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EQUITY SHARE DATA | |||||
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AMBUJA CEMENT Dec-19 |
LAFARGE Dec-14 |
AMBUJA CEMENT/ LAFARGE |
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High | Rs | 244 | 6,065 | - | |
Low | Rs | 184 | 4,332 | - | |
Sales per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 136.5 | 3,989.5 | - | |
Earnings per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 14.0 | 85.1 | - | |
Cash flow per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 19.8 | 346.0 | - | |
Dividends per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 1.50 | 89.32 | - | |
Dividend yield (eoy) | % | 0.7 | 1.7 | 40.8% | |
Book value per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 121.3 | 4,800.2 | - | |
Shares outstanding (eoy) | m | 1,985.65 | 287.54 | - | |
Bonus/Rights/Conversions | - | - | - | ||
Price / Sales ratio | x | 1.6 | 1.3 | 120.4% | |
Avg P/E ratio | x | 15.3 | 61.1 | 25.0% | |
P/CF ratio (eoy) | x | 10.8 | 15.0 | 71.9% | |
Price / Book Value ratio | x | 1.8 | 1.1 | 163.0% | |
Dividend payout | % | 10.7 | 104.9 | 10.2% | |
Avg Mkt Cap | Rs m | 425,128 | 1,494,755 | 28.4% | |
No. of employees | `000 | 4.6 | 63.0 | 7.3% | |
Total wages/salary | Rs m | 15,708 | 171,226 | 9.2% | |
Avg. sales/employee | Rs Th | 58,602.3 | 18,197.5 | 322.0% | |
Avg. wages/employee | Rs Th | 3,396.2 | 2,716.2 | 125.0% | |
Avg. net profit/employee | Rs Th | 6,017.6 | 388.2 | 1,550.0% |
INCOME DATA | |||||
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Net Sales | Rs m | 271,036 | 1,147,137 | 23.6% | |
Other income | Rs m | 5,807 | 78,334 | 7.4% | |
Total revenues | Rs m | 276,843 | 1,225,470 | 22.6% | |
Gross profit | Rs m | 45,970 | 165,778 | 27.7% | |
Depreciation | Rs m | 11,525 | 75,029 | 15.4% | |
Interest | Rs m | 1,699 | 92,357 | 1.8% | |
Profit before tax | Rs m | 38,553 | 76,726 | 50.2% | |
Minority Interest | Rs m | 200 | -11,701 | -1.7% | |
Prior Period Items | Rs m | 0 | 0 | - | |
Extraordinary Inc (Exp) | Rs m | 0 | -6,163 | 0.0% | |
Tax | Rs m | 10,922 | 34,388 | 31.8% | |
Profit after tax | Rs m | 27,832 | 24,474 | 113.7% | |
Gross profit margin | % | 17.0 | 14.5 | 117.4% | |
Effective tax rate | % | 28.3 | 44.8 | 63.2% | |
Net profit margin | % | 10.3 | 2.1 | 481.3% |
BALANCE SHEET DATA | |||||
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Current assets | Rs m | 143,190 | 524,398 | 27.3% | |
Current liabilities | Rs m | 90,703 | 483,757 | 18.7% | |
Net working cap to sales | % | 19.4 | 3.5 | 546.6% | |
Current ratio | x | 1.6 | 1.1 | 145.6% | |
Inventory Days | Days | 28 | 42 | 67.3% | |
Debtors Days | Days | 14 | 45 | 31.7% | |
Net fixed assets | Rs m | 224,016 | 1,076,485 | 20.8% | |
Share capital | Rs m | 3,971 | 102,718 | 3.9% | |
Net worth | Rs m | 240,780 | 1,380,262 | 17.4% | |
Long term debt | Rs m | 353 | 837,018 | 0.0% | |
Total assets | Rs m | 401,823 | 2,993,292 | 13.4% | |
Interest coverage | x | 23.7 | 1.8 | 1,294.3% | |
Debt to equity ratio | x | 0 | 0.6 | 0.2% | |
Sales to assets ratio | x | 0.7 | 0.4 | 176.0% | |
Return on assets | % | 7.3 | 3.9 | 188.3% | |
Return on equity | % | 11.6 | 1.8 | 651.9% | |
Return on capital | % | 16.8 | 6.8 | 246.0% |
CASH FLOW | |||||
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From Operations | Rs m | 47,387 | 84,675 | 56.0% | |
From Investments | Rs m | -11,929 | 3,126 | -381.6% | |
From Financial Activity | Rs m | -6,294 | -214,011 | 2.9% | |
Net Cashflow | Rs m | 29,188 | -126,209 | -23.1% |
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For the quarter ended September 2020, AMBUJA CEMENT has posted a net profit of Rs 8 bn (up 51.4% YoY). Sales on the other hand came in at Rs 62 bn (up 1.5% YoY). Read on for a complete analysis of AMBUJA CEMENT's quarterly results.
Here's an analysis of the annual report of AMBUJA CEMENT for 2018-19. It includes a full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow analysis of AMBUJA CEMENT. Also includes updates on the valuation of AMBUJA CEMENT.
For the quarter ended March 2020, AMBUJA CEMENT has posted a net profit of Rs 7 bn (up 7.0% YoY). Sales on the other hand came in at Rs 62 bn (down 8.5% YoY). Read on for a complete analysis of AMBUJA CEMENT's quarterly results.
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