EPL Ltd

EPL Ltd

₹ 267 1.10%
24 Dec - close price
About

EPL Limited (formerly known as Essel Propack Limited),is the largest specialty packaging global company, manufacturing laminated plastic tubes catering to the Beauty & Cosmetics, Pharma & Health, Food, Oral and Home.

The company was acquired by the Blackstone group on Aug – 2019 from the Essel group of companies. The Blackstone Group is one of the leading investment firms in the world with an AUM of around USD 511 billion across sectors like private equity, real estate, hedge fund solutions and credit businesses. The Group also has an exposure in the packaging industry through acquisition of varied companies such as the USA based Graham Packaging, Owens-Illinois Inc, Ohio and China based packaging firm ShyaHsin. [1]

Key Points

Global Footprints[1]
The company is the world's largest global specialty packaging company with annual capacity of ~8 billion Tubes with manufacturing units operating across USA, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Poland, Germany, Egypt, China, Philippines and India.

  • Market Cap 8,518 Cr.
  • Current Price 267
  • High / Low 290 / 170
  • Stock P/E 40.6
  • Book Value 30.8
  • Dividend Yield 1.66 %
  • ROCE 17.8 %
  • ROE 18.9 %
  • Face Value 2.00

Pros

  • Company has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 74.6%

Cons

  • Stock is trading at 8.67 times its book value
  • Tax rate seems low
  • Earnings include an other income of Rs.124 Cr.

* 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.

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 Jun 2024 Sep 2024
272 289 250 284 319 309 297 304 340 322 314 330 358
222 239 214 237 271 256 236 244 273 258 259 271 294
Operating Profit 50 50 36 47 48 54 61 60 68 64 56 59 64
OPM % 18% 17% 14% 16% 15% 17% 21% 20% 20% 20% 18% 18% 18%
67 5 24 25 55 18 25 2 19 14 44 20 47
Interest 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 5 6
Depreciation 25 25 18 25 25 26 33 31 30 30 28 27 27
Profit before tax 88 26 38 42 72 39 47 26 52 42 65 47 78
Tax % 9% 20% 9% 17% 13% -27% -24% -7% 20% -19% 11% 18% 18%
80 21 34 35 63 50 59 27 41 50 58 39 64
EPS in Rs 2.53 0.66 1.09 1.10 1.99 1.56 1.84 0.86 1.29 1.56 1.82 1.21 1.99
Raw PDF

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
579 666 755 743 795 830 846 804 841 1,085 1,209 1,280 1,324
464 535 613 589 637 640 668 631 676 897 999 1,034 1,081
Operating Profit 115 131 141 154 158 190 178 173 164 188 209 247 242
OPM % 20% 20% 19% 21% 20% 23% 21% 22% 20% 17% 17% 19% 18%
39 27 21 67 20 22 17 70 114 123 122 79 124
Interest 55 45 41 26 23 21 23 20 15 16 22 22 22
Depreciation 33 37 46 51 60 69 75 97 90 99 109 120 112
Profit before tax 66 76 75 144 94 122 97 125 174 197 200 184 232
Tax % 25% 28% 25% 22% 31% 33% 34% 16% 12% 11% -3% 4%
50 54 57 112 65 81 64 106 153 176 206 176 210
EPS in Rs 1.59 1.73 1.80 3.58 2.07 2.58 2.03 3.35 4.85 5.58 6.47 5.54 6.58
Dividend Payout % 24% 36% 44% 31% 58% 46% 62% 98% 85% 77% 66% 80%
Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years: 7%
5 Years: 9%
3 Years: 15%
TTM: 6%
Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years: 12%
5 Years: 22%
3 Years: 7%
TTM: 19%
Stock Price CAGR
10 Years: 15%
5 Years: 10%
3 Years: 11%
1 Year: 35%
Return on Equity
10 Years: 16%
5 Years: 20%
3 Years: 22%
Last Year: 19%

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 31 31 31 31 31 31 63 63 63 63 64 64 64
Reserves 670 701 448 567 591 623 614 634 671 757 836 884 919
444 395 390 196 193 193 190 259 187 269 219 222 283
113 138 127 120 142 142 138 123 159 176 223 241 315
Total Liabilities 1,258 1,265 997 915 957 990 1,006 1,078 1,080 1,265 1,342 1,410 1,580
263 306 323 321 356 344 411 412 356 502 638 619 639
CWIP 2 9 7 17 23 27 31 20 7 85 10 22 48
Investments 564 570 291 220 221 219 218 210 358 191 225 212 267
429 381 376 356 357 400 346 436 359 488 468 558 626
Total Assets 1,258 1,265 997 915 957 990 1,006 1,078 1,080 1,265 1,342 1,410 1,580

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
106 140 95 159 127 118 97 146 161 92 247 208
63 -32 -37 91 -62 -52 -39 17 2 1 -15 -47
-156 -117 -62 -249 -67 -59 -62 -101 -212 -102 -225 -155
Net Cash Flow 13 -9 -4 1 -2 7 -4 62 -48 -9 7 6

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 64 49 53 49 48 57 64 63 77 78 69 75
Inventory Days 85 81 64 71 69 84 80 86 91 88 74 88
Days Payable 43 53 32 49 48 54 47 80 102 81 79 90
Cash Conversion Cycle 106 77 86 71 68 86 97 70 66 85 64 72
Working Capital Days 127 66 74 104 86 80 79 50 74 87 61 69
ROCE % 10% 11% 12% 15% 15% 17% 14% 16% 19% 21% 20% 18%

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

Dec 2021Mar 2022Jun 2022Sep 2022Dec 2022Mar 2023Jun 2023Sep 2023Dec 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024
51.91% 51.91% 51.91% 51.91% 51.53% 51.53% 51.53% 51.52% 51.50% 51.50% 51.50% 51.47%
14.95% 14.58% 14.70% 12.21% 12.13% 11.99% 12.22% 10.41% 9.89% 10.91% 11.35% 13.43%
14.07% 13.92% 13.90% 15.88% 15.92% 16.35% 15.85% 15.54% 14.52% 13.35% 11.55% 11.20%
19.07% 19.58% 19.49% 19.99% 20.41% 20.14% 20.40% 22.54% 24.07% 24.22% 25.58% 23.89%
No. of Shareholders 58,80262,60264,30065,49768,09767,65767,12775,04082,10985,87793,06396,754

* 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

Concalls