Dai-ichi Karkaria Ltd

₹ 255 -2.85%

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About

Incorporated in 1963, Dai-ichi Karkaria Ltd
is in the business of manufacture and sale
of Specialty chemicals^[1]

Key Points

Business Overview:^[1]
Company is ISO 9001 certified and
in the business of development and manufacture of high-performance
specialty chemicals for various
applications. It has technical
collaboration with the Dai-
ichi Kogyo Seiyaku Co.
Ltd, of Japan

Website BSE NSE

Market Cap ₹ 189 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 255
High / Low ₹ 472 / 219
Stock P/E
Book Value ₹ 218
Dividend Yield 1.37 %
ROCE 0.27 %
ROE -0.33 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Company is almost debt free.
Stock is trading at 1.17 times its book value

Cons

Company has low interest coverage ratio.
The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 10.6% over past five years.
Company has a low return on equity of 0.82% over last 3 years.
Earnings include an other income of Rs.7.35 Cr.

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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
	42.46	27.86	35.05	35.27	33.40	33.86	36.75	40.71	70.06	39.45	42.79	37.81	41.25
	37.38	28.44	33.42	32.82	30.61	31.92	35.04	37.97	61.99	38.17	41.00	38.10	40.57
Operating Profit	5.08	-0.58	1.63	2.45	2.79	1.94	1.71	2.74	8.07	1.28	1.79	-0.29	0.68
OPM %	11.96%	-2.08%	4.65%	6.95%	8.35%	5.73%	4.65%	6.73%	11.52%	3.24%	4.18%	-0.77%	1.65%
	1.32	3.46	21.47	0.66	1.26	0.66	1.12	2.80	1.41	3.49	1.64	0.83	1.19
Interest	1.06	1.18	0.97	0.47	0.44	0.47	0.50	0.45	0.41	0.24	0.24	0.25	0.22
Depreciation	2.16	2.29	2.30	2.35	2.29	2.49	2.58	2.54	2.54	2.52	2.55	2.51	2.55
Profit before tax	3.18	-0.59	19.83	0.29	1.32	-0.36	-0.25	2.55	6.53	2.01	0.64	-2.22	-0.90
Tax %	114.47%	-25.42%	25.26%	-103.45%	24.24%	-25.00%	48.00%	25.10%	24.81%	-8.96%	153.12%	-32.43%	-1.11%
	-0.46	-0.44	14.82	0.59	1.00	-0.27	-0.37	1.91	4.91	2.19	-0.34	-1.50	-0.89
EPS in Rs	-0.62	-0.59	19.89	0.79	1.34	-0.36	-0.50	2.56	6.59	2.94	-0.46	-2.01	-1.19
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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
	102	116	126	147	92	107	97	122	184	132	181	161
	94	101	109	132	103	112	111	140	168	125	167	158
Operating Profit	8	15	17	15	-11	-5	-14	-18	16	6	14	3
OPM %	8%	13%	14%	10%	-12%	-4%	-14%	-15%	9%	5%	8%	2%
	15	9	12	6	2	-1	88	10	17	27	6	7
Interest	0	1	0	0	7	10	9	1	3	3	2	1
Depreciation	4	2	2	4	8	9	9	7	7	9	10	10
Profit before tax	19	21	27	16	-24	-25	57	-17	22	21	8	-0
Tax %	22%	26%	24%	27%	-48%	0%	13%	0%	16%	23%	27%	15%
	15	16	21	12	-13	-25	50	-17	18	16	6	-1
EPS in Rs	19.84	20.91	28.04	16.08	-16.95	-33.47	66.82	-22.25	24.79	21.43	8.29	-0.72
Dividend Payout %	13%	14%	11%	16%	-15%	0%	4%	0%	16%	9%	42%	-207%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	3%
5 Years:	11%
3 Years:	-4%
TTM:	-11%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	%
5 Years:	15%
3 Years:	%
TTM:	-111%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	-5%
5 Years:	-7%
3 Years:	-13%
1 Year:	-34%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	-2%
5 Years:	-1%
3 Years:	1%
Last Year:	0%

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	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Reserves	83	96	122	131	116	91	141	122	140	153	158	155
	1	1	4	77	104	108	20	22	38	19	13	13
	17	15	25	41	35	42	48	43	39	23	31	26
Total Liabilities	108	119	158	256	262	249	217	194	225	202	210	202
	14	16	20	94	164	153	105	105	139	132	126	122
CWIP	6	14	32	43	5	3	0	2	0	2	1	4
Investments	42	40	44	21	5	2	5	1	1	1	1	5
	46	49	62	98	88	92	107	86	85	67	82	71
Total Assets	108	119	158	256	262	249	217	194	225	202	210	202

Cash Flows

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
	1	7	3	-8	6	1	-22	-3	23	8	16	5
	2	-3	-7	-57	-21	1	130	-4	-33	18	-4	-10
	-2	-5	2	66	16	-6	-97	-2	13	-25	-10	-3
Net Cash Flow	1	-1	-2	2	1	-4	11	-10	4	1	2	-8
Free Cash Flow	-12	-3	-19	-90	-32	-1	109	-14	-10	2	14	-4
CFO/OP	75%	84%	54%	-26%	-60%	-10%	103%	18%	150%	126%	111%	146%

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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	65	58	59	75	65	70	89	53	53	62	60	71
Inventory Days	63	63	78	74	98	104	133	93	59	77	60	68
Days Payable	54	52	68	83	128	146	210	122	87	74	75	62
Cash Conversion Cycle	74	69	70	66	36	28	11	24	25	65	45	77
Working Capital Days	62	68	67	54	-9	-38	27	13	4	21	36	59
ROCE %	11%	22%	20%	9%	-7%	-5%	-8%	-12%	9%	2%	5%	0%

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R&D Intensity (Expenditure as % of Turnover)
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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
	63.88%	63.88%	63.88%	63.88%	63.88%	63.88%	63.92%	63.98%	63.98%	63.98%	63.98%	63.98%
	0.35%	0.35%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	35.78%	35.78%	36.12%	36.11%	36.11%	36.12%	36.07%	36.03%	36.02%	36.02%	36.02%	36.02%
No. of Shareholders	5,203	5,395	5,555	5,085	5,521	5,918	6,060	6,062	6,121	6,348	6,200	5,923

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	63.69%	63.75%	63.82%	63.82%	63.82%	63.88%	63.88%	63.88%	63.98%	63.98%
	0.00%	0.13%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	0.02%	0.30%	0.00%	0.52%	0.44%	0.44%	0.35%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	36.29%	35.82%	36.18%	35.66%	35.74%	35.69%	35.76%	36.11%	36.03%	36.02%
No. of Shareholders	5,137	5,557	5,382	5,112	5,004	5,843	5,389	5,085	6,062	5,923

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