Kothari Industrial Corporation Ltd

₹ 557 1.99%

01 Sep - close price

About

Incorporated in 1970, Kothari Industrial Corporation Ltd manufactures fertilizers,
FMCG and Health Care products^[1]

Key Points

Business Overview:^[1]^[2]
The company produced Single Super Phosphate at its Ennore, Chennai unit. Production was discontinued due to a scarcity of quality raw materials and a lack of working capital. The company offered M/s. Coromandal International Ltd to operate the facilities on a lease basis, as they are in a similar business.

Currently, company has leased out its factory to M/s. Coromandel International Ltd for business arrangements and modernization of factory for 5 years; starting from FY21.

Website BSE

Market Cap ₹ 5,224 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 557
High / Low ₹ 569 / 18.6
Stock P/E
Book Value ₹ 19.5
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE -12.6 %
ROE -17.2 %
Face Value ₹ 5.00

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Pros

Company has reduced debt.
Company is almost debt free.
Company is expected to give good quarter
Debtor days have improved from 41.7 to 16.4 days.

Cons

Stock is trading at 28.6 times its book value
Company has low interest coverage ratio.
Company's cost of borrowing seems high
Working capital days have increased from -280 days to 474 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

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	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
	1.97	1.78	1.68	4.16	1.96	6.01	2.17	3.50	13.45	21.71	25.09	26.42	39.20
	3.08	3.05	3.36	6.84	3.50	7.29	6.60	16.14	13.07	21.25	25.93	40.50	39.67
Operating Profit	-1.11	-1.27	-1.68	-2.68	-1.54	-1.28	-4.43	-12.64	0.38	0.46	-0.84	-14.08	-0.47
OPM %	-56.35%	-71.35%	-100.00%	-64.42%	-78.57%	-21.30%	-204.15%	-361.14%	2.83%	2.12%	-3.35%	-53.29%	-1.20%
	0.28	0.39	0.14	-2.38	0.41	65.65	0.52	-0.12	0.18	0.25	0.14	0.45	0.32
Interest	2.81	2.82	2.82	2.90	3.28	0.02	0.00	2.69	0.02	0.01	1.91	0.04	0.16
Depreciation	0.04	0.03	0.01	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.15	0.07	0.27	0.60	0.91	-0.65	1.61
Profit before tax	-3.68	-3.73	-4.37	-7.99	-4.43	64.33	-4.06	-15.52	0.27	0.10	-3.52	-13.02	-1.92
Tax %	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%
	-3.68	-3.73	-4.37	-7.99	-4.43	64.34	-4.06	-15.52	0.27	0.09	-3.52	-13.02	-1.92
EPS in Rs	-2.95	-2.99	-3.50	-6.40	-3.55	51.54	-3.25	-12.43	0.22	0.02	-0.83	-1.40	-0.20
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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	TTM
	79	52	48	34	16	18	18	12	9	10	14	87	112
	89	58	51	33	19	21	20	13	13	16	34	101	127
Operating Profit	-11	-6	-3	1	-3	-3	-3	-1	-4	-7	-20	-14	-15
OPM %	-13%	-12%	-6%	3%	-17%	-14%	-15%	-9%	-38%	-70%	-146%	-16%	-13%
	5	1	2	1	1	4	-4	1	3	-2	63	1	1
Interest	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	10	11	3	2	2
Depreciation	1	0	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Profit before tax	-9	-6	-6	-6	-3	1	-7	-1	-11	-20	40	-16	-18
Tax %	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	21%	0%
	-9	-6	-6	-6	-3	1	-7	-1	-11	-20	32	-16	-18
EPS in Rs	-6.91	-4.71	-4.54	-4.57	-2.03	0.49	-5.65	-0.54	-8.80	-15.84	25.38	-1.74	-2.41
Dividend Payout %	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	5%
5 Years:	38%
3 Years:	109%
TTM:	347%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	%
5 Years:	%
3 Years:	-10%
TTM:	-144%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	%
5 Years:	%
3 Years:	%
1 Year:	2947%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	%
5 Years:	%
3 Years:	%
Last Year:	-17%

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	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	46
Reserves	-2	-12	-21	-27	2	4	-4	-4	-37	-57	2	134
	20	16	15	11	12	13	13	13	63	73	33	4
	43	49	49	53	57	56	44	45	12	23	11	5
Total Liabilities	67	59	53	47	81	82	63	64	46	48	52	190
	41	37	31	27	59	59	42	42	27	28	30	39
CWIP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Investments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	26	22	22	20	22	23	21	22	19	20	22	151
Total Assets	67	59	53	47	81	82	63	64	46	48	52	190

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
	1	2	0	8	-4	1	-26	1	-22	1	-35	-124
	2	1	0	0	-0	-0	24	0	4	-0	111	-9
	-3	-4	-0	-8	4	-1	2	-1	18	-1	-75	154
Net Cash Flow	-0	-1	0	-0	-1	-0	-0	-0	-0	0	1	21

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	28	17	22	25	110	100	123	154	87	104	5	16
Inventory Days	21	22	23	25	77	45	38	58	111	120	56	41
Days Payable	76	62	66	62	385	319	201	285	119	86	16	1
Cash Conversion Cycle	-27	-23	-21	-11	-198	-174	-41	-74	79	137	45	56
Working Capital Days	-114	-195	-211	-463	-937	-879	-665	-1,029	-66	-432	-881	474
ROCE %	-27%	-33%	-82%		-15%	-9%	-9%	-4%	-11%	-20%	-170%	-13%

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

4 Recently

	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Aug 2025
	48.69%	48.69%	21.45%	21.45%	21.45%	21.45%	21.45%	53.38%	53.38%	47.75%	47.25%	47.83%
	14.51%	14.51%	22.22%	22.22%	22.22%	22.22%	20.86%	5.99%	5.36%	2.53%	2.49%	2.19%
	0.02%	0.02%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	36.77%	36.77%	56.29%	56.29%	56.29%	56.29%	57.65%	40.63%	41.25%	49.73%	50.26%	49.98%
No. of Shareholders	50,759	50,759	50,711	50,685	50,661	50,663	50,508	50,317	50,016	51,482	52,832	53,060

	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Aug 2025
	25.53%	48.68%	48.68%	48.68%	48.68%	48.68%	48.69%	48.69%	48.69%	21.45%	47.75%	47.83%
	0.00%	0.02%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	22.33%	14.59%	14.59%	14.59%	14.59%	14.52%	14.52%	14.52%	14.51%	22.22%	2.53%	2.19%
	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.03%	0.00%	0.00%
	52.13%	36.71%	36.73%	36.73%	36.73%	36.78%	36.77%	36.77%	36.77%	56.29%	49.73%	49.98%
No. of Shareholders	51,800	51,847	51,856	51,855	51,812	50,680	50,768	50,749	50,759	50,663	51,482	53,060

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Kothari Industrial Corporation Ltd

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