Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd

₹ 609 -0.61%

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About

Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd is a multi-product chemical manufacturing company and is one of the leading manufacturers of Caustic Soda Lye.^[1] Its manufacturing facilities are located at Dahej and Vadodara in Gujarat.^[2]

Key Points

Product Offerings
The company has over 36 products in its portfolio, including Caustic Soda lye, flakes, and prills, Chloromethanes, Liquid Chlorine, Hydrochloric Acid, Hydrogen Peroxide, Anhydrous Aluminum Chloride, Caustic Potash lye and flakes, Potassium Carbonate granules and powder, Aluminium Chloride, Phosphoric Acid, etc. These products are utilized across industries such as textiles, pulp and paper, alumina, soaps& detergents, and water treatment, etc. ^[1]

Website BSE NSE

Market Cap ₹ 4,472 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 609
High / Low ₹ 815 / 409
Stock P/E 215
Book Value ₹ 759
Dividend Yield 2.59 %
ROCE 1.69 %
ROE 0.36 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Stock is trading at 0.80 times its book value
Company has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 427%
Promoter holding has increased by 1.00% over last quarter.

Cons

Company has low interest coverage ratio.
Company has a low return on equity of -0.53% over last 3 years.

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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
	1,138.12	912.81	971.30	920.90	1,001.62	977.30	990.73	1,029.41	1,075.47	1,105.12	1,083.19	1,044.46	1,125.31
	895.54	858.11	926.10	913.62	972.77	903.53	915.83	931.41	961.72	988.50	1,009.29	939.66	1,015.42
Operating Profit	242.58	54.70	45.20	7.28	28.85	73.77	74.90	98.00	113.75	116.62	73.90	104.80	109.89
OPM %	21.31%	5.99%	4.65%	0.79%	2.88%	7.55%	7.56%	9.52%	10.58%	10.55%	6.82%	10.03%	9.77%
	8.13	11.80	71.03	4.70	2.54	3.30	49.25	15.16	24.43	8.47	59.29	30.47	18.39
Interest	7.72	10.50	10.78	11.21	12.08	10.85	11.06	10.44	18.19	13.67	15.77	18.48	15.46
Depreciation	87.53	89.47	95.20	96.02	96.72	96.66	100.13	98.27	97.24	101.87	103.94	104.17	104.50
Profit before tax	155.46	-33.47	10.25	-95.25	-77.41	-30.44	12.96	4.45	22.75	9.55	13.48	12.62	8.32
Tax %	28.03%	0.00%	-0.78%	-7.76%	-72.56%	-18.89%	18.36%	-92.13%	6.02%	18.43%	-20.77%	188.43%	4.69%
	111.89	-33.47	10.33	-87.86	-21.24	-24.69	10.58	8.55	21.38	7.79	16.28	-11.16	7.93
EPS in Rs	15.24	-4.56	1.41	-11.96	-2.89	-3.36	1.44	1.16	2.91	1.06	2.22	-1.52	1.08
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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
	1,948	1,995	2,070	2,455	3,161	2,725	2,429	3,759	4,516	3,807	4,073	4,358
	1,674	1,660	1,621	1,668	2,046	2,147	2,071	2,772	3,402	3,671	3,712	3,953
Operating Profit	274	335	450	787	1,115	578	358	987	1,115	136	360	405
OPM %	14%	17%	22%	32%	35%	21%	15%	26%	25%	4%	9%	9%
	49	45	56	106	61	90	67	46	42	90	92	117
Interest	9	10	13	15	21	14	15	6	19	45	51	63
Depreciation	98	107	111	127	140	162	174	198	276	377	392	414
Profit before tax	215	263	382	750	1,015	492	236	829	861	-196	10	44
Tax %	-6%	16%	19%	29%	32%	32%	29%	32%	33%	-32%	-63%	53%
	228	220	308	535	690	333	167	562	576	-132	16	21
EPS in Rs	31.03	29.94	41.95	72.85	93.91	45.32	22.72	76.53	78.39	-18.01	2.15	2.84
Dividend Payout %	14%	15%	12%	9%	9%	18%	35%	13%	30%	-77%	733%	624%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	8%
5 Years:	12%
3 Years:	-1%
TTM:	7%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	-21%
5 Years:	-34%
3 Years:	-67%
TTM:	42%

