# Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (ADANIPORTS.NSE)

Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/ADANIPORTS.NSE

Analysis as of: 2026-10-16T07:33:23.044Z. Financial observations: FY2012–FY2026.

Listing currency: INR. Reporting currency: INR.

## Verdict

Not a wonderful business

Quality tests for Buy: not passed (profit record: pass; earnings resilience is evidence only). Published buy qualification: no.

Share price: INR 1,743.20 per share; close as of 2026-10-15.

Estimated value: low INR 649.74 per share, central INR 888.77 per share, high INR 1,010.53 per share. Buy at or below the central value INR 888.77 per share. Valuation as of 2026-10-16T07:33:23.044Z; scenarios are not confidence intervals.

Expected annual return: 7.3% at the stated quote. About 7.3% a year at today's price (required return 11.4%). required return 11.4% a year (IN 10-year bond 7.4% + 4 points).

## Checklist

### understandable: pass

- 1 revenue decline in the last 10 years (informational)

- Financial history: 10 years

- Years with declining revenue: 1

- Years with a net loss: 0

- Operating margin variation: 0.14×

Chart: Operating margin; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: 0.50×

- FY2018: 0.53×

- FY2019: 0.48×

- FY2020: 0.36×

- FY2021: 0.52×

- FY2022: 0.38×

- FY2023: 0.36×

- FY2024: 0.44×

- FY2025: 0.46×

- FY2026: 0.45×

### moat: fail

- The return floor includes all equity, debt and leases without deducting cash or goodwill. Only a floor above the hurdle establishes a pass.

- ROIC median below threshold

- ROIC worst years below threshold (more than 1 bad year allowed)

- ROIC, median of available years: 10.6%

- ROIC, second-lowest year: 8.4%

- Conservative return floor, median: 9.0%

- Conservative return floor, second lowest: 7.7%

- Years with nonpositive capital: 0

- Capital spending / revenue: 27.3%

- ROIC including acquisitions, ten-year median: 8.0%

Chart: ROIC excluding acquisitions; fiscal year observations.

- FY2022: 7.7%

- FY2023: 8.4%

- FY2024: 11.2%

- FY2025: 11.9%

- FY2026: 10.6%

### economics: pass

- Owner earnings / net income, 5-yr: 0.98×

- Cash conversion uses consolidated totals: No

- Owner earnings, five-year total: INR 414B

- Net income, five-year total: INR 422B

- Return on incremental invested capital: 35.1%

- Working capital / revenue, annual change: -3.5 pp

- Working capital / revenue, change between three-year averages: -24.5 pp

- Working capital / revenue, final three-year average: 8.9%

Chart: Annual owner cash / profit; fiscal year observations.

- FY2022: 0.99×

- FY2023: 0.99×

- FY2024: 0.99×

- FY2025: 1.00×

- FY2026: 0.95×

### management: pass

- Historical market-dollar context (not the management verdict): 2017 to 2026 (9 years)

- buybacks leaned toward cheaper years (informational)

- Per-share earnings: 17.74 to 51.35 (three-year endpoint medians)

- Management verdict uses per-share economic progress: Yes

- Ordinary dilution, 10-year annual growth: 0.6%

- Ordinary dilution, 5-year annual growth: 1.6%

- Market cap gain: INR 2.18T

- Cumulative retained earnings: INR 512B

- Diluted shares, 10-year annual growth: 0.6%

- Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: 1.6%

- $1 test, starting fiscal year: FY2017

- $1 test, ending fiscal year: FY2026

- Per-share value growth: 14.2%

- Per-share value change: INR 33.61

- Per-share value, starting three-year median: INR 17.74

- Per-share value, ending three-year median: INR 51.35

- Buybacks concentrated in cheaper years (correlation): 0.50

- Average buyback yield: 0.7%

- Buyback history: 3 years

- Debt-funded buybacks: No

- Cumulative net income, 10 years: INR 625B

- ROIC, last three-year median: 11.2%

Chart: Earnings per share; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: INR 18.89

