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This is an entirely free service. No payments are to be made.Madras Cements Ltd is the flagship company of Ramco Group, a well-known business group of South India. Based in Chennai, Madras Cements has a total cement capacity of 10.5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA), all of which is located in Southern India. Th... More
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EQUITY SHARE DATA | |||||
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THE RAMCO CEMENTS Mar-18 |
LAFARGE Dec-14 |
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High | Rs | 831 | 5,488 | - | |
Low | Rs | 648 | 3,920 | - | |
Sales per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 187.8 | 3,609.8 | - | |
Earnings per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 24.0 | 77.0 | - | |
Cash flow per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 36.4 | 313.1 | - | |
Dividends per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 3.00 | 80.82 | - | |
Dividend yield (eoy) | % | 0.4 | 1.7 | 23.6% | |
Book value per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 174.3 | 4,343.4 | - | |
Shares outstanding (eoy) | m | 235.58 | 287.54 | - | |
Bonus/Rights/Conversions | BB | - | - | ||
Price / Sales ratio | x | 3.9 | 1.3 | 302.2% | |
Avg P/E ratio | x | 30.8 | 61.1 | 50.5% | |
P/CF ratio (eoy) | x | 20.3 | 15.0 | 135.1% | |
Price / Book Value ratio | x | 4.2 | 1.1 | 391.9% | |
Dividend payout | % | 12.5 | 104.9 | 11.9% | |
Avg Mkt Cap | Rs m | 174,211 | 1,352,509 | 12.9% | |
No. of employees | `000 | 3.0 | 63.0 | 4.8% | |
Total wages/salary | Rs m | 3,049 | 154,932 | 2.0% | |
Avg. sales/employee | Rs Th | 14,580.8 | 16,465.8 | 88.6% | |
Avg. wages/employee | Rs Th | 1,004.8 | 2,457.8 | 40.9% | |
Avg. net profit/employee | Rs Th | 1,862.4 | 351.3 | 530.2% |
INCOME DATA | |||||
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Net Sales | Rs m | 44,238 | 1,037,971 | 4.3% | |
Other income | Rs m | 327 | 70,879 | 0.5% | |
Total revenues | Rs m | 44,565 | 1,108,850 | 4.0% | |
Gross profit | Rs m | 11,121 | 150,002 | 7.4% | |
Depreciation | Rs m | 2,935 | 67,889 | 4.3% | |
Interest | Rs m | 600 | 83,568 | 0.7% | |
Profit before tax | Rs m | 7,913 | 69,424 | 11.4% | |
Minority Interest | Rs m | 48 | -10,587 | -0.5% | |
Prior Period Items | Rs m | 0 | 0 | - | |
Extraordinary Inc (Exp) | Rs m | 0 | -5,577 | 0.0% | |
Tax | Rs m | 2,311 | 31,116 | 7.4% | |
Profit after tax | Rs m | 5,651 | 22,145 | 25.5% | |
Gross profit margin | % | 25.1 | 14.5 | 174.0% | |
Effective tax rate | % | 29.2 | 44.8 | 65.2% | |
Net profit margin | % | 12.8 | 2.1 | 598.7% |
BALANCE SHEET DATA | |||||
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Current assets | Rs m | 13,004 | 474,494 | 2.7% | |
Current liabilities | Rs m | 18,564 | 437,721 | 4.2% | |
Net working cap to sales | % | -12.6 | 3.5 | -354.8% | |
Current ratio | x | 0.7 | 1.1 | 64.6% | |
Inventory Days | Days | 46 | 42 | 110.4% | |
Debtors Days | Days | 36 | 45 | 80.4% | |
Net fixed assets | Rs m | 54,215 | 974,043 | 5.6% | |
Share capital | Rs m | 236 | 92,943 | 0.3% | |
Net worth | Rs m | 41,051 | 1,248,911 | 3.3% | |
Long term debt | Rs m | 4,188 | 757,364 | 0.6% | |
Total assets | Rs m | 71,580 | 2,708,440 | 2.6% | |
Interest coverage | x | 14.2 | 1.8 | 775.1% | |
Debt to equity ratio | x | 0.1 | 0.6 | 16.8% | |
Sales to assets ratio | x | 0.6 | 0.4 | 161.3% | |
Return on assets | % | 8.7 | 3.9 | 223.7% | |
Return on equity | % | 13.8 | 1.8 | 776.3% | |
Return on capital | % | 18.9 | 6.8 | 277.5% |
CASH FLOW | |||||
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From Operations | Rs m | 11,244 | 76,617 | 14.7% | |
From Investments | Rs m | -4,900 | 2,829 | -173.2% | |
From Financial Activity | Rs m | -7,930 | -193,645 | 4.1% | |
Net Cashflow | Rs m | -1,586 | -114,199 | 1.4% |
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Indian share markets continued their momentum during closing hours and ended the day on a strong note. Gains were largely seen in the metal sector and oil & gas sector.
For the quarter ended December 2018, THE RAMCO CEMENTS has posted a net profit of Rs 1 bn (down 17.7% YoY). Sales on the other hand came in at Rs 12 bn (up 14.6% YoY). Read on for a complete analysis of THE RAMCO CEMENTS's quarterly results.
For the quarter ended September 2018, THE RAMCO CEMENTS has posted a net profit of Rs 1 bn (down 32.1% YoY). Sales on the other hand came in at Rs 12 bn (up 11.0% YoY). Read on for a complete analysis of THE RAMCO CEMENTS's quarterly results.
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