Balmer Lawrie & Company Ltd

₹ 178 1.74%

15 Jun 9:48 a.m.

balmerlawrie.com BSE: 523319 NSE: BALMLAWRIE

About

Balmer Lawrie & Company Ltd is engaged in the business of Industrial Packaging, Greases & Lubricants, Leather Chemicals, Logistic Services and Infrastructure, Refinery & Oil Field and Travel & Vacation Services in India. ^[1]

It is a central public-sector undertaking under the administrative control of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, GoI, since 1972.^[2]

Key Points

Brief History^[1]
BLCL has a longstanding operational history of over 150 years, evolving from a trading business into manufacturing with the establishment of its first grease plant in 1937. Over time, the Company diversified into multiple segments, including industrial packaging, greases and lubricants, travel and vacation, and logistics infrastructure, among others, operating through six strategic business units.

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Market Cap ₹ 3,049 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 178
High / Low ₹ 238 / 148
Stock P/E 12.4
Book Value ₹ 91.0
Dividend Yield 4.78 %
ROCE 21.9 %
ROE 15.9 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Company is almost debt free.
Company has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 54.5%

Cons

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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
	606	589	581	579	569	631	634	626	604	676	630	653	740
	554	525	508	509	522	570	565	542	520	593	564	569	637
Operating Profit	51	63	73	71	47	61	69	83	83	82	65	85	103
OPM %	8%	11%	13%	12%	8%	10%	11%	13%	14%	12%	10%	13%	14%
	48	10	17	11	47	12	15	9	47	10	18	7	51
Interest	3	4	2	3	4	4	3	5	4	5	5	8	8
Depreciation	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	14	12	12	15	25
Profit before tax	85	57	76	67	78	58	69	75	113	75	66	69	121
Tax %	30%	21%	28%	23%	34%	19%	28%	27%	28%	26%	26%	27%	25%
	59	45	55	51	51	47	50	55	82	56	48	51	91
EPS in Rs	3.44	2.65	3.24	3.00	3.00	2.74	2.91	3.20	4.77	3.27	2.84	2.97	5.29
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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
	2,736	1,591	1,702	1,722	1,772	1,527	1,519	2,038	2,300	2,307	2,484	2,699
	2,569	1,385	1,491	1,501	1,538	1,327	1,382	1,878	2,105	2,052	2,187	2,364
Operating Profit	167	206	211	221	234	200	137	160	195	255	297	335
OPM %	6%	13%	12%	13%	13%	13%	9%	8%	8%	11%	12%	12%
	75	63	73	71	79	82	71	62	73	86	83	85
Interest	5	5	5	4	6	8	5	6	10	14	16	26
Depreciation	26	24	26	27	27	42	46	47	47	48	50	64
Profit before tax	210	240	254	261	280	232	157	170	211	279	314	331
Tax %	30%	32%	33%	29%	33%	24%	26%	28%	27%	27%	26%	26%
	147	164	170	185	188	177	116	123	154	203	233	246
EPS in Rs	8.61	9.60	9.97	10.81	11.02	10.36	6.81	7.18	9.00	11.90	13.61	14.37
Dividend Payout %	35%	35%	47%	62%	67%	72%	88%	91%	83%	71%	62%	30%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	5%
5 Years:	12%
3 Years:	5%
TTM:	9%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	4%
5 Years:	16%
3 Years:	17%
TTM:	6%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	6%
5 Years:	4%
3 Years:	8%
1 Year:	-18%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	13%
5 Years:	14%
3 Years:	15%
Last Year:	16%

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	28	28	114	114	114	171	171	171	171	171	171	171
Reserves	875	1,036	1,052	1,142	1,186	1,149	1,137	1,149	1,185	1,256	1,357	1,384
	0	0	0	15	15	35	35	27	31	35	30	144
	546	528	628	581	568	528	582	598	707	769	792	865
Total Liabilities	1,450	1,593	1,794	1,852	1,883	1,882	1,925	1,945	2,095	2,232	2,350	2,565
	407	393	396	401	402	566	573	582	585	584	582	736
CWIP	4	7	23	13	117	24	32	11	28	52	67	34
Investments	57	58	87	138	140	130	130	130	130	90	91	82
	981	1,134	1,286	1,299	1,225	1,162	1,190	1,222	1,353	1,506	1,610	1,712
Total Assets	1,450	1,593	1,794	1,852	1,883	1,882	1,925	1,945	2,095	2,232	2,350	2,565

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	Mar 2026
	107	132	172	109	175	171	217	-22	169	217	111	247
	-29	-54	-108	16	-34	-26	-56	158	-22	-69	56	-6
	-64	-66	-73	-106	-144	-172	-146	-124	-134	-157	-177	-248
Net Cash Flow	14	12	-9	20	-4	-27	15	12	13	-10	-10	-7
Free Cash Flow	31	96	122	75	42	126	174	-39	119	165	45	178
CFO/OP	105%	107%	121%	85%	112%	117%	177%	14%	112%	110%	69%	100%

Ratios

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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	Mar 2026
Debtor Days	49	53	60	58	57	65	69	56	57	66	70	72
Inventory Days	67	77	51	46	47	57	59	51	46	66	67	35
Days Payable	112	144	104	109	96	86	100	69	68	107	102	69
Cash Conversion Cycle	3	-14	8	-6	8	36	29	38	35	26	35	38
Working Capital Days	13	41	32	50	44	51	31	50	42	43	66	65
ROCE %	25%	25%	23%	22%	22%	18%	12%	13%	16%	20%	22%	22%

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Production and Sales Volume of Steel Barrels and Drums
Lakhs of Units

Greases & Lubricating Oils Sales Volume
MT

Market Share in 210L MS Drums Industry
%

Cold Chain Capacity Utilization (Ambient Warehouse)
%

Power Consumption per MT/KL (Greases & Lubricants)
Units

Air Ticketing User Base
Number (Lakhs)

Logistics Infrastructure Rail Rakes Handled
Number

Number of Air Tickets Issued (SBU: Travel)
Lakhs

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Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026
	1.95%	1.82%	2.12%	2.71%	3.07%	3.22%	3.58%	2.58%	2.34%	2.26%	2.16%	2.22%
	2.45%	2.48%	2.21%	2.09%	1.93%	1.90%	1.89%	1.79%	1.79%	1.79%	1.79%	1.79%
	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
	95.56%	95.66%	95.63%	95.17%	94.98%	94.85%	94.50%	95.61%	95.84%	95.94%	96.03%	95.96%
No. of Shareholders	87,027	87,348	89,289	93,411	1,01,912	1,06,173	1,07,445	1,11,408	1,10,144	1,11,490	1,09,229	1,09,420

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	3.62%	2.47%	1.57%	1.51%	1.71%	1.63%	1.20%	2.71%	2.58%	2.22%
	9.00%	7.72%	7.73%	5.75%	3.50%	2.50%	2.47%	2.09%	1.79%	1.79%
	0.05%	0.05%	0.00%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
	87.33%	89.76%	90.70%	92.72%	94.76%	95.84%	96.29%	95.17%	95.61%	95.96%
No. of Shareholders	39,213	47,436	49,255	56,621	78,403	97,916	91,600	93,411	1,11,408	1,09,420

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