Fertilizers And Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT)

Loading page…

Fertilizers And Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT) · mywealthgrid

About

Fertilizers And Chemicals Travancore Limited manufactures fertilizers and agrochemicals in India's materials sector. With ₹52,266 Cr market capitalization and quarterly revenue of ₹1,000–1,600 Cr, FACT is a significant player in a capital-intensive, commodity-linked industry. The company's earnings and margins are highly exposed to agricultural cycles and input cost volatility.

Face value: ₹10

Market cap

₹47,559 Cr

P/E

1,701.0×

P/B

34.7×

Dividend yield

0.2%

ROE

ROCE

17.5%

Debt / equity

1.29

OPM

2.3%

EPS (TTM)

₹0.4

Book value

₹21.2

52-week high

—

52-week low

Key insights

Company research notes and source-linked reviews

Key risks

Profitability crisis: PE of 1,869 and ROE of 3.01% reflect near-zero sustained earnings; Dec 2025 quarter posted ₹67.9 Cr loss.
Margin collapse risk: OPM ranged -2.73% to 8.05% (average 2.34%), offering no buffer against commodity swings.
Leverage at thin margins: D/E 1.29 combined with 2.34% OPM limits financial flexibility. Verify commodity price exposure and input cost hedging.
Market confidence weak: –13.39% 1y return and ₹662–₹1,016 price range reflect investor concern about earnings sustainability.

Generated analysis · source review pending

Growth drivers

Margin recovery potential: Mar 2025 achieved 8.05% OPM and ₹70.72 Cr profit versus recent 2.34% average; if cost or pricing management sustains, 1,500 Cr revenue could yield 3–4× typical quarterly earnings.
Stable revenue base: ₹1,000–1,600 Cr quarterly revenue shows established market presence; volume or price expansion could drive earnings without new capacity. Verify agricultural demand outlook and policy support.
Cash generation despite thin profits: Three-year dividend history (2025, 2024, 2023) signals underlying cash; margin recovery would free capital for reinvestment or distributions.
Sector policy drivers: Verify government subsidy trends, domestic production incentives, and agricultural productivity schemes that could support pricing and volumes.

Generated analysis · source review pending

2,528 historical price candles were omitted because the exchange source has not been verified.

₹735.0-2.9%1Y

Quick read

rule-based

Pros

+Strong return on equity of 20.7% (3-yr avg)
+High return on capital employed of 36.4%

Cons

−Thin operating margin of 2.3%
−Profit declined 46.9% a year over the last 5 years
−Modest revenue growth of 7.9% a year over the last 5 years
−Weak interest coverage of 1.1×
−Expensive at 1701× trailing earnings
−Trading at 34.7× book value

Research score

Structured signal from quality, growth, valuation and momentum.

14/100

Business quality: 16
Growth

Revenue & net profit

₹ crore, by fiscal year

RevenuePAT

Margins

% of revenue, by fiscal year

OPMPAT margin

Peers

Comparable companies from the narrowest available industry classification.

Part ofNIFTY MIDCAP 150 NIFTY MIDSMALLCAP 400 NIFTY 500 NIFTY TOTAL MARKET

Screen this industry

Loading peers…

Financials

Reported profit and loss, balance sheet, cash flow and growth history.

Annual Quarterly

Consolidated Standalone

Consolidated figures · ₹ crore

₹ Cr	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
	1,746	1,873	2,770	3,259	4,425	6,198	5,055	4,051
COGS	1,261	1,079	1,604	1,828	2,780	3,735	3,307	2,874
Gross profit	484	794	1,166	1,431	1,644	2,463	1,748	1,177
	705	728	886	878	1,048	1,708	1,389	1,082
	-220	66	279	552	596	755	359	95
OPM %	-12.6%	3.6%	10.1%	17%	13.5%	12.2%	7.1%	2.3%
Depreciation	23	22	18	23	27	30	27	37
Interest	257	313	289	245	244	247	247	246
	17	-34	1,004	68	29	136	-42	241
Profit before tax	-459	-199	976	352	353	613	44	54
Tax	0	0	0	0	0	0	-103	13
Tax %	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	-236%	23.3%
	-459	-199	976	352	353	613	146	41
PAT margin %	-26.3%	-10.7%	35.2%	10.8%	8%	9.9%	2.9%	1%
EPS (₹)	-7.1	-3.1	15.1	5.4	5.5	9.5	2.3	0.6
EPS adjusted (₹)	-7.1	-3.1	—	—	—	9.5	2.3	0.6
	—	—	0%	0%	0%	10.6%	42.9%	60.9%
Annual report	Annual report for Mar 2016	Annual report for Mar 2017	—	—	—	—	—	—

