Laffans Petrochemicals Ltd

₹ 31.4 4.43%

09 Dec 11:18 a.m.

About

Incorporated in 1994, Laffans Petrochemicals Limited is presently engaged in the business of trading in chemicals and API and in commodities arbitrage.

Key Points

Business Overview:^[1]
Company was engaged in manufacturing of petrochemicals products. In 2011, company sold its manufacturing unit, thereafter operating in the business of trading in specialty chemicals on whole sale basis through its various distributors.

Website BSE

Market Cap ₹ 25.1 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 31.4
High / Low ₹ 61.3 / 25.2
Stock P/E
Book Value ₹ 82.2
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE 2.30 %
ROE 1.69 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Company is almost debt free.
Stock is trading at 0.37 times its book value

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 -7.70% over past five years.
Company has a low return on equity of 1.31% over last 3 years.

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Quarterly Results

Figures in Rs. Crores

	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025
	2.00	2.42	0.73	0.00	0.91	3.24	1.91	1.20	4.58	1.09	1.29	0.31	1.78
	2.77	2.92	1.10	0.69	1.49	3.96	3.63	1.86	5.45	1.58	1.66	0.76	2.40
Operating Profit	-0.77	-0.50	-0.37	-0.69	-0.58	-0.72	-1.72	-0.66	-0.87	-0.49	-0.37	-0.45	-0.62
OPM %	-38.50%	-20.66%	-50.68%		-63.74%	-22.22%	-90.05%	-55.00%	-19.00%	-44.95%	-28.68%	-145.16%	-34.83%
	1.57	1.43	2.01	2.86	1.89	3.29	0.04	6.43	2.57	-1.41	-1.91	7.40	-3.84
Interest	0.03	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.03
Depreciation	0.11	0.13	0.12	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.11
Profit before tax	0.66	0.79	1.50	2.02	1.16	2.43	-1.82	5.58	1.51	-2.07	-2.45	6.78	-4.60
Tax %	71.21%	-13.92%	21.33%	-0.50%	22.41%	10.29%	38.46%	3.94%	25.83%	-1.45%	-0.41%	5.46%	-6.30%
	0.18	0.91	1.18	2.03	0.91	2.18	-2.51	5.36	1.12	-2.04	-2.44	6.42	-4.31
EPS in Rs	0.22	1.14	1.48	2.54	1.14	2.72	-3.14	6.70	1.40	-2.55	-3.05	8.02	-5.39
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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
	43.97	0.65	0.41	1.98	1.57	3.77	12.18	16.80	21.94	16.66	6.06	8.16	4.47
	48.59	3.36	3.11	4.98	4.09	6.01	18.02	18.02	27.78	18.82	9.78	10.54	6.40
Operating Profit	-4.62	-2.71	-2.70	-3.00	-2.52	-2.24	-5.84	-1.22	-5.84	-2.16	-3.72	-2.38	-1.93
OPM %	-10.51%	-416.92%	-658.54%	-151.52%	-160.51%	-59.42%	-47.95%	-7.26%	-26.62%	-12.97%	-61.39%	-29.17%	-43.18%
	3.93	2.83	3.04	6.59	3.24	1.56	2.33	7.41	4.36	4.10	8.08	5.68	0.24
Interest	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.06	0.03	0.07	0.07	0.12	0.13	0.10	0.06	0.08	0.06
Depreciation	0.09	0.12	0.14	0.14	0.19	0.34	0.37	0.45	0.47	0.47	0.51	0.65	0.59
Profit before tax	-0.79	0.00	0.20	3.39	0.50	-1.09	-3.95	5.62	-2.08	1.37	3.79	2.57	-2.34
Tax %	-55.70%		5.00%	-1.47%	-36.00%	-22.02%	0.00%	40.57%	-15.87%	41.61%	31.40%	21.79%
	-0.35	-0.04	0.19	3.44	0.68	-0.85	-3.96	3.33	-1.75	0.79	2.60	2.00	-2.37
EPS in Rs	-0.44	-0.05	0.24	4.30	0.85	-1.06	-4.95	4.16	-2.19	0.99	3.25	2.50	-2.97
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:	29%
5 Years:	-8%
3 Years:	-28%
TTM:	-59%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	9%
5 Years:	17%
3 Years:	30%
TTM:	-139%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	13%
5 Years:	15%
3 Years:	-11%
1 Year:	-51%

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

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	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00
Reserves	45.63	45.60	45.79	52.78	53.46	52.60	48.64	51.98	50.22	51.02	53.62	55.62	57.72
	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.45	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.55	0.38	0.42	0.45
	1.74	1.42	1.65	1.54	1.78	1.43	4.08	8.13	4.11	2.52	3.61	3.89	3.44
Total Liabilities	55.37	55.02	55.44	62.32	63.69	62.03	60.72	68.11	62.33	62.09	65.61	67.93	69.61
	1.31	1.38	1.26	1.21	1.77	8.02	7.78	7.44	7.04	7.42	6.96	11.61	11.91
CWIP	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
Investments	40.11	40.74	41.89	53.06	51.63	44.22	42.72	48.56	50.96	51.24	50.20	54.89	55.84
	13.95	12.90	12.29	8.05	10.29	9.79	10.22	12.11	4.33	3.43	8.45	1.43	1.86
Total Assets	55.37	55.02	55.44	62.32	63.69	62.03	60.72	68.11	62.33	62.09	65.61	67.93	69.61

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
	-6.22	-1.15	-1.07	-2.69	-1.60	6.49	-0.43	-0.51	-0.71	0.51	-1.79	-6.50
	8.28	1.45	1.32	0.39	1.17	-5.92	0.53	0.12	0.56	-0.29	0.97	6.37
	0.00	0.00	0.00	-0.06	0.42	-0.51	-0.08	0.12	0.13	0.58	-0.01	0.13
Net Cash Flow	2.06	0.29	0.25	-2.36	-0.01	0.05	0.03	-0.27	-0.02	0.81	-0.83	-0.01

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	37.77	1,948.54	2,287.93	210.15	211.56	23.24	85.71	113.41	41.42	0.00	0.00	0.00
Inventory Days	2.14	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	90.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	60.12	0.00
Days Payable	2.48					20.11					2.43
Cash Conversion Cycle	37.43	1,948.54	2,287.93	210.15	211.56	93.62	85.71	113.41	41.42	0.00	57.70	0.00
Working Capital Days	27.48	1,285.92	1,014.88	-20.28	134.84	27.11	4.50	-11.51	-4.66	-34.18	45.17	-69.78
ROCE %	-8.51%	-4.22%	-3.93%	2.72%	-0.59%	-2.14%	-7.56%	7.03%	-10.71%	2.04%	1.74%	2.30%

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
	58.82%	59.14%	59.79%	59.87%	60.35%	57.85%	57.85%	57.85%	57.32%	57.32%	57.32%	57.32%
	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%
	41.06%	40.72%	40.09%	40.00%	39.53%	42.04%	42.02%	42.03%	42.55%	42.55%	42.54%	42.54%
No. of Shareholders	3,906	3,838	3,812	3,814	3,860	4,713	4,709	4,746	5,097	5,218	5,162	5,136

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Sep 2025
	48.90%	48.93%	53.92%	54.14%	54.72%	55.34%	59.14%	57.85%	57.32%	57.32%
	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%
	50.97%	50.94%	45.95%	45.73%	45.15%	44.53%	40.72%	42.04%	42.55%	42.54%
No. of Shareholders	4,224	4,063	3,950	3,875	3,931	3,906	3,838	4,713	5,218	5,136

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Laffans Petrochemicals Ltd

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