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AHLUCONT

Ahluwalia Contracts (India) Limited
ConstructionSmall capRs 4,664 crRs 2.1 cr traded a day
Close on 2026-08-21
696.20
+0.39%
52-week range10% of the way up
655.351,053.70
Market cap
4,664 cr
P/E (TTM)
16.9×
industry 21×
EPS (TTM)
41.24
Revenue YoY
+12.0%
Q1 FY27
Profit YoY
-79.7%
Net margin
0.9%
-4.2pt vs a year ago
Growth trend
+3.3pt
vs last quarter’s YoY
1 month
-13.0%
Below 52w high
51.4%
RSI (14)
20
oversold
Daily swing
4.3%
average true range
Volume
0.8×
vs 20-day average
Traded
Rs 2 cr
median day
Close200-day averageMaterial filing
8001,000Aug 25Oct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26
260 sessions · hover for the filing behind a move
1 week
−16.86%
1 month
−13.00%
3 months
−13.68%
6 months
−8.44%
1 year
−25.96%

The read

written from the numbers on this page
The evidence leans negative2 supporting, 4 against, 1 worth knowing

Supporting

  • revenue grew 12% year on year in the quarter ending 2026-06-30
  • priced at 17× earnings against an industry median of 21× — 21% below its peers

Against

  • trading 18% below its 200-day average
  • at 10% of its 52-week range — nearly everyone who bought in the past year is underwater
  • down 26% over twelve months
  • net margin has narrowed from 5.9% to 0.9% across four quarters

Worth knowing

  • RSI at 20 is washed out — historically the better half of this site's measured edge comes from exactly this condition
What would change this read: a close back above 846, its 200-day average.
Assembled automatically from the figures on this page — the scans matched, their measured record, the filed financials, the derivatives positioning and the peer comparison. It is not a recommendation, no one has spoken to the company, and every claim above can be checked against a number further down this page.

What is working, what is not

read from the filings, with the figure behind every line
Working1

Revenue +12.0% year on year, Rs 1,005 cr to Rs 1,126 cr.

+12.0%Rs 1,005 crRs 1,126 cr
Needs watching3

Net profit -79.7% year on year, Rs 51 cr to Rs 10 cr.

-79.7%Rs 51 crRs 10 cr

Profit grew slower than revenue, -79.7% against +12.0%.

-79.7%+12.0%

Net margin moved from 5.1% to 0.9%.

5.1%0.9%
Every figure here is computed from the company’s own filings. The wording is generated directly from the figures.

How it has performed

price return over each window, measured against zero
-16.9%1W-13.0%1M-13.7%3M-8.4%6M-26.0%1Y

What the scans say today

2 of 47 matched on 2026-08-21
AHLUCONT matches 2 of the 47 scans today, across 1 different kinds of evidence.

Valuation against its own history

500 sessions since 2024-09-06
15×
median 19×
32×
now 17×
AHLUCONT trades at 17× trailing earnings, below its median of 19× over this window — 13% less expensive than usual. The band runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile, so single-day spikes do not set the edges.
This window is short by the standards of valuation history — it begins where four quarters of filed earnings first exist. A stock can look cheap against two years and expensive against ten.

Recent filings

from the exchange, newest first
08-20
18:07
Analyst call
1d+0.45d20d
08-17
17:52
Analyst call
1d-10.75d20d
08-17
12:58
Other filing
1d-5.05d-16.620d
08-14
17:55
Board meeting
1d-5.05d-16.620d
Analyst call filings were typically +0.14pt vs the market over the next 5 sessions (n=3,352) · Dividend filings were typically -0.09pt vs the market over the next 5 sessions (n=634) · Other filing filings were typically -0.08pt vs the market over the next 5 sessions (n=12,093)

The business

from the company’s filed results
Everything below is taken from the company’s own quarterly filing with the exchange — the XBRL document it submitted, not a vendor’s summary of it. Figures in rupees crore.
1.0k9521.2k1.0k2.2k1.1k1.3k1.1k3.8%6.9%0.9%Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
RevenueNet profit, drawn inside its revenue barNet margin, own scale belowrupees crore, per quarter as filed. Revenue bars start at zero.

Going for it

  • revenue grew 12% against the same quarter a year earlier

Going against it

  • profit dropped 80% year on year
  • net margin narrowed from 6.2% to 0.9%
Quarter-by-quarter numbers, as filed
QuarterRevenueProfit before taxNet profitEPSNet margin
Q1 FY27
2026-06-30 · consolidated
1,12615101.550.9%
Q4 FY26
2026-03-31 · consolidated
1,3221108212.246.2%
Q3 FY26
2025-12-31 · consolidated
1,06174548.075.1%
Q2 FY26
2025-09-30 · consolidated
2,18217613019.375.9%
Q1 FY26
2025-06-30 · consolidated
1,00570517.645.1%
Q4 FY25
2025-03-31 · consolidated
1,2161128312.446.9%
Quarterly filings are unaudited unless stated. Consolidated figures are used where the company files both. A single quarter is a noisy thing — the trend across the column is worth more than the top row.

Where the price stands

the same figures every scan on this site is computed from
Trend
Distance from the averages traders watch. Above all of them is a bull phase; below the 200-day is the line most investors use to say otherwise.
Versus 50-day average-15.7%
Versus 200-day average-17.7%
Below 52-week high-33.9%
Above 52-week low+6.2%
Momentum
How hard it has been pushed lately. Above 70 on RSI is stretched, below 30 is washed out — neither is a signal on its own.
RSI (14)20.4
Higher closes in last 51 of 5
Six-month return−8.44%
Risk and liquidity
What a position costs to hold and to exit. Position sizing starts with the daily swing, not with conviction.
Typical daily swing (ATR)4.25%
Volume versus 20-day0.8x
Median daily turnoverRs 2.1 cr

Peers

Construction · 23 classified companies
AHLUCONT trades at 16.9× trailing earnings against an industry median of 21.3× across 22 other classified companies in its industry — cheaper than them, by 21%. A multiple is a statement about expectations, not about quality: cheap usually means the market expects less, and it is often right.
CompanyMarket cap (Rs cr)P/E1 month1 yearTurnover (Rs cr)
LT563,09428.7+7.93%+14.49%569.2
RVNL46,97652.4+0.52%−32.11%91.8
NBCC23,99831.4−4.58%−12.50%50.7
KPIL23,98921.3+8.21%+14.79%21.3
IRB22,88824.0−2.72%−55.72%11.0
CEMPRO21,92936.5−15.85%+80.27%63.6
ENGINERSIN13,76517.6+9.21%+20.39%34.7
IRCON11,73022.6−0.57%−28.89%13.4
KEC11,60521.0−7.82%−49.43%38.6
TECHNOE11,48427.1−0.78%−35.45%16.8
RITES10,48122.7+2.21%−17.45%10.0
AHLUCONT4,66416.9−13.00%−25.96%2.1
largest twelve by market capitalisation. Market cap and P/E need filed financials, so blanks are companies whose filings have not been read yet