- FY2018: INR 17.74

- FY2019: INR 19.27

- FY2020: INR 18.35

- FY2021: INR 24.58

- FY2022: INR 22.39

- FY2023: INR 24.58

- FY2024: INR 37.55

- FY2025: INR 51.35

- FY2026: INR 58.23

### accounting: pass

- restructuring or one-time charges in at least three of five years

- Sloan accruals: -4.1%

- Receivables to sales index (DSRI): 1.13×

- Restructuring years, last five: 5

- Stock compensation / operating cash flow: 0.0%

- Earnings backed by cash: Yes

- Operating cash / earnings: 1.59×

- Accounting red flags: 1

- Goodwill and intangibles / equity: 0.29×

Chart: Sloan accruals; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: -0.3%

- FY2018: -4.1%

- FY2019: -3.6%

- FY2020: -5.9%

- FY2021: -3.4%

- FY2022: -5.6%

- FY2023: -5.9%

- FY2024: -5.9%

- FY2025: -4.6%

- FY2026: -4.1%

## Holders

## Price story

Price needs cash profits to grow 15.6% a year for ten years · sales +27.1%

Story as of 2026-10-16T09:59:55.855Z; price observation 2026-10-15.

Price needs cash profits to grow 15.6% a year for ten years

### Sales · FY2025–2026

sales +27.1%; source https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/; observed 2026-10-16.

- FY2017: INR 84B 

- FY2018: INR 113B 

- FY2019: INR 109B 

- FY2020: INR 119B 

- FY2021: INR 126B 

- FY2022: INR 171B 

- FY2023: INR 209B 

- FY2024: INR 267B 

- FY2025: INR 305B 

- FY2026: INR 387B 

## Owner memo

Memo as of 2026-10-16T08:06:05.509Z.

### How it makes money

Operates in port & port services; annual sales are INR 387.4 billion.

- Source: https://www.screener.in/company/ADANIPORTS/consolidated/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:23.044Z); FY2026: revenue 387360000000; operatingIncome 173510000000; margin = operatingIncome / revenue.

### Why customers stay

Margins ranged from 43.8% to 46.1% during 2024–26; it earns 10.6% on its capital.

- Source: https://www.screener.in/company/ADANIPORTS/consolidated/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:23.044Z); FY2024: operatingIncome / revenue = 43.8%.

- Source: https://www.screener.in/company/ADANIPORTS/consolidated/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:23.044Z); FY2025: operatingIncome / revenue = 46.1%.

- Source: https://www.screener.in/company/ADANIPORTS/consolidated/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:23.044Z); FY2026: operatingIncome / revenue = 44.8%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:23.044Z); 10-year return on capital observations [[2022,0.07727849940250826],[2023,0.08422175911961757],[2024,0.11206184263497493],[2025,0.1191301642542435],[2026,0.10560023348047114]]; median 0.10560023348047114. ROIC follows the displayed moat series; financial companies use return on tangible equity.

### Where the cash goes

Reinvests 81.1% of cash earnings; earns 35.1% on new investment.

- Source: https://www.screener.in/company/ADANIPORTS/consolidated/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:23.044Z); FY2017: growth capex 25880000000; upkeep 11600000000; owner earnings 39120000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.6615541922290389.

- Source: https://www.screener.in/company/ADANIPORTS/consolidated/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:23.044Z); FY2018: growth capex 15440000000; upkeep 11880000000; owner earnings 36740000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.4202504082743604.

- Source: https://www.screener.in/company/ADANIPORTS/consolidated/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:23.044Z); FY2019: growth capex 0; upkeep 29400000000; owner earnings 24230000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://www.screener.in/company/ADANIPORTS/consolidated/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:23.044Z); FY2020: growth capex 19410000000; upkeep 16800000000; owner earnings 37630000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.5158118522455488.

- Source: https://www.screener.in/company/ADANIPORTS/consolidated/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:23.044Z); FY2021: growth capex 2450000000; upkeep 21070000000; owner earnings 49940000000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.04905887064477373.

- Source: https://www.screener.in/company/ADANIPORTS/consolidated/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:23.044Z); FY2022: growth capex 7150000000; upkeep 30990000000; cash acquisitions 26238400000; owner earnings 48261500000. Growth capex plus acquisitions / owner earnings = 0.6918226743884878.

- Source: https://www.screener.in/company/ADANIPORTS/consolidated/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:23.044Z); FY2023: growth capex 57160000000; upkeep 34250000000; cash acquisitions 103438600000; owner earnings 52559900000. Growth capex plus acquisitions / owner earnings = 3.0555347327525357.

