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AMBUJA CEMENT vs LAFARGE (France) - Comparison Results
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Ambuja 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
LAFARGE (France)
Headquartered in France, Lafarge is the world's largest cement manufacturer. It primarily produces and sells cement, aggregates and ready-mix concrete worldwide. Based on its revenues, Lafarge is the world leader in cement. It is the second largest p... More
Financials
 AMBUJA CEMENT  LAFARGE |
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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% | |
The reporting currency for LAFARGE (France) is Euro. All data has been converted at 79.05 Rs / EUR
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