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Archean Chemical Industries Limited

Specialty Chemicals · ISIN INE128X01021 · BSE 543657 · NSE EQ · FV ₹2
Last price
₹429
-2.50%today
What this company does

Archean Chemical Industries Limited operates in Specialty Chemicals, part of the Chemicals sector. It booked ₹297 cr of revenue in its latest quarter (Q2 FY27) and kept 10.8% of sales as profit.

“We are India’s leading 40 25 Expanding exporter of bromine Domestic Customers Global Customers and industrial salt. Capabilities Building on our marine chemicals foundation, we are expanding into value-added derivatives.”
In the report:
37out of 100
Equitytale Health Score
Strained

Healthier than 37% of companies in Chemicals, on all six measures of filed financials. Each measure is ranked against the 14–46 companies that reported it.

Measures financial condition, not whether to buy. Learn what this score means · How this is calculated

Price momentum
neutral
RSI (14)
36

At close. Not part of the score.

Profitability & returns29

How much profit it earns on the money it employs

Balance sheet37

How much it owes, and whether earnings cover the interest

Cash quality56

Whether reported profit actually arrives as cash

Growth & consistency25

Whether sales and profit have grown, and how steadily

Valuation33

What today's price implies, against our models or its peers

Governance & risk53

How much of the promoters' stake is pledged, and how much they hold

Is this company doing well?
not investment advice
Strengths
✓ Makes a profit
✓ Sales up 28% vs last year
✓ Profit up 10% vs last year
✓ Promoters hold 53%
✓ Turns profit into real cash
Watch-outs
! 22.8% of promoter stake pledged
! Low 6.5% return on equity

What if I invest in ACI?

Set a growth rate and see what a monthly SIP would add up to. Your assumption, our arithmetic.

You would put in
₹12.00 lakh
120 instalments
At 10% a year, it would become
₹20.15 lakh

The starting rate is a round number, not a view on this company — this is your assumption, and the figure above is arithmetic on it. Returns are not steady year to year, and a real holding would not grow in a straight line. We do not publish price targets or predict returns.

Key ratios · latest quarter + price
₹429▼ -2.50%
latest close · 2026-11-04
52-wk low ₹42774 sessions so far52-wk high ₹604
Is it cheap or expensive?
What you pay for the profits, book value and cash flow. Higher isn't automatically worse — it can signal faster growth.
P/E ratio41.2High
LowAverageHigh
P/B ratio2.70Moderate
Below bookModerateHigh
EV / EBITDA19.5High
LowAverageHigh
How good is the business?
How much profit it earns from its money and its sales.
Return on equity6.5%Weak
WeakFairStrong ▸15%
Return on capital8.7%Fair
WeakFairStrong
Net margin10.8%Decent
ThinDecentStrong
EBITDA margin25.0%Healthy
ThinDecentHealthy
Is it financially safe?
How much it owes, and whether it can comfortably cover it.
Debt to equity0.28Comfortable
LowModerateHigh ▸1
Interest cover10.4×Strong
RiskyOkayStrong ▸5×
Current ratio1.14Healthy
Tight ◂1HealthyAmple
More figures
Market cap
₹5,295 cr
Book value
₹159
EPS
₹2.60
latest quarter
Net debt
₹503 cr
owes more than its cash
Enterprise value
₹5,798 cr
EBITDA
₹298 cr
annualised
EBIT
₹202 cr
annualised
Operating margin
17.0%
Return on assets
4.5%
Earnings yield
2.42%
P/S
4.45
Sales / share
₹96.3
Tax rate
31.5%
Face value
₹2
Shares
12.3 cr
Working capital
₹68 cr
Current assets
₹561 cr
Current liabilities
₹493 cr
Delivery %
52.2%
Strong / safeFairWeak / riskyValuation — a level, not good/badBands are general rules of thumb, not advice.

P/E, ROE, ROCE and margins are annualised from the latest quarter; per-share and balance-sheet ratios use the most recent balance sheet on file · prices as of 2026-11-04.

Worth vs price · from the FY 2026 report & filings
not investment advice
Hard to value confidentlyLow confidence
The market price is far above what these earnings- and book-based models support — a fast-growing or asset-light business can trade well above them for years, so we won't put a confident number on how overpriced it is.
Models span ₹111–₹264, midpoint ₹139

An educational model from the company's own filings, every assumption shown — not investment advice or a price target. Prices can stay above or below any model for years.