₹ Cr	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
Equity capital	647	647	647	647	647
Reserves	-1,957	-2,159	627	729	724
Minority interest	—	—	0	—	0
	1,852	2,456	1,809	1,776	1,770
	1,142	634	2,351	2,664	2,840
Total equity & liabilities	1,683	1,578	5,434	5,815	5,981
	314	294	814	827	951
CWIP	22	25	105	222	216
Investments	4	4	113	130	158
	1,344	1,256	4,403	4,636	4,656
Total assets	1,683	1,578	5,434	5,815	5,981

₹ Cr	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
	-237	-322	1,023	152	647	278	140
	-4	-5	-857	-158	-775	214	-282
	224	338	-36	8	-4	-106	-75
Net cash flow	-17	12	130	3	-132	386	-217
Free cash flow	—	—	991	88	554	106	-13
CFO / Operating profit %	—	-484.5%	185.3%	25.6%	85.7%	77.5%	147.6%

Segment results

As reported in NSE results XBRL. Segment result is before tax and finance costs. ROCE uses that annual result divided by segment assets less liabilities.

Source XBRL ↗

Latest reported period · 31 Mar 2025 · ₹ crore

Segment	Revenue	Result	Assets	Liabilities	Capital employed	ROCE %
Fertiliser	4,035.8	391.13	4,609.92	830.2	3,779.72	10.35
Unallocated	26.83	-255.72

Loading financials…

Ratios

Annual operating, return, leverage and working-capital ratios.

Consolidated Standalone

Consolidated figures

Ratio	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
Margins
Gross margin %	27.7%	42.4%	42.1%	43.9%	37.2%	39.7%	34.6%	29.1%
EBITDA margin %	-12.6%	3.6%	10.1%	17%	13.5%	12.2%	7.1%	2.3%
EBIT margin %	-13.9%	2.4%	9.4%	16.3%	12.9%	11.7%	6.6%	1.4%
PAT margin %	-26.3%	-10.7%	35.2%	10.8%	8%	9.9%	2.9%	1%
Working capital
Receivable days	2	2	—	—	—	28	11	26
Inventory days	113	151	—	—	—	96	126	120
Payable days	167	109	—	—	—	37	53	59
NWC days	-51	44	—	—	—	87	84	86
Leverage
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	1.08	1.05	1.02
Debt to EBITDA	—	36.95	—	—	—	2.4	4.94	18.67
Debt to equity	-1.41	-1.62	—	—	—	1.42	1.29	1.29
Interest coverage	-0.8	0.2	1	2.4	2.8	3.5	2.2	1.1
Asset turnover	1.04	1.19	—	—	—	1.14	0.87	0.68
Return ratios
Return on assets %	-27.2%	-12.6%	—	—	—	11.3%	2.5%	0.7%
Return on capital employed %	—	—	—	—	—	57%	34.7%	17.5%
Return on equity %	35%	13.2%	—	—	—	48.1%	10.6%	3%

Derived from reported annual statements. ROCE uses EBIT over capital employed (total assets less current liabilities). Day counts average the opening and closing balance; receivables turn on revenue, inventory and payables on cost of goods sold.

Loading ratios…

Shareholding

Quarterly ownership, named holders, insider transactions and disclosed deals.

No shareholding data

Quarterly shareholding records haven't been ingested for this company.

Loading shareholding…

F&O

Current futures and options contracts with compact option-chain pages.

Not in the F&O segment

Only about 210 stocks have listed futures and options. Contracts appear here for those, refreshed after each close.

