Archean Chemical Industries Ltd

Archean Chemical Summary Chart Analysis Peers Quarters Profit & Loss Balance Sheet Cash Flow Ratios Investors Documents

Archean Chemical Industries Ltd

₹ 620 -1.08%
17 May 12:42 p.m.
archeanchemicals.com BSE: 543657 NSE: ACI
About

Archean Chemical Industries Limited is India's largest exporter of bromine and industrial salt in Fiscal 2021. The company is the leading specialty marine chemical manufacturer in India and is focused on producing and exporting bromine, industrial salt, and sulphate of potash to customers around the world.[1]

Key Points

Business Area[1] Archean is a leading specialty marine chemical manufacturer in India focused on producing and exporting bromine, industrial salt, and sulphate of potash across the world. Archean is the largest exporter of bromine and industrial salt in India and has amongst the lowest cost of production globally in both bromine and industrial salt.

Website BSE NSE
  • Market Cap ₹ 7,653 Cr.
  • Current Price ₹ 620
  • High / Low ₹ 838 / 494
  • Stock P/E 23.7
  • Book Value ₹ 138
  • Dividend Yield 0.40 %
  • ROCE 27.2 %
  • ROE 20.5 %
  • Face Value ₹ 2.00
Edit ratios

Pros

  • Company has reduced debt.
  • Company is almost debt free.
  • Company has delivered good profit growth of 45.0% CAGR over last 5 years
  • Company has a good return on equity (ROE) track record: 3 Years ROE 34.4%

Cons

  • Working capital days have increased from 83.5 days to 149 days

* The pros and cons are machine generated. Pros / cons are based on a checklist to highlight important points. Please exercise caution and do your own analysis.

Peer comparison

Sector: Chemicals Industry: Chemicals

Edit Columns
Loading peers table ...

Quarterly Results

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

Sep 2021 Dec 2021 Mar 2022 Jun 2022 Sep 2022 Dec 2022 Mar 2023 Jun 2023 Sep 2023 Dec 2023 Mar 2024
250 307 373 400 293 365 382 343 290 413 283
146 190 212 239 175 205 188 208 195 267 195
Operating Profit 104 117 160 161 119 160 194 135 96 146 88
OPM % 42% 38% 43% 40% 40% 44% 51% 39% 33% 35% 31%
8 6 4 9 19 8 9 11 12 10 14
Interest 42 41 39 39 35 19 3 3 2 2 2
Depreciation 17 17 17 18 17 17 17 17 17 18 17
Profit before tax 53 66 107 113 86 131 182 125 88 136 82
Tax % 26% 26% 24% 25% 26% 25% 25% 25% 24% 25% 28%
39 49 82 85 64 98 137 94 66 102 60
EPS in Rs 20.44 5.09 8.50 8.79 6.63 7.99 11.12 7.65 5.39 8.28 4.83
Raw PDF

Profit & Loss

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024
439 566 608 741 1,130 1,441 1,330
356 497 460 478 663 807 865
Operating Profit 83 69 148 262 467 634 464
OPM % 19% 12% 24% 35% 41% 44% 35%
6 121 8 14 13 44 47
Interest 102 114 122 130 162 97 10
Depreciation 73 47 52 55 67 69 70
Profit before tax -85 29 -17 90 251 513 431
Tax % 7% -41% -105% 26% 25% 25% 25%
-79 41 -36 67 189 384 322
EPS in Rs -79.16 21.31 -18.50 34.56 19.58 31.18 26.12
Dividend Payout % 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 8% 8%
Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years: %
5 Years: 19%
3 Years: 22%
TTM: -8%
Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years: %
5 Years: 45%
3 Years: 70%
TTM: -15%
Stock Price CAGR
10 Years: %
5 Years: %
3 Years: %
1 Year: 17%
Return on Equity
10 Years: %
5 Years: 35%
3 Years: 34%
Last Year: 21%

Balance Sheet

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024
Equity Capital 10 19 19 19 19 25 25
Reserves -38 24 -12 55 243 1,408 1,682
968 754 854 904 897 69 39
316 439 568 457 372 254 246
Total Liabilities 1,256 1,237 1,430 1,434 1,532 1,756 1,991
940 914 882 1,042 1,086 1,097 1,086
CWIP 0 9 193 19 17 33 21
Investments 0 0 47 41 16 215 347
316 314 308 332 412 410 537
Total Assets 1,256 1,237 1,430 1,434 1,532 1,756 1,991

Cash Flows

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024
39 312 148 119 327 498 389
0 -25 -197 -2 -128 -288 -260
-87 -252 26 -110 -224 -212 -91
Net Cash Flow -48 35 -23 7 -24 -2 39

Ratios

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024
Debtor Days 22 43 27 34 49 30 43
Inventory Days 830 238 999 532
Days Payable 1,035 398 1,689 415
Cash Conversion Cycle -183 -116 -663 34 49 30 160
Working Capital Days -70 9 -34 31 52 50 149
ROCE % 3% 13% 24% 39% 46%

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

Dec 2022Mar 2023Jun 2023Sep 2023Dec 2023Mar 2024
53.60% 53.60% 53.60% 53.60% 53.46% 53.46%
6.03% 5.47% 4.06% 2.92% 4.15% 5.86%
29.80% 30.25% 30.78% 30.38% 28.69% 27.13%
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.01%
10.56% 10.67% 11.55% 13.08% 13.71% 13.54%
No. of Shareholders 49,60648,50762,54873,82192,5711,06,788

* The classifications might have changed from Sep'2022 onwards. The new XBRL format added more details from Sep'22 onwards.

Classifications such as banks and foreign portfolio investors were not available earlier. The sudden changes in FII or DII can be because of these changes.

Click on the line-items to see the names of individual entities.

Documents

Announcements

Annual reports

DRHP

Credit ratings

Concalls