ConstructionMid capRs 6,735 crRs 10.3 cr traded a day
Close on 2026-08-21
414.60
−0.10%
52-week range15% of the way up
386.15575.45
Market cap
6,735 cr
P/E (TTM)
5.4×
industry 21×
EPS (TTM)
77.25
Revenue YoY
-9.3%
Q1 FY27
Profit YoY
-52.8%
Net margin
5.4%
-5.0pt vs a year ago
Growth trend
+16.5pt
vs last quarter’s YoY
1 month
+7.2%
Below 52w high
38.8%
RSI (14)
34
Daily swing
3.7%
average true range
Volume
0.1×
vs 20-day average
Traded
Rs 10 cr
median day
Close200-day averageMaterial filing
260 sessions · hover for the filing behind a move
1 week
+0.55%
1 month
+7.19%
3 months
−4.21%
6 months
−3.91%
1 year
−12.22%
The read
written from the numbers on this page
The evidence leans negative1 supporting, 5 against, 0 worth knowing
Supporting
priced at 5× earnings against an industry median of 21× — 75% below its peers
Against
trading 6% below its 200-day average
down 12% over twelve months
1 of the scans it matches has historically underperformed the market
revenue fell 9% year on year in the quarter ending 2026-06-30
net margin has narrowed from 11.1% to 5.4% across four quarters
Worth knowing
nothing the data supports either way
What would change this read: a close back above 443, 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
Working
Nothing in the filings stands out either way.
Needs watching3
Net profit -52.8% year on year, Rs 271 cr to Rs 128 cr.
-52.8%Rs 271 crRs 128 cr
Profit grew slower than revenue, -52.8% against -9.3%.
-52.8%-9.3%
Net margin moved from 10.4% to 5.4%.
10.4%5.4%
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
What the scans say today
4 of 47 matched on 2026-08-21
DBL matches 4 of the 47 scans today, across 2 different kinds of evidence.
DBL trades at 5× trailing earnings, below its median of 8× over this window — 36% 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.
Analyst call filings were typically +0.14pt vs the market over the next 5 sessions (n=3,352) · Other filing filings were typically -0.08pt vs the market over the next 5 sessions (n=12,093) · Results filings were typically -0.52pt vs the market over the next 5 sessions (n=7,520)
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.
RevenueNet profit, drawn inside its revenue barNet margin, own scale belowrupees crore, per quarter as filed. Revenue bars start at zero.
Going for it
net margin narrowed from 5.4% to 5.4%
revenue rose in 3 of the last 4 quarters
Going against it
revenue fell 9% against the same quarter a year earlier
profit dropped 53% year on year
Quarter-by-quarter numbers, as filed
Quarter
Revenue
Profit before tax
Net profit
EPS
Net margin
Q1 FY27
2026-06-30 · consolidated
2,378
157
128
7.88
5.4%
Q4 FY26
2026-03-31 · consolidated
2,300
153
124
7.62
5.4%
Q3 FY26
2025-12-31 · consolidated
2,138
713
789
48.57
36.9%
Q2 FY26
2025-09-30 · consolidated
1,926
265
214
14.64
11.1%
Q1 FY26
2025-06-30 · consolidated
2,620
331
271
17.06
10.4%
Q4 FY25
2025-03-31 · consolidated
3,096
350
277
18.92
8.9%
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-3.7%
Versus 200-day average-6.3%
Below 52-week high-28.0%
Above 52-week low+7.4%
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)34.0
Higher closes in last 52 of 5
Six-month return−3.91%
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)3.69%
Volume versus 20-day0.1x
Median daily turnoverRs 10.3 cr
Peers
Construction · 23 classified companies
DBL trades at 5.4× trailing earnings against an industry median of 21.3× across 22 other classified companies in its industry — cheaper than them, by 75%. A multiple is a statement about expectations, not about quality: cheap usually means the market expects less, and it is often right.