Kothari Sugars & Chemicals Ltd

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About

Incorporated in 1961,Kothari Sugars and Chemicals Limited (KSCL) are the Manufacturers of Sugar, Alcohol and Powerhaving units at Kattur and Sathamangalam, Tamilnadu. ^[1]

Key Points

Business Segments^[1]
Sugar: Company crushed ~10,87,693 tons of cane and produced 10,38,540 quintals of sugar in FY23(Recovery rate: 9.57%) as against crushing of 8,74,135 tons of cane and sugar production of 8,44,380 quintals in FY22(Recovery rate: 9.7%) .
Alcohol: Company produced 178.22 lakhs litres of alcohol during the FY23 against 171.96 lakhs litres in FY22.
Power: Company's power generation was 88.25 million units in FY23 against 71.66 million units in FY2

Revenue Split 9MFY24^[2]
Sugar: 62%
Distillery: 20%
Co-generation of Power: 18%

Website NSE

Market Cap ₹ 233 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 28.1
High / Low ₹ 41.4 / 22.5
Stock P/E
Book Value ₹ 35.7
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE -5.52 %
ROE -4.96 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Stock is trading at 0.79 times its book value

Cons

Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
Company has low interest coverage ratio.
The company has delivered a poor sales growth of -10.0% over past five years.
Company has a low return on equity of 2.21% over last 3 years.
Working capital days have increased from 90.6 days to 206 days

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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
	207.48	162.96	113.18	132.31	94.28	89.62	101.59	82.75	36.05	66.69	68.04	70.09	41.96
	178.65	133.19	101.47	132.58	91.17	88.54	90.95	79.35	38.91	65.60	76.00	76.12	44.85
Operating Profit	28.83	29.77	11.71	-0.27	3.11	1.08	10.64	3.40	-2.86	1.09	-7.96	-6.03	-2.89
OPM %	13.90%	18.27%	10.35%	-0.20%	3.30%	1.21%	10.47%	4.11%	-7.93%	1.63%	-11.70%	-8.60%	-6.89%
	5.61	2.53	3.61	4.02	5.24	3.96	3.56	9.15	6.07	5.84	2.25	22.37	1.75
Interest	0.34	1.46	1.06	0.23	0.79	2.20	0.82	0.00	0.56	1.67	1.46	0.59	0.77
Depreciation	3.55	3.34	3.63	3.54	3.77	3.66	3.66	3.67	3.66	3.62	3.63	3.63	3.68
Profit before tax	30.55	27.50	10.63	-0.02	3.79	-0.82	9.72	8.88	-1.01	1.64	-10.80	12.12	-5.59
Tax %	22.39%	34.87%	51.27%	-3,850.00%	-48.81%	-35.37%	35.70%	39.19%	-31.68%	23.78%	-32.96%	1.24%	-111.45%
	23.71	17.90	5.18	0.76	5.65	-0.53	6.25	5.40	-0.69	1.25	-7.23	11.96	0.63
EPS in Rs	2.86	2.16	0.62	0.09	0.68	-0.06	0.75	0.65	-0.08	0.15	-0.87	1.44	0.08
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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
	340	247	317	287	332	352	419	422	609	503	310	247
	331	229	280	259	309	324	386	373	548	458	298	263
Operating Profit	9	18	36	28	23	28	33	50	61	44	12	-16
OPM %	3%	7%	11%	10%	7%	8%	8%	12%	10%	9%	4%	-6%
	11	7	-1	-5	20	11	10	8	12	15	23	32
Interest	5	7	8	6	7	7	5	4	4	4	4	4
Depreciation	16	15	15	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15
Profit before tax	-0	3	13	3	23	19	23	39	55	42	17	-3
Tax %	1,200%	58%	17%	82%	44%	-2%	19%	14%	24%	30%	38%	-351%
	-5	1	10	0	13	19	19	34	42	29	10	7
EPS in Rs	-0.55	0.14	1.26	0.06	1.53	2.34	2.29	4.11	5.06	3.56	1.26	0.80
Dividend Payout %	0%	0%	40%	0%	33%	0%	0%	0%	20%	14%	0%	0%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	0%
5 Years:	-10%
3 Years:	-26%
TTM:	-20%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	%
5 Years:	%
3 Years:	%
TTM:	-403%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	8%
5 Years:	-2%
3 Years:	-10%
1 Year:	-21%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	7%
5 Years:	7%
3 Years:	2%
Last Year:	-5%

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	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83
Reserves	34	35	49	56	69	84	103	137	175	196	206	213
	166	175	146	120	116	84	36	57	38	70	50	70
	75	76	103	110	123	124	119	118	137	135	111	80
Total Liabilities	358	368	380	370	391	375	341	395	433	483	451	446
	209	195	191	178	167	172	162	153	152	164	150	164
CWIP	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	0	4	0
Investments	18	18	20	33	48	30	58	71	72	100	133	121
	131	155	169	159	174	172	121	170	200	219	162	160
Total Assets	358	368	380	370	391	375	341	395	433	483	451	446

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
	-13	25	25	37	26	27	82	-3	45	16	52	-14
	1	4	-10	0	-11	3	-29	-13	-19	-36	-28	-2
	18	-22	-28	-36	-10	-30	-1	-11	-15	-12	-4	-5
Net Cash Flow	6	8	-14	1	5	0	52	-27	11	-32	21	-21
Free Cash Flow	-13	25	13	36	22	10	77	-7	24	-2	47	-38
CFO/OP	-124%	143%	74%	141%	133%	110%	263%	8%	88%	51%	472%	82%

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	9	14	16	23	19	28	18	21	17	16	20	21
Inventory Days	139	236	235	224	216	181	101	165	117	180	161	231
Days Payable	45	60	88	133	127	111	95	99	73	93	110	83
Cash Conversion Cycle	103	189	162	114	108	99	24	88	61	103	71	169
Working Capital Days	20	8	0	-17	-10	-1	2	16	24	30	36	206
ROCE %	1%	3%	9%	7%	10%	8%	10%	17%	18%	14%	3%	-6%

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Cane Crushed
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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
	73.53%	73.53%	73.53%	73.53%	73.53%	73.53%	73.53%	73.53%	73.53%	73.53%	73.53%	73.53%
	0.67%	0.65%	0.66%	0.66%	0.65%	0.62%	0.60%	0.56%	0.59%	0.22%	0.17%	0.16%
	0.83%	0.83%	0.83%	0.67%	0.66%	0.66%	0.66%	0.66%	0.63%	0.63%	0.62%	0.49%
	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
	24.96%	24.98%	24.97%	25.12%	25.14%	25.18%	25.20%	25.24%	25.23%	25.61%	25.67%	25.80%
No. of Shareholders	46,011	63,347	62,935	70,586	71,762	71,762	71,723	71,377	69,872	68,598	66,540	64,568

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	73.48%	73.48%	73.48%	73.48%	73.53%	73.53%	73.53%	73.53%	73.53%	73.53%
	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.69%	0.66%	0.56%	0.16%
	2.72%	2.72%	2.72%	2.72%	2.72%	2.15%	0.83%	0.67%	0.66%	0.49%
	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
	23.78%	23.79%	23.78%	23.78%	23.74%	24.31%	24.94%	25.12%	25.24%	25.80%
No. of Shareholders	24,981	24,082	23,358	23,506	22,820	36,095	46,627	70,586	71,377	64,568

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