Premier Explosives

NSE: PREMEXPLNBSE: 526247
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₹ 563.90▼ 25 (−4.25%)28 Oct, 03:29 pm IST
Market cap
₹ 3,689 Cr.
P/E
107.4x
P/B
12.88x
52-week range
378.4 – 829.8
ROE
19%
ROCE
23%
Dividend yield
0.1%
Debt / equity
0.11
Sector
Chemicals & Petrochemicals
Industry
Explosives
Listed on
NSE, BSE

About

Premier Explosives Limited is an India-based company. The Company is engaged in the manufacture of high energy materials like bulk explosives, packaged explosives, detonators, detonating fuse, solid propellants, pyrogen igniters, and pyro devices having applications in mining, infrastructure, defense, space, homeland security and such other areas. It also operates and maintains solid propellant plants of defense and space establishments. Its geographical segments include India and the Rest of the world. Its capabilities include advanced products, such as solid propellants for missiles and rockets, strap-on motors for satellite launch vehicles, and initiating systems. It also manufactures a diverse range of commercial explosives, such as bulk explosives, packaged explosives, cast booster, emulsion booster, detonators and detonating fuse for mining and infrastructure requirements. It also produces explosive bolts, pyro actuators, smoke markers, cable cutters and many other products.

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Compared with its industry

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Premier Explosives 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)107.4 against a typical 79.2: pricier than most peers (1st = cheapest).5th of 5
  • Sales growth−27.9% against a typical +27.8% from a year earlier.5th of 5
  • Profit growth−79.9% against a typical +66.7% from a year earlier.5th of 5
  • Share price, 3 months−11.1% against a typical +6.6%.4th of 5
  • Size₹ 3,688.6 Cr. market value against a typical ₹ 2,466.8 Cr. (1st = largest).2nd of 4

Credit ratings

Every rating action on file, newest first, including reaffirmations. Open a row for the agency's reasoning. All credit rating updates

Moderate safety, with caution

Rated A- to BBB+ by 2 agencies
BBB+
DefaultRiskyModerateSafeVery safe
  • All agencies agree and none has raised a warning.
AgencyCurrent ratingOutlookAs of
India RatingsIND A-; IND A2+Rating Watch with Developing Implication21 Jul 2026
ICRA[ICRA]BBB+Stable13 Nov 2025
Credit rating actions
RatingDetails
21 Jul 2026
Reaffirmed
IND A-—India Ratings₹ 397 Cr.
20 May 2026
Reaffirmed
IND A-—India Ratings₹ 397 Cr.
13 Nov 2025
Rating action
[ICRA]BBB+—ICRA₹ 392 Cr.

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Board meetings

Results dates and other board meetings. Full calendar

Details
13 Aug 2026Financial ResultsTo consider and approve the financial results for the period ended Jun 30, 2026
9 Jul 2026Other business mattersTo consider other business matters
29 May 2026Financial Results/DividendTo consider and approve the financial results for the period ended March 31, 2026 and dividend
12 Feb 2026Financial ResultsTo consider and approve the financial results for the period ended December 31, 2025
13 Nov 2025Financial ResultsTo consider and approve the financial results for the period ended September 30, 2025
12 Aug 2025Financial Results/Fund Raising/Other business mattersTo consider and approve the financial results for the period ended Jun 30, 2025, Fund Raising and other business matters

Share price

1Y change −6.75%
Volume (shares)Price (₹)
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Financials

Consolidated figures in ₹ crore.

Quarterly results
₹ Cr.Sep 2023Dec 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026
Sales784587839516674142768189103
Expenses57407267781506512169709097
Operating Profit225151617151021612−06
OPM %27.9%11%17.4%18.7%17.6%9.3%12.9%14.7%8.6%14.3%−0.4%5.7%
Other Income03111012220132
Interest322334111111
Depreciation333333333333
Profit before tax162111112961925894
Tax %28.2%29.5%35.4%31.5%31.4%−4.9%37.8%18.4%27.9%25.3%25.5%26.2%
Net Profit122778941518673
EPS in Rs2.170.321.251.361.571.710.72.863.311.131.220.57

Growth and returns

Compounded yearly rates over each period.

Compounded Sales Growth
10 Years
8%
5 Years
21%
3 Years
24%
TTM
−27%
Compounded Profit Growth
10 Years
22%
5 Years
95%
3 Years
90%
TTM
−14%
Stock Price CAGR
10 Years
26%
5 Years
70%
3 Years
43%
TTM
—
Return on Equity
10 Years
7%
5 Years
11%
3 Years
15%
TTM
—

Shareholding

Latest: Jun 2026.

Promoters
41.33%
0 pts in a year
FIIs
1.67%
+0.95 pts in a year
DIIs
9.37%
+1.71 pts in a year
Public
47.62%
−2.68 pts in a year

P/E and EPS over time

Daily P/E and trailing 12-month EPS. EPS updates with each result.

P/E 107.4xEPS (12 months) ₹ 6.40Median P/E 64.2x
P/E (times)EPS (₹)

Peers

Listed companies in the same business.

Peer comparison
Premier Explosives₹ 563.90₹ 3,689 Cr.107.4x12.9x19%—
Asian Paints₹ 2,305.00₹ 2,21,095 Cr.58.1x12.1x21.2%12.4%
Solar Industries India₹ 18,320.00₹ 1,65,778 Cr.99.6x26.6x31.4%17.7%
Pidilite Industries₹ 1,514.00₹ 1,54,107 Cr.64.8x14.7x23.8%16.9%
SRF₹ 2,309.00₹ 68,444 Cr.44.6x6.1x13.8%11.6%
Linde India₹ 5,697.00₹ 48,586 Cr.110.5x14.2x13.6%21.7%

Management

Buddhavarapu Mahadeva Vijay Kumar
Chief Financial Officer
Kalakota Jhansi Laxmi
Chief Compliance Officer, Company Secretary
T. V. Chowdary
Managing Director
Y.Durga Prasad Rao
Executive Director - Operations

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