Paramount Cosmetics (India) Ltd

₹ 35.6 -3.70%

20 Feb - close price

About

Incorporated in 1985, Paramount Cosmetics (India) Limited is in the business of selling and distribution of cosmetic^[1]

Key Points

Business Overview:^[1]^[2]
PCIL, the flagship company of the Paramount group, is
engaged in the manufacturing of beauty and personal care products like bindi, kumkum, kajal, deodorants, etc. The co. is known for its flagship brand,
Shilpa bindis, along with various other brands, including Sunspot (sticker bindis and liquid kumkum),
Kromme (instant eye shadow applicator)
and Instinct (men’s deodorants), etc. Currently, PCIL is into trading, selling & distribution of cosmetics like Bindi, Kumkum, Kajal, and other products
through selling & distribution agreements.

Website BSE

Market Cap ₹ 17.3 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 35.6
High / Low ₹ 49.0 / 33.2
Stock P/E 216
Book Value ₹ 42.1
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE 5.19 %
ROE 0.15 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Stock is trading at 0.85 times its book value
Company is expected to give good quarter
Debtor days have improved from 62.9 to 38.9 days.

Cons

Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
Company has low interest coverage ratio.
The company has delivered a poor sales growth of -3.36% over past five years.
Company has a low return on equity of -1.12% over last 3 years.
Earnings include an other income of Rs.1.22 Cr.

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Quarterly Results

Figures in Rs. Crores

	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
	7.87	7.43	4.73	5.70	6.28	5.10	3.72	5.13	5.56	5.98	4.68	8.69	5.23
	7.22	6.77	4.24	6.06	5.95	5.12	3.42	4.82	5.22	5.94	4.24	8.28	5.02
Operating Profit	0.65	0.66	0.49	-0.36	0.33	-0.02	0.30	0.31	0.34	0.04	0.44	0.41	0.21
OPM %	8.26%	8.88%	10.36%	-6.32%	5.25%	-0.39%	8.06%	6.04%	6.12%	0.67%	9.40%	4.72%	4.02%
	0.04	0.09	0.12	1.24	0.33	0.37	0.30	0.26	0.27	0.40	0.35	0.23	0.24
Interest	0.45	0.43	0.39	0.46	0.44	0.44	0.43	0.42	0.41	0.34	0.67	0.30	0.28
Depreciation	0.20	0.20	0.17	0.17	0.17	0.17	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.13	0.11	0.12	0.12
Profit before tax	0.04	0.12	0.05	0.25	0.05	-0.26	0.03	0.01	0.06	-0.03	0.01	0.22	0.05
Tax %	50.00%	66.67%	40.00%	32.00%	40.00%	-19.23%	33.33%	-100.00%	66.67%	-33.33%	700.00%	45.45%	40.00%
	0.02	0.05	0.04	0.16	0.03	-0.21	0.01	0.01	0.02	-0.02	-0.06	0.13	0.03
EPS in Rs	0.04	0.10	0.08	0.33	0.06	-0.43	0.02	0.02	0.04	-0.04	-0.12	0.27	0.06
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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
	47.39	48.36	49.08	34.85	20.98	21.86	24.18	17.50	20.18	26.72	21.81	20.38	24.58
	42.84	43.44	42.34	29.53	16.50	17.47	20.27	14.91	21.10	24.07	21.39	19.39	23.48
Operating Profit	4.55	4.92	6.74	5.32	4.48	4.39	3.91	2.59	-0.92	2.65	0.42	0.99	1.10
OPM %	9.60%	10.17%	13.73%	15.27%	21.35%	20.08%	16.17%	14.80%	-4.56%	9.92%	1.93%	4.86%	4.48%
	0.19	0.17	0.26	0.07	0.36	0.05	0.04	1.17	4.56	0.20	2.09	1.23	1.22
Interest	1.88	1.92	3.03	3.23	2.82	2.50	2.25	2.31	2.35	1.70	1.74	1.60	1.59
Depreciation	0.60	0.80	2.53	2.14	1.72	1.43	1.25	1.06	0.95	0.81	0.67	0.55	0.48
Profit before tax	2.26	2.37	1.44	0.02	0.30	0.51	0.45	0.39	0.34	0.34	0.10	0.07	0.25
Tax %	33.63%	27.00%	45.14%	600.00%	90.00%	125.49%	128.89%	10.26%	41.18%	38.24%	80.00%	57.14%
	1.50	1.74	0.80	-0.09	0.04	-0.13	-0.12	0.34	0.20	0.21	0.02	0.03	0.08
EPS in Rs	3.09	3.58	1.65	-0.19	0.08	-0.27	-0.25	0.70	0.41	0.43	0.04	0.06	0.17
Dividend Payout %	19.44%	16.76%	30.38%	-270.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	-8%
5 Years:	-3%
3 Years:	0%
TTM:	26%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	-33%
5 Years:	18%
3 Years:	26%
TTM:	147%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	-2%
5 Years:	17%
3 Years:	2%
1 Year:	-17%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	-2%
5 Years:	-4%
3 Years:	-1%
Last Year:	0%

