Lactose (India) Ltd

₹ 101 0.90%

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About

Incorporated in 1991, Lactose (India) Ltd manufactures Pharmaceutical Products and carries out job work^[1]

Key Points

Business Overview:^[1]^[2]
LIL, associated with the Kerry Group, is involved in the production of pharmaceuticals, drugs, medicines, chemicals, and food products. The company operates as a manufacturer, processor, exporter, importer, and distributor across multiple categories, including:
a) all types of food—finished, semi-finished, processed, and unprocessed;
b) dairy products such as milk cream, ice cream, curd, paneer, cheese, and sweets;
c) pharmaceuticals, bulk drugs, and medicines; and
d) chemicals, compounds, derivatives, and intermediates.

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Market Cap ₹ 128 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 101
High / Low ₹ 137 / 76.0
Stock P/E 21.1
Book Value ₹ 51.5
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE 11.3 %
ROE 9.81 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Company is expected to give good quarter
Company has delivered good profit growth of 34.8% CAGR over last 5 years
Company's working capital requirements have reduced from 22.6 days to 18.1 days

Cons

Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
Company has a low return on equity of 11.3% over last 3 years.
Promoters have pledged 26.1% of their holding.

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Quarterly Results

Figures in Rs. Crores

	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026
	25.99	27.47	24.43	32.60	29.40	29.46	30.45	28.72	27.77	39.58	41.18	36.77	45.77
	21.99	23.70	21.04	26.88	23.28	23.88	25.44	25.75	24.36	35.11	35.92	33.71	40.75
Operating Profit	4.00	3.77	3.39	5.72	6.12	5.58	5.01	2.97	3.41	4.47	5.26	3.06	5.02
OPM %	15.39%	13.72%	13.88%	17.55%	20.82%	18.94%	16.45%	10.34%	12.28%	11.29%	12.77%	8.32%	10.97%
	0.14	0.28	0.26	0.28	0.31	0.22	0.30	0.56	0.37	0.41	0.37	0.63	0.22
Interest	1.84	1.55	1.31	1.21	1.17	1.26	1.37	1.64	1.84	1.22	1.04	1.39	1.43
Depreciation	1.19	1.19	1.20	1.20	1.63	1.31	1.33	1.35	1.39	1.37	1.44	1.43	1.50
Profit before tax	1.11	1.31	1.14	3.59	3.63	3.23	2.61	0.54	0.55	2.29	3.15	0.87	2.31
Tax %	20.72%	26.72%	28.95%	27.02%	33.88%	29.72%	22.22%	59.26%	-18.18%	34.50%	31.11%	40.23%	18.61%
	0.89	0.96	0.81	2.63	2.40	2.27	2.03	0.22	0.64	1.50	2.16	0.53	1.88
EPS in Rs	0.71	0.76	0.64	2.09	1.91	1.80	1.61	0.17	0.51	1.19	1.72	0.42	1.49
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Profit & Loss

Figures in Rs. Crores

	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	24	34	36	31	41	40	35	46	66	114	116	163
	19	24	24	25	31	31	29	34	54	95	99	145
Operating Profit	5	10	11	6	10	9	6	12	11	19	17	18
OPM %	22%	30%	32%	18%	24%	23%	18%	27%	17%	17%	15%	11%
	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
Interest	3	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	6	5	6	5
Depreciation	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6
Profit before tax	1	4	4	-3	1	0	-3	3	1	10	7	9
Tax %	42%	28%	36%	-52%	33%	30%	-24%	23%	18%	30%	25%	30%
	0	3	3	-1	1	0	-2	2	1	7	5	6
EPS in Rs	0.59	3.17	2.87	-1.32	0.71	0.07	-2.17	1.95	0.96	5.39	4.10	4.81
Dividend Payout %	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	17%
5 Years:	36%
3 Years:	35%
TTM:	40%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	10%
5 Years:	35%
3 Years:	72%
TTM:	18%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	3%
5 Years:	24%
3 Years:	28%
1 Year:	2%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	5%
5 Years:	9%
3 Years:	11%
Last Year:	10%

Balance Sheet

Figures in Rs. Crores

	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Equity Capital	8	9	10	10	10	10	11	13	13	13	13	13
Reserves	7	12	17	22	24	24	24	27	28	35	46	52
	39	37	34	38	36	39	46	41	38	39	57	62
	25	26	24	13	11	10	7	10	22	14	18	56
Total Liabilities	80	83	85	83	82	84	88	90	101	101	133	183
	62	61	64	63	60	62	59	59	56	55	52	69
CWIP	1	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	10	0
Investments	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	15	21	20	19	20	22	25	30	45	46	71	114
Total Assets	80	83	85	83	82	84	88	90	101	101	133	183

Cash Flows

Figures in Rs. Crores

	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	13	1	8	0	5	7	2	8	8	9	-0	6
	-23	3	-5	-2	-2	-3	-6	-1	-1	-2	-16	-10
	10	-5	-3	4	-5	-4	5	-8	-8	-6	19	1
Net Cash Flow	-1	-0	-0	3	-2	1	1	-0	-1	1	3	-4
Free Cash Flow	-10	-0	3	-2	3	4	-3	7	6	7	-14	-5
CFO/OP	255%	18%	74%	15%	58%	80%	34%	68%	70%	50%	5%	37%

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	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Debtor Days	83	96	91	63	62	64	67	90	69	49	68	75
Inventory Days	129	344	440	456	384	471	587	343	344	119	171	217
Days Payable	273	340	559	330	242	202	153	195	275	59	74	146
Cash Conversion Cycle	-61	100	-27	188	204	333	501	238	138	109	165	146
Working Capital Days	-118	-100	-107	18	42	59	56	46	56	26	24	18
ROCE %	8%	13%	15%	4%	9%	8%	3%	10%	9%	18%	13%	11%

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Foreign Exchange Earned (Export Revenue)
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Installed Capacity - Lactose Powder
MTPA

Bio Coal Consumption
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Employee Count
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Installed Capacity - Lactulose
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Number of Registered Customers
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Order Book (Quarterly)
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Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
	53.77%	53.66%	53.65%	53.65%	53.65%	53.65%	53.65%	53.65%	53.65%	53.65%	53.65%	53.65%
	0.62%	0.62%	0.62%	0.62%	0.62%	0.62%	0.62%	0.62%	0.62%	0.62%	0.62%	0.62%
	45.62%	45.73%	45.72%	45.74%	45.73%	45.73%	45.74%	45.73%	45.73%	45.73%	45.74%	45.74%
No. of Shareholders	15,950	16,088	16,245	16,630	16,998	17,115	17,082	17,013	16,810	16,770	16,670	16,554

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
	31.84%	34.28%	42.90%	42.90%	49.13%	53.79%	53.79%	53.65%	53.65%	53.65%	53.65%
	0.81%	0.78%	0.76%	0.76%	0.68%	0.62%	0.62%	0.62%	0.62%	0.62%	0.62%
	67.36%	64.94%	56.33%	56.33%	50.18%	45.59%	45.59%	45.72%	45.74%	45.74%	45.74%
No. of Shareholders	16,344	16,047	15,950	15,795	15,893	15,832	15,902	16,245	17,082	16,670	16,554

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Lactose (India) Ltd

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