Chrome Silicon Ltd

₹ 61.4 10.00%

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About

Incorporated in 1980, VBC Ferro Alloys Ltd manufactures and exports Ferro Silicon Alloys^[1]

Key Points

Business Overview:^[1]
VBCFAL is a part of VBC Group and is in the business of manufacturing and marketing of ferro alloys which are used as additives and deoxidizing agents in manufacturing of steel. It owns Quartz mines, Metallurgical Coke Plant and has a Fuel Supply Agreement with coal mines for raw material supply

Website BSE

Market Cap ₹ 101 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 61.4
High / Low ₹ 61.4 / 32.2
Stock P/E
Book Value ₹ 63.7
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE -16.2 %
ROE -21.6 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Company has reduced debt.
Stock is trading at 0.96 times its book value
Company is expected to give good quarter

Cons

Though the company is reporting repeated profits, it is not paying out dividend
Company has low interest coverage ratio.
Company has a low return on equity of -7.47% over last 3 years.
Contingent liabilities of Rs.184 Cr.
Working capital days have increased from 29.4 days to 131 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.

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Sector: Ferro Alloys Industry: Mining / Minerals / Metals

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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	Jun 2024	Sep 2024
	0.09	13.52	78.52	55.71	35.98	37.44	46.54	10.08	13.39	29.11	37.23	35.09	10.81
	0.29	11.49	82.73	50.20	35.14	43.91	45.41	8.54	11.69	27.24	62.14	41.04	11.73
Operating Profit	-0.20	2.03	-4.21	5.51	0.84	-6.47	1.13	1.54	1.70	1.87	-24.91	-5.95	-0.92
OPM %	-222.22%	15.01%	-5.36%	9.89%	2.33%	-17.28%	2.43%	15.28%	12.70%	6.42%	-66.91%	-16.96%	-8.51%
	0.19	0.02	4.44	0.77	1.10	2.41	2.57	0.42	0.16	0.03	26.82	1.16	0.57
Interest	0.01	0.08	0.01	0.04	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.05
Depreciation	1.60	1.60	1.62	1.78	1.78	1.78	1.78	1.79	1.79	1.79	1.80	1.75	1.75
Profit before tax	-1.62	0.37	-1.40	4.46	0.15	-5.85	1.91	0.16	0.05	0.10	0.10	-6.57	-2.15
Tax %	0.00%	0.00%	2.86%	16.59%	13.33%	-9.06%	-120.42%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	-1.63	0.36	-1.43	3.72	0.12	-5.32	4.21	0.16	0.05	0.10	0.10	-6.57	-2.15
EPS in Rs	-0.99	0.22	-0.87	2.27	0.07	-3.25	2.57	0.10	0.03	0.06	0.06	-4.01	-1.31
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Profit & Loss

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	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
	29	13	0	0	0	0	4	42	2	92	176	90	112
	37	28	4	0	9	5	11	55	60	90	175	109	142
Operating Profit	-8	-15	-4	-0	-9	-5	-7	-12	-58	2	1	-19	-30
OPM %	-29%	-123%					-169%	-29%	-3,320%	2%	1%	-22%	-27%
	1	1	2	0	12	-13	-135	-2	20	5	7	27	29
Interest	3	5	5	4	3	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
Depreciation	1	1	1	1	1	1	6	7	7	6	7	7	7
Profit before tax	-11	-20	-8	-5	-1	-22	-150	-22	-46	0	1	0	-9
Tax %	3%	-1%	-8%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	17%	-314%	0%
	-12	-20	-7	-5	-1	-22	-150	-22	-46	0	3	0	-9
EPS in Rs	-26.72	-44.72	-16.32	-11.97	-2.48	-49.65	-123.19	-13.68	-27.82	0.12	1.67	0.26	-5.20
Dividend Payout %	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	22%
5 Years:	85%
3 Years:	271%
TTM:	4%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	-3%
5 Years:	%
3 Years:	17%
TTM:	-3653%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	-2%
5 Years:	25%
3 Years:	53%
1 Year:	49%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	-12%
5 Years:	-17%
3 Years:	-7%
Last Year:	-22%

Balance Sheet

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	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	4	4	4	4	4	4	12	16	16	16	16	16	16
Reserves	135	115	107	102	104	83	162	145	99	99	102	97	88
	44	40	37	39	33	43	19	17	18	24	51	22	19
	52	46	50	55	50	65	64	92	111	120	99	97	116
Total Liabilities	236	206	199	200	191	196	257	271	244	260	269	232	240
	15	14	12	12	9	7	193	178	138	143	136	129	126
CWIP	12	12	12	12	13	14	16	17	19	0	0	3	7
Investments	158	158	155	155	158	159	16	16	16	16	16	14	14
	52	23	20	21	12	16	32	60	71	102	117	86	93
Total Assets	236	206	199	200	191	196	257	271	244	260	269	232	240

Cash Flows

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	Mar 2013	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024
	3	-2	-0	-2	-3	-15	-16	-12	-51	-17	-28	-28
	-5	1	2	-0	11	7	-3	5	51	12	-0	54
	3	-4	-3	3	-9	8	19	7	0	7	27	-26
Net Cash Flow	2	-5	-1	1	-0	0	0	-0	0	2	-2	0

Ratios

Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated

	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	20	23					198	11	0	9	15	4
Inventory Days	733	708	5,765		191			148	6,089	228	122	775
Days Payable	1,332	864	8,495		860			546	57,029	415	172	357
Cash Conversion Cycle	-579	-133					198	-387	-50,940	-178	-36	422
Working Capital Days	-297	-715					160	22	-11,201	-61	18	131
ROCE %	-4%	-9%	-2%	-1%	-5%	-4%	-3%	-10%	-42%	-3%	0%	-16%

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

3 Recently

	Dec 2021	Mar 2022	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024
	40.36%	40.36%	40.36%	40.36%	40.36%	40.36%	40.36%	40.36%	40.36%	40.36%	40.36%	40.36%
	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%
	59.60%	59.60%	59.60%	59.61%	59.60%	59.60%	59.61%	59.60%	59.60%	59.60%	59.60%	59.59%
No. of Shareholders	6,709	6,761	6,711	6,651	6,582	6,533	6,486	6,436	6,450	6,582	6,634	6,669

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Sep 2024
	36.74%	36.74%	37.97%	40.36%	39.78%	40.36%	40.36%	40.36%	40.36%
	0.03%	0.03%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
	0.14%	0.14%	0.05%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%
	63.09%	63.09%	61.97%	59.60%	60.18%	59.60%	59.60%	59.60%	59.59%
No. of Shareholders	7,446	7,127	6,912	6,860	6,678	6,761	6,533	6,582	6,669

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