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	Sep 2025
Equity Capital	4.86	4.86	4.86	4.86	4.86	4.86	4.86	4.86	4.86	4.86	4.86	4.86	4.86
Reserves	17.53	18.66	19.17	16.89	16.65	14.63	14.51	14.65	14.92	15.37	15.46	15.51	15.59
	17.57	23.28	24.11	20.84	20.61	20.83	18.18	17.24	14.57	12.52	12.21	11.40	10.43
	17.14	17.54	16.93	8.77	5.42	7.88	11.67	11.64	13.02	10.24	8.36	8.71	8.51
Total Liabilities	57.10	64.34	65.07	51.36	47.54	48.20	49.22	48.39	47.37	42.99	40.89	40.48	39.39
	13.33	25.34	23.92	22.27	20.60	19.40	18.23	17.31	16.43	15.73	14.78	14.24	14.03
CWIP	4.88	0.00	0.12	0.34	0.23	0.07	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Investments	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	38.89	39.00	41.03	28.75	26.71	28.73	30.99	31.08	30.94	27.26	26.11	26.24	25.36
Total Assets	57.10	64.34	65.07	51.36	47.54	48.20	49.22	48.39	47.37	42.99	40.89	40.48	39.39

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
	0.90	7.18	0.39	6.44	3.79	4.41	4.25	2.27	0.82	3.65	-0.24	1.40
	-4.33	-8.21	1.50	-0.67	0.05	-0.21	0.01	0.01	4.34	0.05	2.22	0.96
	3.32	1.21	-3.51	-5.78	-3.61	-4.45	-4.16	-2.22	-5.02	-4.04	-2.06	-2.41
Net Cash Flow	-0.11	0.18	-1.62	-0.01	0.23	-0.25	0.11	0.05	0.14	-0.34	-0.07	-0.05

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	85.18	85.29	77.27	29.74	2.44	53.26	100.38	126.19	134.21	85.10	64.77	38.86
Inventory Days	157.93	197.13	254.59	364.78	1,472.85	1,345.79	1,030.13	1,959.47	874.23	395.64	399.38	594.07
Days Payable	119.07	140.01	147.13	109.26	136.23	266.23	171.69	411.83	227.83	78.11	48.75	50.90
Cash Conversion Cycle	124.05	142.41	184.73	285.27	1,339.06	1,132.83	958.82	1,673.83	780.61	402.64	415.40	582.03
Working Capital Days	88.65	59.25	76.53	55.82	94.29	13.36	6.19	50.47	86.46	74.72	148.11	152.41
ROCE %	11.11%	9.89%	9.44%	7.16%	7.37%	7.30%	6.93%	7.27%	-4.84%	6.08%	2.51%	5.19%

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
	74.78%	74.78%	74.78%	74.78%	74.78%	74.78%	74.78%	74.78%	74.78%	74.78%	74.78%	74.78%
	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
	25.18%	25.18%	25.19%	25.18%	25.18%	25.18%	25.19%	25.19%	25.19%	25.19%	25.19%	25.19%
No. of Shareholders	5,995	6,025	6,010	5,995	6,102	6,176	6,196	6,230	6,276	6,294	6,296	6,304

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Dec 2025
	74.74%	74.74%	74.78%	74.78%	74.78%	74.78%	74.78%	74.78%	74.78%	74.78%
	0.04%	0.04%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%
	25.22%	25.22%	25.19%	25.19%	25.19%	25.19%	25.18%	25.18%	25.19%	25.19%
No. of Shareholders	7,394	7,219	5,458	5,428	5,426	5,620	5,995	6,102	6,276	6,304

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Paramount Cosmetics (India) Ltd

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