Lime Chemicals Ltd

₹ 15.3 -0.20%

04 Nov 9:35 a.m.

About

Incorporated in 1970, Lime Chemicals Ltd is engaged in the manufacturing of Calcium Carbonate^[1]

Key Points

Business Overview:^[1]
LCL is in the business of production and trading
of Precipitated and Coated Calcium Carbonate (PCC)

Website BSE

Market Cap ₹ 9.94 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 15.3
High / Low ₹ 31.0 / 12.6
Stock P/E 99.3
Book Value ₹ 2.98
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE 5.63 %
ROE 12.0 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Cons

Stock is trading at 5.13 times its book value
Company has low interest coverage ratio.
The company has delivered a poor sales growth of -20.9% over past five years.
Promoter holding is low: 29.3%
Company has a low return on equity of -5.66% over last 3 years.
Contingent liabilities of Rs.4.94 Cr.
Company might be capitalizing the interest cost

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Quarterly Results

Figures in Rs. Crores

	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025
	4.01	4.37	3.71	3.39	3.25	2.25	2.59	2.36	3.04	2.38	2.60	1.64	1.85
	3.84	4.34	3.65	3.46	3.54	2.38	2.84	2.47	2.91	2.44	2.56	1.89	2.01
Operating Profit	0.17	0.03	0.06	-0.07	-0.29	-0.13	-0.25	-0.11	0.13	-0.06	0.04	-0.25	-0.16
OPM %	4.24%	0.69%	1.62%	-2.06%	-8.92%	-5.78%	-9.65%	-4.66%	4.28%	-2.52%	1.54%	-15.24%	-8.65%
	0.02	0.06	3.11	0.01	0.10	0.04	0.21	0.05	0.04	0.03	0.04	0.49	0.22
Interest	0.02	0.04	0.01	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.15	0.00
Depreciation	0.06	0.08	0.06	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
Profit before tax	0.11	-0.03	3.10	-0.10	-0.21	-0.11	-0.06	-0.10	0.15	-0.05	0.06	0.07	0.04
Tax %	27.27%	0.00%	8.06%	50.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	10.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	28.57%	0.00%
	0.08	-0.03	2.85	-0.14	-0.21	-0.11	-0.06	-0.11	0.15	-0.05	0.06	0.06	0.03
EPS in Rs	0.12	-0.05	4.38	-0.22	-0.32	-0.17	-0.09	-0.17	0.23	-0.08	0.09	0.09	0.05
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Profit & Loss

Figures in Rs. Crores

	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
	27.18	19.06	28.14	43.85	51.61	43.44	31.20	22.18	14.05	15.48	10.45	9.67	8.47
	28.92	19.96	24.12	36.64	43.15	39.96	30.78	21.60	14.75	15.30	11.19	9.81	8.90
Operating Profit	-1.74	-0.90	4.02	7.21	8.46	3.48	0.42	0.58	-0.70	0.18	-0.74	-0.14	-0.43
OPM %	-6.40%	-4.72%	14.29%	16.44%	16.39%	8.01%	1.35%	2.61%	-4.98%	1.16%	-7.08%	-1.45%	-5.08%
	7.03	4.10	0.40	0.15	0.55	0.89	0.68	1.25	10.96	3.21	0.39	0.61	0.78
Interest	1.12	1.12	0.22	0.52	0.34	0.73	1.46	0.58	0.21	0.09	0.04	0.15	0.15
Depreciation	2.04	0.71	0.69	2.17	1.02	1.02	1.12	1.05	0.26	0.22	0.09	0.08	0.08
Profit before tax	2.13	1.37	3.51	4.67	7.65	2.62	-1.48	0.20	9.79	3.08	-0.48	0.24	0.12
Tax %	-32.86%	29.20%	6.55%	-7.92%	0.00%	0.00%	-78.38%	30.00%	0.00%	10.39%	2.08%	8.33%
	2.83	0.96	3.27	5.04	7.66	2.62	-0.32	0.14	9.80	2.76	-0.49	0.22	0.10
EPS in Rs	8.60	2.92	9.94	15.32	15.70	4.03	-0.49	0.22	15.07	4.24	-0.75	0.34	0.15
Dividend Payout %	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	-7%
5 Years:	-21%
3 Years:	-12%
TTM:	-17%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	-14%
5 Years:	22%
3 Years:	30%
TTM:	177%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	12%
5 Years:	-6%
3 Years:	-17%
1 Year:	-47%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	%
5 Years:	%
3 Years:	-6%
Last Year:	12%