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

Return on Equity
10 Years:	6%
5 Years:	3%
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	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73
Reserves	2,063	2,855	3,283	3,749	4,223	4,524	5,304	5,831	6,237	6,278	5,953	5,497
	158	295	353	291	247	205	498	594	597	544	561	575
	693	671	726	859	988	1,090	1,282	1,484	1,599	1,404	1,756	1,766
Total Liabilities	2,988	3,895	4,437	4,972	5,532	5,893	7,157	7,983	8,506	8,299	8,343	7,913
	1,656	1,821	2,073	2,104	2,300	2,610	2,587	2,702	4,250	4,617	4,584	4,343
CWIP	67	83	151	252	307	445	1,109	1,787	544	95	79	122
Investments	193	855	1,017	1,147	1,066	1,244	2,095	2,115	2,002	2,369	2,332	2,013
	1,072	1,136	1,195	1,469	1,858	1,594	1,366	1,379	1,710	1,218	1,348	1,434
Total Assets	2,988	3,895	4,437	4,972	5,532	5,893	7,157	7,983	8,506	8,299	8,343	7,913

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
	295	201	503	515	838	630	421	735	960	67	381	406
	-212	-352	-468	-395	-581	-634	-334	-804	-662	-90	-264	-228
	-88	84	13	-116	-136	-146	226	12	-140	-277	-145	-150
Net Cash Flow	-5	-67	49	3	122	-150	313	-58	158	-301	-28	28
Free Cash Flow	95	-80	64	231	451	56	-370	-173	277	-164	59	148
CFO/OP	128%	75%	132%	83%	98%	120%	132%	106%	103%	82%	87%	95%

Ratios

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
Debtor Days	57	60	58	60	56	50	43	29	23	17	24	34
Inventory Days	96	99	94	147	99	92	88	101	111	93	110	102
Days Payable	119	99	125	154	134	126	111	101	119	86	115	111
Cash Conversion Cycle	34	60	27	53	22	17	21	29	15	25	19	25
Working Capital Days	47	89	81	98	96	107	10	4	5	-1	-3	1
ROCE %	10%	10%	11%	18%	24%	11%	5%	14%	13%	-2%	1%	2%

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Caustic Soda Installed Capacity
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Caustic Soda Lye Production Volume
MT

Caustic Soda Market Share
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Chloromethanes Production Volume
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Hydrogen Peroxide Production Volume
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Phosphoric Acid (85%) Production Volume
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Renewable Energy Installed Capacity
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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
	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	47.28%
	1.98%	1.88%	2.07%	2.10%	1.92%	1.94%	1.79%	1.71%	1.02%	1.02%	0.96%	0.94%
	1.51%	1.96%	2.17%	3.13%	3.46%	3.76%	4.14%	4.17%	4.35%	4.52%	4.75%	3.72%
	50.22%	49.88%	49.49%	48.48%	48.34%	48.01%	47.79%	47.84%	48.36%	48.16%	48.01%	48.04%
No. of Shareholders	85,393	88,020	86,698	82,719	79,560	78,681	75,697	74,643	75,202	70,371	68,436	73,032

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	47.28%
	4.08%	4.04%	2.61%	2.02%	1.36%	1.82%	2.07%	2.10%	1.71%	0.94%
	4.05%	5.75%	6.83%	6.97%	4.01%	1.68%	1.51%	3.13%	4.17%	3.72%
	0.00%	0.25%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	45.59%	43.68%	44.28%	44.73%	48.35%	50.22%	50.13%	48.48%	47.84%	48.04%
No. of Shareholders	57,142	50,385	57,005	57,582	64,304	77,773	84,097	82,719	74,643	73,032

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