Lime Chemicals Ltd

₹ 26.9 -0.92%

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About

Incorporated in 1970, Lime Chemicals Ltd is engaged in manufacturing of Calcium Carbonate.

Key Points

Product Profile:^[1]
a) Precipitated Calcium Carbonate
b) Activated Calcium Carbonate
c) Ground Calcium Carbonate
d) Coated Ground Calcium Carbonate
e) Quick lime
f) Dolomite
g) Limestone

Website BSE

Market Cap ₹ 17.5 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 26.9
High / Low ₹ 39.9 / 22.6
Stock P/E
Book Value ₹ 2.71
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE -5.85 %
ROE -24.6 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Debtor days have improved from 113 to 81.4 days.

Cons

Stock is trading at 9.94 times its book value
Company has low interest coverage ratio.
The company has delivered a poor sales growth of -24.8% over past five years.
Promoter holding is low: 29.3%
Company might be capitalizing the interest cost

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Quarterly Results

Figures in Rs. Crores

	Sep 2021	Dec 2021	Mar 2022	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024
	3.22	3.20	5.32	4.01	4.37	3.71	3.39	3.25	2.25	2.59	2.36	3.04	2.38
	3.14	3.22	6.40	3.84	4.34	3.65	3.46	3.54	2.38	2.84	2.47	2.91	2.44
Operating Profit	0.08	-0.02	-1.08	0.17	0.03	0.06	-0.07	-0.29	-0.13	-0.25	-0.11	0.13	-0.06
OPM %	2.48%	-0.62%	-20.30%	4.24%	0.69%	1.62%	-2.06%	-8.92%	-5.78%	-9.65%	-4.66%	4.28%	-2.52%
	0.01	0.00	0.11	0.02	0.06	3.11	0.01	0.10	0.04	0.21	0.05	0.04	0.03
Interest	0.05	0.03	0.05	0.02	0.04	0.01	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.00
Depreciation	0.04	0.05	0.09	0.06	0.08	0.06	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
Profit before tax	0.00	-0.10	-1.11	0.11	-0.03	3.10	-0.10	-0.21	-0.11	-0.06	-0.10	0.15	-0.05
Tax %		0.00%	-9.01%	27.27%	0.00%	8.06%	50.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	10.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	0.00	-0.10	-1.01	0.08	-0.03	2.85	-0.14	-0.21	-0.11	-0.06	-0.11	0.15	-0.05
EPS in Rs	0.00	-0.15	-1.55	0.12	-0.05	4.38	-0.22	-0.32	-0.17	-0.09	-0.17	0.23	-0.08
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Profit & Loss

Figures in Rs. Crores

	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
	27.33	27.18	19.06	28.14	43.85	51.61	43.44	31.20	22.18	14.05	15.48	10.45	10.37
	29.79	28.92	19.96	24.12	36.64	43.15	39.96	30.78	21.60	14.75	15.30	11.19	10.66
Operating Profit	-2.46	-1.74	-0.90	4.02	7.21	8.46	3.48	0.42	0.58	-0.70	0.18	-0.74	-0.29
OPM %	-9.00%	-6.40%	-4.72%	14.29%	16.44%	16.39%	8.01%	1.35%	2.61%	-4.98%	1.16%	-7.08%	-2.80%
	0.08	7.03	4.10	0.40	0.15	0.55	0.89	0.68	1.25	10.96	3.21	0.39	0.33
Interest	0.32	1.12	1.12	0.22	0.52	0.34	0.73	1.46	0.58	0.21	0.09	0.04	0.02
Depreciation	1.99	2.04	0.71	0.69	2.17	1.02	1.02	1.12	1.05	0.26	0.22	0.09	0.08
Profit before tax	-4.69	2.13	1.37	3.51	4.67	7.65	2.62	-1.48	0.20	9.79	3.08	-0.48	-0.06
Tax %	-5.76%	-32.86%	29.20%	6.55%	-7.92%	0.00%	0.00%	-78.38%	30.00%	0.00%	10.39%	2.08%
	-4.41	2.83	0.96	3.27	5.04	7.66	2.62	-0.32	0.14	9.80	2.76	-0.49	-0.07
EPS in Rs	-13.40	8.60	2.92	9.94	15.32	15.70	4.03	-0.49	0.22	15.07	4.24	-0.75	-0.11
Dividend Payout %	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	-9%
5 Years:	-25%
3 Years:	-22%
TTM:	-18%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	%
5 Years:	%
3 Years:	%
TTM:	84%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	16%
5 Years:	9%
3 Years:	1%
1 Year:	10%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	%
5 Years:	%
3 Years:	%
Last Year:	-25%

