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Archean Chemical Industries Limited

Specialty Chemicals · ISIN INE128X01021 · BSE 543657 · NSE EQ · FV ₹2
Last price
₹462
+0.21%today
What this company does

Archean Chemical Industries Limited operates in Specialty Chemicals, part of the Chemicals sector. It booked ₹327 cr of revenue in its latest quarter (Q1 FY27) and kept 9.4% 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 14–44 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)
32

At close. Not part of the score.

Profitability & returns23

How much profit it earns on the money it employs

Balance sheet44

How much it owes, and whether earnings cover the interest

Cash quality56

Whether reported profit actually arrives as cash

Growth & consistency26

Whether sales and profit have grown, and how steadily

Valuation37

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

Governance & risk44

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 12% vs last year
Promoters hold 53%
Turns profit into real cash
Watch-outs
! Profit down 24% vs last year
! 24.5% of promoter stake pledged
! Low 6.3% 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 We do not publish price targets or predict returns.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
₹462 +0.21%
latest close · 2026-09-17
52-wk low ₹44642 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 ratio46.6High
LowAverageHigh
P/B ratio2.95Moderate
Below bookModerateHigh
EV / EBITDA21.0High
LowAverageHigh
How good is the business?
How much profit it earns from its money and its sales.
Return on equity6.3%Weak
WeakFairStrong ▸15%
Return on capital8.9%Fair
WeakFairStrong
Net margin9.4%Decent
ThinDecentStrong
EBITDA margin22.3%Healthy
ThinDecentHealthy
Is it financially safe?
How much it owes, and whether it can comfortably cover it.
Debt to equity0.24Comfortable
LowModerateHigh ▸1
Interest cover9.1×Strong
RiskyOkayStrong ▸5×
Current ratio1.21Healthy
Tight ◂1HealthyAmple
More figures
Market cap
₹5,709 cr
Book value
₹157
EPS
₹2.48
latest quarter
Net debt
₹425 cr
owes more than its cash
Enterprise value
₹6,134 cr
EBITDA
₹291 cr
annualised
EBIT
₹199 cr
annualised
Operating margin
15.2%
Return on assets
4.6%
Earnings yield
2.15%
P/S
4.36
Sales / share
₹106.0
Tax rate
31.4%
Face value
₹2
Shares
12.3 cr
Working capital
₹93 cr
Current assets
₹531 cr
Current liabilities
₹438 cr
Delivery %
56.4%
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 2026-09-17.

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 ₹109₹262, 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 · Q1 FY27 (consolidated)
Revenue from Operations₹327 cr
Other Income₹6 cr
Total Income₹333 cr
Cost of Materials₹39 cr
Purchases of Stock-in-Trade₹0 cr
Inventory Change (±)₹-8 cr
Employee Benefit Expense₹19 cr
Finance Costs₹5 cr
Depreciation & Amortisation₹23 cr
Other Expenses₹210 cr
Total Expenses₹289 cr
Profit before Tax₹44 cr
Tax Expense₹14 cr
Net Profit₹30 cr
Net margin on total income9.1%
Where the money goes · Q1 FY27
% of total income
Materials + stock-in-trade₹31 cr9.2%
Employee benefit expense₹19 cr5.8%
Finance costs₹5 cr1.6%
Depreciation & amortisation₹23 cr7.0%
Other expenses₹210 cr63.1%
Tax expense₹14 cr4.2%
Profit for the period₹30 cr9.1%
Total income ₹333 cradds up to ₹100 ✓
Quarterly results · consolidated (₹ cr)
MetricQ3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
Revenue255 cr301 cr327 cr
Total income262 cr306 cr333 cr
Expenses228 cr290 cr289 cr
Profit before tax33 cr16 cr44 cr
Tax9 cr4 cr14 cr
Net profit (owners' share)24 cr12 cr31 cr
Net margin (owners' share, on revenue)9.3%4.1%9.4%
EPS (₹)1.921.132.48
YoY (latest quarter): total income +10.7% · net profit -23.7%
Balance sheet & cash flow · as of Mar 2026
Low debt
Total assets
₹2,665 cr
Shareholder equity
₹1,934 cr
parent shareholders
Total debt
₹466 cr
Cash
₹41 cr
Cash flow · H1 FY26
Operating
₹91 cr
Investing
₹-62 cr
Financing
₹-29 cr
Peer comparison
Specialty Chemicals · by market value
CompanyPriceMarket capP/E
Pidilite Industries Limited₹1,552₹1.58 L cr45.3
Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited₹4,472₹49,190 cr55.4
Navin Fluorine International Limited₹8,220₹42,169 cr43.3
Deepak Nitrite Limited₹1,605₹21,889 cr15.9
Aether Industries Limited₹1,623₹21,543 cr85.1
Atul Limited₹6,134₹18,057 cr18.4
Aarti Industries Limited₹477₹17,287 cr27.9
Fine Organic Industries Limited₹5,202₹15,949 cr28.9
BASF India Limited₹3,602₹15,591 cr11.2
Same industry · latest reported numbers · not a recommendation.
Corporate actions
Dividend yield
0.54%
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 · 2026-06-30
24.5% pledged
Promoter
53.4%
FII / Foreign
11.0%
DII / Domestic
24.2%
Retail / others
11.4%
Promoter stake down 0.2% over the last 12 quarters.
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
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
SoldRavi Pendurthi · promoter→ 0.00% · 16.09 L13 Jul 23
Promoter pledges
ReleasedJM Financial Products Ltd.5,200 · 11.30% held22 Jul 26
PledgedCTL Trusteeshi p Limited8.50 L · 12.40% held30 Jun 26
PledgedCTL Trusteeship ltd79.00 L · 10.80% held10 Jun 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 2026-06-30
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.