Crestchem Ltd

₹ 86.1 -1.01%

18 Mar 11:41 a.m.

About

Incorporated in 1991, Crestchem Ltd is in
the field of processing, manufacturing, and trading and marketing, of specialty chemical
ingredients,^[1]

Key Points

Business Overview:^[1]^[2]^[3]
CL specializes in manufacturing, processing, marketing, and exporting nutraceutical ingredients used in health food, personal care, and specialty chemicals. Its key products, Caprylic/Capric Triglycerides in oil and powder form, along with downstream derivatives, also have industrial applications.

Website BSE

Market Cap ₹ 25.8 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 86.1
High / Low ₹ 238 / 73.0
Stock P/E 11.6
Book Value ₹ 26.9
Dividend Yield 1.15 %
ROCE 59.9 %
ROE 44.1 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Company is almost debt free.
Company has a good return on equity (ROE) track record: 3 Years ROE 44.8%

Cons

Promoter holding is low: 29.9%
Debtor days have increased from 21.4 to 37.4 days.

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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
	5.17	2.87	3.78	4.49	7.36	5.63	5.25	7.80	4.80	7.23	5.03	7.19	7.16
	4.71	2.83	3.51	4.08	6.13	4.78	4.49	6.53	4.15	6.63	4.67	6.58	6.35
Operating Profit	0.46	0.04	0.27	0.41	1.23	0.85	0.76	1.27	0.65	0.60	0.36	0.61	0.81
OPM %	8.90%	1.39%	7.14%	9.13%	16.71%	15.10%	14.48%	16.28%	13.54%	8.30%	7.16%	8.48%	11.31%
	0.03	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.06	0.09	0.08	0.12	0.09	0.14	0.13	0.15	0.18
Interest	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
Depreciation	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
Profit before tax	0.48	0.08	0.32	0.46	1.28	0.93	0.83	1.38	0.73	0.72	0.47	0.74	0.97
Tax %	27.08%	12.50%	25.00%	26.09%	28.91%	27.96%	27.71%	28.26%	27.40%	15.28%	25.53%	25.68%	25.77%
	0.36	0.07	0.24	0.34	0.91	0.66	0.60	1.00	0.52	0.61	0.35	0.54	0.72
EPS in Rs	1.20	0.23	0.80	1.13	3.03	2.20	2.00	3.33	1.73	2.03	1.17	1.80	2.40
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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
	0.42	0.09	0.13	0.14	0.05	0.10	6.15	7.62	7.90	16.66	21.18	24.98	26.61
	0.36	0.23	0.18	0.34	0.29	0.26	5.59	6.95	7.15	15.84	18.40	21.66	24.23
Operating Profit	0.06	-0.14	-0.05	-0.20	-0.24	-0.16	0.56	0.67	0.75	0.82	2.78	3.32	2.38
OPM %	14.29%	-155.56%	-38.46%	-142.86%	-480.00%	-160.00%	9.11%	8.79%	9.49%	4.92%	13.13%	13.29%	8.94%
	0.03	0.89	0.19	0.08	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.05	0.08	0.15	0.26	0.44	0.60
Interest	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.04	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.05	0.00
Depreciation	0.08	0.05	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.05	0.05	0.08
Profit before tax	-0.02	0.68	0.12	-0.16	-0.22	-0.16	0.57	0.68	0.78	0.94	2.98	3.66	2.90
Tax %	0.00%	10.29%	25.00%	0.00%	-13.64%	0.00%	22.81%	14.71%	26.92%	26.60%	27.85%	25.41%
	-0.03	0.61	0.09	-0.16	-0.19	-0.17	0.44	0.57	0.57	0.69	2.15	2.73	2.22
EPS in Rs	-0.10	2.03	0.30	-0.53	-0.63	-0.57	1.47	1.90	1.90	2.30	7.17	9.10	7.40
Dividend Payout %	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	6.98%	10.99%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	76%
5 Years:	32%
3 Years:	47%
TTM:	13%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	34%
5 Years:	44%
3 Years:	69%
TTM:	-20%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	25%
5 Years:	27%
3 Years:	-3%
1 Year:	-64%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	35%
5 Years:	44%
3 Years:	45%
Last Year:	44%

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	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Reserves	-2.59	-2.09	-2.00	-2.16	-2.36	-2.53	-2.08	-1.51	-0.94	-0.25	1.90	4.48	5.07
	0.40	0.37	0.35	0.60	0.14	0.28	0.02	0.63	0.27	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	0.49	0.22	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.14	1.35	0.87	0.96	2.04	2.24	3.07	5.48
Total Liabilities	1.30	1.50	1.40	1.49	0.82	0.89	2.29	2.99	3.29	4.79	7.14	10.55	13.55
	0.46	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.11	0.12	0.10	0.14	0.11	0.10	0.17	0.26	0.23
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	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
	0.84	1.46	1.36	1.45	0.71	0.77	2.19	2.85	3.18	4.69	6.97	10.29	13.32
Total Assets	1.30	1.50	1.40	1.49	0.82	0.89	2.29	2.99	3.29	4.79	7.14	10.55	13.55

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
	-0.10	0.05	-0.27	-0.04	-0.70	-0.02	0.33	0.39	0.82	2.21	0.35	1.55
	0.02	0.06	0.34	0.64	0.12	0.01	-0.35	-0.39	-0.83	-1.34	-1.07	-0.88
	0.07	-0.05	-0.02	-0.04	-0.01	-0.01	0.00	-0.02	-0.02	-0.01	-0.01	-0.09
Net Cash Flow	-0.01	0.06	0.05	0.55	-0.58	-0.02	-0.02	-0.01	-0.02	0.86	-0.72	0.59

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	356.31	0.00	336.92	469.29	730.00	292.00	71.81	67.54	41.58	0.44	26.37	37.41
Inventory Days	0.00	60.83	0.00	73.00	0.00	182.50	0.75	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Days Payable		60.83		73.00		365.00	91.06
Cash Conversion Cycle	356.31	0.00	336.92	469.29	730.00	109.50	-18.50	67.54	41.58	0.44	26.37	37.41
Working Capital Days	-234.64	-1,987.22	-645.77	-1,016.79	438.00	-292.00	3.56	12.93	-2.77	-36.81	-1.21	8.47
ROCE %	1.30%	-13.40%	10.65%	-8.60%	-18.92%	-19.61%	67.46%	45.75%	35.96%	37.40%	78.17%	59.94%

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	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025
	31.45%	31.65%	31.92%	32.09%	32.11%	32.05%	32.04%	32.12%	32.21%	29.43%	29.69%	29.94%
	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%
	68.43%	68.22%	67.95%	67.78%	67.75%	67.82%	67.83%	67.77%	67.66%	70.45%	70.19%	69.93%
No. of Shareholders	11,442	11,450	11,461	11,510	11,456	11,931	12,423	12,966	12,886	12,843	12,851	12,682

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Dec 2025
	29.38%	29.37%	30.59%	30.61%	31.59%	31.89%	31.45%	32.11%	32.21%	29.94%
	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%
	70.49%	70.50%	69.28%	69.26%	68.28%	67.98%	68.43%	67.75%	67.66%	69.93%
No. of Shareholders	11,330	11,257	11,196	11,123	11,109	11,254	11,442	11,456	12,886	12,682

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