🧠 At a Glance
Ceinsys Tech Ltd is a 20x bagger-in-progress (stock is up 142% in 1 year), building software + engineering solutions in geospatial data, utility automation, and GIS platforms. Sounds boring? Well, it just posted 80% profit growth, ROCE of 26%, and operates in a zero-competition niche. But—there’s a catch. Debtor days? 221. P/E? 35x. Promoter holding? Dropping. Let’s break it down.
1. Introduction with Hook
“Google Maps + Govt Contracts = Ceinsys?”
Ceinsys is that underdog tech company you ignored while chasing TCS, but it quietly installed GIS systems across cities, water utilities, and energy grids. It’s now India’s homegrown geospatial champ — but is this just a bull market fad or a serious long-term player?
Let’s zoom in. No satellite required.
2. WTF Do They Even Do? (Business Model)
🛰️ Core business:
- Enterprise GIS & remote sensing (urban planning, smart cities)
- Engineering services (SCADA, DMS, metering infra)
- Design automation, water-energy-tech integrations
🔌 Sectors served:
- Urban infra, utilities, energy, robotics, water, smart cities
- Government + PSU-heavy clientele
💾 Revenue split:
- Mostly from tech services + turnkey projects
- Plus some software product sales (Bentley, ESRI)
🧠 Think of it like:
“L&T meets ESRI meets Nagpur engineering talent” — a GovTech-heavy, high-entry-barrier niche player
3. Financials Overview – Profit, Margins, ROE, Growth
📈 Revenue:
- FY25 Revenue: ₹418 Cr
- 3-Year CAGR: 27%
- TTM Revenue growth: 65%!
💰 Profit:
- FY25 PAT: ₹63 Cr
- 3-Year PAT CAGR: 90% 🤯
- EPS: ₹36.26
🔥 Margins:
- OPM: 19%
- Expanding consistently since FY21
📊 Returns:
- ROCE: 26.2%
- ROE: 19.6%
So yes, this isn’t a fluke. It’s legit growth.
4. Valuation – Is It Cheap, Meh, or Crack?
📍 Current Price: ₹1,288
📍 P/E: 35.5x
📍 P/BV: 5.5x
📍 Market Cap: ₹2,246 Cr
🔍 EduInvesting FV Range:
- Bear Case (P/E 25 on ₹36 EPS): ₹900
- Bull Case (P/E 45 on ₹40 FY26E EPS): ₹1,800
→ FV Range: ₹900 – ₹1,800
You’re not buying value. You’re buying momentum + niche monopoly.
5. What’s Cooking – News, Triggers, Drama
🗓️ Recent triggers:
- 142% 1Y stock rally — big re-rating
- Investor meets with Emkay, HDFC Sec
- Appointed new director in June 2025
🚧 Growth triggers:
- SCADA + GIS infra spending by govts
- Smart city + energy metering push
- Exports + IP monetization optionality
👀 Also… retail interest exploding: 23,000+ shareholders now!
6. Balance Sheet – How Much Debt, How Many Dreams?
🧾 Assets:
- Total Assets: ₹578 Cr
- Reserves: ₹394 Cr
- Cash & liquid: ~₹22 Cr
💣 Liabilities:
- Borrowings: ₹49 Cr (moderate)
- Net debt: Low to neutral
🏦 Infra asset base: Growing slowly – not capex-heavy
7. Cash Flow – Sab Number Game Hai
💸 FY25 Cash Flow:
- CFO: ₹6 Cr (ouch)
- CFI: ₹-53 Cr (heavy investing year)
- CFF: ₹+49 Cr (raised debt)
🔴 Net cash flow: Tiny positive
🧠 Concern: Strong PAT but poor FCF = working capital drag
8. Ratios – Sexy or Stressy?
Metric | FY25 |
---|---|
ROE | 19.6% |
ROCE | 26.2% |
Debtor Days | 221 (!) |
Inventory Days | 5 |
Payables | 766 |
Cash Conversion Cycle | -540 🤯 |
Working Capital Days | 147 |
🚩 Debtors at 221 days = PSUs paying on Diwali
⚡ CCC is negative because of high payables — a cash flow trick, not magic
9. P&L Breakdown – Show Me the Money
Year | Sales (Cr) | OPM (%) | PAT (Cr) | EPS |
---|---|---|---|---|
FY21 | ₹185 | 10% | ₹2 | ₹1.79 |
FY22 | ₹203 | 12% | ₹10 | ₹5.96 |
FY23 | ₹220 | 15% | ₹31 | ₹20.02 |
FY24 | ₹253 | 18% | ₹35 | ₹21.42 |
FY25 | ₹418 | 19% | ₹63 | ₹36.26 |
📈 Quadrupled profit in 3 years!
10. Peer Comparison – Who Else in the Game?
Company | P/E | ROE | OPM | Sales (Cr) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ceinsys Tech | 35.5x | 19.6% | 19% | ₹418 |
Persistent | 69.4x | 24.1% | 17% | ₹11,938 |
LTIMindtree | 34.2x | 21.5% | 17% | ₹38,008 |
Tech Mahindra | 41.4x | 14.6% | 13% | ₹52,988 |
🧠 Ceinsys is tiny — but margin + ROE = same league. Only size and float differ.
11. Miscellaneous – Shareholding, Promoters
📉 Promoter Holding: 51.86% (down from 58%)
📈 FII Holding: 4.67% and rising
📉 DII Holding: <1%
👥 Public: 42.6%
👀 23,778 shareholders as of Mar 2025
Promoter offloading slowly — not ideal, but no pledges
12. EduInvesting Verdict™
Ceinsys Tech is the kind of stock that looks “overvalued” to value investors and “undiscovered” to momentum players.
Margins? 🔥
Growth? 🔥
Cash flow? 🚩
Debtors? 😬
Niche moat? 💯
It’s not a scam. It’s not a bubble. But it is priced for perfection. And one PSU delay could hurt.
👉 Verdict: Persistent + L&T in Nagpur — proceed with respect, not FOMO.
✍️ Written by Prashant | 📅 July 1, 2025
Tags: Ceinsys Tech, GIS software stocks, smart city infra, niche tech India, geospatial services, SCADA, momentum stocks 2025, EduInvesting