Balance Sheet

Figures in Rs. Crores

	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	3.26	3.26	3.26	3.26	3.26	4.88	6.50	6.50	6.50	6.50	6.50	6.50	6.50
Reserves	-49.79	-42.79	-40.16	-36.89	-32.02	-22.11	-16.83	-17.14	-16.83	-7.05	-4.34	-4.76	-4.74
	29.72	26.81	30.69	31.94	29.96	27.83	15.83	13.41	12.04	7.50	5.75	5.04	5.01
	38.85	30.21	24.23	21.53	27.37	23.52	18.38	21.30	12.99	10.61	5.23	3.89	4.05
Total Liabilities	22.04	17.49	18.02	19.84	28.57	34.12	23.88	24.07	14.70	17.56	13.14	10.67	10.82
	11.88	10.44	10.41	10.76	8.95	9.25	8.96	8.59	2.59	6.22	5.78	5.71	5.76
CWIP	0.00	0.17	0.18	0.14	0.75	0.00	0.05	0.11	1.95	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Investments	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.09	0.11	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.11	0.11	0.11
	10.15	6.87	7.42	8.93	18.84	24.78	14.76	15.27	10.06	11.24	7.25	4.85	4.95
Total Assets	22.04	17.49	18.02	19.84	28.57	34.12	23.88	24.07	14.70	17.56	13.14	10.67	10.82

Cash Flows

Figures in Rs. Crores

	Mar 2013	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024
	-1.44	0.20	-3.95	0.16	4.18	-6.73	8.69	3.29	1.72	-5.28	-2.63	0.53
	-0.39	-0.71	-0.75	-0.99	-1.03	-0.55	-0.67	-0.90	-0.04	9.94	4.37	0.02
	1.88	0.51	4.62	1.04	-0.43	4.78	-7.73	-2.93	-1.91	-4.52	-1.68	-0.69
Net Cash Flow	0.05	0.00	-0.07	0.21	2.72	-2.51	0.30	-0.54	-0.23	0.14	0.05	-0.14

Ratios

Figures in Rs. Crores

	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	74.52	40.82	56.11	61.61	96.47	126.88	63.52	101.31	72.57	170.68	86.53	81.38
Inventory Days	60.73	32.28	53.94	44.00	40.19	57.85	70.35	80.21	39.74	16.29	41.25	18.75
Days Payable	274.43	210.69	162.18	117.34	239.44	204.59	182.87	274.93	154.38	191.46	135.52	142.83
Cash Conversion Cycle	-139.18	-137.59	-52.13	-11.73	-102.77	-19.86	-49.00	-93.41	-42.06	-4.49	-7.74	-42.69
Working Capital Days	-378.89	-295.97	-180.20	-68.49	-84.07	4.74	-33.44	-70.78	-66.81	80.27	31.12	8.03
ROCE %						135.42%	40.99%	-0.73%	87.95%	-18.48%	1.08%	-5.85%

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

	Dec 2021	Mar 2022	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024
	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%
	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%
	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
	63.30%	63.30%	63.30%	63.30%	63.29%	63.29%	63.30%	63.29%	63.29%	63.29%	63.29%	63.29%
No. of Shareholders	5,254	5,480	5,408	5,431	5,459	5,510	5,504	5,638	5,659	5,687	5,721	5,815

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Sep 2024
	40.36%	31.31%	28.41%	28.41%	28.41%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%
	0.00%	0.00%	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%
	2.05%	1.38%	1.03%	0.82%	0.37%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
	57.59%	67.31%	63.18%	63.39%	63.84%	63.30%	63.29%	63.29%	63.29%
No. of Shareholders	5,057	4,902	5,061	4,729	4,679	5,480	5,510	5,687	5,815

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