Balance Sheet

Figures in Rs. Crores

	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	3.26	3.26	3.26	3.26	4.88	6.50	6.50	6.50	6.50	6.50	6.50	6.50
Reserves	-42.79	-40.16	-36.89	-32.02	-21.09	-16.83	-17.14	-16.83	-7.05	-4.34	-4.76	-4.56
	26.81	30.69	31.94	29.96	27.83	15.83	13.41	12.04	7.50	5.75	5.04	5.13
	30.21	24.23	21.53	27.37	22.50	18.38	21.30	12.99	10.61	5.23	3.89	3.04
Total Liabilities	17.49	18.02	19.84	28.57	34.12	23.88	24.07	14.70	17.56	13.14	10.67	10.11
	10.44	10.41	10.76	8.95	9.25	8.96	8.59	2.59	6.22	5.78	5.71	5.75
CWIP	0.17	0.18	0.14	0.75	0.00	0.05	0.11	1.95	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Investments	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.09	0.11	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.11	0.11	0.11
	6.87	7.42	8.93	18.84	24.78	14.76	15.27	10.06	11.24	7.25	4.85	4.25
Total Assets	17.49	18.02	19.84	28.57	34.12	23.88	24.07	14.70	17.56	13.14	10.67	10.11

Cash Flows

Figures in Rs. Crores

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
	0.20	-3.95	0.16	4.18	-6.73	8.69	3.29	1.72	-5.28	-2.63	0.53	-0.21
	-0.71	-0.75	-0.99	-1.03	-0.55	-0.67	-0.90	-0.04	9.94	4.37	0.02	-0.06
	0.51	4.62	1.04	-0.43	4.78	-7.73	-2.93	-1.91	-4.52	-1.68	-0.69	0.11
Net Cash Flow	0.00	-0.07	0.21	2.72	-2.51	0.30	-0.54	-0.23	0.14	0.05	-0.14	-0.15

Ratios

Figures in Rs. Crores

	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	40.82	56.11	61.61	96.47	126.88	63.52	101.31	72.57	170.68	86.53	81.38	69.07
Inventory Days	32.28	53.94	44.00	40.19	57.85	70.35	80.21	39.74	16.29	41.25	18.75	8.58
Days Payable	210.69	162.18	117.34	239.44	204.59	182.87	274.93	154.38	191.46	135.52	142.83	139.02
Cash Conversion Cycle	-137.59	-52.13	-11.73	-102.77	-19.86	-49.00	-93.41	-42.06	-4.49	-7.74	-42.69	-61.36
Working Capital Days	-326.19	-180.20	-68.49	-330.87	-171.86	-142.25	-223.45	-252.93	-107.55	-102.57	-167.31	-164.19
ROCE %					124.65%	38.55%	-0.73%	87.95%	-18.48%	1.08%	-5.85%	5.63%

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025
	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%
	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%	6.04%	3.07%	2.35%	2.35%
	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
	63.29%	63.29%	63.30%	63.29%	63.29%	63.29%	63.29%	63.29%	64.63%	67.60%	68.32%	68.32%
No. of Shareholders	5,459	5,510	5,504	5,638	5,659	5,687	5,721	5,815	5,959	6,124	6,203	6,196

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Sep 2025
	40.36%	31.31%	28.41%	28.41%	28.41%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%
	0.00%	0.00%	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%	3.07%	2.35%
	2.05%	1.38%	1.03%	0.82%	0.37%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
	57.59%	67.31%	63.18%	63.39%	63.84%	63.30%	63.29%	63.29%	67.60%	68.32%
No. of Shareholders	5,057	4,902	5,061	4,729	4,679	5,480	5,510	5,687	6,124	6,196

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