Atul Ltd

₹ 6,414 2.92%

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About

Atul Ltd. is a diversified and integrated Indian chemical company (a part of Lalbhai Group, Gujarat). The products of the company are used in various Industries and come mainly under two segments, Life Science Chemicals and Performance and Other Chemicals under 9 Businesses. ^[1]

Since its incorporation, the company has manufactured many products for the first time in India Dyes including Vat Dyes, crop care chemicals, Phosgene, Carbamite, 2,4-D Acid, para Cresol, tissue culture raised date palms. ^[2]

Key Points

History
The company is a part of Lalbhai Group, one of the oldest business houses in India and the first company in India inaugurated by the first Prime Minister. It was originally promoted by Padma Bhushan late Kasturbhai Lalbhai in 1947 as Atul Products Ltd and was later renamed Atul Ltd in 1996. It has followed the B2B model since inception, it has now also ventured into B2C products. ^[1] ^[2]

Website BSE NSE

Market Cap ₹ 18,885 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 6,414
High / Low ₹ 8,180 / 4,752
Stock P/E 41.4
Book Value ₹ 1,881
Dividend Yield 0.31 %
ROCE 11.8 %
ROE 8.59 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Company has reduced debt.
Company is almost debt free.

Cons

Stock is trading at 3.41 times its book value
The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 5.38% over past five years.
Company has a low return on equity of 9.59% over last 3 years.

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Peer comparison

Sector: Chemicals Industry: Chemicals

Part of BSE 500 BSE Allcap Nifty Total Market BSE Commodities BSE SmallCap Select Index BSE 250 SmallCap Index BSE 400 MidSmallCap Index Nifty MidSmallcap 400 Nifty Smallcap 250 Nifty 500 Multicap 50:25:25 Nifty 500 Nifty Smallcap 100 Nifty500 Multicap India Manufacturing 50:30:20 BSE SmallCap

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Quarterly Results

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	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
	1,399	1,426	1,356	1,194	1,086	1,030	1,110	1,106	1,112	1,208	1,279	1,274	1,315
	1,190	1,219	1,167	1,015	965	883	970	957	985	1,022	1,085	1,111	1,147
Operating Profit	209	206	189	180	121	147	139	149	126	185	194	163	168
OPM %	15%	14%	14%	15%	11%	14%	13%	13%	11%	15%	15%	13%	13%
	23	47	72	45	36	27	42	44	21	14	39	25	55
Interest	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	4	0	2
Depreciation	37	40	40	41	42	43	44	47	50	51	52	55	55
Profit before tax	194	213	220	183	115	131	137	146	96	148	178	132	165
Tax %	23%	25%	23%	25%	23%	26%	25%	25%	22%	26%	28%	30%	24%
	149	159	168	137	88	97	103	110	75	109	129	93	126
EPS in Rs	50.19	53.72	57.02	46.37	29.97	32.72	35.01	37.19	25.44	37.08	43.73	31.47	42.69
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Profit & Loss

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
	2,343	2,535	2,454	2,695	3,107	3,916	3,906	3,512	4,993	5,062	4,358	5,075
	2,000	2,159	2,012	2,224	2,635	3,178	3,061	2,665	4,128	4,334	3,794	4,365
Operating Profit	343	376	443	470	473	738	845	847	865	728	564	710
OPM %	15%	15%	18%	17%	15%	19%	22%	24%	17%	14%	13%	14%
	40	15	45	42	38	30	77	103	88	167	132	133
Interest	31	24	26	21	9	4	2	2	3	2	2	6
Depreciation	54	55	62	91	105	112	117	120	146	163	184	213
Profit before tax	297	312	400	401	397	652	803	828	804	730	510	623
Tax %	28%	30%	31%	29%	32%	34%	20%	24%	24%	24%	25%	27%
	213	217	274	285	270	429	640	631	608	552	385	456
EPS in Rs	71.74	73.30	92.53	96.18	91.16	144.51	215.82	213.23	205.34	187.08	130.62	154.98
Dividend Payout %	10%	12%	11%	10%	13%	10%	13%	9%	12%	17%	15%	16%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	7%
5 Years:	5%
3 Years:	1%
TTM:	16%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	8%
5 Years:	-6%
3 Years:	-8%
TTM:	22%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	18%
5 Years:	6%
3 Years:	-11%
1 Year:	8%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	14%
5 Years:	12%
3 Years:	10%
Last Year:	9%

Balance Sheet

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	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	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29
Reserves	912	986	1,562	1,891	2,168	2,620	3,041	3,682	4,287	4,560	5,060	5,509
	351	281	302	155	0	0	0	0	73	5	11	8
	483	465	487	544	722	696	779	876	961	836	905	1,005
Total Liabilities	1,776	1,762	2,381	2,620	2,919	3,346	3,849	4,587	5,351	5,431	6,005	6,551
	520	474	713	931	922	921	907	1,059	1,276	1,349	1,657	1,742
CWIP	53	104	170	37	70	70	235	239	173	356	217	91
Investments	136	149	449	532	595	926	1,330	1,551	1,551	1,128	2,460	2,829
	1,067	1,035	1,050	1,120	1,333	1,428	1,377	1,739	2,350	2,598	1,671	1,889
Total Assets	1,776	1,762	2,381	2,620	2,919	3,346	3,849	4,587	5,351	5,431	6,005	6,551

Cash Flows

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024
	141	317	375	370	325	397	852	677	217	732	624
	-80	-196	-342	-160	-87	-358	-709	-603	-225	-498	-483
	-60	-123	-34	-208	-224	-44	-154	-64	11	-252	-133
Net Cash Flow	1	-3	-1	2	15	-5	-10	10	3	-18	8

Ratios

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	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	70	63	62	69	84	71	67	74	77	64	71	74
Inventory Days	111	98	111	99	82	76	83	116	98	88	87	91
Days Payable	94	74	88	88	101	74	93	128	86	72	86	85
Cash Conversion Cycle	86	88	86	79	65	73	57	62	89	80	71	80
Working Capital Days	77	69	79	82	82	77	58	61	80	82	71	128
ROCE %	27%	26%	27%	21%	19%	27%	28%	24%	19%	17%	10%	12%

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
	45.05%	45.06%	45.06%	45.05%	45.05%	45.05%	45.06%	45.17%	45.17%	45.17%	45.18%	45.18%
	8.82%	9.20%	8.92%	8.15%	7.61%	7.71%	8.06%	8.47%	8.63%	9.66%	11.22%	9.79%
	23.37%	23.41%	24.21%	25.23%	26.16%	26.50%	26.08%	25.67%	25.81%	24.54%	22.78%	23.62%
	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.01%
	22.76%	22.32%	21.78%	21.56%	21.17%	20.73%	20.79%	20.69%	20.39%	20.63%	20.82%	21.40%
No. of Shareholders	69,679	70,248	66,455	67,542	68,751	66,776	65,757	66,589	67,753	60,354	59,110	59,642

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
	44.47%	44.64%	44.70%	44.80%	44.93%	44.94%	45.05%	45.17%	45.18%
	6.12%	4.91%	6.61%	6.89%	9.48%	9.22%	8.15%	8.47%	9.79%
	20.52%	23.44%	22.72%	24.49%	23.11%	23.43%	25.23%	25.67%	23.62%
	0.00%	0.62%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.01%
	28.89%	26.39%	25.97%	23.81%	22.48%	22.41%	21.56%	20.69%	21.40%
No. of Shareholders	30,021	24,738	27,117	35,827	50,197	64,429	67,542	66,589	59,642

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