Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd

₹ 36.1 1.98%

11 Jun 2:07 p.m.

hocl.gov.in / www.hoclindia.gov.in BSE: 500449

About

Incorporated in 1960, Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd is in the business of bulk industrial chemicals and chemical intermediates^[1]

Key Points

Business Overview:^[1]^[2]
HOCL was set up as a Government of India enterprise (government holds ~ 58.78% equity stake) under the administrative control of Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. It is the 2nd largest producer of Phenol and Acetone
in India. Company manufactures Hydrogen Peroxide. The raw materials used by HOCL are Benzene and LPG, which come from petroleum refineries. Currently, 500+ units based on HOC’s products are setup across India. It also produces versatile engineering plastic polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) through its subsidiary viz. Hindustan Flurocarbons Limited (HFL)

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Market Cap ₹ 243 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 36.1
High / Low ₹ 62.7 / 22.4
Stock P/E
Book Value ₹ 164
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE -5.22 %
ROE -19.3 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Company has reduced debt.
Stock is trading at 0.22 times its book value

Cons

Company has low interest coverage ratio.
Company has a low return on equity of -35.8% over last 3 years.
Contingent liabilities of Rs.905 Cr.
Company's cost of borrowing seems high
Working capital days have increased from 400 days to 633 days

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Quarterly Results

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2022	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025
	196	124	139	174	194	145	189	187	183	59	175	165	137
	167	124	155	172	177	154	177	190	183	83	175	191	173
Operating Profit	30	0	-16	1	16	-9	12	-3	-1	-24	0	-26	-37
OPM %	15%	0%	-11%	1%	8%	-6%	6%	-2%	-0%	-40%	0%	-16%	-27%
	24	2	8	3	-1	3	4	3	6	4	5	-34	550
Interest	18	16	13	17	17	17	17	18	17	16	18	18	-10
Depreciation	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Profit before tax	36	-14	-21	-13	-2	-23	-2	-18	-12	-36	-14	-79	523
Tax %	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%
	36	-14	-21	-13	-2	-23	-2	-18	-12	-36	-14	-79	520
EPS in Rs	5.33	-2.08	-3.08	-1.98	-0.35	-3.45	-0.29	-2.68	-1.81	-5.29	-2.05	-11.73	77.36
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Profit & Loss

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
	209	149	108	142	239	464	294	404	434	631	704	536
	332	272	222	302	428	441	353	353	425	625	705	622
Operating Profit	-124	-123	-115	-160	-190	23	-59	51	9	6	-1	-86
OPM %	-59%	-83%	-106%	-112%	-80%	5%	-20%	13%	2%	1%	-0%	-16%
	7	-33	15	6	66	115	22	20	31	12	17	526
Interest	43	51	66	95	75	66	56	53	66	67	70	43
Depreciation	17	9	9	7	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	2
Profit before tax	-177	-215	-174	-256	-203	71	-95	16	-26	-50	-55	395
Tax %	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%
	-177	-215	-174	-256	-203	71	-95	16	-26	-50	-55	392
EPS in Rs	-26.33	-32.08	-25.89	-38.05	-30.29	10.55	-14.11	2.38	-3.90	-7.48	-8.24	58.29
Dividend Payout %	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	14%
5 Years:	13%
3 Years:	7%
TTM:	-24%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	3%
5 Years:	-3%
3 Years:	%
TTM:	-95%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	10%
5 Years:	18%
3 Years:	5%
1 Year:	-21%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	%
5 Years:	-32%
3 Years:	-36%
Last Year:	-19%

Balance Sheet

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
Equity Capital	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67
Reserves	-647	-871	-1,048	80	-20	59	-38	-7	-17	-60	-56	1,038
	550	672	682	596	602	602	516	429	1,127	1,186	1,262	115
	377	428	543	1,065	981	793	798	908	281	272	299	337
Total Liabilities	347	296	243	1,807	1,631	1,521	1,342	1,397	1,458	1,465	1,572	1,557
	133	117	101	1,637	102	120	126	136	155	165	226	227
CWIP	37	11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Investments	11	9	9	9	11	11	3	8	11	10	18	14
	166	160	129	158	1,518	1,390	1,213	1,253	1,293	1,290	1,328	1,312
Total Assets	347	296	243	1,807	1,631	1,521	1,342	1,397	1,458	1,465	1,572	1,557

Cash Flows

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
	-13	-113	47	64	-342	-157	-82	18	12	-13	-66	631
	12	5	-1	1	343	112	164	7	9	7	56	10
	-0	85	-46	-63	71	-0	-90	-16	-33	-10	6	-642
Net Cash Flow	-1	-23	0	1	73	-45	-8	9	-13	-16	-4	-1

Ratios

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
Debtor Days	16	54	22	13	7	14	10	2	6	10	10	14
Inventory Days	147	222	263	368	180	70	94	99	109	44	53	49
Days Payable	342	444	972	1,179	520	135	67	30	57	34	50	42
Cash Conversion Cycle	-178	-168	-687	-798	-333	-51	37	72	58	21	12	20
Working Capital Days	-416	-656	-1,443	-2,455	886	518	507	276	558	325	242	633
ROCE %	-287%			-72%	-19%	15%	-6%	13%	5%	1%	1%	-5%

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025
	58.78%	58.78%	58.78%	58.78%	58.78%	58.78%	58.78%	58.78%	58.78%	58.78%	58.78%	58.78%
	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
	41.21%	41.21%	41.20%	41.22%	41.20%	41.19%	41.22%	41.20%	41.22%	41.20%	41.21%	41.20%
No. of Shareholders	49,079	48,419	48,265	47,994	47,628	47,229	49,503	53,784	56,879	60,134	59,953	61,922

	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
	58.78%	58.78%	58.78%	58.78%	58.78%	58.78%	58.78%	58.78%	58.78%	58.78%
	0.03%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
	41.20%	41.21%	41.21%	41.21%	41.21%	41.21%	41.21%	41.22%	41.20%	41.20%
No. of Shareholders	53,061	52,381	50,468	49,404	48,598	48,179	49,128	47,994	53,784	61,922

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