Fundamental Analysis of Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd

About the Company - Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd

Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd. is a Public Limited Listed company incorporated on 29/03/1973 and has its registered office in the State of Gujarat, India. Company’s Corporate Identification Number(CIN) is L24110GJ1973PLC002247 and registration number is 002247. Currently company belongs to the Industry of Chemicals - Inorganic - Caustic Soda/Soda Ash. Company’s Total Operating Revenue is Rs. 3758.74 Cr. and Equity Capital is Rs. 73.44 Cr. for the Year ended 31/03/2022.

INDUSTRY	ADDRESS	CONTACT
Chemicals - Inorganic - Caustic Soda/Soda Ash	P.O. : Ranoli Vadodra District Gujarat 391350	investor_relations@gacl.co.in http://www.gacl.com

Management
Name	Position Held
Dr. Hasmukh Adhia	Chairman
Mr. P Swaroop	Managing Director
Mr. Rajiv Lochan Jain	Independent Director
Mr. S B Dangayach	Independent Director
Mr. Nitin Shukla	Independent Director
Mr. Shridevi Shukla	Independent Director
Mr. M K Das	Director
Mr. J P Gupta	Director

Basic Stock Data of Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd

Last Updated: July 26, 2024, 10:37 pm

Market Cap	5,790 Cr.
Current Price	785
High / Low	870/615
Stock P/E
Book Value	827
Dividend Yield	3.00 %
ROCE	3.83 %
ROE	3.88 %
Face Value	10.0
PEG Ratio	0.00

Data Source: screener.in

Competitors of Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd

Stock Name	Market Cap	Current Price	High / Low	Stock P/E	Book Value	Dividend Yield	ROCE	ROE	Face Value
Caprolactam Chemicals Ltd	25.1 Cr.	54.6	73.2/44.2	126	12.1	0.00 %	6.86 %	3.67 %	10.0
Standard Industries Ltd	233 Cr.	36.4	39.0/20.2		21.2	2.89 %	6.83 %	6.28 %	5.00
Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd	5,790 Cr.	785	870/615		827	3.00 %	3.83 %	3.88 %	10.0
Tata Chemicals Ltd	27,303 Cr.	1,071	1,350/933	56.0	873	1.40 %	7.81 %	2.32 %	10.0
Industry Average	13,768.00 Cr	387.33		91.00	302.10	1.43%	7.17%	4.09%	8.33

Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd Quarterly Results

Month	Dec 2020	Mar 2021	Jun 2021	Sep 2021	Dec 2021	Mar 2022	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023
Sales	650	671	716	826	1,075	1,141	1,128	1,127	1,123	1,138	913	971	921
Expenses	572	575	590	684	709	792	778	969	885	936	882	955	941
Operating Profit	78	96	127	142	366	349	351	159	238	202	31	16	-20
OPM %	12%	14%	18%	17%	34%	31%	31%	14%	21%	18%	3%	2%	-2%
Other Income	17	9	15	22	3	7	6	22	6	8	12	71	5
Interest	2	9	2	1	1	1	2	3	8	8	10	11	11
Depreciation	45	44	47	49	50	52	50	60	79	88	89	95	96
Profit before tax	49	52	93	113	317	303	305	118	157	115	-57	-18	-123
Tax %	32%	34%	32%	34%	37%	27%	37%	49%	44%	38%	0%	0%	6%
Net Profit	33	35	63	75	201	221	191	61	87	71	-57	-18	-115
EPS in Rs	4.52	4.72	8.60	10.15	27.42	30.05	25.99	8.24	11.87	9.67	-7.78	-2.50	-15.68

