Kanchi Karpooram Limited (KANCHI)

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Kanchi Karpooram Limited (KANCHI) · mywealthgrid

About

Kanchi Karpooram manufactures commodity chemicals within the Materials sector. Quarterly revenues of ₹24–₹65 Cr against market cap ₹162.39 Cr reflect small-cap scale and commodity-price exposure. Promoter-controlled (51.17%) with zero institutional participation (FII/DII 0%).

Face value: ₹10

Market cap

₹163 Cr

P/E

11.9×

P/B

0.8×

Dividend yield

0.3%

ROE

6.7%

ROCE

Debt / equity

OPM

11.9%

EPS (TTM)

₹31.6

Book value

₹485.7

52-week high

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52-week low

Key insights

Company research notes and source-linked reviews

Key risks

Operating margin collapsed from 51.37% (Dec 2020) to 11.89% (current)—verify whether input-cost or competitive pressure is cyclical or structural

Revenue volatility: quarterly swings from ₹24.44 Cr to ₹64.96 Cr signal commodity-price cyclicality or demand instability

Low capital efficiency: ROE 6.72% despite zero debt indicates poor return on equity deployed

Institutional absence (FII 0%, DII 0%) suggests limited analyst coverage or investor confidence—verify underlying credibility concerns

Generated analysis · source review pending

Growth drivers

Operating margin recovery: OPM fell from 51.37% (Dec 2020) to 11.89%, creating leverage if commodity prices or cost structures normalize—verify input-cost trends
Zero debt (D/E 0) enables growth capex or acquisitions without capital raise constraints—verify management's expansion plans
Commodity chemical sector recovery if feedstock demand improves—verify petrochemical cycle and end-user demand outlook
Quarterly revenue recovery: historical range ₹24–₹65 Cr suggests volume upside from trough—verify demand trends and capacity utilization

Generated analysis · source review pending

2,417 historical price candles were omitted because the exchange source has not been verified.

₹379.8-2.9%1Y

Quick read

rule-based

Pros

+Almost debt-free (debt/equity 0)
+Comfortable interest coverage of 131.5×

Cons

−Low return on equity of 3.5% (3-yr avg)
−Low dividend payout of 3.1% of profit

Research score

Structured signal from quality, growth, valuation and momentum.

69/100

Business quality: 49
Valuation: 90

Revenue & net profit

₹ crore, by fiscal year

RevenuePAT

Margins

% of revenue, by fiscal year

OPMPAT margin

Peers

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Financials

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

Annual Quarterly

Consolidated Standalone

Consolidated figures · ₹ crore

₹ Cr	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
	146	152
COGS	119	105
Gross profit	27	46
	25	28
Operating profit (EBITDA)	1	18
OPM %	1%	11.9%
Depreciation	3	4
Interest	0	0
	2	4
Profit before tax	1	18
Tax	1	5
Tax %	135.9%	27.6%
PAT	-0	13
PAT margin %	-0.2%	8.7%
EPS (₹)	1.4	31.6
EPS adjusted (₹)	1.4	31.6
	72.5%	3.2%
Annual report	Annual report for Mar 2024	Annual report for Mar 2025

₹ Cr	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
Equity capital	4	4	4
Reserves	—	193	206
	—	0	0
	—	7	7
Total equity & liabilities	—	205	217
	53	51	68
CWIP	—	19	7
Investments	—	0	0
	—	134	143
Total assets	—	205	217

₹ Cr	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
	16	34	8
	-34	-35	-7
	-1	-0	-1
Net cash flow	-19	-1	0
Free cash flow	16	25	-1
CFO / Operating profit %	—	—	42.4%

Compounded sales growth

7 years: —
5 years: —
3 years: —
1 year: 4%

Return on equity

7 years: —
5 years: —
3 years: —
Last year: 6%

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Ratios

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

Consolidated Standalone

Consolidated figures

Ratio	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
Margins
Gross margin %	18.3%	30.6%
EBITDA margin %	1%	11.9%
EBIT margin %	-0.9%	9.6%
PAT margin %	-0.2%	8.7%
Working capital
Receivable days	40	35
Inventory days	198	242
Payable days	5	5
NWC days	233	272
Leverage
Current ratio	20.58	23.67
Debt to EBITDA	0	0
Debt to equity	0	0
Interest coverage	13.9	131.5
Asset turnover	0.71	0.7
Return ratios
Return on assets %	-0.1%	6.1%
Return on capital employed %	0.7%	9%
Return on equity %	-0.1%	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.

