Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd

₹ 258 -0.27%

30 Oct 1:00 p.m.

About

Incorporated in 1967, Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd manufactures, trades and markets chemical fertilizers and fertilizer
products^[1]

Key Points

Business Overview:^[1]^[2]
ZACL is the flagship company of Adventz Group. It is also the holding company for the other agri-business operations of the Adventz Group. Company is a single-window agricultural solution provider and manufacturer of high-quality complex fertilizers of various grades along with micro nutrients and speciality fertilizers. Company manufactures and markets Single Super Phosphate (SSP) through its brand Jai Kisaan

Website BSE NSE

Market Cap ₹ 1,086 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 258
High / Low ₹ 395 / 155
Stock P/E 4.26
Book Value ₹ 441
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE 12.7 %
ROE 9.06 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Company has reduced debt.
Stock is trading at 0.59 times its book value

Cons

The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 7.84% over past five years.
Company has a low return on equity of 7.78% over last 3 years.
Earnings include an other income of Rs.265 Cr.
Dividend payout has been low at 4.38% of profits over last 3 years
Company's cost of borrowing seems high

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Commodities Chemicals Fertilizers & Agrochemicals Fertilizers

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Quarterly Results

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025
	1,296	502	1,416	1,339	1,205	1,649	843	898	1,097	1,123	1,264	952	1,246
	1,210	522	1,282	1,208	1,116	1,510	768	879	978	1,022	1,148	920	1,105
Operating Profit	86	-20	134	131	90	139	75	19	118	101	117	32	141
OPM %	7%	-4%	9%	10%	7%	8%	9%	2%	11%	9%	9%	3%	11%
	1,168	19	63	-629	15	45	43	131	12	81	51	61	72
Interest	45	51	56	54	57	55	49	51	48	44	40	36	34
Depreciation	18	17	22	21	23	23	24	25	25	25	26	25	25
Profit before tax	1,191	-70	119	-573	25	106	45	74	56	113	101	32	154
Tax %	23%	-27%	13%	-25%	106%	37%	37%	-4%	48%	18%	20%	16%	17%
	913	-51	104	-427	-2	67	29	77	29	93	81	27	127
EPS in Rs	214.51	-8.65	16.46	-108.99	-5.77	8.44	3.19	17.87	2.18	19.31	12.97	4.72	23.54
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Profit & Loss

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	TTM
	7,302	7,613	7,611	6,377	7,265	8,103	3,042	2,404	3,590	4,553	4,595	4,436	4,585
	7,092	7,313	7,334	5,905	6,722	7,783	3,382	2,369	3,351	4,215	4,233	4,058	4,195
Operating Profit	210	300	277	472	542	320	-340	35	239	338	362	378	391
OPM %	3%	4%	4%	7%	7%	4%	-11%	1%	7%	7%	8%	9%	9%
	138	71	50	23	113	-11	124	146	220	616	195	195	265
Interest	380	318	419	440	404	488	278	200	173	207	211	168	154
Depreciation	34	30	66	77	83	87	68	68	67	79	95	102	101
Profit before tax	-66	23	-157	-22	169	-266	-562	-88	218	668	251	303	401
Tax %	-14%	29%	-22%	-40%	14%	3%	37%	44%	22%	19%	32%	24%
	-57	14	-123	-13	146	-273	-773	-126	171	539	171	231	329
EPS in Rs	-10.52	2.13	-27.40	-5.22	27.91	-68.57	-190.74	-37.35	31.01	113.33	23.74	39.18	60.54
Dividend Payout %	-29%	94%	-7%	-19%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	8%	5%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	-5%
5 Years:	8%
3 Years:	7%
TTM:	2%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	34%
5 Years:	17%
3 Years:	6%
TTM:	91%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	5%
5 Years:	27%
3 Years:	13%
1 Year:	33%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	-5%
5 Years:	6%
3 Years:	8%
Last Year:	9%

Balance Sheet

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
Equity Capital	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42
Reserves	975	965	1,305	1,325	1,423	1,110	299	154	325	1,539	1,652	1,814
	3,747	3,434	5,047	4,299	4,506	5,235	3,368	1,851	2,643	2,108	1,783	717
	1,284	1,678	1,617	1,914	2,279	2,886	2,845	3,297	3,201	1,361	1,334	2,453
Total Liabilities	6,048	6,118	8,011	7,580	8,250	9,273	6,554	5,344	6,211	5,050	4,811	5,026
	450	488	1,829	1,793	1,798	1,835	1,862	1,431	1,424	1,940	1,957	865
CWIP	282	424	102	143	147	154	168	78	320	19	23	7
Investments	206	209	774	878	911	815	855	952	1,126	1,242	1,270	1,425
	5,111	4,998	5,306	4,767	5,395	6,469	3,668	2,883	3,341	1,848	1,561	2,729
Total Assets	6,048	6,118	8,011	7,580	8,250	9,273	6,554	5,344	6,211	5,050	4,811	5,026

Cash Flows

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
	919	839	-869	1,097	293	-355	2,635	1,521	571	95	473	511
	-149	-286	-489	-40	-63	-103	-16	-171	-137	426	3	-122
	-952	-547	1,363	-1,003	-148	360	-2,404	-1,188	-296	-697	-527	-494
Net Cash Flow	-182	6	5	54	82	-98	215	162	138	-176	-51	-104

Ratios

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
Debtor Days	188	159	197	198	170	176	266	69	64	63	48	7
Inventory Days	55	61	45	56	74	107	94	52	78	47	38	23
Days Payable	45	70	54	86	102	118	339	96	91	57	41	21
Cash Conversion Cycle	198	149	188	168	142	164	22	25	52	53	45	9
Working Capital Days	15	1	-33	-50	-44	-31	-250	-304	-224	-68	-62	-165
ROCE %	5%	7%	5%	8%	10%	5%	-5%	3%	13%	10%	8%	13%

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

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	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025
	65.28%	65.28%	65.28%	65.28%	65.28%	65.28%	65.28%	65.21%	65.21%	65.21%	65.21%	65.21%
	1.10%	1.13%	1.09%	1.02%	1.58%	1.27%	1.08%	1.18%	2.52%	1.33%	2.67%	2.85%
	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%
	32.62%	32.58%	32.62%	32.70%	32.13%	32.46%	33.55%	33.51%	32.18%	33.37%	32.03%	31.85%
No. of Shareholders	30,908	30,996	31,697	32,127	33,845	37,655	39,757	45,084	44,277	46,257	44,892	47,405

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Sep 2025
	66.08%	66.08%	65.04%	65.04%	65.04%	65.04%	65.28%	65.28%	65.21%	65.21%
	0.41%	1.63%	2.21%	0.97%	0.90%	1.01%	1.13%	1.27%	1.33%	2.85%
	10.06%	9.29%	8.08%	5.16%	3.06%	1.42%	1.00%	1.00%	0.09%	0.09%
	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.21%	0.23%	0.28%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	23.46%	23.01%	24.66%	28.62%	30.76%	32.24%	32.58%	32.46%	33.37%	31.85%
No. of Shareholders	34,632	38,041	38,621	24,457	26,337	28,102	30,996	37,655	46,257	47,405

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Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd

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