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The BSE, founded in 1875, is Asia's oldest stock exchange — it started under a banyan tree on Dalal Street, where the bronze bull stands today.
The BSE, founded in 1875, is Asia's oldest stock exchange — it started under a banyan tree on Dalal Street, where the bronze bull stands today.
Kothari Petrochemicals Limited is an India-based company, which is engaged in the business of manufacture and sale of petrochemical products. It produces polyisobutylene. The Company has various grades of polyisobutylene in India and is used across diverse industries,…
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A high-quality, fast-growing business, trading cheap versus its own history.
Kothari Petrochemicals is scored on the commodity / cyclical framework. It keeps a healthy 12.1% of every rupee of sales as net profit. Cash broadly tracks reported profit (CFO/PAT 0.81×). Free cash flow is worth about 2.1% of its market value.
Over the last 3 years revenue compounded at 7%/yr and profit at 23%/yr. Book value itself has compounded 25%/yr — the hallmark of a genuine compounder. Return on equity is a healthy 14.3%. In the latest quarter profit fell 4% versus the prior quarter.
At 10× earnings, the stock sits at the 10th percentile of its own 3.6-year range — the cheap end of where it has historically traded. Today's price asks for only ~3%/yr growth over a decade — undemanding expectations. The books come through clean — a forensic grade of A, and Altman puts distress risk in the safe zone.
A plain-English restatement of the figures on this page — rules-based, for education and research context, not investment advice or a recommendation.
| Ratio | Company | Sector | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| P/E | 12.94 | 29.97 | better |
| P/B | 1.58 | 0.81 | worse |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.77 | — | — |
| ROE | 14.28 | 5.95 | better |
| ROCE | 18.01 | 7.08 | better |
| ROA | 11 | — | — |
| Quick Ratio | 1.24 | 1.61 | worse |
| Peer | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supreme Petrochem | 24.4 | 5.1 | 20.8% |
| Savita Oil Techno | 7.9 | 2.0 | 25.7% |
| Styrenix Performance | 13.0 | 2.2 | 16.9% |
7% CAGR — growing but slowly. Growth is accelerating — latest year outpaced the prior year's rate.
Net profit has risen every year — the hallmark of a compounder. Profit is growing faster than revenue (23% vs 7%) — margin expansion is at work.
Operating margin has expanded from 11% to 16% — the business is keeping more of each rupee earned.
ROE at 19% — a respectable return on shareholder capital.
EPS has grown every year — each share earns more than the last, consistently. 23% EPS CAGR — this is the rate at which each share's claim on earnings is compounding.
Operating cash flow has been positive every year — the business generates real cash, not just accounting profit. Heavy investing spend every year, but operations generate enough to cover it — the business self-funds its growth. Financing outflows in consecutive years — balance-sheet discipline through debt repayment or dividends.
When operating cash keeps pace with reported profit, earnings are cash-backed; a persistent shortfall is a quality flag.
Revenue broadly flat QoQ — stable but not accelerating.
How today's P/E compares to the stock's own historical range. Dashed line = the 3.6y median.
Promoters hold 72.2% — heavily owner-operated with strong skin in the game.
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