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Larsen & Toubro Limited

LT.NS
48
Engineering & Construction · Industrials
Price
₹4093.00
+12.00 (+0.29%)
Market Cap
₹5.63T
Exchange
National Stock Exchange of India
Winston Score
48
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Good

Share count rising — dilution

+13.3% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 1.21B (2022) → 1.38B (2026)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is one of India's largest engineering and construction conglomerates. It builds major infrastructure like bridges, highways, metro rail systems, airports, and power plants, and also makes heavy industrial equipment and defense systems. Its customers include governments, public utilities, and large private companies across India and the Middle East.

L&T earns money through long-term construction contracts, engineering services, and manufacturing, with additional revenue from its technology and financial services arms. The company operates primarily in India but has a significant presence in the Gulf region and select international markets. Its size, technical expertise, and decades-long relationships with government clients give it a strong competitive position in winning large, complex projects. The key growth driver is India's ongoing infrastructure spending push, though the business faces risks from project execution delays, rising input costs, and dependence on government budgets that can shift with political priorities.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+9.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-3.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

₹0/ year

Declining (-100% vs prior year)

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

15.2%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

₹0 cash & investments

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Larsen & Toubro Limited is growing revenue at 10% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
13.4%
Thin — 13.4% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
7.5%
Modest — 7.5% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
10.6%
Below par — 10.6% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+7.9%
Steady sales growth (+7.9% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+13.0%
Earnings growing (+13.0% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
23%
Weak — only 23% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
0.4%
Thin free cash flow (0.4%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
1.12
Elevated debt (1.12)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
9.43x
Comfortably covers interest (9.4x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
31.4x
Pricey — P/E 31.4

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+10.2
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (31.4 → 21.2)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.00%
Small dividend — 1.00% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+87.9%
Dividend growing fast (87.9% YoY)

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