Bengal & Assam Company Ltd

₹ 9,218 -2.52%

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About

Bengal & Assam Company Limited is a Core Investment Company registered with the RBI. Its objective is to hold investments in its subsidiaries, other group companies, money market mutual funds etc., as prescribed by the RBI. ^[1]

Key Points

Holding Company
BACL majorly holds investments in almost all the group companies of the JK group, which was founded in the year 1918. BACL held ~97% of its total assets in the form of investments in equity share and preference share capital, subsidiaries and group companies, listed companies, and unlisted companies as of FY23. The company has a notable stake in prominent group companies, including JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd, JK Tyre & Industries Ltd., JK Fenner (India) Ltd., JK Paper Ltd, JK Agri Genetics Ltd., Umang Dairies Ltd., and Divyashree Company Ltd. ^[1]

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Market Cap ₹ 10,413 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 9,218
High / Low ₹ 11,499 / 7,299
Stock P/E 69.1
Book Value ₹ 1,015
Dividend Yield 0.43 %
ROCE 12.6 %
ROE 11.1 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Company has reduced debt.
Company is almost debt free.
Company is expected to give good quarter
Company has delivered good profit growth of 24.4% CAGR over last 5 years
Company has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 30.0%
Company's median sales growth is 25.8% of last 10 years

Cons

Stock is trading at 9.08 times its book value
Company has a low return on equity of 9.83% over last 3 years.

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Sector: Finance Industry: Finance & Investments

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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
	86	4	11	2	97	2	43	2	85	2	63	3	121
	2	1	2	1	3	1	2	1	4	2	3	1	4
Operating Profit	83	3	9	0	94	1	41	1	82	0	60	2	118
OPM %	97%	65%	80%	28%	97%	32%	95%	39%	96%	3%	95%	56%	97%
	2	2	2	2	3	2	23	2	2	2	2	2	2
Interest	8	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2
Depreciation	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Profit before tax	77	-1	5	-3	92	-1	60	-1	80	-1	59	2	118
Tax %	20%	-131%	15%	16%	18%	43%	14%	11%	16%	23%	15%	-6%	16%
	62	0	5	-3	76	-2	51	-1	67	-1	50	2	99
EPS in Rs	54.76	0.34	4.00	-2.71	67.08	-1.68	45.17	-0.83	59.28	-0.66	44.68	1.65	87.79
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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
	25	20	33	42	43	42	69	176	57	103	144	153	190
	1	36	3	3	4	5	5	9	6	7	8	11	10
Operating Profit	24	-16	30	39	40	37	64	167	51	96	136	142	179
OPM %	96%	-79%	90%	92%	92%	88%	93%	95%	89%	93%	94%	93%	95%
	5	77	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	29	7	7
Interest	15	13	13	19	23	14	31	43	34	26	17	11	8
Depreciation	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Profit before tax	13	47	22	24	22	28	38	130	24	76	148	138	178
Tax %	6%	17%	5%	4%	-3%	-1%	-1%	4%	1%	20%	17%	16%
	13	39	21	23	23	29	39	125	23	61	122	116	151
EPS in Rs	14.49	45.13	23.68	26.46	26.53	32.89	44.83	110.97	20.59	54.25	107.87	102.47	133.46
Dividend Payout %	28%	11%	30%	38%	38%	30%	21%	14%	36%	28%	23%	39%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	22%
5 Years:	17%
3 Years:	39%
TTM:	43%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	23%
5 Years:	24%
3 Years:	71%
TTM:	31%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	33%
5 Years:	50%
3 Years:	66%
1 Year:	15%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	9%
5 Years:	10%
3 Years:	10%
Last Year:	11%

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	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	11	11	11	11	11	11
Reserves	280	315	330	344	367	387	698	791	824	883	989	1,077	1,135
	163	99	154	194	194	126	547	432	404	260	168	100	79
	7	8	10	4	4	5	16	17	16	18	19	19	34
Total Liabilities	459	431	502	552	574	526	1,269	1,251	1,256	1,173	1,187	1,208	1,259
	19	18	18	18	17	17	26	25	25	24	24	23	23
CWIP	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Investments	424	392	396	418	457	450	1,184	1,188	1,200	1,136	1,150	1,171	1,230
	17	21	88	116	100	57	59	38	31	12	13	14	5
Total Assets	459	431	502	552	574	526	1,269	1,251	1,256	1,173	1,187	1,208	1,259

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
	23	15	28	36	39	44	71	149	41	85	108	117
	0	65	-65	-39	-20	46	-231	39	20	91	18	-10
	-25	-81	38	7	-22	-90	160	-187	-62	-179	-126	-107
Net Cash Flow	-2	-1	0	4	-3	0	1	1	-0	-3	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inventory Days
Days Payable
Cash Conversion Cycle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Working Capital Days	-60	-245	9	112	43	-173	89	32	105	7	12	12
ROCE %	6%	-3%	8%	8%	8%	8%	8%	14%	5%	9%	12%	13%

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

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	Dec 2021	Mar 2022	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024
	72.66%	72.66%	72.66%	72.66%	72.66%	72.66%	72.66%	72.66%	73.02%	73.02%	73.02%	73.02%
	0.00%	3.53%	3.89%	3.89%	3.89%	3.90%	3.92%	4.28%	4.31%	4.31%	4.31%	4.55%
	0.50%	0.50%	0.50%	0.37%	0.07%	0.06%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
	26.84%	23.31%	22.95%	23.09%	23.38%	23.38%	23.42%	23.06%	22.67%	22.67%	22.67%	22.43%
No. of Shareholders	23,643	22,984	22,665	22,345	21,602	21,435	20,792	20,629	20,819	21,019	21,021	21,119

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Sep 2024
	73.96%	74.97%	74.97%	72.66%	72.66%	72.66%	72.66%	73.02%	73.02%
	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	3.53%	3.90%	4.31%	4.55%
	3.31%	3.30%	3.30%	2.22%	1.65%	0.50%	0.06%	0.01%	0.01%
	0.16%	0.16%	0.16%	0.12%	0.12%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	22.57%	21.56%	21.56%	25.00%	25.57%	23.31%	23.38%	22.67%	22.43%
No. of Shareholders	31,519	25,691	23,896	26,731	24,624	22,984	21,435	21,019	21,119

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