A-1 Ltd

₹ 6.43 -2.58%

13 Jul 11:01 a.m.

a1acid.com BSE: 542012

About

Incorporated in 2004, A-1 Acid Ltd
is in the wholesale trading of Acid
& Chemicals and also in transportation business^[1]

Key Points

Product Profile:^[1]
a) Nitric Acid
b) Sulphuric Acid
c) Hydrochloric Acid
d) Ethyl Acetate
e) Technical Grade Urea
d) Acetic Acid
e) Methanol
f) Calcium Carobonate
g) Methyl Formate
h) Formic Acid
i) Toluene Di - Isocyanate
j) Hydro Fluoro Sulphasilicic Acid
k) Nitro Benzene
l) Sodium Hypo Chlorite
m) Stable Bleaching Powder
n) Poly Aluminium Chloride
o) Oleum 23% & 65%
p) Formal Dehyde

Website BSE

Market Cap ₹ 296 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 6.43
High / Low ₹ 70.4 / 6.27
Stock P/E 49.4
Book Value ₹ 1.18
Dividend Yield 0.59 %
ROCE 11.7 %
ROE 11.6 %
Face Value ₹ 1.00

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Cons

Stock is trading at 5.61 times its book value
Company has a low return on equity of 7.28% over last 3 years.
Company might be capitalizing the interest cost
Debtor days have increased from 64.0 to 83.0 days.

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Quarterly Results

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	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
	71.62	58.97	47.20	41.76	61.04	70.71	77.76	74.33	109.62	64.69	63.14	69.81	145.27
	71.99	59.18	47.31	40.59	58.79	68.69	75.26	71.50	107.19	62.83	61.95	67.81	138.18
Operating Profit	-0.37	-0.21	-0.11	1.17	2.25	2.02	2.50	2.83	2.43	1.86	1.19	2.00	7.09
OPM %	-0.52%	-0.36%	-0.23%	2.80%	3.69%	2.86%	3.22%	3.81%	2.22%	2.88%	1.88%	2.86%	4.88%
	2.96	1.61	1.15	0.39	-0.19	0.24	0.07	0.11	0.05	0.09	0.07	0.17	0.12
Interest	0.47	0.22	0.15	0.13	0.26	0.26	0.34	0.68	0.38	0.42	0.43	0.16	0.64
Depreciation	0.96	0.89	0.90	0.90	0.90	0.88	0.89	0.90	0.92	0.69	0.69	0.72	0.76
Profit before tax	1.16	0.29	-0.01	0.53	0.90	1.12	1.34	1.36	1.18	0.84	0.14	1.29	5.81
Tax %	6.90%	37.93%	300.00%	60.38%	17.78%	25.00%	27.61%	26.47%	27.97%	28.57%	42.86%	25.58%	24.96%
	1.07	0.18	-0.04	0.21	0.75	0.84	0.97	1.00	0.84	0.60	0.07	0.96	4.36
EPS in Rs	0.02	0.00	-0.00	0.00	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.00	0.02	0.09
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Profit & Loss

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	97	85	106	100	141	116	145	310	331	211	331	343
	93	82	99	104	143	112	141	301	326	206	321	331
Operating Profit	3	3	7	-4	-2	4	4	9	4	5	10	12
OPM %	4%	4%	6%	-4%	-2%	3%	3%	3%	1%	2%	3%	4%
	0	0	0	11	9	4	4	4	6	2	0	0
Interest	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2
Depreciation	2	1	1	2	0	3	3	3	4	4	4	3
Profit before tax	0	1	4	4	6	4	4	8	5	2	5	8
Tax %	25%	26%	33%	49%	25%	24%	34%	26%	24%	36%	27%	26%
	0	1	3	2	4	3	3	6	4	1	4	6
EPS in Rs	0.03	0.20	0.65	0.06	0.09	0.07	0.06	0.14	0.08	0.02	0.08	0.13
Dividend Payout %	0%	16%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	27%	48%	157%	47%	0%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	15%
5 Years:	19%
3 Years:	1%
TTM:	3%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	21%
5 Years:	18%
3 Years:	18%
TTM:	57%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	%
5 Years:	14%
3 Years:	-9%
1 Year:	-61%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	10%
5 Years:	9%
3 Years:	7%
Last Year:	12%

Balance Sheet

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	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	1	1	1	7	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	46
Reserves	7	7	10	7	25	27	30	35	37	36	38	8
	13	12	19	16	15	6	17	26	14	11	22	42
	3	6	8	8	4	4	4	7	5	3	2	10
Total Liabilities	24	26	38	39	53	48	61	80	68	61	74	105
	4	3	11	9	14	11	14	17	16	13	11	11
CWIP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Investments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	5	5
	20	23	26	30	38	37	47	60	48	43	58	89
Total Assets	24	26	38	39	53	48	61	80	68	61	74	105

Cash Flows

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	3	-6	10	-4	-0	19	11	-11	-16
	0	-7	-0	-6	-9	-4	-3	1	-1
	-4	14	-10	9	9	-15	-6	7	17
Net Cash Flow	-1	0	0	-0	-0	-0	2	-2	0
Free Cash Flow	3	-14	10	-10	-7	16	11	-12	-19
CFO/OP	-95%	191%	305%	-97%	20%	476%	266%	-92%	-117%

Ratios

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	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	69	87	76	89	70	78	91	54	42	53	56	83
Inventory Days	3	7	2	4	2	4	6	3	2	4	3	4
Days Payable	3	8	5	14	4	1	4	4	1	3	2	9
Cash Conversion Cycle	70	86	73	80	68	81	93	54	43	54	57	78
Working Capital Days	16	22	17	32	64	83	69	33	31	41	35	39
ROCE %		13%	23%	18%	17%	11%	9%	15%	10%	4%	11%	12%

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Transportation Service Revenue
Rs. Lakhs

Concentrated Nitric Acid Revenue
Rs. Lakhs

Sulphuric Acid Revenue
Rs. Lakhs

Total Number of Vehicles
count

WNA 61% & 61.5% Revenue
Rs. Lakhs

Waste Lifting Income
Rs. Lakhs

T.G. Urea Revenue
Rs. Lakhs

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Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

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	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026
	70.03%	70.03%	70.03%	70.03%	70.03%	70.03%	70.03%	70.03%	70.03%	70.03%	70.03%	70.03%
	2.85%	2.85%	2.90%	2.90%	2.90%	2.90%	2.90%	2.94%	5.80%	6.03%	6.73%	6.28%
	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.09%	0.00%
	27.11%	27.11%	27.06%	27.07%	27.08%	27.07%	27.07%	27.04%	24.17%	23.95%	23.16%	23.69%
No. of Shareholders	2,106	2,085	2,071	2,028	1,845	1,897	1,750	1,732	1,802	1,964	21,937	33,020

	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	70.00%	70.00%	70.00%	70.00%	70.03%	70.03%	70.03%	70.03%
	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	2.85%	2.90%	2.94%	6.28%
	30.00%	30.00%	30.00%	30.00%	27.12%	27.07%	27.04%	23.69%
No. of Shareholders	215	191	270	315	1,961	2,028	1,732	33,020

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