Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd

₹ 541 -2.00%

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About

Incorporated in 1973, Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd is promoted by the Government of Gujarat, with promoter-group shareholding of 47.28% as of FY26.
The company operates manufacturing complexes at Vadodara and Dahej, Gujarat, and has 50+ years of operating history in chlor-alkali and allied chemicals.^[1]

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]

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Market Cap ₹ 3,974 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 541
High / Low ₹ 815 / 409
Stock P/E 59.9
Book Value ₹ 707
Dividend Yield 3.27 %
ROCE 1.42 %
ROE -0.05 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Stock is trading at 0.77 times its book value
Stock is providing a good dividend yield of 3.27%.

Cons

Company has a low return on equity of -1.76% over last 3 years.

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Quarterly Results

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
	913	971	921	1,002	977	991	1,029	1,075	1,105	1,083	1,044	1,125	1,245
	882	955	941	998	923	945	951	974	1,010	1,009	948	1,015	1,023
Operating Profit	31	16	-20	4	54	46	78	101	95	74	96	110	222
OPM %	3.4%	1.7%	-2.2%	0.4%	6%	4.7%	8%	9%	9%	7%	9%	10%	18%
	12	71	5	3	3	49	15	24	8	59	30	25	9
Interest	10	11	11	12	11	11	10	18	14	16	18	15	16
Depreciation	89	95	96	97	97	100	98	97	102	104	104	104	103
Profit before tax	-57	-18	-123	-102	-50	-16	-15	10	-12	14	4	15	112
Tax %	0%	-0%	-6%	-55%	-11%	15%	-27%	13%	15%	-21%	621%	3%	51%
	-57	-18	-115	-46	-45	-18	-11	9	-14	16	-20	15	55
EPS in Rs	-7.78	-2.50	-15.68	-6.29	-6.06	-2.48	-1.53	1.20	-1.88	2.23	-2.72	2.04	7.49
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Profit & Loss

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	TTM
	1,995	2,070	2,455	3,161	2,725	2,429	3,759	4,516	3,807	4,073	4,358	4,498
	1,660	1,622	1,669	2,046	2,148	2,072	2,774	3,568	3,775	3,793	3,975	3,996
Operating Profit	335	448	786	1,115	577	357	984	949	32	279	383	501
OPM %	17%	22%	32%	35%	21%	15%	26%	21%	0.8%	7%	9%	11%
	45	56	106	62	90	67	46	42	90	92	115	124
Interest	10	13	15	21	14	15	6	19	45	51	63	66
Depreciation	107	111	127	140	162	174	198	276	377	392	414	416
Profit before tax	262	381	749	1,016	491	235	826	695	-300	-71	21	144
Tax %	16%	19%	29%	32%	32%	29%	32%	41%	-21%	-9%	112%
	220	307	534	690	332	166	560	410	-237	-65	-2	66
EPS in Rs	29.90	41.85	72.78	93.98	45.22	22.57	76.22	55.78	-32.25	-8.87	-0.33	9.04
Dividend Payout %	15%	12%	9%	9%	18%	35%	13%	42%	-43%	-178%	-5,394%

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

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	%
5 Years:	%
3 Years:	%
TTM:	293%

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

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

Balance Sheet

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	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
Reserves	2,854	3,282	3,748	4,222	4,522	5,301	5,826	6,066	6,002	5,596	5,117
	295	353	291	247	205	498	594	597	544	561	575
	671	726	859	988	1,090	1,282	1,484	1,599	1,404	1,756	1,766
Total Liabilities	3,894	4,435	4,970	5,531	5,891	7,154	7,977	8,335	8,023	7,987	7,533
	1,821	2,073	2,104	2,300	2,610	2,587	2,702	4,250	4,617	4,584	4,343
CWIP	83	151	252	307	445	1,109	1,787	544	95	79	122
Investments	854	1,016	1,145	1,065	1,242	2,092	2,110	1,831	2,093	1,976	1,633
	1,136	1,196	1,469	1,858	1,594	1,366	1,379	1,710	1,218	1,348	1,434
Total Assets	3,894	4,435	4,970	5,531	5,891	7,154	7,977	8,335	8,023	7,987	7,533

Cash Flows

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	201	502	514	838	630	421	735	960	67	381	406
	-352	-467	-395	-581	-634	-334	-804	-662	-90	-264	-225
	84	13	-116	-136	-146	226	12	-140	-277	-145	-150
Net Cash Flow	-67	49	3	122	-150	313	-58	158	-301	-28	31
Free Cash Flow	-80	63	230	451	56	-370	-173	277	-164	59	148
CFO/EBITDA Share of operating profit converting into cash: CFO (before tax) / Operating Profit	75%	132%	83%	98%	121%	133%	106%	121%	353%	112%	100%

Ratios

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	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Debtor Days	60	58	60	56	50	43	29	23	17	24	34
Inventory Days	99	94	147	99	92	88	101	111	93	110	102
Days Payable	99	125	154	134	126	111	101	119	86	115	111
Cash Conversion Cycle	60	27	53	22	17	21	29	15	25	19	25
Working Capital Days	89	81	98	96	107	10	4	5	-1	-3	-0
ROCE %		11%	18%	24%	11%	5%	13%	11%	-4%	-0%	1%

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Caustic Soda Capacity Utilization
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Caustic Soda Lye Production Volume
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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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Caustic Soda Installed Capacity (Including GNAL)
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Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026	Sep 2026
	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	47.28%	47.28%	47.28%
	2.07%	2.10%	1.92%	1.94%	1.79%	1.71%	1.02%	1.02%	0.96%	0.94%	3.26%	3.26%
	2.17%	3.13%	3.46%	3.76%	4.14%	4.17%	4.35%	4.52%	4.75%	3.72%	3.02%	2.70%
	49.49%	48.48%	48.34%	48.01%	47.79%	47.84%	48.36%	48.16%	48.01%	48.04%	46.44%	46.77%
No. of Shareholders	86,698	82,719	79,560	78,681	75,697	74,643	75,202	70,371	68,436	73,032	64,106	65,782

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	Sep 2026
	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	47.28%	47.28%
	4.08%	4.04%	2.61%	2.02%	1.36%	1.82%	2.07%	2.10%	1.71%	0.94%	3.26%
	4.05%	5.75%	6.83%	6.97%	4.01%	1.68%	1.51%	3.13%	4.17%	3.72%	2.70%
	0.00%	0.25%	0.00%	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%	46.77%
No. of Shareholders	57,142	50,385	57,005	57,582	64,304	77,773	84,097	82,719	74,643	73,032	65,782

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