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Shareholding

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

Quarterly Annual

Every quarter filed · % of equity

Holder (%)	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
	49.3%	49.49%	49.78%	49.83%	49.83%	49.83%	50.06%	50.06%	50.06%	50.4%	51.17%	51.17%
FII	0.47%	0.47%	0%	0%	0.16%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
DII	0.06%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0.26%	0%	0%
	50.17%	50.04%	50.22%	50.17%	50.01%	50.17%	49.94%	49.94%	49.94%	49.34%	48.83%	48.83%
No. of shareholders	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11,798	11,355	10,979	10,761

Promoter holding up 1.87 percentage points since Sep 2023.

3 deals · 23 Sept 2021 – 28 May 2025

Date	Client	Type	Venue	Side	Quantity	Price	Value
28 May 2025	SHAH VARSHA SHARAD	Bulk	BSE	Buy	32,000	₹479.75	₹1.54 Cr
30 Sept 2021	MADRAS PARAMESWARAN MANOJ MAHADEV	Bulk	BSE	Buy	25,294	₹917.87	₹2.32 Cr
23 Sept 2021	MADRAS PARAMESWARAN MANOJ MAHADEV	Bulk	BSE	Sell	28,276	₹753.87	₹2.13 Cr

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Bulk deals are a client trading over 0.5% of the equity in a session, aggregated across their trades; block deals are single negotiated trades in the exchange’s block window. Each is reported by the exchange it was crossed on, so NSE and BSE rows are separate trades rather than the same trade twice.

Mr. KARAIKUDI CHANDRASEKARAN RADHAKRISHNANNon-Executive - Independent Director-Chairperson
Mr. SURESH VEERCHANDJI SHAHExecutive Director-MD
Mr. DIPESH SURESH JAINExecutive Director-MD
Mr. ARUN SHAH VEERCHANDExecutive Director
Mr. Surendra ShahChief Financial Officer
Mrs. PUSHPA JAIN SURESHNon-Executive - Non Independent Director
Mr. RAJAGOPALAN KANNANNon-Executive - Independent Director
Mrs. RANJANI VYDEESWARANNon-Executive - Independent Director
Ms. Abirami KCompany Secretary & Compliance Officer

Current officeholders as filed with BSE. A person holding two offices is listed once per office.

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Fund holders

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

No fund holdings on record

No scheme among the 32 fund houses on record reported a position in Kanchi Karpooram Limited. Portfolios are published monthly by each AMC; coverage is still partial.

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Documents

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

Announcements

Annual reports

Credit ratings

Crisil ratings have reaffirmed the credit rating of the Company as BBB-/Stable (reaffirmed)27 Nov 2025 from CRISIL

Documents link to external sources (exchange filings, company investor pages).

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Events

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

13

Final dividend15 Sept 2026 · ex-date₹1
Final dividend12 Sept 2025 · ex-date₹1
Final dividend20 Sept 2024 · ex-date₹1
Dividend dividend21 Sept 2023 · ex-date₹1
Dividend dividend1 Sept 2022 · ex-date₹2.5
Dividend dividend26 Aug 2021 · ex-date₹4
Final dividend17 Sept 2020 · ex-date₹1
Interim dividend19 Mar 2020 · ex-date₹2
Final dividend29 Aug 2019 · ex-date₹2
Final dividend18 Sept 2018 · ex-date₹2
Dividend dividend19 Sept 2017 · ex-date₹1.5
Dividend dividend1 Sept 2016 · ex-date₹1.5
Dividend dividend3 Sept 2015 · ex-date₹0.5

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Board meeting to consider results12 Aug 2026

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Announcements

Latest exchange announcements, filings and downloadable documents.

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22 Sept 2026, 1:31 pmAGM/EGM

Shareholder Meeting / Postal Ballot-Outcome of AGM

AGM PDF

31 Aug 2026, 10:32 amCompany Update

Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Newspaper Publication

Newspaper Publication PDF

28 Aug 2026, 8:56 pmOthers

Reg. 34 (1) Annual Report.

