PCBL Chemical Limited

NSE: PCBL · Chemicals & Petrochemicals · sector

₹275.45NSE close 2026-10-26

Key numbers

Market cap₹10,839 cr

Price₹275.45

52w high / low₹375 / ₹226

P/E41.5xSector median 30.8x

P/B2.7xSector median 2.7x

Book value₹101.8

Dividend yield2.09%Sector median 1.10%

ROE6.7%Sector median 6.7%

ROCE8.5%Sector median 9.1%

OPM12.8%Sector median 12.8%

Debt / equity1.20xSector median 0.23x

EV/EBITDA14.1xSector median 14.1x

Interest cover1.9x

Current ratio0.83x

Sales growth 3y+12.3%Sector median +8.1%

Profit growth 3y-23.5%Sector median +14.0%

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Last 12 months to Jun 2026, Consolidated. "Sector median" = middle value of 3 companies in Chemicals & Petrochemicals (P/E median leaves out loss-making companies). Tap ? for what a number means.

Things to know

Cash ₹288 cr vs borrowings ₹4,825 cr (FY26): borrowings are higher by ₹4,537 cr.
Operating profit covered interest 1.9x in the last 12 months.
No promoter shares are pledged.
Promoter holding rose by 1.97 percentage points in a year, to 53.38% (2026-09-30).
Operating cash flow was below net profit in 1 of the last 5 years (FY22).
Revenue was higher than a year earlier in 2 of the last 4 quarters.
Other income was 14% of net profit in the last 12 months.
Debtor days went from 97 (FY24) to 62 (FY26).
Dividend paid in 5 of the last 5 financial years.
Price ₹275.45 on 2026-10-26: -26.5% from the 52-week high, +21.6% from the 52-week low.

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Charts

Weekly close · high ₹577.60 · low ₹232.15

Quarterly results

₹ cr	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026
Revenue	2,163	2,010	2,087	2,114	2,164	1,846	2,066	2,473
EBITDA	364	317	298	319	266	194	239	396
OPM %	16.8%	15.8%	14.3%	15.1%	12.3%	10.5%	11.6%	16.0%
Other income	6	11	20	6	12	16	5	4
Net profit	123	93	100	94	62	2	40	155
EPS (₹)	3.27	2.47	2.65	2.49	1.63	0.05	1.02	3.94
Revenue YoY					+0.0%	-8.2%	-1.0%	+17.0%
Profit YoY					-50.1%	-97.8%	-59.8%	+64.8%

Consolidated figures where filed. Latest quarter Jun 2026.

Profit & loss (yearly)

₹ cr	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25	FY26	TTM
Revenue	4,446	5,774	6,420	8,404	8,189	8,549
EBITDA	653	731	1,037	1,336	1,018	1,094
Net profit	426	442	491	435	198	259
EPS (₹)	11.81	11.70	13.00	11.51	5.15	6.64
Revenue growth		+29.9%	+11.2%	+30.9%	-2.6%	+2.1%
Profit growth		+3.7%	+11.1%	-11.5%	-54.5%	-37.0%
Dividend / share (₹)	10.00	5.50	5.50	5.50	6.00

Compounded growth	3 years	5 years	Last 12 months
Sales	+12.4%	+25.2%	+2.1%
Net profit	-23.5%	-8.8%	-37.0%
EPS	-23.9%	-22.3%	–
Share price	–	-20.6% (2y)	-20.4%

Balance sheet

₹ cr	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25	FY26
Shareholders' equity	–	2,830	3,247	3,697	4,006
Borrowings	–	943	4,820	5,380	4,825
Cash & equivalents	–	96	422	389	288
Total assets	–	5,433	11,295	11,722	11,295
Fixed assets	–	1,962	3,560	3,548	4,417
Capital work in progress	–	1,130	433	730	566
Investments	–	234	396	516	464
Receivables	–	1,111	1,710	1,794	1,395
Inventory	–	571	999	1,268	1,024
Payables	–	956	1,802	1,595	1,447

Year-end figures from the March annual filing.

Cash flow

₹ cr	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25	FY26
Cash from operations	290	504	1,105	760	1,576
Cash from investing	-541	-552	-4,214	-690	-675
Cash from financing	217	-31	3,381	-64	-990
Capex	306	896	536	774	727
Free cash flow	-16	-392	570	-13	850

Free cash flow = cash from operations − capex.

