01 — At a Glance
The Turbo Charger That Just Got Turbo Charged
- 52-Week High / Low₹798 / ₹518
- Q3 FY26 Revenue (Standalone)₹2,909 Cr
- Q3 FY26 PBT (w/ Exceptional)₹454 Cr
- Annualised EPS (Q3×4)₹7.24
- Full Year Sales (TTM)₹11,729 Cr
- Book Value (Latest)₹47.4
- Price to Book15.1x
- Dividend Yield0.18%
- Debt / Equity0.02x
- Order Backlog (Jun 2026)₹14,859 Cr
The Big Picture: CG Power closed Q3 FY26 with ₹2,909 crore standalone revenue (+22% YoY), ₹454 crore PBT, and just bagged a ₹900 crore data-center transformer export to the U.S. Backlog surged 66% to ₹14,859 crore. So why does the stock trade at P/E 101? Because the market is pricing in a decade of compounding, and it’s scared to miss it. That fear has a name: momentum.
02 — Introduction
The Transformer Company That Became a Growth Stock (By Accident)
CG Power & Industrial Solutions is not a household name. But in Indian power equipment circles, it’s basically the guy who walks into a room and everyone immediately wonders if they’re underbidding the deal. The company makes three things: large motors and generators, transformers (big and boring), and — newly — semiconductors (not boring).
For a long time, CG Power was a “utility play.” Stable, profitable, capital-intensive, return-constrained. Then something changed. Government capex hit the accelerator. Power demand spiked. Transformer capacity became scarce. And suddenly, the boring utility play started growing at 26% (YoY consolidated revenue), posting 37.5% ROCE, and landing ₹900 crore export orders in the United States.
The stock reflected this perfectly — up 33% over 3 years, 63% over 5 years. But here’s the thing: the stock price has accelerated faster than the earnings. P/E has expanded from 40x to 101x. The market is no longer pricing the current profit. It’s pricing a narrative about what happens if management pulls off a three-part bet: (1) transformer capacity expansion done in record time, (2) industrial electronics/semiconductor scaling without massive capex drag, and (3) export ambitions becoming real revenue. Right now, only part (1) is proven.
Feb 2026 Concall Tone: Management rejected “slowdown” narratives aggressively. Every question about competition or market saturation was met with: “level playing field” and “we’re prepared for worst-case scenarios.” Translation: they know the valuation is stretched. They’re working to justify it.
03 — Business Model: WTF Do They Even Make?
Transformers, Motors, Semiconductors. In That Order. Seriously.
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