Reg. 34 (1) Annual Report PDF

14 Aug 2026, 3:03 pmCompany Update

Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Newspaper Publication

Newspaper Publication PDF

3 Aug 2026, 12:07 pmBoard Meeting

Board Meeting Intimation for The Meeting Of The Board Of Directors To Be Held On 12/08/2026

Exchange filing PDF

8 Jul 2026, 10:11 amCompany Update

Compliances-Certificate under Reg. 74 (5) of SEBI (DP) Regulations, 2018

Certificate under Reg. 74 (5) of SEBI (DP) Regulations, 2018 PDF

Date	Category	Subject	Filing
22 Sept 2026, 1:31 pm	AGM/EGM AGM	Shareholder Meeting / Postal Ballot-Outcome of AGM	PDF
31 Aug 2026, 10:32 am	Company Update Newspaper Publication	Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Newspaper Publication

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Ratio	Mar 2024	Mar 2025
Margins
Gross margin %	18.3%	30.6%
EBITDA margin %	1%	11.9%
EBIT margin %	-0.9%	9.6%
PAT margin %	-0.2%	8.7%
Working capital
Receivable days	40	35
Inventory days	198	242
Payable days	5	5
NWC days	233	272
Leverage
Current ratio	20.58	23.67
Debt to EBITDA	0	0
Debt to equity	0	0
Interest coverage	13.9	131.5
Asset turnover	0.71	0.7
Return ratios
Return on assets %	-0.1%	6.1%
Return on capital employed %	0.7%	9%
Return on equity %	-0.1%	6.3%

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Deepak Fertilizers And Petrochemicals Corporation LimitedDEEPAKFERTDEEPAKFERT	₹16,417 Cr	₹21,903 Cr	₹12,104 Cr	₹2,016 Cr	14.6%	₹984 Cr	6.4%	12.6%	11.3%	55
Tata Chemicals LimitedTATACHEMTATACHEM	₹15,487 Cr	₹23,488 Cr	₹15,120 Cr	₹1,711 Cr	12.4%	₹-2,165 Cr	-11.8%	2.9%	-8.9%	113
Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers And Chemicals LimitedGNFCGNFC	₹8,655 Cr	₹8,655 Cr	₹8,410 Cr	₹1,241 Cr	11.3%	₹1,037 Cr	10.4%	10.6%	9.1%	81
TANFAC Industries LtdTANFACINDTANFACIND	₹6,909 Cr	₹7,002 Cr	₹711 Cr	₹112 Cr	15.8%	₹70 Cr	9.9%	27.7%	20.5%	112
Gujarat Alkalies And Chemicals LimitedGUJALKALIGUJALKALI	₹4,430 Cr	₹4,998 Cr	₹4,498 Cr	₹510 Cr	9.3%	₹66 Cr	-0.1%	1.6%	-0%	25
Grauer & Weil India LimitedGRAUWEILGRAUWEIL	₹3,709 Cr	₹3,717 Cr	₹1,134 Cr	₹188 Cr	16.6%	₹69 Cr	13.9%	23%	18%	72
Ghcl LimitedGHCLGHCL	₹3,700 Cr	₹3,762 Cr	₹3,064 Cr	₹689 Cr	22.5%	₹472 Cr	15.4%	17%	13.4%	126
J.g.chemicals LimitedJGCHEMJGCHEM	₹2,392 Cr	₹2,399 Cr	₹1,071 Cr	₹96 Cr	8.4%	₹75 Cr	7.1%	18.2%	13.3%	101
Thirumalai Chemicals LimitedTIRUMALCHMTIRUMALCHM	₹1,764 Cr	₹3,857 Cr	₹1,832 Cr	₹20 Cr	-2%	₹-152 Cr	-9.7%	-3.3%	-12.3%	14
Ig Petrochemicals LimitedIGPLIGPL	₹1,754 Cr	₹2,110 Cr	₹2,073 Cr	₹207 Cr	4.9%	₹82 Cr	0.1%	3.2%	0.2%	23
Indo Borax & Chemicals LimitedINDOBORAXINDOBORAX	₹1,507 Cr	₹1,507 Cr	₹232 Cr	₹52 Cr	20.5%	₹56 Cr	23.3%	15.5%	15.1%	110
Innovassynth Technologies (India) LtdINOVSYNTHINOVSYNTH	₹1,462 Cr	₹1,466 Cr	₹0 Cr	₹-0 Cr	—	₹-5 Cr	—	-1.1%	-12%	—

Kanchi Karpooram Limited

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