Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd

₹ 26.3 19.55%

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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 ₹ 177 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 26.3
High / Low ₹ 42.5 / 21.0
Stock P/E
Book Value ₹ 152
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE -5.20 %
ROE -21.6 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Company has reduced debt.
Stock is trading at 0.17 times its book value

Cons

Company has low interest coverage ratio.
The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 10.5% over past five years.
Contingent liabilities of Rs.112 Cr.
Company might be capitalizing the interest cost
Company's cost of borrowing seems high
Working capital days have increased from 41.5 days to 483 days

* The pros and cons are machine generated. Pros / cons are based on a checklist to highlight important points. Please exercise caution and do your own analysis.

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Quarterly Results

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025
	173.84	193.84	145.46	188.73	186.82	182.87	59.36	174.72	165.16	136.62	163.89	126.27	147.24
	172.90	177.40	154.42	177.26	189.97	183.42	82.88	174.67	191.07	173.37	177.31	143.45	150.87
Operating Profit	0.94	16.44	-8.96	11.47	-3.15	-0.55	-23.52	0.05	-25.91	-36.75	-13.42	-17.18	-3.63
OPM %	0.54%	8.48%	-6.16%	6.08%	-1.69%	-0.30%	-39.62%	0.03%	-15.69%	-26.90%	-8.19%	-13.61%	-2.47%
	2.62	-4.67	3.21	4.70	3.53	6.68	4.64	5.05	-34.53	550.76	12.62	4.75	5.40
Interest	16.95	17.11	16.97	17.45	17.68	17.48	16.05	18.15	18.26	-9.60	4.98	5.26	5.13
Depreciation	0.30	0.30	0.31	0.36	0.37	0.39	0.38	0.45	0.46	0.35	0.44	0.48	0.52
Profit before tax	-13.69	-5.64	-23.03	-1.64	-17.67	-11.74	-35.31	-13.50	-79.16	523.26	-6.22	-18.17	-3.88
Tax %	-0.00%	-0.00%	-0.00%	-0.00%	-0.00%	-0.00%	-0.00%	-0.00%	-0.00%	0.64%	-0.00%	-0.00%	-0.00%
	-13.69	-5.64	-23.04	-1.65	-17.67	-11.74	-35.31	-13.51	-79.16	519.93	-6.22	-18.16	-3.88
EPS in Rs	-2.01	-0.63	-3.44	-0.21	-2.65	-1.77	-5.27	-2.03	-11.76	77.39	-0.94	-2.70	-0.58
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Profit & Loss

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	TTM
	236	178	143	176	275	503	325	407	434	631	704	536	574
	382	306	265	335	442	475	384	381	433	625	705	622	645
Operating Profit	-146	-129	-121	-159	-167	28	-58	27	1	6	-1	-86	-71
OPM %	-62%	-72%	-85%	-90%	-61%	6%	-18%	7%	0%	1%	-0%	-16%	-12%
	6	-26	15	6	63	117	21	21	34	6	18	526	574
Interest	43	53	69	98	78	68	58	54	66	67	70	43	6
Depreciation	19	10	10	9	6	3	3	3	1	1	1	2	2
Profit before tax	-202	-217	-185	-259	-187	73	-98	-8	-32	-55	-54	395	495
Tax %	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	1%
	-202	-217	-185	-259	-187	73	-98	-8	-32	-55	-54	392	492
EPS in Rs	-28.41	-32.07	-26.82	-38.37	-27.79	10.79	-14.33	0.38	-4.41	-7.95	-8.13	58.32	73.17
Dividend Payout %	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	12%
5 Years:	11%
3 Years:	7%
TTM:	-1%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	4%
5 Years:	-2%
3 Years:	%
TTM:	41%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	5%
5 Years:	-8%
3 Years:	4%
1 Year:	-38%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	%
5 Years:	%
3 Years:	%
Last Year:	-22%

Balance Sheet

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Sep 2025
Equity Capital	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67
Reserves	-707	-933	-1,121	52	-33	44	-50	-36	-72	-118	-119	978	953
	556	698	703	603	609	606	521	518	1,226	1,286	1,362	219	232
	412	459	584	1,103	1,018	837	841	895	258	242	264	304	286
Total Liabilities	329	292	234	1,825	1,662	1,555	1,379	1,444	1,479	1,478	1,575	1,568	1,539
	151	137	125	1,689	154	170	174	136	155	165	226	227	230
CWIP	38	11	4	4	-0	-0	-0	-0	-0	-0	-0	4	1
Investments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	140	143	104	131	1,508	1,384	1,204	1,309	1,324	1,313	1,349	1,336	1,308
Total Assets	329	292	234	1,825	1,662	1,555	1,379	1,444	1,479	1,478	1,575	1,568	1,539

Cash Flows

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	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	-116	46	59	-451	-160	-81	-50	10	-13	-66	631
	11	0	-6	-0	343	112	164	8	11	7	56	10
	3	104	-48	-59	179	3	-90	52	-32	-10	6	-642
Net Cash Flow	-0	-12	-8	0	72	-45	-8	9	-11	-16	-4	-1
Free Cash Flow	-5	-116	40	59	-109	-53	75	-49	10	-14	-67	624
CFO/OP	9%	90%	-38%	-37%	270%	-573%	139%	-185%	1,182%	-202%	6,570%	-733%

Ratios

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	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	18	51	22	19	11	17	14	3	7	11	10	15
Inventory Days	150	208	230	319	176	74	95	103	111	44	53	52
Days Payable	317	406	733	941	477	133	66	30	58	34	50	42
Cash Conversion Cycle	-149	-146	-481	-604	-291	-43	43	76	60	21	13	24
Working Capital Days	-534	-744	-1,311	-2,729	330	235	79	-15	-134	-159	-199	483
ROCE %				-91%	-17%	16%	-7%	9%	4%	1%	1%	-5%

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Acetone Production Volume
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Hydrogen Peroxide Production Volume
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Phenol Production Volume
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Hydrogen Peroxide Plant Capacity Utilization
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Phenol Plant Capacity Utilization
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Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 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%
	41.22%	41.20%	41.19%	41.22%	41.20%	41.22%	41.20%	41.21%	41.20%	41.21%	41.20%	41.21%
No. of Shareholders	47,994	47,628	47,229	49,503	53,784	56,879	60,134	59,953	61,922	62,163	61,587	61,381

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

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