Gujarat Alkalies And Chemicals
- Market cap
- ₹ 3,974 Cr.
- P/E
- 61.1x
- P/B
- 0.78x
- 52-week range
- 409.15 – 815
- ROE
- 0%
- ROCE
- 1%
- Dividend yield
- 3.2%
- Debt / equity
- 0.11
- Sector
- Chemicals & Petrochemicals
- Industry
- Commodity Chemicals
- Listed on
- NSE, BSE
About
Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited is a multi-product chemical manufacturing company. The Company is engaged in manufacturing various chemical products, such as caustic soda lye, caustic soda flakes, caustic soda prills, chloromethane, caustic potash lye, caustic potash flakes, potassium carbonate, hydrogen peroxide, phosphoric acid, poly aluminum chloride, aluminum chloride, benzyl chloride, benzyl alcohol, benzaldehyde, sodium chlorate, and others. Its products are used by various industries, which include aluminum, textiles, rayon, soaps & detergents, pulp & paper, fine chemicals, dyes, paints, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, metal treatment, petroleum refining, and more. The Company exports its products to Europe, West Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, the Middle East/ Far East and South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) countries. It has an installed production capacity of 8,49,750 lakhs million tons per annum (MTPA) of caustic soda.
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Compared with its industry
Commodity Chemicals: 75 companies →Gujarat Alkalies And Chemicals 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)61.1 against a typical 22.7: pricier than most peers (1st = cheapest).55th of 72
- Sales growth+12.7% against a typical +12.7% from a year earlier.33rd of 65
- Share price, 3 months−18.2% against a typical −2.2%.55th of 65
- Size₹ 3,974.3 Cr. market value against a typical ₹ 131.2 Cr. (1st = largest).4th of 69
Latest announcements
Exchange filings and their impact on the company.
- GACL broke ground on its 33,870 TPA food-grade phosphoric acid plant at Dahej, implying capex now but no revenue for the next 12 months.
Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals held the ground-breaking ceremony on 22 October 2026 for its 33,870 TPA food-grade phosphoric acid plant (PPA-II) at Dahej. The event was attended by senior leadership, engineering consultant IBIC Engineering and employees, following up on its February 2026 disclosure. This marks start of construction with no immediate sales benefit, but adds a value-added product for future growth.
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 AA- by CARE- CARE lowered its rating on 3 Aug 2026.
| Agency | Current rating | Outlook | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARE | CARE AA- | Stable | 3 Aug 2026 |
| Rating | Details | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Aug 2026 | ▼ Downgrade | CARE AA- | — | CARE | ₹ 812.13 Cr. |
Board meetings
Results dates and other board meetings. Full calendar
| Details | ||
|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov 2026Upcoming | Financial Results/Other business matters | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended September 30, 2026 and other business matters |
| 23 Jul 2026 | Financial Results/Other business matters | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended Jun 30, 2026 and other business matters |
| 29 May 2026 | Financial Results/Dividend/Other business matters | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended March 31, 2026, dividend and other business matters |
| 6 Feb 2026 | Financial Results | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended December 31, 2025 |
| 7 Nov 2025 | Financial Results/Other business matters | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended September 30, 2025 and other business matters |
| 8 Aug 2025 | Financial Results/Other business matters | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended Jun 30, 2025 and other business matters.Board Meeting Intimation for Board Meeting For Standalone & Consolidated Un-Audited (Provisional) Financial Results For The First Quarter Ended On 30Th June, 2025.In compliance of Regulation 29 (1) (a) of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015, we would like to inform you that the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on Friday, the 8th August, 2025 for inter alia considering Standalone & Consolidated Un-Audited (Provisional) Financial Results for the First Quarter ended on 30th June, 2025. |
| 16 May 2025 | Financial Results/Dividend/Other business matters | Board Meeting for Audited Financial Results (Standalone & Consolidated) for the Fourth Quarter and Financial Year ended on 31st March, 2025 and recommendation of Dividend, if any. In compliance of Regulation 29 of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015, we would like to inform you that Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on Friday, the 16th May, 2025 for inter alia considering Audited Financial Results (Standalone & Consolidated) for the Fourth Quarter and Financial Year ended on 31st March, 2025. The Board may also consider to recommend Dividend, if any, on the Equity Shares of the Company. |
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 | 971 | 921 | 1,002 | 977 | 991 | 1,029 | 1,075 | 1,105 | 1,083 | 1,044 | 1,125 | 1,245 |
| Expenses | 955 | 941 | 998 | 923 | 945 | 951 | 974 | 1,010 | 1,009 | 948 | 1,015 | 1,023 |
| Operating Profit | 16 | −20 | 4 | 54 | 46 | 78 | 101 | 95 | 74 | 96 | 110 | 222 |
| OPM % | 1.7% | −2.2% | 0.4% | 6% | 4.7% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 7% | 9% | 10% | 18% |
| Other Income | 71 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 59 | 30 | 25 | 9 |
| Interest | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 16 |
| Depreciation | 95 | 96 | 97 | 97 | 100 | 98 | 97 | 102 | 104 | 104 | 104 | 103 |
| Profit before tax | −18 | −123 | −102 | −50 | −16 | −15 | 10 | −12 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 112 |
| Tax % | 0% | −6% | −55% | −11% | 15% | −27% | 13% | 15% | −21% | 621% | 3% | 51% |
| Net Profit | −18 | −115 | −46 | −45 | −18 | −11 | 9 | −14 | 16 | −20 | 15 | 55 |
| EPS in Rs | −2.5 | −15.68 | −6.29 | −6.06 | −2.48 | −1.53 | 1.2 | −1.88 | 2.23 | −2.72 | 2.04 | 7.49 |
Growth and returns
Compounded yearly rates over each period.
- 10 Years
- 8%
- 5 Years
- 12%
- 3 Years
- −1%
- TTM
- 7%
- 10 Years
- —
- 5 Years
- —
- 3 Years
- —
- TTM
- 293%
- 10 Years
- 8%
- 5 Years
- 8%
- 3 Years
- 2%
- TTM
- —
- 10 Years
- 5%
- 5 Years
- 2%
- 3 Years
- −2%
- 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.
| Gujarat Alkalies And Chemicals | ₹ 559.00 | ₹ 3,974 Cr. | 61.1x | 0.8x | 0% | — |
| 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
- Shaileshkumar Gangaratan Damani
- Chief Financial Officer
- Avantika Singh Aulakh
- Managing Director, Executive Director
- Vrajesh Parikh
- Executive Director - Technical
- Sanjay Sukhdevbhai Bhatt
- Company Secretary and Chief General Manager - Legal, Corporate Communication and CSR
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