- Source: https://www.screener.in/company/ADANIPORTS/consolidated/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:23.044Z); FY2024: growth capex 35280000000; upkeep 38880000000; cash acquisitions 29227400000; owner earnings 80634700000. Growth capex plus acquisitions / owner earnings = 0.7999955354208548.

- Source: https://www.screener.in/company/ADANIPORTS/consolidated/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:23.044Z); FY2025: growth capex 36700000000; upkeep 43790000000; cash acquisitions 40925500000; owner earnings 110920000000. Growth capex plus acquisitions / owner earnings = 0.6998332131265778.

- Source: https://www.screener.in/company/ADANIPORTS/consolidated/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:23.044Z); FY2026: growth capex 98030000000; upkeep 55170000000; cash acquisitions 730800000; owner earnings 121735200000. Growth capex plus acquisitions / owner earnings = 0.811275621184341.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:23.044Z); Incremental return on capital 0.35097952341037003, from the economics test's unchanged annual inputs.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:23.044Z); Dividend observations: [[2017,10000000],[2018,2690000000],[2019,4180000000],[2020,7000000000],[2022,10270000000],[2023,10930000000],[2024,10800000000],[2025,13360000000],[2026,15350000000]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement.

### What the price says

The price assumes cash profits grow 15.6% yearly over ten years; actual growth was 14.7%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:33:23.044Z); Ten-year compound average after fade. Initial solved rate 0.21226617473398324. Price 1743.2; FX 1; discount 0.11391000000000001; same standard ten-year fade to terminal 0.03. FY2016 owner earnings/share 13.99 → FY2026 55.354058222708105. Closing-price date 2026-10-15.

