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EQUITY SHARE DATA | |||||
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THE RAMCO CEMENTS Mar-19 |
LAFARGE Dec-14 |
THE RAMCO CEMENTS/ LAFARGE |
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High | Rs | 879 | 6,036 | - | |
Low | Rs | 546 | 4,311 | - | |
Sales per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 219.1 | 3,970.3 | - | |
Earnings per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 21.7 | 84.7 | - | |
Cash flow per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 34.4 | 344.4 | - | |
Dividends per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 3.00 | 88.89 | - | |
Dividend yield (eoy) | % | 0.4 | 1.7 | 24.5% | |
Book value per share (Unadj.) | Rs | 192.6 | 4,777.1 | - | |
Shares outstanding (eoy) | m | 235.58 | 287.54 | - | |
Bonus/Rights/Conversions | - | - | - | ||
Price / Sales ratio | x | 3.3 | 1.3 | 249.5% | |
Avg P/E ratio | x | 32.8 | 61.1 | 53.7% | |
P/CF ratio (eoy) | x | 20.7 | 15.0 | 137.7% | |
Price / Book Value ratio | x | 3.7 | 1.1 | 341.6% | |
Dividend payout | % | 13.8 | 104.9 | 13.2% | |
Avg Mkt Cap | Rs m | 167,851 | 1,487,559 | 11.3% | |
No. of employees | `000 | 3.2 | 63.0 | 5.1% | |
Total wages/salary | Rs m | 3,379 | 170,402 | 2.0% | |
Avg. sales/employee | Rs Th | 16,193.0 | 18,109.9 | 89.4% | |
Avg. wages/employee | Rs Th | 1,060.0 | 2,703.2 | 39.2% | |
Avg. net profit/employee | Rs Th | 1,604.2 | 386.4 | 415.2% |
INCOME DATA | |||||
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Net Sales | Rs m | 51,623 | 1,141,614 | 4.5% | |
Other income | Rs m | 250 | 77,957 | 0.3% | |
Total revenues | Rs m | 51,873 | 1,219,571 | 4.3% | |
Gross profit | Rs m | 10,445 | 164,980 | 6.3% | |
Depreciation | Rs m | 3,000 | 74,668 | 4.0% | |
Interest | Rs m | 514 | 91,912 | 0.6% | |
Profit before tax | Rs m | 7,181 | 76,357 | 9.4% | |
Minority Interest | Rs m | 40 | -11,645 | -0.3% | |
Prior Period Items | Rs m | 0 | 0 | - | |
Extraordinary Inc (Exp) | Rs m | 0 | -6,133 | 0.0% | |
Tax | Rs m | 2,106 | 34,223 | 6.2% | |
Profit after tax | Rs m | 5,114 | 24,356 | 21.0% | |
Gross profit margin | % | 20.2 | 14.5 | 140.0% | |
Effective tax rate | % | 29.3 | 44.8 | 65.4% | |
Net profit margin | % | 9.9 | 2.1 | 464.4% |
BALANCE SHEET DATA | |||||
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Current assets | Rs m | 13,805 | 521,873 | 2.6% | |
Current liabilities | Rs m | 20,676 | 481,428 | 4.3% | |
Net working cap to sales | % | -13.3 | 3.5 | -375.7% | |
Current ratio | x | 0.7 | 1.1 | 61.6% | |
Inventory Days | Days | 40 | 42 | 94.6% | |
Debtors Days | Days | 35 | 45 | 76.3% | |
Net fixed assets | Rs m | 64,845 | 1,071,302 | 6.1% | |
Share capital | Rs m | 236 | 102,224 | 0.2% | |
Net worth | Rs m | 45,370 | 1,373,617 | 3.3% | |
Long term debt | Rs m | 7,012 | 832,988 | 0.8% | |
Total assets | Rs m | 82,038 | 2,978,882 | 2.8% | |
Interest coverage | x | 15.0 | 1.8 | 817.4% | |
Debt to equity ratio | x | 0.2 | 0.6 | 25.5% | |
Sales to assets ratio | x | 0.6 | 0.4 | 164.2% | |
Return on assets | % | 6.9 | 3.9 | 175.8% | |
Return on equity | % | 11.3 | 1.8 | 635.7% | |
Return on capital | % | 14.8 | 6.8 | 216.5% |
CASH FLOW | |||||
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From Operations | Rs m | 7,926 | 84,268 | 9.4% | |
From Investments | Rs m | -12,021 | 3,111 | -386.4% | |
From Financial Activity | Rs m | 6,529 | -212,980 | -3.1% | |
Net Cashflow | Rs m | 2,434 | -125,602 | -1.9% |
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For the quarter ended September 2020, THE RAMCO CEMENTS has posted a net profit of Rs 2 bn (up 42.1% YoY). Sales on the other hand came in at Rs 13 bn (down 3.9% YoY). Read on for a complete analysis of THE RAMCO CEMENTS's quarterly results.
For the quarter ended December 2019, THE RAMCO CEMENTS has posted a net profit of Rs 956 m (down 5.5% YoY). Sales on the other hand came in at Rs 13 bn (up 5.9% YoY). Read on for a complete analysis of THE RAMCO CEMENTS's quarterly results.
Here's an analysis of the annual report of THE RAMCO CEMENTS for 2018-19. It includes a full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow analysis of THE RAMCO CEMENTS. Also includes updates on the valuation of THE RAMCO CEMENTS.
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