Lime Chemicals Ltd (LIMECHM)

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Lime Chemicals Ltd (LIMECHM) · mywealthgrid

About

Lime Chemicals Ltd operates in Commodity Chemicals within the Materials sector.

Face value: ₹10

Market cap

₹9 Cr

P/E

68.9×

P/B

5.2×

Dividend yield

ROE

-10.7%

ROCE

-6.3%

Debt / equity

2.67

OPM

-6.5%

EPS (TTM)

₹0.2

Book value

₹2.8

52-week high

—

52-week low

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1,845 historical price candles were omitted because the exchange source has not been verified.

₹14.3-0.3%1Y

Quick read

rule-based

Pros

No positive flags triggered.

Cons

−Low return on equity of -8% (3-yr avg)
−Revenue shrank over the last 5 years (-20.3% a year)
−Heavily leveraged (debt/equity 2.7)
−Weak interest coverage of -4.7×
−Expensive at 68.9× trailing earnings

Research score

Structured signal from quality, growth, valuation and momentum.

14/100

Business quality: 0
Growth: 0
Valuation

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

Standalone figures · ₹ crore · years without a filed annual are summed from quarters

₹ Cr	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	Mar 2018	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	28	44	52	43	31	22	14	15	10	10	7
COGS	—	—	-27	-24	-17	14	9	11	8	3	5
Gross profit	—	—	—	—	—	9	5	4	3	7	2
	25	39	70	65	48	9	6	4	4	7	2
	3	4	8	3	0	-1	-1	0	-1	-0	-0
OPM %	11.7%	10.2%	16.2%	7.8%	1.3%	-2.8%	-7.3%	1.1%	-7.4%	-2.3%	-6.5%
Depreciation	—	—	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	—	0
Interest	0	—	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	1	1	1	2	11	3	0	1	0
Profit before tax	4	4	8	3	-1	0	10	3	-0	0	-0
Tax	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tax %	—	—	—	—	—	30%	0%	10.4%	2%	8.3%	0%
	3	5	8	3	-0	0	10	3	-0	0	-0
PAT margin %	11.6%	11.1%	14.9%	6%	-1%	0.6%	69.7%	17.8%	-4.7%	2.3%	-2.8%
EPS (₹)	—	—	20.4	4.9	-0.5	0.2	—	—	—	0.3	0.2
EPS adjusted (₹)	—	—	—	4	-0.5	0.2	15.1	4.3	-0.8	0.3	-0.3
Annual report	Annual report for Mar 2016	Annual report for Mar 2017	Annual report for Mar 2018	Annual report for Mar 2019	Annual report for Mar 2020	Annual report for Mar 2021	Annual report for Mar 2022	Annual report for Mar 2023	Annual report for Mar 2024	Annual report for Mar 2025	—

₹ Cr	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Equity capital	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Reserves	-17	-17	-17	-7	-4	-5	-5	-5
Minority interest	—	0	0	—	0	—	—	0
	16	13	12	7	6	5	5	5
	19	21	13	11	5	4	3	7
Total equity & liabilities	24	24	15	18	13	11	10	14
	9	8	2	6	6	6	6	6
CWIP	0	0	2	0	—	—	—	—
Investments	—	—	0	0	0	0	—	0
	15	16	10	12	7	5	4	8
Total assets	24	24	15	18	13	11	10	14

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Ratios

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

Standalone figures

Ratio	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Margins
Gross margin %	—	—	39.1%	36.3%	27.9%	27.4%	68.4%	24%
EBITDA margin %	7.8%	1.3%	-2.8%	-7.3%	1.1%	-7.4%	-2.3%	-6.5%
EBIT margin %	5.5%	-2.3%	-7.5%	-9.1%	-0.3%	-8.2%	-2.3%	-7.6%
PAT margin %	6%	-1%	0.6%	69.7%	17.8%	-4.7%	2.3%	-2.8%
Working capital
Receivable days	64	101	73	171	87	81	69	83
Inventory days	43	44	40	16	41	19	18	300
Payable days	—	—	154	191	135	143	—	434
NWC days	—	—	-42	-5	-8	-43	—	-52
Leverage
Current ratio	0.47	0.45	0.38	0.72	0.63	0.48	0.46	0.62
Debt to EBITDA	4.56	33.03	—	—	33.47	—	—	—
Debt to equity	-1.5	-1.24	-1.12	-13.27	2.63	2.89	2.68	2.67
Interest coverage	4.9	-0	1.4	-5.4	0.9	-15.3	2.6	-4.7
Asset turnover	1.82	1.3	1.51	0.8	1.18	0.98	0.96	0.52
Return ratios
Return on assets %	11%	-1.3%	1%	55.8%	21%	-4.6%	2.2%	-1.5%
Return on capital employed %	-51.9%	0.4%	-14.6%	-25%	2%	-20.3%	18.4%	-6.3%
Return on equity %	-25.4%	3%	-1.4%	-1,781.8%	127.8%	-28.2%	11.3%	-11.2%

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
	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%	29.27%
	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%	7.38%	6.04%	3.07%	2.35%	2.35%	2.35%	0%	0%
	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%
Government	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	63.3%	63.3%	63.3%	63.3%	63.3%	64.64%	67.61%	68.33%	68.33%	68.33%	70.68%	70.68%
No. of shareholders	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6,196	6,208	6,185	6,151

Promoter holding up 0 percentage points since Sep 2023.