Ratios by year

₹ cr	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25	FY26
ROE %	–	15.6%	15.1%	11.8%	4.9%
ROCE %	–	16.8%	10.6%	11.4%	7.7%
Debtor days	–	70	97	78	62
Inventory days	–	48	82	80	65
Payable days	–	80	147	100	92
Cash conversion cycle (days)	–	38	32	58	35
Working capital days	–	10	13	-7	-28

Shareholding

Holder	% (2026-09-30)
Promoters	53.38%
FIIs	6.34%
DIIs	13.71%
of which Mutual funds	6.72%
of which Insurance	5.69%
Public (non-institutions)	26.56%

Quarter	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Nov 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Jun 2026	Sep 2026
Promoters %	51.41%	51.41%	51.41%	53.38%	53.38%	53.38%	53.38%	53.38%

Promoter group	%
Rainbow Investments Limited	47.43%
Altius One Capital & Investments Private Limited	2.71%
Quest Capital Markets Limited	2.17%
Stel Holdings Limited	1.04%
Lebnitze Real Estates Private Limited	0.02%
Digidrive Distributors Limited	0.00%
Saregama India Limited	0.00%

Public holders above 1%	%
Life Insurance Corporation Of India	2.70%
Sbi Life Insurance Co. Ltd	2.42%
Hdfc Trustee Company Ltd. A/C Hdfc Balanced Advantage Fund	1.67%
Bandhan Small Cap Fund	1.66%
Tata Mutual Fund - Tata Small Cap Fund	1.25%
Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation	1.19%
Icici Prudential Aggressive Hybrid Fund	1.15%

2,65,524 shareholders. Pledged: 0.00% of promoter shares.

Peers in Chemicals & Petrochemicals

Company	Market cap	P/E	P/B	ROE	ROCE	OPM	Sales 3y	Div yield
HSCL	₹26,353 cr	30.8x	5.1x	18.6%	19.3%	19.4%	+3.8%	0.11%
PCBL	₹10,839 cr	41.5x	2.7x	6.7%	8.5%	12.8%	+12.3%	2.09%
DICIND	₹493 cr	17.0x	1.1x	6.7%	9.1%	5.3%	–	–

All 3 companies in Chemicals & Petrochemicals →

Business segments (FY26)

Segment	Revenue	Share	EBIT	Margin
Carbon Black	₹6,512 cr	78.3%	₹721 cr	11.1%
Chemical	₹1,443 cr	17.3%	₹17 cr	1.2%
Power	₹366 cr	4.4%	₹239 cr	65.3%
Battery Chemical	₹0 cr	–	₹-0 cr	–

Dividends & corporate actions

Ex-date	Action	Detail
2026-08-04	Dividend	Interim Dividend - Rs 4.50 Per Share
2025-10-27	Dividend	Interim Dividend - Rs 6 Per Share
2025-01-16	Dividend	Interim Dividend - Rs 5.50 Per Share
2024-08-21	Other	Annual General Meeting
2024-01-29	Dividend	Interim Dividend - Rs 5.50 Per Share
2023-07-04	Other	Annual General Meeting
2023-02-10	Dividend	Interim Dividend - Rs 5.50 Per Share
2022-06-20	Other	Annual General Meeting
2022-04-11	Split	Face Value Split (Sub-Division) - From Rs 2/- Per Share To Re 1/- Per Share
2022-02-01	Dividend	Interim Dividend - Rs 10 Per Share
2021-06-14	Other	Annual General Meeting
2021-02-01	Dividend	Interim Dividend - Rs 7 Per Share
2020-07-22	Other	Annual General Meeting
2020-02-25	Dividend	Interim Dividend - Rs 3.5 Per Share Special Dividend - Rs 3.5 Per Share
2019-07-11	Other	Annual General Meeting
2019-01-28	Dividend	Interim Dividend - Rs 3.50 Per Share
2018-07-18	Dividend	Annual General Meeting/Dividend- Rs 1.20 Per Share
2018-04-19	Split	Face Value Split (Sub-Division) - From Rs 10/- Per Share To Rs 2/- Per Share
2017-11-07	Dividend	Interim Dividend - Rs 6/- Per Share
2017-09-13	Other	Annual General Meeting

Documents

Links go to the original files on the exchange website.

About the company

Manufacturing: Manufacturing and sale of Carbon Black and Specialty chemicals


Sector	Commodities
Industry	Chemicals & Petrochemicals
Sub-industry	Carbon Black
Symbol	PCBL
BSE code	506590
ISIN	INE602A01031
Face value	₹1.0
Incorporated	1960-03-31
Website	www.pcblltd.com
Plants (India / abroad)	4 / 0

From the company's filings (BRSR FY26).

Data built 2026-10-22 from NSE company filings (XBRL: Integrated Filing - Financials + financial results), NSE shareholding & pledge data; price = NSE close 2026-10-26.