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This is an entirely free service. No payments are to be made.Grindwell Norton Ltd. (GNL) is a 51% subsidiary of Compaigne de Saint-Gobain (a Euro 30 bn French company) which manufactures bonded abrasives, coated abrasive products, super abrasives, engineered ceramics, and engineered fluids. The company's manuf... More
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EQUITY SHARE DATA | |||||
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GRINDWELL NORTON Mar-18 |
ANSALDO STS Dec-13 |
GRINDWELL NORTON/ ANSALDO STS |
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High | Rs | 560 | 665 | - | |
Low | Rs | 348 | 474 | - | |
Sales per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 129.2 | 574.9 | - | |
Earnings per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 13.6 | 33.5 | - | |
Cash flow per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 17.7 | 41.3 | - | |
Dividends per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 5.00 | 12.90 | - | |
Dividend yield (eoy) | % | 1.1 | 2.3 | 48.6% | |
Book value per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 89.5 | 223.3 | - | |
Shares outstanding (eoy) | m | 110.72 | 180.00 | - | |
Bonus/Rights/Conversions | - | - | - | ||
Price / Sales ratio | x | 3.5 | 1.0 | 354.7% | |
Avg P/E ratio | x | 33.3 | 17.0 | 196.2% | |
P/CF ratio (eoy) | x | 25.7 | 13.8 | 186.2% | |
Price / Book Value ratio | x | 5.1 | 2.6 | 199.0% | |
Dividend payout | % | 36.7 | 38.5 | 95.4% | |
Avg Mkt Cap | Rs m | 50,272 | 102,499 | 49.0% | |
No. of employees | `000 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 44.1% | |
Total wages/salary | Rs m | 1,768 | 24,946 | 7.1% | |
Avg. sales/employee | Rs Th | 7,862.5 | 25,069.0 | 31.4% | |
Avg. wages/employee | Rs Th | 971.4 | 6,043.0 | 16.1% | |
Avg. net profit/employee | Rs Th | 829.1 | 1,462.4 | 56.7% |
INCOME DATA | |||||
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Net Sales | Rs m | 14,310 | 103,485 | 13.8% | |
Other income | Rs m | 270 | 1,746 | 15.4% | |
Total revenues | Rs m | 14,579 | 105,231 | 13.9% | |
Gross profit | Rs m | 2,469 | 10,916 | 22.6% | |
Depreciation | Rs m | 448 | 1,394 | 32.2% | |
Interest | Rs m | 15 | 2,047 | 0.7% | |
Profit before tax | Rs m | 2,275 | 9,221 | 24.7% | |
Minority Interest | Rs m | 0 | 8 | 0.0% | |
Prior Period Items | Rs m | 0 | 0 | - | |
Extraordinary Inc (Exp) | Rs m | 0 | 0 | - | |
Tax | Rs m | 766 | 3,192 | 24.0% | |
Profit after tax | Rs m | 1,509 | 6,037 | 25.0% | |
Gross profit margin | % | 17.3 | 10.5 | 163.6% | |
Effective tax rate | % | 33.7 | 34.6 | 97.3% | |
Net profit margin | % | 10.5 | 5.8 | 180.8% |
BALANCE SHEET DATA | |||||
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Current assets | Rs m | 7,764 | 113,912 | 6.8% | |
Current liabilities | Rs m | 2,930 | 91,255 | 3.2% | |
Net working cap to sales | % | 33.8 | 21.9 | 154.3% | |
Current ratio | x | 2.6 | 1.2 | 212.3% | |
Inventory Days | Days | 69 | 33 | 212.5% | |
Debtors Days | Days | 45 | 180 | 25.2% | |
Net fixed assets | Rs m | 3,667 | 7,165 | 51.2% | |
Share capital | Rs m | 554 | 7,254 | 7.6% | |
Net worth | Rs m | 9,905 | 40,195 | 24.6% | |
Long term debt | Rs m | 0 | 0 | - | |
Total assets | Rs m | 13,438 | 132,523 | 10.1% | |
Interest coverage | x | 149.7 | 5.5 | 2,719.4% | |
Debt to equity ratio | x | 0 | 0 | - | |
Sales to assets ratio | x | 1.1 | 0.8 | 136.4% | |
Return on assets | % | 11.3 | 6.1 | 185.9% | |
Return on equity | % | 15.2 | 15.0 | 101.4% | |
Return on capital | % | 23.1 | 28.1 | 82.4% |
CASH FLOW | |||||
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From Operations | Rs m | 1,337 | 1,330 | 100.5% | |
From Investments | Rs m | -458 | -1,056 | 43.4% | |
From Financial Activity | Rs m | -601 | 3,949 | -15.2% | |
Net Cashflow | Rs m | 299 | 4,215 | 7.1% |
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Corporate governance issues with certain companies, uncertainty surrounding national elections and global issues like trade wars, Brexit, have taken a toll on the Indian markets.
For the quarter ended September 2018, GRINDWELL NORTON has posted a net profit of Rs 407 m (up 13.0% YoY). Sales on the other hand came in at Rs 4 bn (up 21.0% YoY). Read on for a complete analysis of GRINDWELL NORTON's quarterly results.
For the quarter ended June 2018, GRINDWELL NORTON has posted a net profit of Rs 436 m (up 43.9% YoY). Sales on the other hand came in at Rs 4 bn (up 5.7% YoY). Read on for a complete analysis of GRINDWELL NORTON's quarterly results.
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