P&L · Q2 FY27 (consolidated)
Revenue from Operations₹297 cr
Other Income₹4 cr
Total Income₹302 cr
Cost of Materials₹44 cr
Purchases of Stock-in-Trade₹0 cr
Inventory Change (±)₹-22 cr
Employee Benefit Expense₹19 cr
Finance Costs₹5 cr
Depreciation & Amortisation₹24 cr
Other Expenses₹185 cr
Total Expenses₹256 cr
Profit before Tax₹46 cr
Tax Expense₹14 cr
Net Profit₹31 cr
Net margin on total income10.4%
Where the money goes · Q2 FY27
% of total income
Materials + stock-in-trade₹23 cr7.5%
Employee benefit expense₹19 cr6.4%
Finance costs₹5 cr1.6%
Depreciation & amortisation₹24 cr7.9%
Other expenses₹185 cr61.4%
Tax expense₹14 cr4.8%
Profit for the period₹31 cr10.4%
Total income ₹302 cradds up to ₹100 ✓
Quarterly results · consolidated (₹ cr)
MetricQ4 FY26Q1 FY27Q2 FY27
Revenue301 cr327 cr297 cr
Total income306 cr333 cr302 cr
Expenses290 cr289 cr256 cr
Profit before tax16 cr44 cr46 cr
Tax4 cr14 cr14 cr
Net profit (owners' share)12 cr31 cr32 cr
Net margin (owners' share, on revenue)4.1%9.4%10.8%
EPS (₹)1.132.482.60
YoY (latest quarter): total income +25.9% · net profit +10.2%
Balance sheet & cash flow · as of Sep 2026
Low debt
Total assets
₹2,827 cr
Shareholder equity
₹1,963 cr
parent shareholders
Total debt
₹551 cr
Cash
₹48 cr
Cash flow · H1 FY27
Operating
₹117 cr
Investing
₹-125 cr
Financing
₹14 cr
Peer comparison
Specialty Chemicals · by market value
CompanyPriceMarket capP/E
Pidilite Industries Limited₹1,511₹1.54 L cr62.5
Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited₹4,464₹49,103 cr55.3
Navin Fluorine International Limited₹8,530₹43,759 cr40.6
Deepak Nitrite Limited₹1,521₹20,741 cr13.0
Aether Industries Limited₹1,501₹19,924 cr73.3
Aarti Industries Limited₹439₹15,930 cr23.6
Fine Organic Industries Limited₹5,089₹15,603 cr25.6
Atul Limited₹5,073₹14,935 cr24.0
BASF India Limited₹3,138₹13,584 cr9.8
Same industry · latest reported numbers · not a recommendation.
Corporate actions
Dividend yield
0.58%
trailing 12 months
Dividend / share (TTM)
₹2.5
Last dividend
₹2.5
ex 5 Jun 2026
ActionDetailEx-date
Dividend₹2.5 / share5 Jun 2026
Dividend₹3 / share26 May 2025
Dividend₹1 / share21 Jun 2024
Dividend₹1 / share14 Feb 2024
Dividend₹1 / share17 Nov 2023
Dividend₹2.5 / share21 Jul 2023
Who owns it · 2026-09-30
⚑ 22.8% pledged
Promoter
53.4%
FII / Foreign
10.4%
DII / Domestic
21.3%
Retail / others
14.8%
Smart-money activity
Insider trades
BoughtRajeev Kumar · Employees/Designated Employees6,142 · ₹12,28414 Nov 25
-- · -—
Bulk / block deals
short— · NSE119 Aug 26
short— · NSE3514 Aug 26
short— · NSE14 May 26
Stake changes
SoldSBI Mutual fund under its Various Schemes→ 4.34% · 1.48 L3 Sep 26
BoughtCTL Trusteeship Limited acting as the Security Trustee on behalf of the Lender(s).→ 6.40% · 79.00 L10 Jun 26
BoughtGoldman Sachs Asset Management International alongwith PAC→ 5.04% · 2.10 L28 Jun 24
Promoter pledges
PledgedPiramal Trusteeship Services Pvt Ltd3.88 L · 11.32% held17 Sep 26
PledgedPiramal Trusteeship Services Pvt Ltd30,000 · 11.30% held1 Sep 26
ReleasedJM Financial Products Ltd.5,200 · 11.30% held22 Jul 26
What shareholders were asked to approve
1 proposal passed only on promoter votes

A company cannot decide everything on its own. Things like a top executive’s pay, issuing new shares, or re-appointing a director have to be put to the people who own the company, and they vote — one vote per share. So whoever owns the most shares has the most say.

Postal ballot · 12 Mar 2026
See the official result
1
To consider and approve designating Mr. P. Ranjit (DIN: 01952929) as Executive Vice Chairman (Whole-Time Director)
⚑ Passed only because promoters voted yesPromoters had a personal stake in this
Backed by 39% of shareholders other than promotersneeded 50%
1.30 cr votes for, 2.07 cr against · 62% of mutual funds and other big investors said no
2
To consider and approve the appointment of Mr. Rampraveen Swaminathan (DIN: 01300682) as Director
Backed by 95% of shareholders other than promotersneeded 50%
3.20 cr votes for, 16.41 L against · 5% of mutual funds and other big investors said no
3
To consider and approve the appointment of Mr. Rampraveen Swaminathan (DIN: 01300682) as Managing Director
Backed by 90% of shareholders other than promotersneeded 50%
3.03 cr votes for, 33.38 L against · 10% of mutual funds and other big investors said no

Every vote count above is taken from the result the company filed with the stock exchange, certified by an independent counter. To work out what would have happened without the promoters, we simply remove their votes and re-apply the same legal bar the proposal had to clear. Nothing here is an estimate or an opinion.

Who controls this company, and what it pays them

Most Indian companies are controlled by a family or group — the promoters. The exchange requires them to be listed by name, including members who own no shares at all, and requires the company to disclose any business it does with them.

The promoter group — 3 named members
owning 53.4% between them · as of 2026-09-30
Chemikas Speciality LLP30.53%
Pendurthi Ranjit22.90%
Pendurthi Ravino shares

Names and holdings from the company’s shareholding pattern filed with the exchange; transactions from the related-party note in its annual report. Every figure is as filed — these are legal, disclosed dealings, and what to make of them is your call.

How the stock has moved · adjusted for splits & bonuses
Data from primary exchange filings · analysis tool, not investment advice.