Primo Chemicals Ltd

₹ 44.3 1.37%

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About

The Company was incorporated on 1st December 1975 and the name was changed to Punjab Alkalies & Chemicals Limited on 19th April 1983. The company’s main product is Caustic Soda Lye and it is the largest producer of Caustic Soda in the North India region. The by-products of the company are Hydrochloric Acid, Liquid Chlorine, Sodium Hypochlorite, and Hydrogen gas.^[1]

Key Points

Product Portfolio
Primo Chemicals Limited (formerly Punjab Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd.) has key products like Caustic Soda Lye, Hydrochloric Acid, Liquid Chlorine, Sodium Hypochlorite, Hydrogen Gas, Stable Bleaching Powder. Its new products include Caustic Soda Flakes and Aluminium Chloride. ^[1]

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Market Cap ₹ 1,074 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 44.3
High / Low ₹ 79.8 / 34.0
Stock P/E
Book Value ₹ 16.1
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE 43.9 %
ROE 39.4 %
Face Value ₹ 2.00

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Pros

Company has a good return on equity (ROE) track record: 3 Years ROE 32.6%

Cons

Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
Company has low interest coverage ratio.
Promoter holding is low: 31.4%
Earnings include an other income of Rs.21.4 Cr.
Promoter holding has decreased over last 3 years: -17.6%

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Peer comparison

Sector: Chemicals Industry: Chlor Alkali / Soda Ash

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Quarterly Results

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Dec 2020	Mar 2021	Jun 2021	Sep 2021	Dec 2021	Mar 2022	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023
	58	76	75	87	131	161	186	186	188	148	110	93	91
	56	93	60	127	74	107	121	133	141	119	103	98	89
Operating Profit	2	-18	15	-40	57	54	65	53	46	29	7	-4	3
OPM %	3%	-24%	20%	-46%	43%	34%	35%	28%	25%	19%	6%	-5%	3%
	7	40	3	2	5	5	5	9	5	7	5	5	4
Interest	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	3	3	4	5
Depreciation	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	7	8	9	9	10
Profit before tax	4	16	12	-43	54	53	64	56	42	25	1	-13	-9
Tax %	7%	72%	24%	14%	21%	21%	27%	27%	30%	30%	584%	-5%	-74%
	4	5	9	-37	43	42	47	41	29	17	-4	-14	-15
EPS in Rs	0.26	0.29	0.40	-1.54	1.77	1.74	1.93	1.67	1.20	0.72	-0.15	-0.56	-0.63
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Profit & Loss

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2012	Mar 2013	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	TTM
	232	281	259	260	236	262	327	369	284	223	449	701	442
	205	260	260	267	243	277	298	290	268	235	362	508	408
Operating Profit	27	20	-1	-7	-8	-15	29	78	16	-12	87	192	34
OPM %	12%	7%	-1%	-3%	-3%	-6%	9%	21%	6%	-6%	19%	27%	8%
	3	4	3	2	5	3	-4	5	20	55	15	26	21
Interest	11	8	1	1	5	4	20	8	5	5	9	8	16
Depreciation	13	13	10	8	7	8	9	16	13	17	17	24	36
Profit before tax	7	4	-10	-13	-14	-24	-5	59	18	20	76	186	4
Tax %	33%	31%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	5%	52%	59%	25%	28%
	4	3	-10	-13	-14	-24	-5	56	9	8	57	134	-15
EPS in Rs	0.43	0.27	-0.93	-1.26	-1.39	-1.79	-0.36	4.12	0.65	0.53	2.34	5.53	-0.62
Dividend Payout %	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	10%
5 Years:	16%
3 Years:	35%
TTM:	-39%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	48%
5 Years:	88%
3 Years:	228%
TTM:	-110%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	28%
5 Years:	25%
3 Years:	37%
1 Year:	-41%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	19%
5 Years:	35%
3 Years:	33%
Last Year:	39%

Balance Sheet

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2012	Mar 2013	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Sep 2023
Equity Capital	20	20	20	20	20	27	27	27	27	31	48	48	48
Reserves	84	83	67	51	33	12	9	38	43	66	225	358	341
	78	50	51	51	44	28	27	28	29	1	61	145	160
	43	56	57	58	95	123	147	133	129	148	141	174	155
Total Liabilities	225	209	196	180	193	190	211	226	228	246	476	726	705
	152	142	130	122	114	111	106	89	168	156	155	278	319
CWIP	1	2	1	1	2	5	5	16	15	35	177	213	201
Investments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	53	53
	73	65	66	57	77	74	100	121	46	55	114	181	132
Total Assets	225	209	196	180	193	190	211	226	228	246	476	726	705

Cash Flows

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2012	Mar 2013	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023
	26	46	8	2	23	9	43	54	27	53	70	150
	-2	-7	-7	-1	-3	-11	-3	-36	-82	-24	-191	-233
	-21	-37	1	-2	-6	-0	-4	-3	-3	-34	137	81
Net Cash Flow	3	2	2	-1	13	-2	36	16	-58	-5	16	-3

Ratios

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2012	Mar 2013	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023
Debtor Days	47	19	15	9	8	6	5	6	7	27	26	27
Inventory Days	78	93	84	62	92	69	68	51	59	52	84	47
Days Payable	143	147	177	200	246	220	160	186	233	231	216	179
Cash Conversion Cycle	-18	-35	-78	-129	-146	-145	-86	-130	-167	-152	-106	-106
Working Capital Days	22	-7	-24	-88	-77	-112	-125	-91	-157	-160	-40	-20
ROCE %	9%	7%	-6%	-9%	-9%	-25%	40%	85%	14%	25%	39%	44%

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

3 Recently

	Jun 2021	Sep 2021	Dec 2021	Mar 2022	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024
	34.56%	31.35%	31.35%	31.35%	31.35%	31.36%	31.36%	31.36%	31.36%	31.36%	31.36%	31.35%
	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	2.11%	1.78%	0.73%
	0.06%	0.05%	0.05%	0.31%	0.05%	0.04%	1.92%	1.92%	1.92%	1.92%	1.92%	1.92%
	65.38%	68.60%	68.60%	68.34%	68.60%	68.60%	66.72%	66.73%	66.72%	64.62%	64.96%	65.99%
No. of Shareholders	20,756	20,609	21,334	24,650	25,818	28,443	33,800	33,421	33,556	40,947	42,403	45,398

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024
	33.49%	33.49%	33.49%	33.49%	48.91%	31.35%	31.36%	31.35%
	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.01%	0.73%
	24.43%	2.33%	0.09%	0.09%	0.08%	0.31%	1.92%	1.92%
	42.08%	64.18%	66.42%	66.42%	51.01%	68.34%	66.73%	65.99%
No. of Shareholders	23,361	22,461	21,028	20,552	20,448	24,650	33,421	45,398

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