Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd

₹ 691 0.96%

05 Feb 4:01 p.m.

About

Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd is a multi-product chemical manufacturing company and is one of the leading manufacturers of Caustic Soda Lye.^[1] Its manufacturing facilities are located at Dahej and Vadodara in Gujarat.^[2]

Key Points

Product Offerings
The company has over 36 products in its portfolio, including Caustic Soda lye, flakes, and prills, Chloromethanes, Liquid Chlorine, Hydrochloric Acid, Hydrogen Peroxide, Anhydrous Aluminum Chloride, Caustic Potash lye and flakes, Potassium Carbonate granules and powder, Aluminium Chloride, Phosphoric Acid, etc. These products are utilized across industries such as textiles, pulp and paper, alumina, soaps& detergents, and water treatment, etc. ^[1]

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Market Cap ₹ 5,091 Cr.
Current Price ₹ 691
High / Low ₹ 900 / 645
Stock P/E
Book Value ₹ 886
Dividend Yield 0.00 %
ROCE -2.19 %
ROE -2.09 %
Face Value ₹ 10.0

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Pros

Company is almost debt free.
Stock is trading at 0.78 times its book value
Debtor days have improved from 23.1 to 17.0 days.

Cons

Company has low interest coverage ratio.
Company has a low return on equity of 5.56% over last 3 years.

* 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.

Peer comparison

Sector: Chemicals Industry: Chlor Alkali / Soda Ash

Part of Nifty Total Market BSE Commodities BSE SmallCap BSE Allcap Nifty Microcap 250

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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
	826	1,075	1,141	1,128	1,127	1,123	1,138	913	971	921	1,002	977	991
	683	709	791	747	901	858	896	858	926	914	973	904	916
Operating Profit	142	366	350	382	226	264	243	55	45	7	29	74	75
OPM %	17%	34%	31%	34%	20%	24%	21%	6%	5%	1%	3%	8%	8%
	22	3	7	6	22	6	8	12	71	5	3	3	49
Interest	1	1	1	2	3	8	8	10	11	11	12	11	11
Depreciation	49	50	52	50	60	79	88	89	95	96	97	97	100
Profit before tax	114	318	304	336	186	184	155	-33	10	-95	-77	-30	13
Tax %	34%	36%	27%	34%	31%	38%	28%	0%	-1%	-8%	-73%	-19%	18%
	75	202	222	222	128	114	112	-33	10	-88	-21	-25	11
EPS in Rs	10.22	27.48	30.18	30.24	17.40	15.52	15.24	-4.56	1.41	-11.96	-2.89	-3.36	1.44
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Upcoming result date: 11 February 2025

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
	1,815	1,896	1,948	1,995	2,070	2,455	3,161	2,725	2,429	3,759	4,516	3,807	3,891
	1,319	1,522	1,674	1,660	1,621	1,668	2,046	2,147	2,071	2,772	3,402	3,671	3,706
Operating Profit	495	374	274	335	450	787	1,115	578	358	987	1,115	136	185
OPM %	27%	20%	14%	17%	22%	32%	35%	21%	15%	26%	25%	4%	5%
	1	30	49	45	56	106	61	90	67	46	42	90	60
Interest	8	6	9	10	13	15	21	14	15	6	19	45	45
Depreciation	152	151	98	107	111	127	140	162	174	198	276	377	390
Profit before tax	337	247	215	263	382	750	1,015	492	236	829	861	-196	-190
Tax %	30%	25%	-6%	16%	19%	29%	32%	32%	29%	32%	33%	-32%
	235	185	228	220	308	535	690	333	167	562	576	-132	-123
EPS in Rs	32.05	25.20	31.03	29.94	41.95	72.85	93.91	45.32	22.72	76.53	78.39	-18.01	-16.77
Dividend Payout %	11%	16%	14%	15%	12%	9%	9%	18%	35%	13%	30%	-77%

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years:	7%
5 Years:	4%
3 Years:	16%
TTM:	-6%

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	%
5 Years:	%
3 Years:	%
TTM:	-161%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	15%
5 Years:	14%
3 Years:	-3%
1 Year:	-15%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	8%
5 Years:	5%
3 Years:	6%
Last Year:	-2%

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	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73
Reserves	1,740	1,890	2,063	2,855	3,283	3,749	4,223	4,524	5,304	5,831	6,237	6,278	6,437
	269	220	158	295	353	291	247	205	498	594	597	544	603
	822	648	693	671	726	859	988	1,090	1,282	1,484	1,599	1,404	1,625
Total Liabilities	2,904	2,831	2,988	3,895	4,437	4,972	5,532	5,893	7,157	7,983	8,506	8,299	8,738
	1,505	1,615	1,656	1,821	2,073	2,104	2,300	2,610	2,587	2,702	4,250	4,617	4,491
CWIP	259	30	67	83	151	252	307	445	1,109	1,787	544	95	157
Investments	172	182	193	855	1,017	1,147	1,066	1,244	2,095	2,115	2,002	2,369	2,701
	967	1,005	1,072	1,136	1,195	1,469	1,858	1,594	1,366	1,379	1,710	1,218	1,388
Total Assets	2,904	2,831	2,988	3,895	4,437	4,972	5,532	5,893	7,157	7,983	8,506	8,299	8,738

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
	423	242	295	201	503	515	838	630	421	735	960	67
	-218	-167	-212	-352	-468	-395	-581	-634	-334	-804	-662	-90
	-112	-90	-88	84	13	-116	-136	-146	226	12	-140	-277
Net Cash Flow	94	-14	-5	-67	49	3	122	-150	313	-58	158	-301

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	55	58	57	60	58	60	56	50	43	29	23	17
Inventory Days	77	105	96	99	94	147	99	92	88	101	111	93
Days Payable	44	95	119	99	125	154	134	126	111	101	119	86
Cash Conversion Cycle	88	69	34	60	27	53	22	17	21	29	15	25
Working Capital Days	51	89	47	90	83	99	96	107	20	8	16	18
ROCE %	18%	12%	10%	10%	11%	18%	24%	11%	5%	14%	13%	-2%

Shareholding Pattern

Numbers in percentages

	Mar 2022	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024
	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%
	1.82%	2.05%	1.98%	2.07%	2.07%	1.98%	1.88%	2.07%	2.10%	1.92%	1.94%	1.79%
	1.68%	1.63%	1.47%	1.45%	1.51%	1.51%	1.96%	2.17%	3.13%	3.46%	3.76%	4.14%
	50.22%	50.04%	50.27%	50.19%	50.13%	50.22%	49.88%	49.49%	48.48%	48.34%	48.01%	47.79%
No. of Shareholders	77,773	87,428	87,083	85,354	84,097	85,393	88,020	86,698	82,719	79,560	78,681	75,697

	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Dec 2024
	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%
	4.08%	4.04%	2.61%	2.02%	1.36%	1.82%	2.07%	2.10%	1.79%
	4.05%	5.75%	6.83%	6.97%	4.01%	1.68%	1.51%	3.13%	4.14%
	0.00%	0.25%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
	45.59%	43.68%	44.28%	44.73%	48.35%	50.22%	50.13%	48.48%	47.79%
No. of Shareholders	57,142	50,385	57,005	57,582	64,304	77,773	84,097	82,719	75,697

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