IONEXCHANGUtilities

ION Exchange (India) Limited

Water Supply & Management · ISIN INE570A01022 · BSE 500214 · NSE EQ · FV ₹1
Last price
₹424
-0.45%today
What this company does

ION Exchange (India) Limited operates in Water Supply & Management, part of the Utilities sector. It booked ₹700 cr of revenue in its latest quarter (Q1 FY27) and kept 0.6% of sales as profit. It is the 2nd largest of 6 Water Supply & Management companies we track, by market value.

Ion Exchange (India) Limited (the ‘company’) offers a range of solutions across the water cycle from pre-treatment to process water treatment, waste water treatment, recycle, zero liquid discharge, sewage treatment, packaged drinking water, sea water desalination etc. The company is also engaged in manufacturing resins, speciality chemicals for water and waste water treatment as well as non-water applications.
In the report:
40out of 100
Equitytale Health Score
Strained

Healthier than 40% of companies in Utilities, on all six measures of filed financials. Each measure is ranked against the 7–25 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)
57

At close. Not part of the score.

Profitability & returns23

How much profit it earns on the money it employs

Balance sheet48

How much it owes, and whether earnings cover the interest

Cash quality41

Whether reported profit actually arrives as cash

Growth & consistency53

Whether sales and profit have grown, and how steadily

Valuation10

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

Governance & risk86

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 20% vs last year
No promoter shares pledged
Watch-outs
! Thin 0.6% net margin
! Profit down 92% vs last year
! Low 1.2% return on equity
! Operating cash flow is negative

What if I invest in IONEXCHANG?

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 We do not publish price targets or predict returns.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
₹424 -0.45%
latest close · 2026-09-17
52-wk low ₹36142 sessions so far52-wk high ₹461
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 ratio303.1High
LowAverageHigh
P/B ratio4.51High
Below bookModerateHigh
EV / EBITDA41.8High
LowAverageHigh
How good is the business?
How much profit it earns from its money and its sales.
Return on equity1.2%Weak
WeakFairStrong ▸15%
Return on capital3.6%Weak
WeakFairStrong
Net margin0.6%Thin
ThinDecentStrong
EBITDA margin5.4%Thin
ThinDecentHealthy
Is it financially safe?
How much it owes, and whether it can comfortably cover it.
Debt to equity0.34Comfortable
LowModerateHigh ▸1
Interest cover1.8×Risky
RiskyOkayStrong ▸5×
Current ratio1.46Healthy
Tight ◂1HealthyAmple
More figures
Market cap
₹6,039 cr
Book value
₹94
EPS
₹0.35
latest quarter
Net debt
₹270 cr
owes more than its cash
Enterprise value
₹6,308 cr
EBITDA
₹151 cr
annualised
EBIT
₹64 cr
annualised
Operating margin
2.3%
Return on assets
0.5%
Earnings yield
0.33%
P/S
2.16
Sales / share
₹196.9
Tax rate
62.1%
Face value
₹1
Shares
14.2 cr
Working capital
₹743 cr
Current assets
₹2,357 cr
Current liabilities
₹1,613 cr
Delivery %
41.1%
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 2025 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 ₹98₹171, midpoint ₹110

