,169 | 2,710 | 3,251 |
| Fixed Assets | 283 | 315 | 346 | 337 | 341 | 412 | 429 | 452 | 487 | 580 | 716 | 781 |
| CWIP | 7 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 13 | 24 | 24 | 44 | 29 | 49 |
| Investments | 14 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 45 | 28 | 31 | 179 | 349 | 594 | 918 | 1,283 |
| Other Assets | 305 | 286 | 305 | 439 | 493 | 494 | 582 | 627 | 739 | 951 | 1,048 | 1,138 |
| Total Assets | 609 | 620 | 677 | 817 | 887 | 954 | 1,055 | 1,282 | 1,600 | 2,169 | 2,710 | 3,251 |
Cash Flow
| Particulars | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating | 40 | 57 | 76 | 89 | 72 | 48 | 86 | 104 | 274 | 433 | 412 | 417 |
| Investing | -14 | -25 | -17 | -35 | -27 | -20 | -16 | -201 | -218 | -368 | -382 | -350 |
| Financing | -26 | -33 | -57 | -53 | -44 | -33 | -40 | 71 | -41 | -39 | -29 | -52 |
| Net Cash Flow | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 30 | -27 | 16 | 27 | 1 | 15 |
| Free Cash Flow | 26 | 32 | 61 | 59 | 49 | 10 | 70 | 59 | 238 | 268 | 206 | 330 |
| CFO/OP | 226 | 186 | 204 | 114 | 96 | 70 | 93 | 90 | 154 | 133 | 108 | 114 |
Ratios
| Particulars | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debtor Days | 49 | 47 | 51 | 57 | 39 | 47 | 67 | 42 | 29 | 21 | 29 | 32 |
| Inventory Days | 119 | 102 | 78 | 69 | 79 | 124 | 113 | 104 | 99 | 100 | 83 | 100 |
| Days Payable | 98 | 93 | 102 | 112 | 105 | 147 | 141 | 129 | 119 | 124 | 130 | 151 |
| Cash Conversion Cycle | 70 | 56 | 27 | 14 | 14 | 24 | 39 | 18 | 9 | -4 | -18 | -20 |
| Working Capital Days | -17 | -19 | -10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 18 | -2 | -17 | -21 | -26 |
| ROCE % | 3% | 6% | 8% | 19% | 20% | 16% | 21% | 21% | 26% | 42% | 40% | 32% |
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Company Information
Action Construction Equipment Ltd is engaged in the business of manufacturing and marketing of hydraulic mobile cranes, mobile tower cranes, material handling equipment like forklifts, road construction equipment like backhoe loaders, compactors, motor graders and agriculture equipment like tractors, harvesters, rotavators, etc. It was incorporated in 1995 and concluded its IPO in 2006.[1]
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