Dai-ichi Karkaria Ltd

₹ 255 -2.85%

12 May - close price

dai-ichiindia.com BSE: 526821 NSE: DAICHI

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 ₹ 248
Dividend Yield 1.37 %
ROCE -1.01 %
ROE -0.30 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Company is almost debt free.
Stock is trading at 1.03 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 0.86% over last 3 years.
Earnings include an other income of Rs.4.45 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

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	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	0.98	21.47	0.66	1.26	0.66	1.12	2.80	1.41	0.79	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	-3.07	19.83	0.29	1.32	-0.36	-0.25	2.55	6.53	-0.69	0.64	-2.22	-0.90
Tax %	114.47%	-4.89%	25.26%	-103.45%	24.24%	-25.00%	48.00%	25.10%	24.81%	-26.09%	153.12%	-32.43%	-1.11%
	0.57	-2.90	14.60	1.11	1.09	0.43	-0.23	2.62	6.20	0.02	0.01	-0.86	0.09
EPS in Rs	0.76	-3.89	19.59	1.49	1.46	0.58	-0.31	3.52	8.32	0.03	0.01	-1.15	0.12
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Profit & Loss

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	181	194	126	147	92	107	97	122	184	132	181	161
	159	161	109	132	103	112	111	140	168	125	167	158
Operating Profit	22	32	17	15	-11	-5	-14	-18	16	6	14	3
OPM %	12%	17%	14%	10%	-12%	-5%	-14%	-15%	9%	5%	8%	2%
	15	4	12	6	2	-0	87	8	17	24	6	4
Interest	0	1	0	0	7	10	9	1	3	3	2	1
Depreciation	5	2	2	4	8	9	9	7	7	9	10	10
Profit before tax	32	34	27	16	-24	-25	56	-18	22	18	8	-3
Tax %	28%	35%	24%	27%	-48%	0%	13%	0%	16%	27%	27%	2%
	23	22	25	14	-13	-23	51	-18	20	14	9	-1
EPS in Rs	31.24	29.34	33.43	18.32	-16.92	-30.76	68.02	-24.20	26.94	18.65	12.11	-0.99
Dividend Payout %	10%	10%	9%	14%	-15%	-8%	4%	0%	15%	11%	29%	-151%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	-2%
5 Years:	11%
3 Years:	-4%
TTM:	-11%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	%
5 Years:	15%
3 Years:	%
TTM:	-107%

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

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	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	101	119	142	151	135	112	163	142	162	173	181	177
	1	1	4	77	104	108	20	22	38	19	13	13
	38	31	25	41	35	42	48	43	39	23	31	26
Total Liabilities	147	159	179	276	281	270	239	214	247	222	232	224
	16	17	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	64	41	24	23	27	21	23	21	24	27
	83	88	62	98	88	92	107	86	85	67	82	71
Total Assets	147	159	179	276	281	270	239	214	247	222	232	224

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
	5	11	3	-8	6	1	-22	-3	23	10	16	5
	-0	-8	-7	-57	-21	1	130	-4	-33	16	-4	-10
	-3	-6	2	66	16	-6	-97	-2	13	-25	-10	-3
Net Cash Flow	3	-3	-2	2	1	-4	11	-10	4	1	2	-8
Free Cash Flow	-9	-0	-19	-90	-32	-1	109	-14	-10	5	14	-4
CFO/OP	67%	71%	54%	-27%	-60%	-9%	103%	18%	150%	165%	111%	138%

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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	76	70	59	75	65	70	89	53	53	62	60	71
Inventory Days	53	51	78	74	98	104	133	93	59	77	60	68
Days Payable	94	82	68	83	128	146	210	122	87	74	75	62
Cash Conversion Cycle	34	39	70	66	36	28	11	24	25	65	45	77
Working Capital Days	43	52	67	54	-9	-38	27	13	4	21	36	59
ROCE %	23%	28%	17%	8%	-7%	-4%	-8%	-12%	8%	0%	4%	-1%

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R&D Intensity (Expenditure as % of Turnover)
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Shareholding Pattern

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	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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