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HP Adhesives Limited

Specialty Chemicals · ISIN INE0GSL01024 · BSE 543433 · NSE EQ · FV ₹2
Last price
₹35
-2.27%today
What this company does

HP Adhesives Limited operates in Specialty Chemicals, part of the Commodities sector. It booked ₹63 cr of revenue in its latest quarter (Q1 FY27) and kept -1.4% of sales as profit.

Their stated mission

to deliver excellence and was ₹ 2,056.

In the report:
44out of 100
Equitytale Health Score
Strained

Healthier than 44% of companies in Commodities, on the 5 of 6 measures we could read for it. Each measure is ranked against the 145–173 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)
47

At close. Not part of the score.

Profitability & returns11

How much profit it earns on the money it employs

Balance sheet58

How much it owes, and whether earnings cover the interest

Cash quality46

Whether reported profit actually arrives as cash

Valuation41

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

Governance & risk100

How much of the promoters' stake is pledged, and how much they hold · highest in its sector on what we could measure

Not measurable for this company: growth & consistency. Those pillars are left out of the score rather than counted as zero.

Is this company doing well?
not investment advice
Some things to watch
Strengths
Promoters hold 71%
No promoter shares pledged
Virtually debt-free
Watch-outs
! Currently loss-making
! Thin -1.4% net margin
! Low -1.9% return on equity

What if I invest in HPAL?

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 We do not publish price targets or predict returns.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
₹35 -2.27%
latest close · 2026-09-17
52-wk low ₹3242 sessions so far52-wk high ₹43
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/B ratio1.70Moderate
Below bookModerateHigh
EV / EBITDA111.2High
LowAverageHigh
How good is the business?
How much profit it earns from its money and its sales.
Return on equity-1.9%Loss
WeakFairStrong ▸15%
Return on capital-1.2%Loss
WeakFairStrong
Net margin-1.4%Loss
ThinDecentStrong
EBITDA margin1.1%Thin
ThinDecentHealthy
Is it financially safe?
How much it owes, and whether it can comfortably cover it.
Debt to equity0.02Comfortable
LowModerateHigh ▸1
Interest cover-0.7×Risky
RiskyOkayStrong ▸5×
Current ratio3.58Ample
Tight ◂1HealthyAmple
More figures
Market cap
₹320 cr
Book value
₹20
EPS
₹-0.10
latest quarter
Net debt
₹2 cr
owes more than its cash
Enterprise value
₹322 cr
EBITDA
₹3 cr
annualised
EBIT
₹-2 cr
annualised
Operating margin
-0.9%
Return on assets
-1.6%
Earnings yield
P/S
1.26
Sales / share
₹27.6
Tax rate
Face value
₹2
Shares
9.2 cr
Working capital
₹111 cr
Current assets
₹154 cr
Current liabilities
₹43 cr
Delivery %
57.3%
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 2024 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 ₹6₹17, midpoint ₹11

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₹63 cr
Other Income₹1 cr
Total Income₹64 cr
Cost of Materials₹36 cr
Purchases of Stock-in-Trade₹15 cr
Inventory Change (±)₹-10 cr
Employee Benefit Expense₹10 cr
Finance Costs₹80.5 L
Depreciation & Amortisation₹1 cr
Other Expenses₹12 cr
Total Expenses₹66 cr
Profit before Tax₹-1 cr
Tax Expense₹-44.9 L
Net Profit₹-90.6 L
Net margin on total income-1.4%
Where the money goes · Q1 FY27
% of total spend
Materials + stock-in-trade₹42 cr64.0%
Employee benefit expense₹10 cr14.8%
Finance costs₹80.5 L1.2%
Depreciation & amortisation₹1 cr1.9%
Other expenses₹12 cr18.0%
Total income ₹64 cr

The company made a net loss of ₹90.6 L this quarter — income covered only 98 of every ₹100 it spent on costs and tax.

Quarterly results · consolidated (₹ cr)
MetricQ3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
Revenue65 cr58 cr63 cr
Total income66 cr59 cr64 cr
Expenses64 cr64 cr66 cr
Profit before tax2 cr-5 cr-1 cr
Tax61.8 L-3 cr-44.9 L
Net profit (owners' share)2 cr-2 cr-90.6 L
Net margin (owners' share, on revenue)2.5%-4.1%-1.4%
EPS (₹)0.18-0.26-0.10
YoY (latest quarter): total income -4.1% · net profit
Balance sheet & cash flow · as of Mar 2026
Debt-free
Total assets
₹232 cr
Shareholder equity
₹188 cr
parent shareholders
Total debt
₹3 cr
Cash
₹89 L
Cash flow · H1 FY26
Operating
₹11 cr
Investing
₹-5 cr
Financing
₹-7 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
2.30%
trailing 12 months
Dividend / share (TTM)
₹0.8
Last dividend
₹0.4
ex 15 Sep 2026
ActionDetailEx-date
Dividend₹0.4 / share15 Sep 2026
Dividend₹0.4 / share23 Sep 2025
Dividend₹0.3 / share13 Sep 2024
Stock splitStock Split From Rs.10/- to Rs.2/-9 Nov 2023
Who owns it · 2026-06-30
No pledge
Promoter
71.3%
FII / Foreign
0.0%
DII / Domestic
0.0%
Retail / others
28.6%
Smart-money activity
Insider trades
SoldKaran Motwani · Promoters50.00 L21 Mar 24
SoldAnjana Motwani · Promoters50.00 L21 Mar 24
BoughtNidhi Motwani · Promoter Group1.00 cr21 Mar 24
Bulk / block deals
BoughtGRAVITON RESEARCH CAPITAL LLP · NSE5.60 L @ ₹117.2220 Jan 24
SoldGRAVITON RESEARCH CAPITAL LLP · NSE5.60 L @ ₹117.3320 Jan 24
SoldGRAVITON RESEARCH CAPITAL LLP · NSE9.07 L @ ₹109.5219 Jan 24
Stake changes
BoughtNidhi Haresh Motwani alongwith PAC · promoter→ 10.88% · 1.00 cr21 Mar 24
SoldNidhi Haresh Motwani · promoter→ 29.22% · 50.00 L21 Mar 24
SoldNidhi Haresh Motwani · promoter→ 31.24% · 50.00 L21 Mar 24
What shareholders were asked to approve

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 · 31 Mar 2026
See the official result
1
Appointment of Dr Chandra Sekhar Nettem (DIN: 10646814) as a Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company
Backed by 97% of shareholders other than promotersneeded 75%
59,971 votes for, 1,549 against

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 71.3% between them · as of 2026-06-30
Mrs. Anjana Haresh Motwani31.24%
Mr. Karan Haresh Motwani29.22%
Nidhi Haresh Motwani10.88%

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.

Money it raised, and what it did with it

When a company raises money from investors, it has to say up front what the money is for. The rules then make it report, every three months until the money is gone, how much of each of those things it has actually paid for — so a promise made while asking for the money can be checked afterwards.

₹126 cr raised in Dec 2021 by selling shares to the public

As of Mar 2026, the company says it has spent 100% of what it set aside, leaving ₹5.8 L still to be spent. ICICI Bank watches the spending on the exchange’s behalf.

Working Capital
100%
₹54 cr of ₹54 cr
Capex
100%
₹26 cr of ₹26 cr
General Corporate
100%
₹17 cr of ₹17 cr

Every figure above is taken from the statement the company files with the stock exchange each quarter, for as long as money it has raised remains unspent. The only thing we work out is how much of each stated purpose has been paid for — one number divided by another from the same filing. Whether a plan that changed was a good change is not something a filing can tell you. See the filing

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