There are one of only 17 Indian companies out of 500 that aced the Du Pont test There are one of only 17 Indian companies out of 500 that aced the Du Pont test Sriram IyerDec 23, 2020, 09:22 IST (Representative image) An efficient company that is improving profitability with low or no debt means that it has used the capital wisely and has the ability to invest more. And, according to a report from Motilal Oswal, of the 500 that the broking firm analysed in India, only 17 pass this test based on data from the last five years. 15 of these 17 stocks beat the Sensex by a wide margin in the amount of wealth they created for their long-term investors.