CHOLAFIN.NS · Intrinsic value
Is Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited (CHOLAFIN.NS) overvalued or undervalued?
Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited (CHOLAFIN.NS) trades at the delayed market price of ₹1,553.00 a share. That price already implies revenue growth of 18.4% a year for 5 years. TickerWorth's fair value is ₹1,133.87 a share (37% above fair value), as of Oct 19, 2026. It is a model estimate, and every input behind it is sourced below.
Model by Miraaj Patel · generated from market data · Updated Oct 19, 2026 · How these pages are made
Is CHOLAFIN.NS overvalued?
- Fair value
- ₹1,133.87
- Market price
- ₹1,553.00
- Downside to fair value
- 27.0%
- Verdict
- 37% above fair value
Reverse DCF: Today's price implies revenue growth of 18.4% a year for 5 years; our model assumes 16.6% a year on average over the same horizon.
What is CHOLAFIN.NS's TickerWorth Score?
Middle of the pack — real strengths and real weaknesses
Compared with Financial Services companies in India
Its strongest point: a profitable, high-quality business. Its weakest: balance sheet looks stretched.
- Value · 39 of 100
Cheaper than 39% of Financial Services companies in India
- Price vs worth · 28 of 100
- Quality · 74 of 100
More profitable than 74% of Financial Services companies in India
- Financial health · 10 of 100
Financially stronger than 10% of Financial Services companies in India
- Growth · 82 of 100
Growing faster than 82% of Financial Services companies in India
- Momentum · 54 of 100
Outperformed 54% of Financial Services companies in India over the past year
Confidence: High confidence · Scored
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CHOLAFIN.NS DCF valuation: what the price assumes
At a recent price of ₹1,553, Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited (CHOLAFIN.NS) trades 37% above TickerWorth's blended fair value of ₹1,134 per share — a discounted-cash-flow model cross-checked against peer multiples and asset value — meaning the market currently prices CHOLAFIN.NS overvalued vs our estimate of what the business is intrinsically worth. Our fair value sits below the market, an implied -27.0% move to close the gap if the business performs in line with our assumptions. This is an educational model, not a price target or a recommendation — the value moves with the inputs, which you can test yourself using the WACC slider below.
Read the full reasoning
One of the lenses behind that blended figure is a discounted-cash-flow model, which on its own values CHOLAFIN.NS at about ₹1,360 per share. The rest of this page walks through that DCF — its assumptions, reverse-DCF and discount-rate sensitivity — because it is the auditable anchor of the blend.
The valuation discounts Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited's projected free cash flows at a weighted-average cost of capital (WACC) of 6.3%, with a long-run terminal growth rate of 2.5%. About 85% of the enterprise value comes from the terminal value — the portion beyond the explicit forecast window — which is unusually high — most of the answer comes from a single assumption about the far future, so treat this figure as low-confidence and lean on the multiples alongside it.
Running the DCF in reverse — solving for the growth the current price already assumes — the market is implying roughly 18.4% annual revenue growth for CHOLAFIN.NS. Our base case instead compounds to about 16.6% a year over the same forecast, so the market's implied growth is broadly in line with our base case. The reverse-DCF is a quick sanity check: it reframes 'is this stock cheap?' as 'do I believe the growth the price requires?' rather than arguing over a single point estimate of fair value.
Sensitivity matters more than any single number. Across a reasonable band of discount-rate assumptions, CHOLAFIN.NS's modeled DCF value ranges from about ₹-64.07 to ₹8,203 per share. If that range still sits below today's price, the market is optimistic relative to the model across the whole band; if it brackets the price, the stock is roughly fairly valued on our assumptions. Use the interactive slider to see exactly where your own cost-of-capital view lands.
How to read this page: the DCF fair value is what Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited would be worth if its cash flows grow as modeled and are discounted at the stated WACC. The assumptions table shows every input and its source; the reverse-DCF shows what the market believes; the sensitivity band shows how fragile the answer is. None of this is investment advice — it is a transparent, auditable framework for forming your own view of CHOLAFIN.NS's intrinsic value. Figures update as new filings and prices come in.
Every input behind CHOLAFIN.NS's DCF
| Input | Value |
|---|---|
| Base-year revenueLive feed — totalRevenue (TTM) | ₹141,829,600,000 |
| Base EBIT marginComputed — trailing operatingMargins, held roughly flat | 56.6% |
| Forecast revenue growthESTIMATEAssumption — TickerWorth's 5-year explicit forecast | 30% → 24% → 17% → 10% → 4% |
| Risk-free rateLive feed — US 10-year Treasury yield (^TNX) | 5.1% |
| BetaLive feed — yfinance, 5-year monthly beta vs the S&P 500 (clamped to 0.4–2.5) | 0.49 |
| Terminal growthESTIMATEAssumption — TickerWorth house default 2.5%, held below WACC | 2.5% |
| Diluted sharesLive feed — sharesOutstanding | 858M |
| Market priceLast known price · as of 2026-10-19 21:03 UTC | ₹1,553 |
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What does Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited do?
What does it do?
Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited, operates as a non-banking finance company in India. The company operates through Vehicle Finance, Loan Against Property, Home Loans, and Other Loans segments. It operates in the Credit Services industry (Financial Services sector), headquartered in India. The company employs roughly 51,320 people.
How does it make money?
The business turns 141.8B in annual revenue into profit. Out of every $100 of sales, about $57 is left as operating profit (operating margin of 56.6%), after a 100% gross margin on the products/services it sells. After all costs, taxes and interest, 40.5% of revenue becomes bottom-line net profit.
Is it financially healthy?
Financially it looks stretched: carries heavy debt (7.0× equity), and is currently profitable.
CHOLAFIN.NS insider trading
Insider filings are available for US-listed companies only.
Common questions
What is CHOLAFIN.NS's intrinsic value?
TickerWorth's blended fair value for Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited (CHOLAFIN.NS) is ₹1,134 per share, versus a market price of ₹1,553 (37% above fair value).
Is CHOLAFIN.NS overvalued or undervalued?
On our blended fair value CHOLAFIN.NS looks overvalued vs fair value at ₹1,553. This is an educational estimate, not advice.
What discount rate is used for CHOLAFIN.NS?
A WACC of 6.3% and a terminal growth rate of 2.5%.
Is Cholamandalam Investment and Finance stock undervalued?
TickerWorth's fair value for Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited (CHOLAFIN.NS) is ₹1,133.87 against a market price of ₹1,553.00. Our read: 37% above fair value. This is a model estimate, not investment advice.
Cholamandalam Investment and Finance (CHOLAFIN.NS) DCF valuation and fair value
Our fair value for Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited (CHOLAFIN.NS) is ₹1,133.87, built on a 6.3% discount rate (WACC) and 2.5% terminal growth. It blends our discounted-cash-flow model with other valuation lenses. Every assumption is listed on this page with its source.
What growth is priced into Cholamandalam Investment and Finance stock?
Today's price implies revenue growth of 18.4% a year for 5 years; our model assumes 16.6% a year on average over the same horizon. This is a reverse DCF: it holds our cash-flow model's other inputs and solves for the revenue growth that makes the model equal today's price of ₹1,553.00. A model estimate, not investment advice.
Cholamandalam Investment and Finance (CHOLAFIN.NS) insider trading
We have no recent SEC Form 4 insider filings on file for Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited (CHOLAFIN.NS). Form 4 covers US-listed companies only.
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