Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited DCF Valuation
BALMLAWRIE · Diversified · Current price ₹159.21
Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited cash-flow valuation
Our discounted cash flow (2-stage) values Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited at ₹180 per share. Intrinsic value from 2-stage discounted cash flows (primary for asset-light / normal businesses); FCFE path. It carries 70% of the weight in our published estimate of ₹163. A discounted cash flow is only as good as the cash-flow path it assumes, so the assumptions behind it are listed in full below.
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How we got this fair value
Every number below is part of the same estimate for Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited. Nothing here is a target price or a forecast of where the share price will go.
Workable, with real gaps. Weigh it alongside your own view rather than on its own.
Estimate range ₹125 – ₹180
Why this method for this business
The DCF and residual income models are appropriate for a diversified, asset-light business with stable cash flows and a long-term moat. These models capture the intrinsic value and return on equity, which are critical for a company with a mixed portfolio.
The models behind the number
Each method is weighted by how well its inputs held up for this company.
Intrinsic value from 2-stage discounted cash flows (primary for asset-light / normal businesses); FCFE path
Book value plus the present value of returns earned above the 10.6% cost of equity
- relative_pe: Not used due to lack of forward estimates and the company's complex structure
- other models not in allowed_models
What was missing
- Forward estimates are not available to support more dynamic growth assumptions
- Limited data on the impact of potential mergers on long-term profitability
What drives it
17 inputs, grouped by how strong each claim is
- FCF_0 (normalized)
- 165 ₹cr
- Net debt
- 220 ₹cr
- ROE (normalized)
- 13.4%
- Book value / share
- 121 ₹
fcf_norm (median ≤5y positive)
gross debt (cash n/a)
computed
reported
- Discount rate (r)
- 14.4%
- Beta
- 1
- Cost of equity
- 10.6%
COE (building-block)
bottom-up industry
building-block
- Stage-1 start growth
- 18.61%
- Fade shape
- linear
- Terminal growth (g)
- 5%
- Stage-1 years
- 10 y
pat_cagr_5y
lifecycle Growth
macro terminal × quality premium
lifecycle Growth horizon
- Lifecycle stage
- Growth
- Quality premium
- 1×
- Moat
- None
- Excess-return horizon
- 3 yrs
forecast engine (L20)
moat None + capital allocation
computed
computed
- Path
- FCFE
- Terminal-value fraction
- 0.472
computed (D/E vs 0.8)
PV_TV / (PV_1+PV_TV)
Who computed this
A language model (qwen3:8b) selects the valuation method and the judgement inputs for Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited: which models suit the business, the moat, the growth and margin assumptions. It does not produce the number. The fair value itself is computed in Python by a deterministic engine (version 2026.08.1) from those inputs, so the same inputs always give the same result and every figure above can be traced to a source.
Estimated 15 Sept 2026. Re-run as new financials and news arrive.
How we value stocks
We estimate what a business is worth from its own economics: cash flows, returns on capital, and a multiple justified by its quality, rather than from where the share price has been. A fair value estimate is a view, not a verdict, and it is only as good as the inputs listed above.
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