Last Updated: July 18, 2024, 9:53 am

Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd Quarterly Chart

Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd Profit & Loss

Last Updated: July 10, 2024, 5:38 pm

Month	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	TTM
Sales	1,995	2,070	2,455	3,161	2,725	2,429	3,759	4,516	4,145
Expenses	1,660	1,622	1,669	2,046	2,148	2,072	2,774	3,568	3,658
Operating Profit	335	448	786	1,115	577	357	984	949	487
OPM %	17%	22%	32%	35%	21%	15%	26%	21%	12%
Other Income	45	56	106	62	90	67	46	42	97
Interest	10	13	15	21	14	15	6	19	37
Depreciation	107	111	127	140	162	174	198	276	351
Profit before tax	262	381	749	1,016	491	235	826	695	196
Tax %	16%	19%	29%	32%	32%	29%	32%	41%
Net Profit	220	307	534	690	332	166	560	410	83
EPS in Rs	29.90	41.85	72.78	93.98	45.22	22.57	76.22	55.78	11.26
Dividend Payout %	15%	12%	9%	9%	18%	35%	13%	42%

Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd Profit & Loss Yearly Chart

Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd Growth

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

Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years:	%
5 Years:	%
3 Years:	%
TTM:	-158%

Stock Price CAGR
10 Years:	15%
5 Years:	13%
3 Years:	18%
1 Year:	22%

Return on Equity
10 Years:	%
5 Years:	5%
3 Years:	4%
Last Year:	-4%

Last Updated: July 25, 2024, 5:10 am

Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd Balance Sheet

Last Updated: July 10, 2024, 5:38 pm

Month	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Sep 2023
Equity Capital	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73
Reserves	2,854	3,282	3,748	4,222	4,522	5,301	5,826	6,066	5,926
Borrowings	295	353	291	247	205	498	594	597	535
Other Liabilities	671	726	859	988	1,090	1,282	1,484	1,599	1,692
Total Liabilities	3,894	4,435	4,970	5,531	5,891	7,154	7,977	8,335	8,227
Fixed Assets	1,821	2,073	2,104	2,300	2,610	2,587	2,702	4,250	4,698
CWIP	83	151	252	307	445	1,109	1,787	544	39
Investments	854	1,016	1,145	1,065	1,242	2,092	2,110	1,831	1,888
Other Assets	1,136	1,196	1,469	1,858	1,594	1,366	1,379	1,710	1,602
Total Assets	3,894	4,435	4,970	5,531	5,891	7,154	7,977	8,335	8,227

Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd Reserves and Borrowings Chart

Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd Cash Flow

Month	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024
Cash from Operating Activity	201	502	514	838	630	421	735	960	67
Cash from Investing Activity	-352	-467	-395	-581	-634	-334	-804	-662	-90
Cash from Financing Activity	84	13	-116	-136	-146	226	12	-140	-277
Net Cash Flow	-67	49	3	122	-150	313	-58	158	-301

Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd Financial Efficiency Indicators

Month	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023
Debtor Days	60	58	60	56	50	43	29	23
Inventory Days	99	94	147	99	92	88	101	111
Days Payable	99	125	154	134	126	111	101	119
Cash Conversion Cycle	60	27	53	22	17	21	29	15
Working Capital Days	90	83	99	96	107	20	8	16
ROCE %		11%	18%	24%	11%	5%	13%	11%

Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd Financial Efficiency Indicators Chart

Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd Share Holding Pattern

Month	Sep 2021	Dec 2021	Mar 2022	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024
Promoters	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%	46.28%
FIIs	1.48%	1.52%	1.82%	2.05%	1.98%	2.07%	2.07%	1.98%	1.88%	2.07%	2.10%	1.92%
DIIs	1.66%	1.63%	1.68%	1.63%	1.47%	1.45%	1.51%	1.51%	1.96%	2.17%	3.13%	3.46%
Public	50.58%	50.58%	50.22%	50.04%	50.27%	50.19%	50.13%	50.22%	49.88%	49.49%	48.48%	48.34%
No. of Shareholders	77,227	81,474	77,773	87,428	87,083	85,354	84,097	85,393	88,020	86,698	82,719	79,560

Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd Shareholding Pattern Chart