## Monthly share-price history (INR per share)

- 2016-11: INR 277.90 per share

- 2016-12: INR 268.45 per share

- 2017-01: INR 293.35 per share

- 2017-02: INR 301.75 per share

- 2017-03: INR 339.60 per share

- 2017-04: INR 327.70 per share

- 2017-05: INR 339.00 per share

- 2017-06: INR 363.05 per share

- 2017-07: INR 395.90 per share

- 2017-08: INR 392.95 per share

- 2017-09: INR 376.75 per share

- 2017-10: INR 430.35 per share

- 2017-11: INR 398.00 per share

- 2017-12: INR 405.65 per share

- 2018-01: INR 428.85 per share

- 2018-02: INR 408.35 per share

- 2018-03: INR 354.10 per share

- 2018-04: INR 407.30 per share

- 2018-05: INR 392.15 per share

- 2018-06: INR 373.15 per share

- 2018-07: INR 399.75 per share

- 2018-08: INR 383.15 per share

- 2018-09: INR 328.90 per share

- 2018-10: INR 318.85 per share

- 2018-11: INR 365.65 per share

- 2018-12: INR 387.70 per share

- 2019-01: INR 338.65 per share

- 2019-02: INR 325.85 per share

- 2019-03: INR 378.15 per share

- 2019-04: INR 392.80 per share

- 2019-05: INR 416.40 per share

- 2019-06: INR 410.20 per share

- 2019-07: INR 377.55 per share

- 2019-08: INR 365.70 per share

- 2019-09: INR 413.95 per share

- 2019-10: INR 395.80 per share

- 2019-11: INR 382.05 per share

- 2019-12: INR 366.00 per share

- 2020-01: INR 369.40 per share

- 2020-02: INR 342.20 per share

- 2020-03: INR 251.30 per share

- 2020-04: INR 290.10 per share

- 2020-05: INR 323.80 per share

- 2020-06: INR 343.90 per share

- 2020-07: INR 315.20 per share

- 2020-08: INR 355.75 per share

- 2020-09: INR 341.75 per share

- 2020-10: INR 359.85 per share

- 2020-11: INR 411.55 per share

- 2020-12: INR 483.75 per share

- 2021-01: INR 509.70 per share

- 2021-02: INR 675.90 per share

- 2021-03: INR 702.40 per share

- 2021-04: INR 730.05 per share

- 2021-05: INR 769.55 per share

- 2021-06: INR 703.70 per share

- 2021-07: INR 674.50 per share

- 2021-08: INR 748.30 per share

- 2021-09: INR 737.90 per share

- 2021-10: INR 693.00 per share

- 2021-11: INR 683.85 per share

- 2021-12: INR 730.30 per share

- 2022-01: INR 716.30 per share

- 2022-02: INR 707.50 per share

- 2022-03: INR 774.20 per share

- 2022-04: INR 856.40 per share

- 2022-05: INR 739.85 per share

- 2022-06: INR 672.05 per share

- 2022-07: INR 763.70 per share

- 2022-08: INR 842.15 per share

- 2022-09: INR 820.65 per share

- 2022-10: INR 823.55 per share

- 2022-11: INR 881.00 per share

- 2022-12: INR 818.10 per share

- 2023-01: INR 612.65 per share

- 2023-02: INR 592.45 per share

- 2023-03: INR 631.90 per share

- 2023-04: INR 681.30 per share

- 2023-05: INR 738.85 per share

- 2023-06: INR 739.25 per share

- 2023-07: INR 777.85 per share

- 2023-08: INR 792.20 per share

- 2023-09: INR 825.15 per share

- 2023-10: INR 784.75 per share

- 2023-11: INR 825.50 per share

- 2023-12: INR 1,024.35 per share

- 2024-01: INR 1,207.65 per share

- 2024-02: INR 1,320.50 per share

- 2024-03: INR 1,341.85 per share

- 2024-04: INR 1,324.90 per share

- 2024-05: INR 1,437.40 per share

- 2024-06: INR 1,478.10 per share

- 2024-07: INR 1,569.90 per share

- 2024-08: INR 1,481.90 per share

- 2024-09: INR 1,448.20 per share

- 2024-10: INR 1,375.95 per share

- 2024-11: INR 1,190.05 per share

- 2024-12: INR 1,231.10 per share

- 2025-01: INR 1,099.35 per share

- 2025-02: INR 1,069.40 per share

- 2025-03: INR 1,182.95 per share

- 2025-04: INR 1,216.50 per share

- 2025-05: INR 1,432.80 per share

- 2025-06: INR 1,450.20 per share

- 2025-07: INR 1,373.10 per share

- 2025-08: INR 1,312.80 per share

- 2025-09: INR 1,403.50 per share

- 2025-10: INR 1,451.50 per share

- 2025-11: INR 1,516.90 per share

- 2025-12: INR 1,469.80 per share

- 2026-01: INR 1,419.80 per share

- 2026-02: INR 1,521.00 per share

- 2026-03: INR 1,312.60 per share

- 2026-04: INR 1,657.30 per share

- 2026-05: INR 1,804.60 per share

- 2026-06: INR 1,810.20 per share

- 2026-07: INR 1,696.50 per share

- 2026-08: INR 1,593.10 per share

- 2026-09: INR 1,798.30 per share

- 2026-10: INR 1,743.20 per share

## Annual estimated value (INR per share)

- FY2019: low INR 213.61 per share, central INR 234.92 per share, high INR 261.94 per share

- FY2020: low INR 210.43 per share, central INR 230.60 per share, high INR 256.18 per share

- FY2021: low INR 209.59 per share, central INR 231.11 per share, high INR 258.40 per share

- FY2022: low INR 280.14 per share, central INR 306.83 per share, high INR 340.69 per share

- FY2023: low INR 273.01 per share, central INR 302.23 per share, high INR 339.29 per share

- FY2024: low INR 382.44 per share, central INR 422.51 per share, high INR 473.34 per share

- FY2025: low INR 520.11 per share, central INR 711.57 per share, high INR 809.10 per share

- FY2026: low INR 649.74 per share, central INR 888.77 per share, high INR 1,010.53 per share

Historical values use today's bond yield for every fiscal year

Historical values use today's FX rate into trading currency for every fiscal year

Historical values use current restated fundamentals and current commodity classification; they are not point-in-time estimates

Prior published observations retained from 2026-10-15T06:39:08.648Z where newer inputs omit a numeric field or fiscal period.

## Sources

Estimates depend on assumptions and are not guarantees or investment advice. Underlying data remains subject to its source licenses; public reading does not grant bulk redistribution rights.
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Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone

ADANIPORTS · NSE

Nifty 50

Not a wonderful business

1 quality test fails. A lower price would not fix the business.

Share price
INR 1,743.20
Buy up to
INR 888.77
Expected / yr
7.3% at today's price (11.4% at central value)

The business

How it makes money
Why customers stay
Where the cash goes
What the price says

1. Is this a good business?

Evidence only; not required for Buy

Margins varied 13.6% around their average (limit 35%), and no loss years were recorded (limit 2).

