Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited DCF Valuation
MCX · Financial Services · Current price ₹3,162
Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited cash-flow valuation
Our discounted cash flow (2-stage) values Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited at ₹174 per share. implied value is <0.2× the price (likely a data error). 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 Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited. Nothing here is a target price or a forecast of where the share price will go.
The models agree and the inputs are well covered. Treat this as our firmest estimate.
Estimate range ₹2,192 – ₹2,680
Why this method for this business
MCX is an asset-light exchange with durable earnings power and a wide moat, making relative PE and DCF the most appropriate models. Residual income is less relevant for a high-growth, capital-light business.
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)
- residual_income: not suitable for an asset-light, high-growth exchange with strong earnings power
What was missing
- forward EPS estimates
- peer comparisons for P/E normalization
What drives it
15 inputs, grouped by how strong each claim is
- Sector-median P/E
- 19.66×
- Peers used
- 397
- EPS (TTM)
- 60.46 ₹/share
- Own-history median P/E
- 121.28×
peer-median
peer-median
computed
reconstructed (one feature, dampened — not a cap)
- Term: quality
- +0.2%
- Term: growth
- +40.0%
- Term: capital_allocation
- +6.9%
- Term: financial_strength
- +8.0%
- Term: history
- +25.0%
- Term: sector_rerating
- +0.0%
- Term: rate_regime
- +1.2%
- Term: risk
- +0.0%
quality 55/100 (about average) → neutral
durable ~43% CAGR (ROCE 13% > hurdle) → premium
capital allocation: rising ROCE funded by strong FCF → premium
financial strength: effectively debt-free → premium
history: market paid +517% 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
- +104.9%
- Fair-multiple confidence
- 87%
- Fair P/E
- 40.29×
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 Multi Commodity Exchange of India 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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