Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd

₹ 232 3.10%

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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 ₹ 977 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 232
High / Low ₹ 268 / 151
Stock P/E 4.44
Book Value ₹ 422
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE 8.50 %
ROE 3.44 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Company has reduced debt.
Stock is trading at 0.55 times its book value
Company has delivered good profit growth of 18.4% CAGR over last 5 years

Cons

Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
Company has a low return on equity of 10.9% over last 3 years.
Earnings include an other income of Rs.274 Cr.

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Sector: Fertilizers Industry: Fertilizers

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Quarterly Results

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Dec 2021	Mar 2022	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024
	950	893	1,296	502	1,416	1,339	1,205	1,649	843	898	1,097	1,123	1,264
	876	871	1,210	522	1,282	1,208	1,116	1,510	768	879	978	1,022	1,148
Operating Profit	74	22	86	-20	134	131	90	139	75	19	118	101	117
OPM %	8%	2%	7%	-4%	9%	10%	7%	8%	9%	2%	11%	9%	9%
	44	48	1,168	19	63	-629	15	45	43	131	12	81	51
Interest	40	45	45	51	56	54	57	55	49	51	48	44	40
Depreciation	18	16	18	17	22	21	23	23	24	25	25	25	26
Profit before tax	60	8	1,191	-70	119	-573	25	106	45	74	56	113	101
Tax %	27%	14%	23%	-27%	13%	-25%	106%	37%	37%	-4%	48%	18%	20%
	44	7	913	-51	104	-427	-2	67	29	77	29	93	81
EPS in Rs	7.05	1.35	214.51	-8.65	16.46	-108.99	-5.77	8.44	3.19	17.87	2.18	19.31	12.97
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Profit & Loss

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2013	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	TTM
	7,865	7,302	7,613	7,611	6,377	7,265	8,103	3,042	2,404	3,590	4,553	4,595	4,382
	7,524	7,092	7,313	7,334	5,905	6,722	7,783	3,382	2,369	3,351	4,215	4,233	4,027
Operating Profit	342	210	300	277	472	542	320	-340	35	239	338	362	354
OPM %	4%	3%	4%	4%	7%	7%	4%	-11%	1%	7%	7%	8%	8%
	95	138	71	50	23	113	-11	124	146	220	616	195	274
Interest	303	380	318	419	440	404	488	278	200	173	207	211	183
Depreciation	38	34	30	66	77	83	87	68	68	67	79	95	101
Profit before tax	95	-66	23	-157	-22	169	-266	-562	-88	218	668	251	345
Tax %	22%	-14%	29%	-22%	-40%	14%	3%	37%	44%	22%	19%	32%
	74	-57	14	-123	-13	146	-273	-773	-126	171	539	171	281
EPS in Rs	15.29	-10.52	2.13	-27.40	-5.22	27.91	-68.57	-190.74	-37.35	31.01	113.33	23.74	52.33
Dividend Payout %	20%	-29%	94%	-7%	-19%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	-5%
5 Years:	-11%
3 Years:	24%
TTM:	-13%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	10%
5 Years:	18%
3 Years:	35%
TTM:	-29%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	0%
5 Years:	21%
3 Years:	4%
1 Year:	21%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	-7%
5 Years:	-15%
3 Years:	11%
Last Year:	3%

Balance Sheet

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2013	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Sep 2024
Equity Capital	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42
Reserves	1,027	975	965	1,305	1,325	1,423	1,110	299	154	325	1,539	1,652	1,734
	4,426	3,747	3,434	5,047	4,299	4,506	5,235	3,368	1,851	2,643	2,108	1,783	1,565
	1,001	1,284	1,678	1,617	1,914	2,279	2,886	2,845	3,297	3,201	1,361	1,334	1,454
Total Liabilities	6,496	6,048	6,118	8,011	7,580	8,250	9,273	6,554	5,344	6,211	5,050	4,811	4,795
	374	450	488	1,829	1,793	1,798	1,835	1,862	1,431	1,424	1,940	1,957	1,931
CWIP	134	282	424	102	143	147	154	168	78	320	19	23	16
Investments	1	206	209	774	878	911	815	855	952	1,126	1,242	1,270	1,336
	5,987	5,111	4,998	5,306	4,767	5,395	6,469	3,668	2,883	3,341	1,848	1,561	1,512
Total Assets	6,496	6,048	6,118	8,011	7,580	8,250	9,273	6,554	5,344	6,211	5,050	4,811	4,795

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
	919	839	-869	1,097	293	-355	2,635	1,521	571	95	473
	-149	-286	-489	-40	-63	-103	-16	-171	-137	426	3
	-952	-547	1,363	-1,003	-148	360	-2,404	-1,188	-296	-697	-527
Net Cash Flow	-182	6	5	54	82	-98	215	162	138	-176	-51

Ratios

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2013	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024
Debtor Days	201	188	159	197	198	170	176	266	69	64	63	48
Inventory Days	55	55	61	45	56	74	107	94	52	78	47	38
Days Payable	32	45	70	54	86	102	118	339	96	91	57	41
Cash Conversion Cycle	224	198	149	188	168	142	164	22	25	52	53	45
Working Capital Days	223	194	153	177	158	148	152	22	-113	-14	49	37
ROCE %	8%	5%	7%	5%	8%	10%	5%	-5%	3%	13%	10%	8%

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025
	65.28%	65.28%	65.28%	65.28%	65.28%	65.28%	65.28%	65.28%	65.28%	65.21%	65.21%	65.21%
	0.84%	1.43%	1.10%	1.13%	1.09%	1.02%	1.58%	1.27%	1.08%	1.18%	2.52%	1.33%
	1.43%	1.08%	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%
	0.28%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	32.17%	32.22%	32.62%	32.58%	32.62%	32.70%	32.13%	32.46%	33.55%	33.51%	32.18%	33.37%
No. of Shareholders	30,017	32,225	30,908	30,996	31,697	32,127	33,845	37,655	39,757	45,084	44,277	46,257

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

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Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd

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