Ambuja Cements Ltd

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Ambuja Cements Ltd

₹ 540 1.08%
30 Apr - close price
ambujacement.com BSE: 500425 NSE: AMBUJACEM
About

Ambuja Cements Ltd. is among the leading cement companies in India. It is a member of the Adani Group. Currently, Ambuja Cement has a cement capacity of 31 million tonnes with six integrated cement manufacturing plants and eight cement grinding units across the country.[1]

Key Points

Promoter group
Ambuja Cement is a part of the Adani group. The group owns Ambuja Cement, ACC and Sanghi Cements in the cement sector.[1] Adani group has businesses in various sectors like Energy & Utility, Transport & Logistics, Materials, Metal & Mining and B2C.[2] Adani cement has 14% market share as of Q3FY24.[3]

Website BSE NSE
  • Market Cap ₹ 1,32,935 Cr.
  • Current Price ₹ 540
  • High / Low ₹ 707 / 453
  • Stock P/E 35.3
  • Book Value ₹ 197
  • Dividend Yield 0.37 %
  • ROCE 8.84 %
  • ROE 8.80 %
  • Face Value ₹ 2.00
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Pros

  • Company has reduced debt.
  • Company is almost debt free.
  • Company has delivered good profit growth of 19.8% CAGR over last 5 years
  • Company has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 17.1%

Cons

  • Stock is trading at 2.73 times its book value
  • The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 10.8% over past five years.
  • Tax rate seems low
  • Company has a low return on equity of 8.62% over last 3 years.
  • Earnings include an other income of Rs.1,886 Cr.

* 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.

Peer comparison

Sector: Cement Industry: Cement - North India

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Quarterly Results

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

Mar 2022 Jun 2022 Sep 2022 Dec 2022 Mar 2023 Jun 2023 Sep 2023 Dec 2023 Mar 2024 Jun 2024 Sep 2024 Dec 2024 Mar 2025
3,927 3,998 3,676 4,129 4,256 4,730 3,970 4,440 4,780 4,516 4,213 5,043 5,681
3,133 3,312 3,370 3,489 3,468 3,781 3,196 3,588 3,983 3,870 3,533 4,443 4,643
Operating Profit 793 687 306 639 788 949 773 851 798 646 681 601 1,038
OPM % 20% 17% 8% 15% 19% 20% 19% 19% 17% 14% 16% 12% 18%
32 631 31 14 93 189 378 108 161 407 265 772 442
Interest 21 25 23 25 33 40 43 45 34 41 32 35 -13
Depreciation 152 154 157 165 205 232 229 233 244 249 240 253 296
Profit before tax 652 1,138 157 464 643 867 880 680 681 763 673 1,084 1,197
Tax % 24% 8% 12% 20% 22% 26% 27% 25% 22% 26% 26% -62% 22%
494 1,049 139 369 502 645 644 514 532 567 501 1,758 929
EPS in Rs 2.49 5.28 0.70 1.86 2.53 3.25 3.24 2.59 2.42 2.30 2.03 7.14 3.77
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Profit & Loss

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

Dec 2013 Dec 2014 Dec 2015 Dec 2016 Dec 2017 Dec 2018 Dec 2019 Dec 2020 Dec 2021 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025
9,129 9,934 9,417 9,197 10,457 11,357 11,668 11,372 13,979 19,985 17,919 19,454
7,453 8,000 7,860 7,504 8,517 9,465 9,519 8,725 10,764 16,765 14,548 16,488
Operating Profit 1,676 1,934 1,557 1,692 1,940 1,891 2,149 2,647 3,215 3,220 3,371 2,965
OPM % 18% 19% 17% 18% 19% 17% 18% 23% 23% 16% 19% 15%
393 424 332 510 359 245 427 372 215 795 837 1,886
Interest 65 64 92 74 107 82 84 83 91 128 162 96
Depreciation 490 510 626 849 573 548 544 521 552 832 938 1,038
Profit before tax 1,514 1,783 1,172 1,279 1,619 1,506 1,948 2,414 2,788 3,055 3,107 3,718
Tax % 14% 16% 31% 27% 23% 1% 22% 26% 25% 16% 25% -1%
1,295 1,496 808 932 1,250 1,487 1,529 1,790 2,083 2,553 2,335 3,755
EPS in Rs 8.37 9.66 5.20 4.69 6.29 7.49 7.70 9.02 10.49 12.86 10.62 15.24
Dividend Payout % 43% 52% 54% 60% 57% 20% 19% 200% 60% 19% 19% 13%
Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years: 7%
5 Years: 11%
3 Years: 12%
TTM: 9%
Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years: 10%
5 Years: 20%
3 Years: 21%
TTM: 66%
Stock Price CAGR
10 Years: 8%
5 Years: 26%
3 Years: 13%
1 Year: -13%
Return on Equity
10 Years: 8%
5 Years: 9%
3 Years: 9%
Last Year: 9%

