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EQUITY SHARE DATA | |||||
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AMBUJA CEMENT Dec-18 |
LAFARGE Dec-14 |
AMBUJA CEMENT/ LAFARGE |
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High | Rs | 280 | 5,367 | - | |
Low | Rs | 189 | 3,834 | - | |
Sales per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 131.1 | 3,530.8 | - | |
Earnings per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 15.0 | 75.3 | - | |
Cash flow per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 20.8 | 306.3 | - | |
Dividends per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 1.50 | 79.05 | - | |
Dividend yield (eoy) | % | 0.6 | 1.7 | 37.3% | |
Book value per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 112.7 | 4,248.3 | - | |
Shares outstanding (eoy) | m | 1,985.65 | 287.54 | - | |
Bonus/Rights/Conversions | - | - | - | ||
Price / Sales ratio | x | 1.8 | 1.3 | 137.1% | |
Avg P/E ratio | x | 15.6 | 61.1 | 25.6% | |
P/CF ratio (eoy) | x | 11.3 | 15.0 | 75.0% | |
Price / Book Value ratio | x | 2.1 | 1.1 | 192.0% | |
Dividend payout | % | 10.0 | 104.9 | 9.5% | |
Avg Mkt Cap | Rs m | 465,139 | 1,322,888 | 35.2% | |
No. of employees | `000 | 5.2 | 63.0 | 8.2% | |
Total wages/salary | Rs m | 15,244 | 151,539 | 10.1% | |
Avg. sales/employee | Rs Th | 50,272.1 | 16,105.2 | 312.1% | |
Avg. wages/employee | Rs Th | 2,942.8 | 2,403.9 | 122.4% | |
Avg. net profit/employee | Rs Th | 5,738.8 | 343.6 | 1,670.2% |
INCOME DATA | |||||
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Net Sales | Rs m | 260,409 | 1,015,239 | 25.7% | |
Other income | Rs m | 3,714 | 69,327 | 5.4% | |
Total revenues | Rs m | 264,124 | 1,084,566 | 24.4% | |
Gross profit | Rs m | 40,108 | 146,717 | 27.3% | |
Depreciation | Rs m | 11,539 | 66,402 | 17.4% | |
Interest | Rs m | 1,705 | 81,738 | 2.1% | |
Profit before tax | Rs m | 30,578 | 67,904 | 45.0% | |
Minority Interest | Rs m | 125 | -10,356 | -1.2% | |
Prior Period Items | Rs m | 0 | 0 | - | |
Extraordinary Inc (Exp) | Rs m | -1,518 | -5,454 | 27.8% | |
Tax | Rs m | -542 | 30,434 | -1.8% | |
Profit after tax | Rs m | 29,727 | 21,660 | 137.2% | |
Gross profit margin | % | 15.4 | 14.5 | 106.6% | |
Effective tax rate | % | -1.8 | 44.8 | -4.0% | |
Net profit margin | % | 11.4 | 2.1 | 535.1% |
BALANCE SHEET DATA | |||||
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Current assets | Rs m | 124,215 | 464,103 | 26.8% | |
Current liabilities | Rs m | 83,943 | 428,135 | 19.6% | |
Net working cap to sales | % | 15.5 | 3.5 | 436.5% | |
Current ratio | x | 1.5 | 1.1 | 136.5% | |
Inventory Days | Days | 41 | 42 | 98.8% | |
Debtors Days | Days | 18 | 45 | 40.3% | |
Net fixed assets | Rs m | 217,736 | 952,711 | 22.9% | |
Share capital | Rs m | 3,971 | 90,908 | 4.4% | |
Net worth | Rs m | 223,705 | 1,221,560 | 18.3% | |
Long term debt | Rs m | 397 | 740,778 | 0.1% | |
Total assets | Rs m | 373,407 | 2,649,124 | 14.1% | |
Interest coverage | x | 18.9 | 1.8 | 1,034.2% | |
Debt to equity ratio | x | 0 | 0.6 | 0.3% | |
Sales to assets ratio | x | 0.7 | 0.4 | 182.0% | |
Return on assets | % | 8.4 | 3.9 | 215.7% | |
Return on equity | % | 13.3 | 1.8 | 749.4% | |
Return on capital | % | 13.8 | 6.8 | 202.1% |
CASH FLOW | |||||
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From Operations | Rs m | 17,266 | 74,939 | 23.0% | |
From Investments | Rs m | -7,662 | 2,767 | -276.9% | |
From Financial Activity | Rs m | -7,422 | -189,404 | 3.9% | |
Net Cashflow | Rs m | 2,196 | -111,698 | -2.0% |
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For the quarter ended September 2019, AMBUJA CEMENT has posted a net profit of Rs 5 bn (up 34.6% YoY). Sales on the other hand came in at Rs 61 bn (up 1.0% YoY). Read on for a complete analysis of AMBUJA CEMENT's quarterly results.
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