profit from every ₹100 of sales.
₹0₹100
CESC
₹128.68-1.27% today
-22.4% in 1 year
1-year low ₹123.451-year high ₹198.72
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2023 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay ₹11.06 for every ₹1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What CESC sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from ₹142 billion in 2023 to ₹186 billion in 2026, with ₹15.4 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
CESC handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
₹8.0B
Free cash flow 2026₹1.4B
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends₹8.0B
Cash vs. debt₹42.1B vs. ₹216.7B
CESC vs. similar companies
CESC grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from ₹100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per ₹1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| CESC | 11.1× · Cheap | ||
 NextEra Energy | 26.1× · Fair price | ||
 The Southern | 25.1× · Fair price | ||
 Duke Energy | 20.3× · Fair price | ||
 National Grid | 19.8× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads CESC's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of INR | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 142,464 | 152,932 | 170,010 | 185,700 | |
| 45,523 | 47,581 | 59,900 | 71,100 | |
| 14,402 | 11,039 | 35,640 | 44,040 | |
| 40,242 | 44,768 | 44,670 | 48,790 | |
| 13,428 | 13,764 | 13,700 | 15,420 | |
| 10.13 | 10.38 | 10.33 | 11.63 | |
| 32.0% | 31.1% | 35.2% | 38.3% | |
| 10.1% | 7.2% | 21.0% | 23.7% | |
| 9.4% | 9.0% | 8.1% | 8.3% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of INR | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 377,119 | 371,678 | 409,811 | 464,700 |
| Cash | 11,292 | 12,754 | 21,812 | 42,080 |
| Total debt | 142,628 | 145,436 | 179,780 | 216,710 |
| Total liabilities | 263,228 | 251,824 | 283,786 | 332,810 |
| 109,104 | 114,456 | 120,097 | 125,300 | |
| 1,326 | 1,326 | 1,326 | 1,326 | |
| 8.7% | 8.7% | 8.2% | 8.0% | |
| 12.3% | 12.0% | 11.4% | 12.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of INR | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19,784 | 23,514 | 25,810 | 40,570 | |
| 6,955 | 7,712 | 18,630 | 39,160 | |
| 12,828 | 15,803 | 7,180 | 1,410 | |
| Dividends paid | 6,038 | 6,062 | 6,030 | 8,030 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 11.1×
- –
- 2.35
- 1.8×
- 0.9×
- 121.0×
- 7.1×
- 0.8%
- 9.0%
- 4.7%
Profitability
- 38.3%
- 23.7%
- 8.3%
- –
- 8.0%
- 8.4%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +9.2%
- +4.7%
- –
- –
- +0.0%
Financial health
- 3.6×
- 1.73
- –
- 2.4×
- 0.92
- –
- –
How it ranks in Utilities
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 21%of 397
Top 34%of 392
Top 27%of 363
Top 27%of 397
Bottom 47%of 396
4.7%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$47a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
52.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 569.5%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
40No pass
Benjamin Graham
62Pass
Philip Fisher
44No pass
Peter Lynch
29No pass
Joel Greenblatt
48No pass
Charlie Munger
30No pass
Terry Smith
22No pass
Questions about CESC
Is CESC a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the CESC AI analysis
What does CESC do?
CESC Limited, an integrated electrical utility company, engages in the generation and distribution of electricity in India. It is in Utilities - Regulated Electric, based in Kolkata, India.
Does CESC pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 4.7% a year, about 52% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out ₹8.03 billion in dividends.
Is CESC stock halal?
No. CESC does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 127% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has CESC stock done over the past year?
Down 22.4% over the past twelve months, to ₹128.68. It traded between ₹123.45 and ₹198.72 and is 35.2% below its high.
Who are CESC's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are NextEra Energy, The Southern, Duke Energy and National Grid. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with CESC's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.