Star Cement Limited Intrinsic Value
STARCEMENT · Construction Materials · Current price ₹171.74
Is Star Cement Limited undervalued?
We estimate the fair value of Star Cement Limited at ₹267 per share, against a market price of ₹195. That puts the share price about +36.8% below our estimate, at medium confidence. This is our view of what the business is worth, not a target price or a forecast of where the share price will go.
How this fair value is calculated
This estimate comes from 2 methods: Normalized earnings (mid-cycle EV/EBITDA) (₹237), Fair multiple (P/E) (₹326). Each is weighted by how well its inputs held up for this company. The full working, including the assumptions and what data was missing, is set out below.
The range around this estimate
Our estimate for Star Cement Limited spans ₹237 to ₹326. A margin of safety means buying meaningfully below the estimate: the wider the range, the more room the assumptions leave for error.
Margin of safety
Value investors look for a margin of safety: a discount to estimated value that absorbs being wrong. At ₹195 against an estimated value of ₹267, Star Cement Limited trades at +36.8%, i.e. a discount to our estimate. How much margin to demand depends on how much you trust the inputs, which is what the confidence band below is for.
How we got this fair value
Every number below is part of the same estimate for Star Cement 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 ₹237 – ₹326
Why this method for this business
Normalized earnings and relative PE are the most appropriate models for a cyclical business like cement, which is sensitive to macroeconomic conditions and requires valuation based on mid-cycle earnings and sector multiples.
The models behind the number
Each method is weighted by how well its inputs held up for this company.
Cyclical valued off mid-cycle earnings and a through-cycle EV/EBITDA (§6.6)
- ev_ebitda was excluded due to insufficient data quality for accurate enterprise value estimation
- DCF was not used as it is not suitable for a cyclical commodity business like cement
What was missing
- Lack of forward-looking EBITDA and EPS data for precise modeling
- Limited historical data on sector multiples for more accurate relative PE analysis
What drives it
23 inputs, grouped by how strong each claim is
- Revenue (TTM)
- 3,776 ₹ cr
- Net debt
- 603 ₹ cr
- Shares outstanding
- 40,37,26,708
- Sector-median P/E
- 26.09×
- Peers used
- 11
- EPS (TTM)
- 9.14 ₹/share
- Own-history median P/E
- 20.89×
computed
computed
computed
peer-median
peer-median
computed
reconstructed (one feature, dampened — not a cap)
- EBITDA margin (cycle median)
- 18%
- Through-cycle EV/EBITDA
- 14.98×
computed (≤5y median)
own-history (median of 5y)
- Term: quality
- +0.2%
- Term: growth
- +33.7%
- Term: capital_allocation
- +1.5%
- Term: financial_strength
- +5.5%
- Term: history
- -6.0%
- Term: sector_rerating
- +0.0%
- Term: rate_regime
- +1.2%
- Term: risk
- +0.0%
quality 56/100 (about average) → neutral
durable ~16% CAGR (ROCE 16% > hurdle) → premium
capital allocation: steady → neutral
financial strength: low leverage (D/E 0.3) → mild premium
history: market paid -20% 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)
- Mid-cycle EBITDA
- 679.7 ₹ cr
- Enterprise value
- 10,185 ₹ cr
- Net debt basis
- gross (cash unavailable)
- Premium vs sector
- +36.6%
- Fair-multiple confidence
- 83%
- Fair P/E
- 35.63×
computed
computed
note: net debt approximated by gross debt (cash unavailable)
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 Star Cement 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.
Read the full fair-value methodologyMore on Star Cement Limited
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