No. of Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd Shareholders

Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd Mutual Fund Holdings

Fund Name	No of Shares	AUM (%)	Amount Invested (Cr)	Previous Number of Shares	Previous Date	Percentage Change
ICICI Prudential PSU Equity Fund	131,540	0.58	9.45	80,954	2024-07-25	62.49%
ICICI Prudential Manufacturing Fund	80,954	0.32	5.81	80,954	2024-07-25	0%
Aditya Birla Sun Life PSU Equity Fund	79,249	0.38	5.69	80,954	2024-07-25	-2.11%
ICICI Prudential Regular Savings Fund	71,822	0.16	5.16	80,954	2024-07-25	-11.28%
Nippon India Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund	11,204	0.1	0.8	80,954	2024-07-25	-86.16%
Motilal Oswal Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund	6,845	0.1	0.49	80,954	2024-07-25	-91.54%
SBI Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund	5,354	0.1	0.38	80,954	2024-07-25	-93.39%
ICICI Prudential Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund	2,822	0.1	0.2	80,954	2024-07-25	-96.51%
HDFC NIFTY Smallcap 250 ETF	1,437	0.1	0.1	80,954	2024-07-25	-98.22%
HDFC Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund	1,182	0.1	0.08	80,954	2024-07-25	-98.54%

Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd ROCE Trend

Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd EPS Trend

Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd Key Financial Ratios

Month	Mar 24	Mar 23	Mar 22	Mar 21	Mar 20
FaceValue	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
Basic EPS (Rs.)	-32.25	55.78	76.22	22.57	45.22
Diluted EPS (Rs.)	-32.25	55.78	76.22	22.57	45.22
Cash EPS (Rs.)	33.38	115.99	103.46	46.46	67.36
Book Value[Excl.RevalReserv]/Share (Rs.)	827.28	835.97	803.30	731.86	625.79
Book Value[Incl.RevalReserv]/Share (Rs.)	827.28	835.97	803.30	731.86	625.79
Revenue From Operations / Share (Rs.)	518.33	615.01	511.82	330.82	371.00
PBDIT / Share (Rs.)	30.79	157.51	140.60	57.96	90.89
PBIT / Share (Rs.)	-20.60	119.92	113.67	34.21	68.86
PBT / Share (Rs.)	-26.67	117.27	112.83	32.11	66.94
Net Profit / Share (Rs.)	-18.01	78.39	76.52	22.72	45.32
NP After MI And SOA / Share (Rs.)	-32.25	55.78	76.22	22.57	45.22
PBDIT Margin (%)	5.93	25.61	27.47	17.51	24.49
PBIT Margin (%)	-3.97	19.49	22.20	10.34	18.55
PBT Margin (%)	-5.14	19.06	22.04	9.70	18.04
Net Profit Margin (%)	-3.47	12.74	14.95	6.86	12.21
NP After MI And SOA Margin (%)	-6.22	9.06	14.89	6.82	12.18
Return on Networth / Equity (%)	-3.89	6.67	9.48	3.08	7.22
Return on Capital Employeed (%)	-2.07	11.75	11.52	3.84	9.42
Return On Assets (%)	-2.95	4.91	7.01	2.31	5.63
Long Term Debt / Equity (X)	0.05	0.07	0.09	0.08	0.02
Total Debt / Equity (X)	0.08	0.09	0.10	0.08	0.03
Asset Turnover Ratio (%)	0.46	0.55	0.49	0.37	0.47
Current Ratio (X)	1.47	1.68	1.49	1.78	2.60
Quick Ratio (X)	0.91	1.13	1.01	1.41	2.15
Inventory Turnover Ratio (X)	3.80	6.45	6.97	6.16	6.40
Dividend Payout Ratio (NP) (%)	0.00	17.92	10.49	35.44	17.69
Dividend Payout Ratio (CP) (%)	0.00	10.70	7.75	17.27	11.89
Earning Retention Ratio (%)	0.00	82.08	89.51	64.56	82.31
Cash Earning Retention Ratio (%)	0.00	89.30	92.25	82.73	88.11
Interest Coverage Ratio (X)	5.07	59.43	168.00	27.53	47.54
Interest Coverage Ratio (Post Tax) (X)	-1.97	30.58	92.43	11.79	24.71
Enterprise Value (Cr.)	5324.55	4435.11	6873.06	2607.27	1735.82
EV / Net Operating Revenue (X)	1.40	0.98	1.83	1.07	0.63
EV / EBITDA (X)	23.55	3.83	6.66	6.13	2.60
MarketCap / Net Operating Revenue (X)	1.30	0.95	1.75	1.04	0.60
Retention Ratios (%)	0.00	82.07	89.50	64.55	82.30
Price / BV (X)	0.81	0.70	1.12	0.47	0.35
Price / Net Operating Revenue (X)	1.30	0.95	1.75	1.04	0.60
EarningsYield	-0.04	0.09	0.08	0.06	0.20

Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd Profitability Ratios (%)

Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd Liquidity Ratios

Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd Liquidity Ratios (%)

Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd Interest Coverage Ratios (%)

Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd Valuation Ratios

Fair Value

Fair Value: 495.75

Calculation basis:

Fair value = P/E Ratio * (Return on Equity / 100) * Book Value * (1 + Dividend Yield / 100)
P/E Ratio (Price-to-Earnings Ratio): Represents the price of the stock relative to its earnings per share. A higher P/E ratio indicates that investors are willing to pay a higher price for the stock.
Return on Equity (ROE): Measures a company's profitability relative to its shareholder equity. It showcases the company's ability to generate profits using the investment made by its shareholders, offering valuable insight into its operational efficiency and financial performance
Book Value: Represents the net asset value of the company per share. It is calculated as the total assets minus intangible assets and liabilities, divided by the number of outstanding shares.
Dividend Yield: The ratio of the annual dividend per share to the current market price per share. It offers valuable insights into the profitability of an investment through dividends.

This formula allows us to gauge the fair value of the stock by analyzing its fundamental indicators.

Overvalued: 36.85% compared to the current price 785

Default values used*: Deafault value of 15 for Stock P/E is used

Intrinsic Value: 375.41

Calculation basis:

Fair value = P/E Ratio * (Return on Equity / 100) * Book Value * (1 + Dividend Yield / 100) * (1 + EPS CAGR for Last 5 Years)
P/E Ratio (Price-to-Earnings Ratio): Represents the price of the stock relative to its earnings per share. A higher P/E ratio indicates that investors are willing to pay a higher price for the stock.
Return on Equity (ROE): Measures a company's profitability relative to its shareholder equity. It showcases the company's ability to generate profits using the investment made by its shareholders, offering valuable insight into its operational efficiency and financial performance.
Book Value: Represents the net asset value of the company per share. It is calculated as the total assets minus intangible assets and liabilities, divided by the number of outstanding shares.
Dividend Yield: The ratio of the annual dividend per share to the current market price per share. It offers valuable insights into the profitability of an investment through dividends.
EPS CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate): Represents the geometric mean growth rate of earnings per share over the last 5 years. It provides insight into the historical growth trajectory of the company's earnings.

This formula allows us to gauge the fair value of the stock by analyzing its fundamental indicators along with EPS growth.

Overvalued: 52.18% compared to the current price 785

Default values used*: Deafault value of 15 for Stock P/E is used

Last 5 Year EPS CAGR: -24.27%

*Investments are subject to market risks

Strength and Weakness of Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd Stock

Strength	Weakness
The company has higher reserves (4,647.00 cr) compared to borrowings (402.67 cr), indicating strong financial stability. The company has shown consistent growth in sales (2.56 cr) and profit (426.22 cr) over the years.	The stock has a low average ROCE of 11.63%, which may not be favorable. The stock has a high average Working Capital Days of 64.88, which may not be favorable. The stock has a high average Cash Conversion Cycle of 30.50, which may not be favorable.

FAQ

What is the latest fair value of Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd?

The latest fair value of Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd is ₹495.75.

What is the Market Cap of Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd?

The Market Cap of Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd is 5,790 Cr..

What is the current Stock Price of Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd as on 26 July 2024?

The current stock price of Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd as on 26 July 2024 is 785.

What is the High / Low of Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd stocks in FY 2024?

In FY 2024, the High / Low of Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd stocks is 870/615.

What is the Stock P/E of Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd?

The Stock P/E of Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd is .

What is the Book Value of Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd?

The Book Value of Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd is 827.

What is the Dividend Yield of Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd?

The Dividend Yield of Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd is 3.00 %.

What is the ROCE of Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd?

The ROCE of Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd is 3.83 %.

What is the ROE of Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd?

The ROE of Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd is 3.88 %.

What is the Face Value of Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd?

The Face Value of Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd is 10.0.