19 deals · 20 Aug 2021 – 29 Sept 2026

Date	Client	Type	Venue	Side	Quantity	Price	Value
29 Sept 2026	ASHRAF AZIZ MAKANI	Bulk	BSE	Sell	66,250	₹14.08	₹0.09 Cr
29 Sept 2026	RAHIM AHMED DAWOODANI	Bulk	BSE	Buy	50,000	₹14.00	₹0.07 Cr
18 May 2026	NAZLI NADEEM KARMALI	Bulk	BSE	Sell	56,796	₹14.09	₹0.08 Cr
18 May 2026	LI-KARMA FINANCIAL SERVICES LLP	Bulk	BSE	Buy	49,796	₹14.08	₹0.07 Cr
15 May 2026	LI-KARMA FINANCIAL SERVICES LLP	Bulk	BSE	Buy	46,876	₹14.01	₹0.07 Cr
24 Mar 2026	SPARROW ASIA DIVERSIFIED OPPORTUNITIES FUND	Bulk	BSE	Sell	40,000	₹13.08	₹0.05 Cr
24 Mar 2026	NAZLI NADEEM KARMALI	Bulk	BSE	Buy	40,000	₹13.08	₹0.05 Cr
4 Mar 2026	SPARROW ASIA DIVERSIFIED OPPORTUNITIES FUND	Bulk	BSE	Sell	53,000	₹19.17	₹0.10 Cr
10 Oct 2023	SETU SECURITIES PVT. LTD.	Bulk	BSE	Sell	44,903	₹33.45	₹0.15 Cr
10 Oct 2023	SETU SECURITIES PVT. LTD.	Bulk	BSE	Buy	1,404	₹34.26	₹0.00 Cr

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A H DawoodaniManaging Director
Mr. Rahim NarsingdaniNon-Executive - Independent Director
Mr. Zaryab Ahmed SayyedNon-Executive - Independent Director
Mr. Samir Kumar DasNon - Executive Independent Director
Mr. Rahim NarsingdaniNon - Executive Independent Director
Dr. Akbar ViraniDirector
Ms. Rekha Jayantilal UpadhyayNon - Executive Independent Director
Mrs. Rutuja ShindeChief Financial Officer
Ms. Neha T. BotadraCompany Secretary cum 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 Lime Chemicals Ltd. 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

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

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Events

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

1

Board meeting to consider results14 Aug 2026

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Announcements

Latest exchange announcements, filings and downloadable documents.

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30 Sept 2026, 8:26 pmAGM/EGM

Shareholder Meeting / Postal Ballot-Scrutinizer''s Report

AGM PDF

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Ratio	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
Margins
Gross margin %	—	—	39.1%	36.3%	27.9%	27.4%	68.4%	24%
EBITDA margin %	7.8%	1.3%	-2.8%	-7.3%	1.1%	-7.4%	-2.3%	-6.5%
EBIT margin %	5.5%	-2.3%	-7.5%	-9.1%	-0.3%	-8.2%	-2.3%	-7.6%
PAT margin %	6%	-1%	0.6%	69.7%	17.8%	-4.7%	2.3%	-2.8%
Working capital
Receivable days	64	101	73	171	87	81	69	83
Inventory days	43	44	40	16	41	19	18	300
Payable days	—	—	154	191	135	143	—	434
NWC days	—	—	-42	-5	-8	-43	—	-52
Leverage
Current ratio	0.47	0.45	0.38	0.72	0.63	0.48	0.46	0.62
Debt to EBITDA	4.56	33.03	—	—	33.47	—	—	—
Debt to equity	-1.5	-1.24	-1.12	-13.27	2.63	2.89	2.68	2.67
Interest coverage	4.9	-0	1.4	-5.4	0.9	-15.3	2.6	-4.7
Asset turnover	1.82	1.3	1.51	0.8	1.18	0.98	0.96	0.52
Return ratios
Return on assets %	11%	-1.3%	1%	55.8%	21%	-4.6%	2.2%	-1.5%
Return on capital employed %	-51.9%	0.4%	-14.6%	-25%	2%	-20.3%	18.4%	-6.3%
Return on equity %	-25.4%	3%	-1.4%	-1,781.8%	127.8%	-28.2%	11.3%	-11.2%

Company	Mkt Cap	EV	Revenue	EBITDA	OPM	PAT	NPM	ROCE	ROE	WC Days
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%	—

Date	Category	Subject	Filing
30 Sept 2026, 8:26 pm	AGM/EGM AGM	Shareholder Meeting / Postal Ballot-Scrutinizer''s Report	PDF
30 Sept 2026, 1:58 pm	AGM/EGM AGM	Shareholder Meeting / Postal Ballot-Outcome of AGM	PDF
28 Sept 2026, 11:30 am	Insider Trading / SAST Closure of Trading Window	Closure of Trading Window	PDF
4 Sept 2026, 1:52 pm	Others Reg. 34 (1) Annual Report	Reg. 34 (1) Annual Report.	PDF
4 Sept 2026, 1:45 pm	AGM/EGM AGM	Annual General Meeting Of Shareholders On 30Th September 2026.	PDF
4 Sept 2026, 1:37 pm	Company Update General	Book Closure For AGM	PDF
14 Aug 2026, 4:39 pm	Result Financial Results	Unaudited Financial Results For The Quarter Ended On 30Th June 2026	PDF
14 Aug 2026, 4:35 pm	Board Meeting Outcome of Board Meeting	Board Meeting Outcome for Unaudited Financial Results For The Quarter Ended On 30Th June 2026	PDF

₹ Cr	Mar 2019	Mar 2020	Mar 2021	Mar 2022	Mar 2023	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	Mar 2026
	9	3	2	-5	-3	1	-0	1
	-1	-1	-0	10	4	0	-0	0
	-8	-3	-2	-5	-2	-1	0	-0
Net cash flow	0	-1	-0	0	0	-0	-0	0
Free cash flow	—	—	2	-7	—	—	—	1
CFO / Operating profit %	255.6%	822.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—

Lime Chemicals Ltd

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