📉 Consolidated Finvest & Holdings Ltd – B.C. Jindal’s Hidden Piggy Bank Trading at 0.6x Book

📌 At a Glance

Consolidated Finvest is an NBFC that doesn’t lend aggressively, doesn’t talk much, doesn’t pay dividends (until recently), and yet somehow posts81% profit CAGR over 5 years. It’s trading at a6x P/Eand0.64x book, despite belonging to the Jindal family tree. Value investors, assemble.

1️⃣ Intro: Meet India’s Most Boring 4-Bagger

This company’s business model is simple:invest in stocks, bonds, and Jindal group cos, sit quietly, and compound.

It’s a part of theB.C. Jindal Group, the folks behind:

  • Jindal Poly Films
  • Jindal India Thermal Power
  • Jindal Photo
  • And other low-key family entities.

The stock isup 4x from its COVID lowsbut is still trading at:

  • P/E of 6.1x
  • P/B of 0.64x
  • And no one on CNBC has ever heard of it.

Let’s fix that.

2️⃣ WTF Do They Even Do?

🧾 NBFC Classification:Systemically Important, Non-Deposit Taking NBFC

🎯 Business Model:

  • Invests inequity
  • shares, mutual funds, and bonds
  • Placesinter-corporate deposits(ICDs)
  • Providesloans to group and external entities
  • Almost entirelyproprietary capital

📦 No branches. No retail lending. No lending app.Just slow-moving capital recycling across the Jindal empire.

3️⃣ Financials – Silent But Profitable

🧾 6-Year P&L Summary (₹ Cr)

FYRevenueNet ProfitEPS (₹)OPM %ROE %
FY20₹9₹61.7493%2%
FY21₹11₹92.6596%3%
FY22₹12₹10.1923%1%
FY23₹417₹31396.6998%66%
FY24₹50₹4614.3598%7%
FY25₹66₹10833.4599%12%

⚠️ FY23 had a one-off stake sale or mark-to-market gain. But even normalised, FY24 & FY25 are solid.

4️⃣ Valuation – Is It Cheap, Meh, or Crack?

CMP = ₹204EPS FY25 = ₹33.45P/E = 6.1x

Book Value = ₹317P/B = 0.64x

MetricValue
Market Cap₹660 Cr
PAT FY25₹108 Cr
ROE12%
Dividend₹1.13/share

🧠 This is classic “HoldCo discount meets NBFC chill” — but it also means there’s

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