Ambuja Cements Ltd

Ambuja Cements Ltd

₹ 563 0.69%
14 Nov - close price
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]

  • Market Cap 1,39,213 Cr.
  • Current Price 563
  • High / Low 625 / 453
  • Stock P/E 27.2
  • Book Value 206
  • Dividend Yield 0.36 %
  • ROCE 8.80 %
  • ROE 8.77 %
  • Face Value 2.00

Pros

  • Company is almost debt free.
  • Company has delivered good profit growth of 19.7% CAGR over last 5 years
  • Company has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 17.1%

Cons

  • Stock is trading at 2.74 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 8.60% over last 3 years.
  • Earnings include an other income of Rs.1,551 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.

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Quarterly Results

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

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
3,676 4,129 4,256 4,730 3,970 4,440 4,780 4,552 4,229 5,043 5,725 5,515 5,149
3,370 3,489 3,468 3,781 3,196 3,588 3,983 3,906 3,548 4,443 4,687 4,643 4,444
Operating Profit 306 639 788 949 773 851 798 646 681 601 1,038 872 704
OPM % 8% 15% 19% 20% 19% 19% 17% 14% 16% 12% 18% 16% 14%
31 14 93 189 378 108 161 407 265 772 442 454 -116
Interest 23 25 33 40 43 45 34 41 32 35 -13 30 50
Depreciation 157 165 205 232 229 233 244 249 240 253 296 230 254
Profit before tax 157 464 643 867 880 680 681 763 673 1,084 1,197 1,066 285
Tax % 12% 20% 22% 26% 27% 25% 22% 26% 26% -62% 22% 20% -388%
139 369 502 645 644 514 532 567 501 1,758 929 855 1,388
EPS in Rs 0.70 1.86 2.53 3.25 3.24 2.59 2.42 2.30 2.03 7.14 3.77 3.47 5.61
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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 TTM
9,129 9,934 9,417 9,197 10,457 11,357 11,668 11,372 13,979 19,985 17,919 19,454 21,432
7,453 8,000 7,860 7,504 8,517 9,465 9,519 8,725 10,764 16,765 14,548 16,488 18,217
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 3,215
OPM % 18% 19% 17% 18% 19% 17% 18% 23% 23% 16% 19% 15% 15%
393 424 332 510 359 245 427 372 215 795 837 1,886 1,551
Interest 65 64 92 74 107 82 84 83 91 128 162 96 103
Depreciation 490 510 626 849 573 548 544 521 552 832 938 1,038 1,033
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 3,631
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 4,930
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 19.99
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: 19%
Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years: 10%
5 Years: 20%
3 Years: 21%
TTM: 139%
Stock Price CAGR
10 Years: 11%
5 Years: 17%
3 Years: -1%
1 Year: 3%
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 Sep 2025
Equity Capital 309 310 310 397 397 397 397 397 397 397 440 493 494
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 50,401
40 29 33 29 24 40 41 368 351 949 664 326 795
3,439 3,768 3,822 3,967 4,630 4,134 4,744 4,797 5,627 6,449 6,458 8,198 11,065
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 62,756
6,063 6,227 6,092 5,942 5,722 5,664 5,812 5,932 7,671 8,620 8,803 10,701 14,031
CWIP 695 690 414 320 398 610 1,109 1,874 951 842 1,548 5,388 6,116
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 31,735
4,419 4,811 5,430 5,246 6,662 7,099 8,281 5,884 7,787 14,667 19,719 15,315 10,874
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 62,756

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 -6,525
-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 2,622

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 14 13
Inventory Days 422 381 395 458 454 493 309 230 462 216 130 96
Days Payable 252 265 300 399 451 428 304 271 362 207 113 91
Cash Conversion Cycle 179 124 106 75 13 80 22 -35 108 19 31 17
Working Capital Days -53 -61 -64 -71 -74 -42 -73 -97 -72 42 -9 -51
ROCE % 16% 18% 11% 9% 9% 8% 9% 12% 14% 13% 9% 9%

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

Dec 2022Mar 2023Jun 2023Sep 2023Dec 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025
63.22% 63.22% 63.20% 63.19% 63.19% 66.74% 70.33% 67.57% 67.57% 67.57% 67.57% 67.68%
10.66% 11.16% 12.45% 11.65% 11.88% 11.09% 9.59% 10.61% 9.14% 8.60% 7.43% 5.91%
16.71% 14.48% 14.14% 15.26% 15.56% 14.24% 13.03% 14.98% 16.41% 17.09% 18.49% 19.41%
0.26% 0.26% 0.26% 0.26% 0.26% 0.23% 0.21% 0.21% 0.21% 0.21% 0.21% 0.21%
9.13% 10.87% 9.94% 9.63% 9.10% 7.69% 6.83% 6.64% 6.66% 6.51% 6.30% 6.77%
No. of Shareholders 4,68,8177,04,9946,18,7765,98,1475,64,8475,42,7736,11,8046,05,5516,33,7186,44,6966,18,8556,20,457

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