Archean Chemical Industries
- Market cap
- ₹ 5,965 Cr.
- P/E
- 58.8x
- P/B
- 2.94x
- 52-week range
- 445.6 – 676
- ROE
- 5%
- ROCE
- 7%
- Dividend yield
- 0.5%
- Debt / equity
- 0.24
- Sector
- Chemicals & Petrochemicals
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
- Listed on
- NSE, BSE
About
Archean Chemical Industries Limited is an India-based specialty chemical manufacturing company. The Company is engaged in activities related to the production and supply of marine chemicals. It is a producer and exporter of Bromine, Sulfate of Potash, and Industrial Salt. It has a single business segment, namely the Marine Chemicals industry. The Company's portfolio of products also includes Potassium Sulfate (SOP). The Company uses brine from the Rann of Kutch to produce liquid bromine. Its Bromine has less than 60 parts per million (ppm) of chlorine and less than 30 ppm of moisture. It extracts SOP from mixed salts that precipitate after the precipitation of halite from seawater. The Company caters for a range of industries, including agriculture, pharmaceuticals, water treatment, aluminum, glass, and textiles.
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Compared with its industry
Specialty Chemicals: 130 companies →Archean Chemical Industries against the typical company in its industry. The rank is out of the companies that report each figure; green means the better quarter of the pack, red the worse quarter.
- Valuation (P/E)58.8 against a typical 25.8: pricier than most peers (1st = cheapest).105th of 129
- Sales growth+12% against a typical +25.9% from a year earlier.90th of 112
- Profit growth−25% against a typical +42.4% from a year earlier.85th of 102
- Share price, 3 months−18.6% against a typical −5.8%.101st of 118
- Size₹ 5,965.1 Cr. market value against a typical ₹ 359.6 Cr. (1st = largest).19th of 126
Credit ratings
Every rating action on file, newest first, including reaffirmations. Open a row for the agency's reasoning. All credit rating updates
Look closer
Rated A- by CRISIL- CRISIL lowered its rating on 21 Oct 2026.
| Agency | Current rating | Outlook | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRISIL | Crisil A- | Stable | 21 Oct 2026 |
| Rating | Details | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2026 | ▼ Downgrade1 notch | Crisil A → Crisil A- | High | CRISIL | ₹ 1,531 Cr. | |
| 17 Sep 2025 | Rating action | Crisil A | — | CRISIL | ₹ 265 Cr. |
Board meetings
Results dates and other board meetings. Full calendar
| Details | ||
|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2026Upcoming | Financial Results | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended September 30, 2026 |
| 30 Jul 2026 | Financial Results | To consider and approve the Un-audited financial results for the period ended Jun 30, 2026 |
| 11 May 2026 | Financial Results/Dividend | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended March 31, 2026 and dividend |
| 4 Feb 2026 | Financial Results | To consider and approve thethe Un-Audited Financial Results (both the standalone & consolidated) for the quarter andnine months ended December 31, 2025 |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Financial Results | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended September 30, 2025 |
| 28 Jul 2025 | Financial Results | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended Jun 30, 2025 |
| 2 May 2025 | Financial Results/Dividend | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended March 31, 2025 and dividend |
Financials
Consolidated figures in ₹ crore.
| ₹ Cr. | Sep 2023 | Dec 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 | Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 290 | 413 | 284 | 213 | 240 | 242 | 346 | 292 | 233 | 255 | 301 | 327 |
| Expenses | 195 | 267 | 197 | 141 | 166 | 162 | 257 | 214 | 171 | 200 | 257 | 260 |
| Operating Profit | 95 | 145 | 87 | 71 | 75 | 80 | 88 | 78 | 63 | 54 | 44 | 67 |
| OPM % | 33% | 35% | 31% | 33% | 31% | 33% | 26% | 27% | 27% | 21% | 15% | 21% |
| Other Income | 11 | 9 | 12 | 10 | −29 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| Interest | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 |
| Depreciation | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 |
| Profit before tax | 87 | 135 | 80 | 61 | 23 | 66 | 75 | 58 | 40 | 33 | 16 | 44 |
| Tax % | 24% | 25% | 28% | 26% | 31% | 27% | 28% | 31% | 27% | 28% | 23% | 31% |
| Net Profit | 66 | 102 | 58 | 45 | 16 | 48 | 54 | 40 | 29 | 24 | 12 | 30 |
| EPS in Rs | 5.36 | 8.23 | 4.67 | 3.64 | 1.28 | 3.89 | 4.34 | 3.26 | 2.36 | 1.91 | 1.09 | 2.49 |
Growth and returns
Compounded yearly rates over each period.
- 10 Years
- —
- 5 Years
- —
- 3 Years
- −9%
- TTM
- 0%
- 10 Years
- —
- 5 Years
- —
- 3 Years
- −35%
- TTM
- −49%
- 10 Years
- —
- 5 Years
- —
- 3 Years
- −3%
- TTM
- —
- 10 Years
- —
- 5 Years
- 18%
- 3 Years
- 11%
- TTM
- —
P/E and EPS over time
Daily P/E and trailing 12-month EPS. EPS updates with each result.
Peers
Listed companies in the same business.
| Archean Chemical Industries | ₹ 460.30 | ₹ 5,965 Cr. | 58.8x | 2.9x | 5% | — |
| Asian Paints | ₹ 2,305.00 | ₹ 2,21,095 Cr. | 58.1x | 12.1x | 21.2% | 12.4% |
| Solar Industries India | ₹ 18,320.00 | ₹ 1,65,778 Cr. | 99.6x | 26.6x | 31.4% | 17.7% |
| Pidilite Industries | ₹ 1,514.00 | ₹ 1,54,107 Cr. | 64.8x | 14.7x | 23.8% | 16.9% |
| SRF | ₹ 2,309.00 | ₹ 68,444 Cr. | 44.6x | 6.1x | 13.8% | 11.6% |
| Linde India | ₹ 5,697.00 | ₹ 48,586 Cr. | 110.5x | 14.2x | 13.6% | 21.7% |
Management
- Ranjit Pendurthi
- Executive Vice Chairman of the Board
- Natarajan Ramamurthy
- Chief Financial Officer
- Vijayaraghavan Nemam Echampadi
- Compliance Officer, Company Secretary
- Bhupathi K.
- Vice President - Operations, Unit head
- Rampraveen Swaminathan
- Managing Director
- Ravi K.
- Associate General Manager - research and development
- Subash Kasinathan
- General Manager - operations and strategic initiative
- Parthiban Selvaraj Muruganantha
- Associate General Manager - transport and logistics
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