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ChangeAmbuja Cements Ltd. (ACL) is one of the leading cement manufacturing companies in India and commenced cement production in 1986. Initially called Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd, the Company later became Ambuja Cements Ltd. In 2006, global cement major Ho... More
Founded in Switzerland in 1912, Holcim is one of the world's leading suppliers of cement and aggregates (crushed stone, sand and gravel). It also supplies ready-mix concrete and asphalt. The company also offers consulting, research, trading, engineer... More
 AMBUJA CEMENT  HOLCIM |
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| AMBUJA CEMENT Dec-16 |
HOLCIM Dec-14 |
AMBUJA CEMENT/ HOLCIM |
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| High | Rs | 282 | 5,520 | - | |
| Low | Rs | 185 | 4,124 | - | |
| Sales per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 101.2 | 3,900.3 | - | |
| Earnings per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 5.6 | 262.7 | - | |
| Cash flow per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 13.0 | 554.5 | - | |
| Dividends per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 2.80 | 86.46 | - | |
| Dividend yield (eoy) | % | 1.2 | 1.8 | 66.9% | |
| Book value per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 97.7 | 3,557.5 | - | |
| Shares outstanding (eoy) | m | 1,985.97 | 325.87 | - | |
| Bonus/Rights/Conversions | ESOS | - | - | ||
| Price / Sales ratio | x | 2.3 | 1.2 | 186.7% | |
| Avg P/E ratio | x | 41.4 | 18.4 | 225.3% | |
| P/CF ratio (eoy) | x | 17.9 | 8.7 | 206.4% | |
| Price / Book Value ratio | x | 2.4 | 1.4 | 176.3% | |
| Dividend payout | % | 49.6 | 32.9 | 150.7% | |
| Avg Mkt Cap | Rs m | 463,724 | 1,571,337 | 29.5% | |
| No. of employees | `000 | NA | 67.6 | 0.0% | |
| Total wages/salary | Rs m | 13,972 | 235,312 | 5.9% | |
| Avg. sales/employee | Rs Th | NM | 18,806.3 | - | |
| Avg. wages/employee | Rs Th | NM | 3,481.8 | - | |
| Avg. net profit/employee | Rs Th | NM | 1,266.5 | - | |
| INCOME DATA | |||||
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| Net Sales | Rs m | 200,940 | 1,271,006 | 15.8% | |
| Other income | Rs m | 5,181 | 24,077 | 21.5% | |
| Total revenues | Rs m | 206,121 | 1,295,083 | 15.9% | |
| Gross profit | Rs m | 31,192 | 214,295 | 14.6% | |
| Depreciation | Rs m | 14,632 | 95,109 | 15.4% | |
| Interest | Rs m | 1,405 | 40,638 | 3.5% | |
| Profit before tax | Rs m | 20,336 | 102,625 | 19.8% | |
| Minority Interest | Rs m | 88 | 22,081 | 0.4% | |
| Prior Period Items | Rs m | -3,067 | 0 | - | |
| Extraordinary Inc (Exp) | Rs m | -386 | 0 | - | |
| Tax | Rs m | 5,760 | 39,108 | 14.7% | |
| Profit after tax | Rs m | 11,211 | 85,598 | 13.1% | |
| Gross profit margin | % | 15.5 | 16.9 | 92.1% | |
| Effective tax rate | % | 28.3 | 38.1 | 74.3% | |
| Net profit margin | % | 5.6 | 6.7 | 82.8% | |
| BALANCE SHEET DATA | |||||
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| Current assets | Rs m | 81,480 | 485,989 | 16.8% | |
| Current liabilities | Rs m | 75,470 | 460,449 | 16.4% | |
| Net working cap to sales | % | 3.0 | 2.0 | 148.9% | |
| Current ratio | x | 1.1 | 1.1 | 102.3% | |
| Inventory Days | Days | 39 | 36 | 110.5% | |
| Debtors Days | Days | 14 | 51 | 26.9% | |
| Net fixed assets | Rs m | 219,854 | 1,423,979 | 15.4% | |
| Share capital | Rs m | 3,971 | 43,498 | 9.1% | |
| Net worth | Rs m | 194,039 | 1,159,269 | 16.7% | |
| Long term debt | Rs m | 236 | 617,944 | 0.0% | |
| Total assets | Rs m | 327,330 | 2,604,332 | 12.6% | |
| Interest coverage | x | 15.5 | 3.5 | 438.8% | |
| Debt to equity ratio | x | 0 | 0.5 | 0.2% | |
| Sales to assets ratio | x | 0.6 | 0.5 | 125.8% | |
| Return on assets | % | 3.9 | 4.8 | 79.5% | |
| Return on equity | % | 5.8 | 7.4 | 78.3% | |
| Return on capital | % | 9.5 | 9.3 | 101.7% | |
| CASH FLOW | |||||
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| From Operations | Rs m | 28,151 | 166,142 | 16.9% | |
| From Investments | Rs m | -40,988 | -114,663 | 35.7% | |
| From Financial Activity | Rs m | -9,608 | -64,847 | 14.8% | |
| Net Cashflow | Rs m | -7,693 | -13,369 | 57.5% | |
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