Astron Paper & Board Mill Ltd

₹ 3.87 -1.53%

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About

Incorporated in 2010, Astron Paper & Board Mill Ltd manufactures Kraft Paper from waste paper^[1]

Key Points

Business Overview:^[1]^[2]
APBL is an ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 certified, and one of the largest manufacturers of recycled corrugated paper. It manufactures different varieties of kraft paper ranging from 80 to 350 Grams Per Square Meter (GSM) and Bursting Factor (BF) from 16 to 40

Website BSE NSE

Market Cap ₹ 18.0 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 3.87
High / Low ₹ 21.0 / 3.74
Stock P/E
Book Value ₹ 19.4
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE -19.4 %
ROE -41.7 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Stock is trading at 0.20 times its book value

Cons

Company has low interest coverage ratio.
The company has delivered a poor sales growth of -23.2% over past five years.
Promoter holding is low: 25.4%
Company has a low return on equity of -18.1% over last 3 years.
Contingent liabilities of Rs.143 Cr.

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Commodities Forest Materials Paper, Forest & Jute Products Paper & Paper Products

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Quarterly Results

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	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
	89.82	91.54	78.38	80.67	73.33	78.40	58.15	35.56	1.36	0.88	1.28	-0.00	1.45
	94.25	89.64	76.10	78.35	70.72	82.55	67.12	42.85	16.50	2.94	1.45	0.84	0.42
Operating Profit	-4.43	1.90	2.28	2.32	2.61	-4.15	-8.97	-7.29	-15.14	-2.06	-0.17	-0.84	1.03
OPM %	-4.93%	2.08%	2.91%	2.88%	3.56%	-5.29%	-15.43%	-20.50%	-1,113.24%	-234.09%	-13.28%		71.03%
	0.35	0.49	0.30	0.45	0.29	0.57	0.71	0.12	-0.00	0.09	-0.00	-0.00	-0.00
Interest	2.30	2.91	2.44	2.62	2.69	2.79	2.63	3.44	2.90	3.41	3.13	2.10	3.94
Depreciation	1.50	1.51	1.67	1.56	1.58	1.56	1.68	1.56	1.56	1.52	1.66	1.54	1.54
Profit before tax	-7.88	-2.03	-1.53	-1.41	-1.37	-7.93	-12.57	-12.17	-19.60	-6.90	-4.96	-4.48	-4.45
Tax %	-27.79%	-25.62%	-22.88%	-31.91%	-28.47%	-37.20%	-29.28%	-23.99%	33.62%	15.36%	-0.00%	-0.00%	-0.00%
	-5.69	-1.52	-1.17	-0.96	-0.98	-4.98	-8.90	-9.26	-26.19	-7.96	-4.96	-4.49	-4.46
EPS in Rs	-1.22	-0.33	-0.25	-0.21	-0.21	-1.07	-1.91	-1.99	-5.63	-1.71	-1.07	-0.97	-0.96
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Profit & Loss

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	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
	106	152	157	182	251	373	358	435	512	395	311	96	4
	95	133	137	161	219	323	324	407	485	410	308	129	6
Operating Profit	11	19	20	22	32	50	34	28	27	-15	3	-33	-2
OPM %	10%	13%	12%	12%	13%	13%	10%	6%	5%	-4%	1%	-35%	-57%
	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	2	0	0
Interest	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	8	10	11	12	13
Depreciation	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6
Profit before tax	-1	6	6	8	19	36	20	15	14	-29	-12	-51	-21
Tax %	116%	31%	4%	-20%	-10%	33%	34%	34%	37%	-29%	-28%	2%
	-3	4	6	10	21	24	13	10	9	-21	-9	-52	-22
EPS in Rs	-0.97	1.27	1.87	3.08	4.48	5.18	2.87	2.08	1.87	-4.45	-1.89	-11.25	-4.71
Dividend Payout %	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%	-0%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	-5%
5 Years:	-23%
3 Years:	-43%
TTM:	-98%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	%
5 Years:	%
3 Years:	%
TTM:	56%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	%
5 Years:	-39%
3 Years:	-46%
1 Year:	-68%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	1%
5 Years:	-8%
3 Years:	-18%
Last Year:	-42%

Balance Sheet

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	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	31	32	32	32	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46
Reserves	-7	-3	3	13	80	104	117	127	135	114	106	53	44
	72	72	78	89	75	57	61	45	66	76	80	76	75
	31	36	45	38	31	87	86	87	85	67	61	44	46
Total Liabilities	127	137	158	173	232	294	310	305	332	304	293	220	211
	67	66	75	79	90	121	129	126	122	134	129	123	119
CWIP	0	1	-0	1	13	2	0	7	8	0	0	0	0
Investments	0	0	0	-0	0	4	4	6	6	5	5	5	5
	59	70	84	92	128	167	177	166	197	165	158	93	87
Total Assets	127	137	158	173	232	294	310	305	332	304	293	220	211

Cash Flows

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	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
	11	16	16	5	37	19	33	-14	7	5	3
	-2	-10	-10	-28	-27	-11	-4	-1	-9	-0	2
	-8	-3	-7	38	-26	-3	-24	14	4	-5	-14
Net Cash Flow	1	2	-1	15	-15	4	6	-2	1	0	-10

Ratios

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	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	98	69	86	70	86	82	95	66	69	59	62	78
Inventory Days	121	129	129	132	75	94	86	59	47	53	66	56
Days Payable	22	20	27	79	53	107	125	92	71	73	96	145
Cash Conversion Cycle	197	178	188	123	108	68	55	33	45	39	33	-11
Working Capital Days	5	12	17	12	20	23	23	24	28	3	-16	-150
ROCE %		17%	16%	16%	17%	22%	14%	11%	10%	-8%	-1%	-19%

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Production Volume
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Raw Material Mix - Imported Waste Paper
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Permanent Employee Count
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Captive Power Plant Capacity
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Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025
	27.06%	27.06%	27.06%	27.06%	27.06%	27.06%	27.06%	25.37%	25.37%	25.37%	25.37%	25.37%
	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.06%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	72.94%	72.93%	72.93%	72.94%	72.94%	72.89%	72.94%	74.63%	74.63%	74.62%	74.63%	74.63%
No. of Shareholders	21,336	20,824	21,853	21,075	21,049	20,965	21,187	21,839	21,755	21,267	21,215	21,327

	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Dec 2025
	43.78%	43.78%	43.78%	45.93%	27.06%	27.06%	27.06%	25.37%	25.37%
	0.00%	0.20%	0.26%	0.26%	0.05%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	0.00%	1.68%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	56.22%	54.34%	55.96%	53.81%	72.89%	72.94%	72.94%	74.63%	74.63%
No. of Shareholders	25,266	18,970	17,866	17,536	20,870	21,336	21,049	21,755	21,327

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