S Chand and Company
- Market cap
- ₹ 469 Cr.
- P/E
- 6.2x
- P/B
- 0.44x
- 52-week range
- 127 – 184.5
- ROE
- 8%
- ROCE
- 10%
- Dividend yield
- 3.1%
- Debt / equity
- 0.13
- Sector
- Printing & Publication
- Industry
- Printing & Publication
- Listed on
- NSE, BSE
About
S Chand and Company Limited is engaged in the publishing and trading of educational books. The Company offers a range of products and services across early learning, K-12, higher education, competitive examinations, and digital platforms. The Company caters to schools, higher educational institutions, professional colleges, and vocational training institutes. Its K-12 content portfolio is offered to students from ages four through eighteen years and includes instructional resources across hundreds of programs. Its brands include S Chand, Madhubun, Saraswati, Chhaya and IPP. Its higher education segment comprises two components: test preparation and college and university/technical and professional. Its early learning business segment's brands include BPI, Smartivity and Risekids. It has presence in a classroom learning segment through Destination Success, and a presence in device-based learning through Mystudygear, Intellitab and Ignitor.
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Compared with its industry
Printing & Publication: 10 companies →S Chand and Company 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)6.2 against a typical 16.4: cheaper than most peers (1st = cheapest).3rd of 10
- Sales growth+11.7% against a typical +36.7% from a year earlier.7th of 8
- Share price, 3 months−11.5% against a typical −13.2%.4th of 9
- Size₹ 469.5 Cr. market value against a typical ₹ 30.4 Cr. (1st = largest).1st of 9
Credit ratings
Every rating action on file, newest first, including reaffirmations. Open a row for the agency's reasoning. All credit rating updates
Adequate safety
Rated A by ICRA- No warnings from the agency.
| Agency | Current rating | Outlook | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARE | Withdrawn | Stable | 27 Aug 2026 |
| ICRA | [ICRA]A | Stable | 20 Nov 2025 |
| Rating | Details | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Aug 2026 | Withdrawn | was CARE A | — | CARE | ₹ 123 Cr. | |
| 20 Nov 2025 | Rating action | [ICRA]A | — | ICRA | ₹ 110 Cr. | |
| 5 Aug 2025 | ▲ Upgrade | CARE A | — | CARE | ₹ 126.26 Cr. |
Board meetings
Results dates and other board meetings. Full calendar
| Details | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10 Aug 2026 | Financial Results/Other business matters | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended Jun 30, 2026 and other business matters |
| 22 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 |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Financial Results/Other business matters | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended December 31, 2025 and other business matters |
| 11 Nov 2025 | Financial Results/Other business matters | To consider and approve the unaudited standalone and consolidated financial results for the quarter and half year ended September 30, 2025 and other business matters |
| 8 Aug 2025 | Financial Results/Other business matters | To consider and approve the unaudited Standalone and Consolidated financial results for the period ended June 30, 2025 and other business matters |
| 23 May 2025 | Financial Results/Dividend/Other business matters | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended March 31, 2025, dividend and other business matters |
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 | 38 | 76 | 437 | 111 | 37 | 100 | 471 | 103 | 49 | 99 | 548 | 115 |
| Expenses | 88 | 117 | 251 | 102 | 95 | 119 | 268 | 112 | 110 | 131 | 302 | 124 |
| Operating Profit | −50 | −40 | 186 | 8 | −57 | −19 | 203 | −9 | −60 | −32 | 246 | −10 |
| OPM % | −131% | −53% | 43% | 8% | −153% | −19% | 43% | −9% | −122% | −32% | 45% | −8% |
| Other Income | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| Interest | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Depreciation | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 10 |
| Profit before tax | −63 | −51 | 170 | −2 | −68 | −31 | 193 | −18 | −71 | −40 | 229 | −19 |
| Tax % | −34% | −28% | 24% | 83% | −22% | −18% | 27% | −23% | −24% | −29% | 26% | −2% |
| Net Profit | −42 | −36 | 128 | −3 | −53 | −26 | 142 | −14 | −54 | −29 | 170 | −19 |
| EPS in Rs | −11.45 | −9.91 | 36.69 | −0.58 | −14.67 | −6.99 | 40.26 | −3.77 | −14.96 | −7.89 | 48.14 | −5.07 |
Growth and returns
Compounded yearly rates over each period.
- 10 Years
- 4%
- 5 Years
- 13%
- 3 Years
- 9%
- TTM
- 14%
- 10 Years
- 6%
- 5 Years
- 76%
- 3 Years
- 15%
- TTM
- 42%
- 10 Years
- —
- 5 Years
- 4%
- 3 Years
- −12%
- TTM
- —
- 10 Years
- 3%
- 5 Years
- 6%
- 3 Years
- 7%
- 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.
| S Chand and Company | ₹ 129.21 | ₹ 469 Cr. | 6.2x | 0.4x | 8% | — |
| Saregama India | ₹ 487.55 | ₹ 9,425 Cr. | 46.5x | 5.8x | 12.6% | 20.9% |
| Navneet Education | ₹ 120.35 | ₹ 2,662 Cr. | 22.2x | 1.6x | 18.2% | 21.4% |
| Jagran Prakashan | ₹ 59.86 | ₹ 1,303 Cr. | 6.2x | 0.7x | 9.9% | 9.9% |
| Sandesh | ₹ 950.00 | ₹ 719 Cr. | 11.1x | 0.5x | 4.7% | 15% |
| Hindustan Media Ventures | ₹ 77.00 | ₹ 565 Cr. | 4.4x | 0.4x | 5.3% | 10.3% |
Management
- Saurabh Mittal
- Chief Financial Officer
- Jitendra Kumar Agnihotri
- Chief Executive Officer - School Education
- Prateek Dhanuka
- Chief Executive Officer - Chhaya Prakashani
- Shammi Manik
- Chief Executive Officer - New Saraswati
- Naveen Rajlani
- Chief Executive Officer - Vikas Publishing
- Jagdeep Singh
- Company Secretary and Compliance Officer
- Himanshu Gupta
- Managing Director, Executive Director
- Dinesh Kumar Jhunjhnuwala
- Whole-Time Director
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