Balance Sheet

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

Dec 2013 Dec 2014 Dec 2015 Dec 2016 Dec 2017 Dec 2018 Dec 2019 Dec 2020 Dec 2021 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025
Equity Capital 309 310 310 397 397 397 397 397 397 397 440 493
Reserves 9,176 9,793 9,996 18,960 19,576 20,615 21,808 19,919 21,808 28,108 36,567 48,113
40 29 33 29 24 40 41 368 351 949 664 326
3,439 3,768 3,822 3,967 4,630 4,134 4,744 4,797 5,627 6,449 6,458 8,198
Total Liabilities 12,965 13,901 14,162 23,353 24,627 25,187 26,991 25,481 28,183 35,904 44,129 57,129
6,063 6,227 6,092 5,942 5,722 5,664 5,812 5,932 7,671 8,620 8,803 10,766
CWIP 695 690 414 320 398 610 1,109 1,874 951 842 1,548 5,322
Investments 1,788 2,173 2,226 11,845 11,845 11,814 11,789 11,792 11,774 11,776 14,058 25,726
4,419 4,811 5,430 5,246 6,662 7,099 8,281 5,884 7,787 14,667 19,719 15,315
Total Assets 12,965 13,901 14,162 23,353 24,627 25,187 26,991 25,481 28,183 35,904 44,129 57,129

Cash Flows

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

Dec 2013 Dec 2014 Dec 2015 Dec 2016 Dec 2017 Dec 2018 Dec 2019 Dec 2020 Dec 2021 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025
1,287 1,675 1,553 1,416 1,836 572 2,485 2,606 2,477 2,010 2,757 1,769
-522 -460 -83 -3,469 -173 -254 -734 -641 -887 -9,327 -7,603 -6,542
-663 -717 -897 -683 -749 -478 -389 -3,760 -317 3,612 5,697 7,377
Net Cash Flow 101 498 573 -2,736 915 -160 1,362 -1,795 1,273 -3,706 852 2,605

Ratios

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

Dec 2013 Dec 2014 Dec 2015 Dec 2016 Dec 2017 Dec 2018 Dec 2019 Dec 2020 Dec 2021 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025
Debtor Days 9 8 11 16 11 15 16 6 8 10 15 0
Inventory Days 422 381 395 458 454 493 309 230 462 216 140 96
Days Payable 252 265 300 399 451 428 304 271 362 207 128 12
Cash Conversion Cycle 179 124 106 75 13 80 22 -35 108 19 27 84
Working Capital Days -53 -61 -64 -71 -74 -42 -73 -97 -70 48 2 -43
ROCE % 16% 18% 11% 9% 9% 8% 9% 12% 14% 13% 9% 9%

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

1 Recently
Jun 2022Sep 2022Dec 2022Mar 2023Jun 2023Sep 2023Dec 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025
63.20% 63.22% 63.22% 63.22% 63.20% 63.19% 63.19% 66.74% 70.33% 67.57% 67.57% 67.57%
12.82% 11.05% 10.66% 11.16% 12.45% 11.65% 11.88% 11.09% 9.59% 10.61% 9.14% 8.60%
14.98% 16.26% 16.71% 14.48% 14.14% 15.26% 15.56% 14.24% 13.03% 14.98% 16.41% 17.09%
0.26% 0.26% 0.26% 0.26% 0.26% 0.26% 0.26% 0.23% 0.21% 0.21% 0.21% 0.21%
8.75% 9.23% 9.13% 10.87% 9.94% 9.63% 9.10% 7.69% 6.83% 6.64% 6.66% 6.51%
No. of Shareholders 4,36,4494,98,4854,68,8177,04,9946,18,7765,98,1475,64,8475,42,7736,11,8046,05,5516,33,7186,44,696

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