Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd

₹ 581 1.16%

08 Jul 11:54 a.m.

About

Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd is a multi-product chemical manufacturing company and is one of the leading manufacturers of Caustic Soda Lye.^[1] Its manufacturing facilities are located at Dahej and Vadodara in Gujarat.^[2]

Key Points

Product Offerings
The company has over 36 products in its portfolio, including Caustic Soda lye, flakes, and prills, Chloromethanes, Liquid Chlorine, Hydrochloric Acid, Hydrogen Peroxide, Anhydrous Aluminum Chloride, Caustic Potash lye and flakes, Potassium Carbonate granules and powder, Aluminium Chloride, Phosphoric Acid, etc. These products are utilized across industries such as textiles, pulp and paper, alumina, soaps& detergents, and water treatment, etc. ^[1]

Website BSE NSE

Market Cap ₹ 4,266 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 581
High / Low ₹ 900 / 484
Stock P/E
Book Value ₹ 772
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE -0.32 %
ROE -1.11 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Stock is trading at 0.74 times its book value

Cons

Company has low interest coverage ratio.
The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 8.37% over past five years.
Company has a low return on equity of 0.60% over last 3 years.

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Quarterly Results

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2022	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025
	1,141.48	1,128.33	1,127.26	1,122.79	1,138.12	912.81	971.30	920.90	1,001.62	977.30	990.73	1,029.41	1,075.47
	792.10	777.77	968.61	885.22	936.39	881.80	954.80	940.88	997.72	923.37	944.59	951.19	974.28
Operating Profit	349.38	350.56	158.65	237.57	201.73	31.01	16.50	-19.98	3.90	53.93	46.14	78.22	101.19
OPM %	30.61%	31.07%	14.07%	21.16%	17.72%	3.40%	1.70%	-2.17%	0.39%	5.52%	4.66%	7.60%	9.41%
	6.99	5.89	21.94	6.19	8.13	11.80	71.03	4.70	2.54	3.30	49.25	15.16	24.43
Interest	1.19	1.58	2.60	7.56	7.72	10.50	10.78	11.21	12.08	10.85	11.06	10.44	18.19
Depreciation	52.25	49.81	59.57	79.18	87.53	89.47	95.20	96.02	96.72	96.66	100.13	98.27	97.24
Profit before tax	302.93	305.06	118.42	157.02	114.61	-57.16	-18.45	-122.51	-102.36	-50.28	-15.80	-15.33	10.19
Tax %	27.15%	37.43%	48.88%	44.48%	38.02%	0.00%	-0.43%	-6.03%	-54.87%	-11.44%	15.06%	-26.74%	13.44%
	220.68	190.87	60.54	87.17	71.04	-57.16	-18.37	-115.12	-46.19	-44.53	-18.18	-11.23	8.82
EPS in Rs	30.05	25.99	8.24	11.87	9.67	-7.78	-2.50	-15.68	-6.29	-6.06	-2.48	-1.53	1.20
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Profit & Loss

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
	1,995	2,070	2,455	3,161	2,725	2,429	3,759	4,516	3,807	4,073
	1,660	1,622	1,669	2,046	2,148	2,072	2,774	3,568	3,775	3,793
Operating Profit	335	448	786	1,115	577	357	984	949	32	279
OPM %	17%	22%	32%	35%	21%	15%	26%	21%	1%	7%
	45	56	106	62	90	67	46	42	90	92
Interest	10	13	15	21	14	15	6	19	45	51
Depreciation	107	111	127	140	162	174	198	276	377	392
Profit before tax	262	381	749	1,016	491	235	826	695	-300	-71
Tax %	16%	19%	29%	32%	32%	29%	32%	41%	-21%	-9%
	220	307	534	690	332	166	560	410	-237	-65
EPS in Rs	29.90	41.85	72.78	93.98	45.22	22.57	76.22	55.78	-32.25	-8.87
Dividend Payout %	15%	12%	9%	9%	18%	35%	13%	42%	-43%	-178%

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

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	%
5 Years:	%
3 Years:	%
TTM:	73%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	13%
5 Years:	10%
3 Years:	-7%
1 Year:	-27%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	%
5 Years:	3%
3 Years:	1%
Last Year:	-1%

Balance Sheet

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
Equity Capital	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73
Reserves	2,854	3,282	3,748	4,222	4,522	5,301	5,826	6,066	6,002	5,596
	295	353	291	247	205	498	594	597	544	561
	671	726	859	988	1,090	1,282	1,484	1,599	1,404	1,756
Total Liabilities	3,894	4,435	4,970	5,531	5,891	7,154	7,977	8,335	8,023	7,987
	1,821	2,073	2,104	2,300	2,610	2,587	2,702	4,250	4,617	4,584
CWIP	83	151	252	307	445	1,109	1,787	544	95	79
Investments	854	1,016	1,145	1,065	1,242	2,092	2,110	1,831	2,093	1,976
	1,136	1,196	1,469	1,858	1,594	1,366	1,379	1,710	1,218	1,348
Total Assets	3,894	4,435	4,970	5,531	5,891	7,154	7,977	8,335	8,023	7,987

Cash Flows

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
	201	502	514	838	630	421	735	960	67	381
	-352	-467	-395	-581	-634	-334	-804	-662	-90	-264
	84	13	-116	-136	-146	226	12	-140	-277	-145
Net Cash Flow	-67	49	3	122	-150	313	-58	158	-301	-28

Ratios

Consolidated Figures in Rs. Crores / View Standalone

	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
Debtor Days	60	58	60	56	50	43	29	23	17	24
Inventory Days	99	94	147	99	92	88	101	111	93	110
Days Payable	99	125	154	134	126	111	101	119	86	115
Cash Conversion Cycle	60	27	53	22	17	21	29	15	25	19
Working Capital Days	90	83	99	96	107	20	8	16	18	21
ROCE %		11%	18%	24%	11%	5%	13%	11%	-4%	-0%

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
	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%
	2.05%	1.98%	2.07%	2.07%	1.98%	1.88%	2.07%	2.10%	1.92%	1.94%	1.79%	1.71%
	1.63%	1.47%	1.45%	1.51%	1.51%	1.96%	2.17%	3.13%	3.46%	3.76%	4.14%	4.17%
	50.04%	50.27%	50.19%	50.13%	50.22%	49.88%	49.49%	48.48%	48.34%	48.01%	47.79%	47.84%
No. of Shareholders	87,428	87,083	85,354	84,097	85,393	88,020	86,698	82,719	79,560	78,681	75,697	74,643

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%
	4.08%	4.04%	2.61%	2.02%	1.36%	1.82%	2.07%	2.10%	1.71%
	4.05%	5.75%	6.83%	6.97%	4.01%	1.68%	1.51%	3.13%	4.17%
	0.00%	0.25%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	45.59%	43.68%	44.28%	44.73%	48.35%	50.22%	50.13%	48.48%	47.84%
No. of Shareholders	57,142	50,385	57,005	57,582	64,304	77,773	84,097	82,719	74,643

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