10y median
45.4%
Worst year
35.9%
Latest · 2026
44.8%

Capital return excluding acquisitions: median 10.6% (minimum 15%), and the second-worst year 8.4% (minimum 10%).

5y median
10.6%
Worst year
7.7%
Latest · 2026
10.6%

Each $1 of profit left $0.98 for owners over five years (minimum $0.80).

Five-year totals
0.98×
Annual median
0.99×
Latest · 2026
0.95×

Per-share value rose from 17.74 to 51.35, comparing three-year medians at each end (must rise and stay positive).

10y median
INR 23.49
Worst year
INR 17.74
Latest · 2026
INR 58.23

Profits were backed by cash: accruals were -4.1% of assets (limit 10%).

10y median
-4.4%
Worst year
-0.3%
Latest · 2026
-4.1%

Profit record · pass 0 loss years in 10 (at most 2), mean operating margin 44.8%, three-year average owner earnings per share 48.01 INR.

2. Is the price low enough?

Price & return math
Value rangeINR 649.74 – INR 1,010.53
Buy at or belowCentral value INR 888.77
Discount to value1 − 1743.20 / 888.77 = -96.1%
Return / yearAbout 7.3% a year at today's price (required return 11.4%)
Cash-flow inputsOwner cash INR 53.17/share; 8.0% growth for 5 years, then fades to 3.0%; excess cash INR 35.05/share today.
Required return11.4% / year, earned by construction at the central value
RevenueINR 387B
387B020172026
FY2017 · Revenue: INR 84B; FY2018 · Revenue: INR 113B; FY2019 · Revenue: INR 109B; FY2020 · Revenue: INR 119B; FY2021 · Revenue: INR 126B; FY2022 · Revenue: INR 171B; FY2023 · Revenue: INR 209B; FY2024 · Revenue: INR 267B; FY2025 · Revenue: INR 305B; FY2026 · Revenue: INR 387B
Revenue
Owner earningsINR 122B
122B020172026
FY2017 · Owner earnings: INR 39B; FY2018 · Owner earnings: INR 37B; FY2019 · Owner earnings: INR 24B; FY2020 · Owner earnings: INR 38B; FY2021 · Owner earnings: INR 50B; FY2022 · Owner earnings: INR 48B; FY2023 · Owner earnings: INR 53B; FY2024 · Owner earnings: INR 81B; FY2025 · Owner earnings: INR 111B; FY2026 · Owner earnings: INR 122B
Owner earnings
Operating margin44.8%
52.7%0.0%20172026
FY2017 · Operating margin: 50.5%; FY2018 · Operating margin: 52.7%; FY2019 · Operating margin: 47.8%; FY2020 · Operating margin: 35.9%; FY2021 · Operating margin: 52.4%; FY2022 · Operating margin: 37.6%; FY2023 · Operating margin: 36.1%; FY2024 · Operating margin: 43.8%; FY2025 · Operating margin: 46.1%; FY2026 · Operating margin: 44.8%
Operating margin
Net cash / debtINR -571B
1.00-571B20172026
FY2017 · Net cash / debt: INR -202B; FY2018 · Net cash / debt: INR -194B; FY2019 · Net cash / debt: INR -217B; FY2020 · Net cash / debt: INR -229B; FY2021 · Net cash / debt: INR -312B; FY2022 · Net cash / debt: INR -373B; FY2023 · Net cash / debt: INR -485B; FY2024 · Net cash / debt: INR -472B; FY2025 · Net cash / debt: INR -475B; FY2026 · Net cash / debt: INR -571B
Net cash / debt
Diluted shares2.2B
2.2B020172026
FY2017 · Diluted shares: 2.1B; FY2018 · Diluted shares: 2.1B; FY2019 · Diluted shares: 2.1B; FY2020 · Diluted shares: 2.1B; FY2021 · Diluted shares: 2.0B; FY2022 · Diluted shares: 2.2B; FY2023 · Diluted shares: 2.2B; FY2024 · Diluted shares: 2.2B; FY2025 · Diluted shares: 2.2B; FY2026 · Diluted shares: 2.2B
Diluted shares
Prices 15 Oct 2026 · FY2026