Lotus Chocolate Company Ltd

₹ 575 1.10%

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lotuschocolate.com BSE: 523475 NSE: LOTUSCHO

About

Incorporated in 1989, Lotus Chocolates
Ltd manufactures Chocolates, Cocoa
Products and other similar products^[1]

Key Points

Business Overview:^[1]
LCL is in the business of sourcing and processing cocoa beans to manufacture chocolates, cocoa products and cocoa derivatives. Its products are supplied all over the world to chocolate makers and chocolate users, from local bakeries to multi - national companies, etc.

Website BSE NSE

Market Cap ₹ 738 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 575
High / Low ₹ 1,281 / 540
Stock P/E
Book Value ₹ 46.5
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE 9.71 %
ROE 0.17 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Company has reduced debt.
Company's working capital requirements have reduced from 24.2 days to 12.5 days

Cons

Stock is trading at 12.4 times its book value
Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
Company has low interest coverage ratio.
Earnings include an other income of Rs.52.1 Cr.
Debtor days have increased from 79.6 to 105 days.

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Quarterly Results

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	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
	24.74	48.08	51.90	65.82	141.31	128.29	146.69	157.45	158.71	160.44	133.63	126.78	91.95
	25.19	48.01	51.06	64.04	130.16	119.79	140.83	151.79	153.76	156.89	144.53	139.03	108.42
Operating Profit	-0.45	0.07	0.84	1.78	11.15	8.50	5.86	5.66	4.95	3.55	-10.90	-12.25	-16.47
OPM %	-1.82%	0.15%	1.62%	2.70%	7.89%	6.63%	3.99%	3.59%	3.12%	2.21%	-8.16%	-9.66%	-17.91%
	0.14	0.34	0.39	0.21	0.12	0.18	0.44	0.07	3.61	4.63	16.57	11.24	19.66
Interest	0.08	0.06	0.44	0.22	0.62	1.37	2.13	3.00	4.08	4.46	4.19	3.58	2.19
Depreciation	0.10	0.30	0.26	0.28	0.25	0.28	0.47	0.81	0.51	1.35	0.95	1.11	0.97
Profit before tax	-0.49	0.05	0.53	1.49	10.40	7.03	3.70	1.92	3.97	2.37	0.53	-5.70	0.03
Tax %	-61.22%	-80.00%	-15.09%	-168.46%	34.13%	25.46%	-0.54%	26.56%	24.94%	39.24%	73.58%	-21.58%	33.33%
	-0.18	0.09	0.60	4.00	6.86	5.24	3.72	1.42	2.99	1.44	0.14	-4.47	0.02
EPS in Rs	-0.14	0.07	0.47	3.12	5.34	4.08	2.90	1.11	2.33	1.12	0.11	-3.48	0.02
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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	TTM
	61	65	66	57	66	70	48	87	63	200	574	580	513
	60	63	65	54	64	68	45	81	68	197	543	594	549
Operating Profit	1	3	1	3	2	2	2	6	-6	3	31	-15	-36
OPM %	1.5%	4.2%	2.1%	4.7%	3.0%	2.2%	5.0%	7%	-9%	1.5%	5%	-2.5%	-7%
	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	1	1	36	52
Interest	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	16	14
Depreciation	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	4	4
Profit before tax	1	1	-0	1	1	1	2	6	-7	2	23	1	-3
Tax %	0%	0%	0%	26%	-10%	-14%	-5%	0%	0%	-126%	25%	91%
	1	1	-0	1	1	1	2	6	-7	5	17	0	-3
EPS in Rs	0.55	0.98	-0.36	0.72	1.04	0.69	1.38	4.68	-5.42	3.94	13.42	0.08	-2.23
Dividend Payout %	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	24%
5 Years:	65%
3 Years:	110%
TTM:	-13%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	-23%
5 Years:	-44%
3 Years:	26%
TTM:	-121%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	29%
5 Years:	76%
3 Years:	24%
1 Year:	-49%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	%
5 Years:	%
3 Years:	17%
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	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Reserves	-24	-23	-24	-22	-21	-20	-18	-12	-19	30	47	47
	26	37	31	24	23	22	24	21	13	5	148	93
	8	8	6	8	6	7	4	6	9	25	62	124
Total Liabilities	23	34	26	22	21	21	22	27	15	73	270	276
	6	6	6	3	3	2	1	2	2	16	25	31
CWIP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3
Investments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	17	28	20	19	18	19	21	26	13	57	242	242
Total Assets	23	34	26	22	21	21	22	27	15	73	270	276

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
	2	-10	1	1	1	3	1	6	3	-21	-130	93
	-1	-1	-1	1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-17	-13	-6
	-2	11	-1	-2	-2	-2	-1	-6	-2	43	137	-75
Net Cash Flow	0	0	-1	0	-1	1	-1	-1	0	5	-6	12
Free Cash Flow	2	-11	0	1	1	3	1	5	2	-38	-143	87
CFO/OP	261%	-363%	71%	60%	61%	176%	31%	89%	-50%	-674%	-409%	-669%

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	48	50	35	46	36	33	63	34	26	49	85	105
Inventory Days	50	127	76	75	69	56	87	68	46	24	61	32
Days Payable	50	38	25	48	38	38	34	29	47	34	38	62
Cash Conversion Cycle	49	139	87	73	67	52	117	73	25	39	107	75
Working Capital Days	43	44	40	58	55	46	75	45	17	37	23	12
ROCE %	6%	11%	3%	11%	9%	7%	12%	32%	-41%	11%	24%	10%

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B2B Sales Volume
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B2C Share of Total Volume
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Choco Chips Sales Volume
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Cocoa Butter Sales Volume
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Cocoa Mass Sales Volume
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Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
	72.07%	72.07%	72.07%	72.07%	72.07%	72.07%	72.07%	72.07%	72.07%	72.07%	72.07%	72.07%
	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.09%	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.04%	0.04%
	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
	27.91%	27.90%	27.91%	27.90%	27.82%	27.84%	27.82%	27.83%	27.90%	27.89%	27.88%	27.88%
No. of Shareholders	12,929	12,552	12,538	12,965	23,161	24,025	24,187	22,891	22,728	22,686	22,403	22,230

	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
	72.07%	72.07%	72.07%	72.07%	72.07%	72.07%	72.07%	72.07%	72.07%	72.07%	72.07%	72.07%
	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.00%	0.01%	0.01%	0.08%	0.01%	0.01%
	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.02%	0.04%	0.04%
	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
	27.90%	27.90%	27.91%	27.90%	27.91%	27.92%	27.92%	27.92%	27.91%	27.82%	27.88%	27.88%
No. of Shareholders	10,231	10,247	9,983	9,950	9,851	9,829	10,846	15,126	12,538	24,187	22,403	22,230

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