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₹700 cr
Other Income₹6 cr
Total Income₹706 cr
Cost of Materials₹413 cr
Purchases of Stock-in-Trade₹40 cr
Inventory Change (±)₹-7 cr
Employee Benefit Expense₹109 cr
Finance Costs₹9 cr
Depreciation & Amortisation₹22 cr
Other Expenses₹113 cr
Total Expenses₹699 cr
Profit before Tax₹7 cr
Tax Expense₹4 cr
Share of JV / Associates₹41 L
Net Profit₹3 cr
Net margin on total income0.4%
Where the money goes · Q1 FY27
% of total income
Materials + stock-in-trade₹447 cr63.2%
Employee benefit expense₹109 cr15.4%
Finance costs₹9 cr1.3%
Depreciation & amortisation₹22 cr3.1%
Other expenses₹113 cr16.0%
Tax expense₹4 cr0.6%
Profit for the period₹3 cr0.4%
Total income ₹706 cradds up to ₹100 ✓
Quarterly results · consolidated (₹ cr)
MetricQ3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
Revenue734 cr863 cr700 cr
Total income746 cr906 cr706 cr
Expenses701 cr874 cr699 cr
Profit before tax28 cr33 cr7 cr
Tax8 cr8 cr4 cr
Net profit (owners' share)20 cr24 cr4 cr
Net margin (owners' share, on revenue)2.8%2.8%0.6%
EPS (₹)1.712.040.35
YoY (latest quarter): total income +17.6% · net profit -91.6%
Balance sheet & cash flow · as of Mar 2026
Low debt
Total assets
₹3,380 cr
Shareholder equity
₹1,339 cr
parent shareholders
Total debt
₹454 cr
Cash
₹185 cr
Cash flow · H1 FY26
Operating
₹-8 cr
Investing
₹-10 cr
Financing
₹71 cr
Peer comparison
Water Supply & Management · by market value
CompanyPriceMarket capP/E
VA Tech Wabag Limited₹2,075₹12,968 cr36.1
ION Exchange (India) Limitedthis company₹424₹6,039 cr303.1
Enviro Infra Engineers Limited₹200₹3,504 cr22.0
Technocraft Ventures Limited₹439₹1,322 cr30.9
Denta Water and Infra Solutions Limited₹278₹743 cr16.7
JITF Infralogistics Limited₹286₹280 cr
Same industry · latest reported numbers · not a recommendation.
Corporate actions
Dividend yield
0.29%
trailing 12 months
Dividend / share (TTM)
₹1.25
Last dividend
₹1.25
ex 31 Aug 2026
ActionDetailEx-date
Dividend₹1.25 / share31 Aug 2026
Dividend₹1.5 / share2 Sep 2025
Dividend₹1.5 / share3 Sep 2024
Dividend₹1.25 / share30 Aug 2023
Stock splitStock Split From Rs.10/- to Rs.1/-12 Jun 2023
Dividend₹10 / share29 Aug 2022
Who owns it · 2026-06-30
No pledge
Promoter
25.4%
FII / Foreign
4.9%
DII / Domestic
15.3%
Retail / others
38.2%
Promoter stake down 1.3% over the last 12 quarters.
Smart-money activity
Insider trades
BoughtDhruv Dinesh Trigunayat · Promoter Group2.30 L19 Aug 26
SoldDinesh Sharma · Promoter Group2.30 L19 Aug 26
SoldDinesh Sharma · Promoter Group3.10 L · ₹10.1 cr24 Mar 26
Bulk / block deals
short · NSE2877 Sep 26
short · NSE14 Sep 26
short · NSE293 Sep 26
Stake changes
BoughtNippon Life India Trustee Limited A/C through Various Scheme of Nippon India Mutual Fund→ 5.17% · 4.23 L26 Jun 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.

Yearly shareholder meeting · 11 Sep 2026
See the official result
1
To receive, consider and adopt the Audited Standalone Financial Statements and Audited Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended 31st March, 2026 and the Reports of the Board of Directors and the Auditors thereon.
Backed by 100% of shareholders other than promotersneeded 50%
3.78 cr votes for, 1,686 against · 0% of mutual funds and other big investors said no
2
To declare Dividend on Equity Shares
Backed by 100% of shareholders other than promotersneeded 50%
3.78 cr votes for, 1,686 against · 0% of mutual funds and other big investors said no
3
To appoint a Director in place of Mr. Dinesh Sharma (DIN: 00051986), who retires by rotation and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment.
Backed by 99% of shareholders other than promotersneeded 50%
3.73 cr votes for, 4.98 L against · 2% of mutual funds and other big investors said no
4
Ratification of Remuneration of Cost Auditors
Backed by 100% of shareholders other than promotersneeded 50%
3.78 cr votes for, 1,461 against · 0% 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 — 18 named members
owning 25.4% between them · as of 2026-06-30
Rajesh Sharma5.65%
Mahabir Prasad Patni4.68%
Dinesh Sharma3.90%
Bimal Jain2.48%
Aankur Patni2.01%
Aqua Investments (India) Limited1.73%
Watercare Investments (India) Limited1.26%
Vishnu Ranganathan1.03%

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.