Close 10 Sep 1505 scanned A
NIFTY 5023,477.80+0.20%
BANK NIFTY56,471.95+0.31%
INDIA VIX11.80-1.05%
MIDCAP 15022,904.25-0.38%
SMALLCAP 25018,433.40+0.01%
NEXT 5072,530.90-0.44%
BREADTH61%above 200-DMA
ADV / DEC558 / 939
NSE close 10 Sep

CERA

Cera Sanitaryware Limited
Consumer DurablesMid capRs 7,241 crRs 3.1 cr traded a day
Close on 10 September 2026
5,614.00
−1.48%
52-week range51% of the way up
4,524.306,661.50
Market cap
7,241 cr
P/E (TTM)
35.7×
industry 42×
EPS (TTM)
157.36
Revenue YoY
+15.1%
Q1 FY27
Profit YoY
-3.7%
Net margin
9.3%
-1.8pt vs a year ago
Growth trend
+4.2pt
vs last quarter’s YoY
1 month
-4.6%
Below 52w high
18.7%
RSI (14)
33
Daily swing
2.3%
average true range
Volume
0.3×
vs 20-day average
Traded
Rs 3 cr
median day
Close200-day averageMaterial filing
5,0006,000Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Sep 26
260 sessions · hover for the filing behind a move

Key metrics

each ranked against every stock scanned tonight
Above the 200-day average
Around the median
+2.5%
One-year return
Around the median
-10.9%
Return on capital employed
n/a
Debt to equity
n/a
Profitable quarters, last four
of the last four reported
4 of 4
Cash conversion
cash from operations against reported profit
n/a
Revenue growth, year on year
latest reported quarter
+15.1%
Below the 52-week high
from the highest close of the year
-15.7%
1 week
−1.22%
1 month
−4.61%
3 months
−10.31%
6 months
+12.68%
1 year
−10.92%

The read

written from the numbers on this page
The evidence leans constructive6 supporting, 3 against, 1 worth knowing

Supporting

  • trading 2% above its 200-day average
  • matches consistently growing and profitable, which has beaten the market by +0.51 points over 20 sessions across 117,484 past signals
  • 2 of the scans it matches have a positive measured record
  • 3 independent kinds of evidence agree today, which is uncommon
  • revenue grew 15% year on year in the quarter ending 30 June 2026
  • priced at 36× earnings against an industry median of 42× — 16% below its peers

Against

  • down 11% over twelve months
  • 1 of the scans it matches has historically underperformed the market
  • net margin has narrowed from 11.6% to 9.3% across four quarters

Worth knowing

  • the 50-day and 200-day averages disagree, which usually means a turn in progress rather than a trend to lean on
What would change this read: a close below 5,478, 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

from the filings and from the price, with the figure behind every line
Working3

Revenue rose 15.1% year on year, from Rs 422 cr to Rs 486 cr.

+15.1%Rs 422 crRs 486 cr

Trading 2.5% above its 200-day average, which is the line most investors use to separate a bull phase from a bear one.

+2.5%

3 different kinds of evidence point at it tonight, not 3 versions of the same one.

3 families
Needs watching4

Profit fell year on year in all 4 of the last 4 quarters.

4

Profit grew slower than revenue, -3.7% against +15.1%.

-3.7%+15.1%

Net margin fell from 11.1% to 9.3%.

11.1%9.3%

Only Rs 3.1 crore changes hands on a median day. A large order moves this price by itself.

Rs 3.1 cr
Every figure here is computed — from the company’s own filings, or from its own closing prices. Wording of 4 of these 4 filing lines was drafted by a language model, which is given the figures and may not introduce another — any sentence containing a number that did not come from the filings is discarded before it reaches this page.

How it has performed

price return over each window, beside the median NSE stock over the same days
this stockmedian NSE stock, same window-1.2%-0.4 pt vs market1W-4.6%-3.6 pt vs market1M-10.3%-13.0 pt vs market3M+12.7%-3.9 pt vs market6M-10.9%-7.7 pt vs market1Y

What the scans say today

4 of 47 matched on 10 Sep
CERA matches 4 of the 47 scans today, across 3 different kinds of evidence. Three or more independent families agreeing is uncommon — it is the same test the shortlist on every page uses.

Valuation against its own history

500 sessions since 26 September 2024
28×
median 33×
41×
now 36×
CERA trades at 36× trailing earnings, close to its median of 33× over this window. 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
08-28
18:04
Credit rating
1 day+1.85 days+2.920 days
08-08
13:30
Analyst call
1 day-0.45 days-2.320 days-3.5
08-07
12:42
Other filing
1 day-4.15 days-5.520 days-8.6
08-07
12:23
Results
1 day-4.15 days-5.520 days-8.6
Credit rating filings were typically +0.38pt vs the market over the next 5 sessions (n=422) · Analyst call filings were typically +0.11pt vs the market over the next 5 sessions (n=4,339) · Results filings were typically -0.51pt vs the market over the next 5 sessions (n=7,726)

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.
49345258142248849964448613.9%14.9%4.7%9.3%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 15% against the same quarter a year earlier
  • revenue rose in 3 of the last 4 quarters

Going against it

  • profit dropped 4% year on year
  • net margin narrowed from 12.0% to 9.3%
Quarter-by-quarter numbers, as filed
QuarterRevenueProfit before taxNet profitEPSNet margin
Q1 FY27
30 Jun · standalone
486604535.139.3%
Q4 FY26
31 Mar · standalone
6441047759.9612.0%
Q3 FY26
31 Dec · standalone
499322418.354.7%
Q2 FY26
30 Sep · standalone
488725743.9211.6%
Q1 FY26
30 Jun · consolidated
422624736.1011.1%
Q4 FY25
31 Mar · consolidated
5811098666.3914.9%
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-6.5%
Versus 200-day average+2.5%
Below 52-week high-15.7%
Above 52-week low+24.1%
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)33.0
Higher closes in last 52 of 5
Six-month return+12.68%
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)2.32%
Volume versus 20-day0.3x
Median daily turnoverRs 3.1 cr

Peers

Consumer Durables · 40 classified companies
CERA trades at 35.7× trailing earnings against an industry median of 42.4× across 35 other classified companies in its industry — cheaper than them, by 16%. 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)
TITAN445,76478.4−1.53%+45.22%239.9
ASIANPAINT239,61849.5−8.83%+0.62%125.9
LGEINDIA111,99761.4+4.51%103.9
DIXON82,48539.6−2.17%−25.34%510.3
HAVELLS70,04042.9−11.78%−29.43%101.5
KALYANKJIL63,53444.3+3.10%+21.76%443.4
BERGEPAINT54,07944.4−17.15%−12.75%13.2
VOLTAS38,32370.8−10.19%−15.82%93.8
BLUESTARCO31,12861.2+1.61%−24.18%62.3
AMBER25,675207.8+4.22%−12.40%129.3
KAJARIACER19,81536.2−0.66%+3.66%18.2
CERA7,24135.7−4.61%−10.92%3.1
largest twelve by market capitalisation. Market cap and P/E need filed financials, so blanks are companies whose filings have not been read yet

Recent sessions

what this stock has matched since the engine went live
This is the live record, not the backtest — the scans this stock actually appeared in on each stored session. A name that keeps reappearing is in a persistent condition; a one-day appearance usually is not.
SessionScansWhich
4 Sep1MACD just turned positive
3 Sep1Back above the 200-day line
27 Aug1Back above the 200-day line
26 Aug1Uptrend taking a breather