Bharat Forge Limited DCF Valuation
BHARATFORG · Automobile and Auto Components · Current price ₹1,835
Bharat Forge Limited cash-flow valuation
Our engine did not use a discounted-cash-flow model for Bharat Forge Limited. It routes each business to the methods that suit it, and a DCF is a poor lens where cash-flow forecasts are fragile or the business is capital-structure driven. The methods it did use, and why, are set out below. Our published estimate is ₹756.
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How we got this fair value
Every number below is part of the same estimate for Bharat Forge 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 ₹680 – ₹831
Why this method for this business
Normalized earnings and relative P/E are the most appropriate models for Bharat Forge, an auto components company with cyclical earnings and a narrow moat. These models align with the industry's mid-cycle earnings and P/E dynamics.
The models behind the number
Each method is weighted by how well its inputs held up for this company.
implied value is <0.2× the price (likely a data error)
- ev_ebitda is not used due to insufficient data quality and lack of clear EBITDA normalization basis
- normalized_earnings is not used as a standalone model due to the cyclical nature of the business and the need for a mid-cycle earnings multiple
What was missing
- Lack of forward EPS estimates for the next 2-3 years
- Insufficient data on the company's capital allocation and ROCE trends
What drives it
15 inputs, grouped by how strong each claim is
- Sector-median P/E
- 44.12×
- Peers used
- 11
- EPS (TTM)
- 14.77 ₹/share
- Own-history median P/E
- 57.33×
peer-median
peer-median
computed
reconstructed (one feature, dampened — not a cap)
- Term: quality
- -4.7%
- Term: growth
- +6.8%
- Term: capital_allocation
- -2.7%
- Term: financial_strength
- +6.2%
- Term: history
- +9.0%
- Term: sector_rerating
- +0.0%
- Term: rate_regime
- +1.2%
- Term: risk
- +0.0%
quality 46/100 (weak/erratic returns) → discount
durable ~10% CAGR (ROCE 13% > hurdle) → premium
capital allocation: falling ROCE / weak cash generation → discount
financial strength: low leverage (D/E 0.4) → mild premium
history: market paid +30% vs sector, dampened ×0.3 (one feature, not the anchor)
sector re-rating: no sector-norm history → not used
rates: risk-free 6.9% below ~7.1% normal → higher multiple
risk: no analyst-dispersion signal available → neutral (lowers confidence, not PE)
- Premium vs sector
- +16.0%
- Fair-multiple confidence
- 78%
- Fair P/E
- 51.17×
fundamentals + macro (not capped at own history)
data completeness + term agreement
sector median × ∏(1+term) — Dynamic Fair Multiple
Who computed this
A language model (qwen3:8b) selects the valuation method and the judgement inputs for Bharat Forge 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 14 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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