Loading f&o…

Fund holders

Mutual-fund schemes that disclosed a holding in the company.

Portfolio month

Schemes holding

across 8 fund houses

Held by these funds

0.04%

of the company's equity

All mutual funds

—

not filed

Portfolios as of

August 2026

compared with July 2026

20 schemes · 8 fund houses

		Shares
Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund	Nippon India Mutual Fund	99,294	8.15	0.23%	0.015%	+1,214
Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund	SBI Mutual Fund	50,462	4.14	0.23%	0.008%	+564
(Investment Manager for Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund)	Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund	36,581	3	0.23%	0.006%	+332
Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund	ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund	22,255	1.83	0.23%	0.003%	+448
Nifty 500 Equal Weight Index Fund	Nippon India Mutual Fund	12,454	1.02	0.19%	0.002%	+6
(Investment Manager for Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund)	Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund	9,933	0.82	0.03%	0.002%	+341
(Investment Manager for Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund)	Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund	7,149	0.59	0.23%	0.001%	-388
IB20-Groww Nifty Smallcap 250 Index Fund	Groww Mutual Fund	3,934	0.32	0.23%	0.001%	+20

1–8 of 20

1 / 3

Loading fund holders…

Documents

Annual reports, exchange filings, offer documents, ratings and earnings-call material.

Announcements

The Exchange has sought clarification from Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd on March 12, 2026 with reference to significant movement in price, in order to ensure that investors ....12 Mar 2026 · Clarification
The Exchange has sought clarification from Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd on March 11, 2026, with reference to Movement in Volume. The reply is awaited.11 Mar 2026 · Clarification
The Exchange has sought clarification from Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd on December 17, 2025, with reference to Movement in Volume. The reply is awaited.17 Dec 2025 · Clarification
The Exchange has sought clarification from Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd on July 16, 2025, with reference to Movement in Volume. The reply is awaited.16 Jul 2025 · Clarification

Annual reports

Loading documents…

Events

Upcoming dates and the company’s corporate-action history.

3

Final dividend19 Sept 2025 · ex-date₹0.39
Final dividend20 Sept 2024 · ex-date₹0.97
Final dividend22 Sept 2023 · ex-date₹1

Loading events…

Announcements

Latest exchange announcements, filings and downloadable documents.

1 month 3 months 6 months 1 year All

0 announcementsExport CSV

No announcements stored for this window

Filings are ingested from BSE daily. Try a longer range, or check back after the next sync.

Loading announcements…

Ratio	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
Margins
Gross margin %	27.7%	42.4%	42.1%	43.9%	37.2%	39.7%	34.6%	29.1%
EBITDA margin %	-12.6%	3.6%	10.1%	17%	13.5%	12.2%	7.1%	2.3%
EBIT margin %	-13.9%	2.4%	9.4%	16.3%	12.9%	11.7%	6.6%	1.4%
PAT margin %	-26.3%	-10.7%	35.2%	10.8%	8%	9.9%	2.9%	1%
Working capital
Receivable days	2	2	—	—	—	28	11	26
Inventory days	113	151	—	—	—	96	126	120
Payable days	167	109	—	—	—	37	53	59
NWC days	-51	44	—	—	—	87	84	86
Leverage
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	1.08	1.05	1.02
Debt to EBITDA	—	36.95	—	—	—	2.4	4.94	18.67
Debt to equity	-1.41	-1.62	—	—	—	1.42	1.29	1.29
Interest coverage	-0.8	0.2	1	2.4	2.8	3.5	2.2	1.1
Asset turnover	1.04	1.19	—	—	—	1.14	0.87	0.68
Return ratios
Return on assets %	-27.2%	-12.6%	—	—	—	11.3%	2.5%	0.7%
Return on capital employed %	—	—	—	—	—	57%	34.7%	17.5%
Return on equity %	35%	13.2%	—	—	—	48.1%	10.6%	3%

Company	Mkt Cap	EV	Revenue	EBITDA	OPM	PAT	NPM	ROCE	ROE	WC Days
Coromandel International LimitedCOROMANDELCOROMANDEL	₹52,026 Cr	₹52,893 Cr	₹32,602 Cr	₹3,190 Cr	10.2%	₹1,778 Cr	6%	23.3%	16.5%	76
Fertilizers And Chemicals Travancore LimitedFACTFACT	₹47,559 Cr	₹49,329 Cr	₹5,293 Cr	₹105 Cr	2.3%	₹28 Cr	1%	17.5%	3%	86
Chambal Fertilizers & Chemicals LimitedCHAMBLFERTCHAMBLFERT	₹16,000 Cr	₹17,054 Cr	₹20,123 Cr	₹2,768 Cr	12.9%	₹1,928 Cr	9.4%	22.3%	20.4%	73
Paradeep Phosphates LimitedPARADEEPPARADEEP	₹15,700 Cr	₹22,606 Cr	₹23,447 Cr	₹2,292 Cr	9.9%	₹1,072 Cr	4.6%	29.3%	18.3%	115
Rashtriya Chemicals And Fertilizers LimitedRCFRCF	₹5,892 Cr	₹10,006 Cr	₹18,695 Cr	₹1,003 Cr	5.1%	₹447 Cr	2.3%	12.5%	8.7%	94
Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals LimitedGSFCGSFC	₹5,854 Cr	₹5,879 Cr	₹12,344 Cr	₹830 Cr	7.2%	₹693 Cr	6.2%	6.6%	5.5%	129
National Fertilizers LimitedNFLNFL	₹3,132 Cr	₹7,092 Cr	₹22,480 Cr	₹1,012 Cr	3.9%	₹364 Cr	1%	11%	7.6%	81
Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation LimitedSPICSPIC	₹1,267 Cr	₹1,965 Cr	₹3,024 Cr	₹265 Cr	10.1%	₹205 Cr	7.2%	21.3%	16.5%	-26
Madras Fertilizers LimitedMADRASFERTMADRASFERT	₹926 Cr	₹1,560 Cr	₹2,442 Cr	₹98 Cr	4.8%	₹71 Cr	3.5%	101.8%	87.4%	33
Zuari Agro Chemicals LimitedZUARIZUARI	₹896 Cr	₹1,538 Cr	₹2,569 Cr	₹228 Cr	9.7%	₹939 Cr	30.7%	8.5%	46.6%	16
Aries Agro LimitedARIESARIES	₹621 Cr	₹671 Cr	₹766 Cr	₹81 Cr	10.3%	₹48 Cr	5.7%	21.1%	13.7%	115
Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers LimitedKHAICHEMKHAICHEM	₹477 Cr	₹755 Cr	₹988 Cr	₹105 Cr	11.3%	₹54 Cr	6.5%	36.1%	25.2%	119

Fertilizers And Chemicals Travancore Limited

About

Key insights

Key risks

Growth drivers

Quick read

Pros

Cons

Research score

Revenue & net profit

Margins

Peers

Financials

Segment results

Ratios

Shareholding

No shareholding data

F&O

Not in the F&O segment

Fund holders

Documents

Announcements

Annual reports

Events

3

Announcements

No announcements stored for this window

3

No shareholding data

Not in the F&O segment

Announcements

Annual reports

No announcements stored for this window

Segment results

Compounded sales growth

Compounded profit growth

Return on equity

FERTILISER · revenue

Fertilizers And Chemicals Travancore Limited

About

Key insights

Key risks

Growth drivers

Quick read

Pros

Cons

Research score

Revenue & net profit

Margins

Peers

Financials

Profit & loss

Balance sheet

Cash flow

Segment results

Ratios

Ratio timeline

Shareholding

No shareholding data

F&O

Not in the F&O segment

Fund holders

Documents

Announcements

Annual reports

Events

Dividends3

Announcements

No announcements stored for this window

Dividends3

Ratio timeline

No shareholding data

Not in the F&O segment

Announcements

Annual reports

No announcements stored for this window

Profit & loss

Balance sheet

Cash flow

Segment results

Compounded returns

Compounded sales growth

Compounded profit growth

Return on equity

FERTILISER · revenue

3

3