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Apex Frozen Foods financials and balance sheet

NSE: APEXBSE: 540692Food ProductsSmall Cap

Last close ₹302.70down ₹7.55 (2.43%)BSE ₹302.40

Share price at the NSE close on 23 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹310.25.

52-week range of traded prices to 23 Oct 2026
₹232.00Low, 7 Nov 2025₹514.50High, 21 Apr 2026
Market cap
₹946 Cr1,379th largest listed
P/E
18.4
P/B
1.8
Dividend yield
0.83%
ROE
10.1%
ROCE
9.7%
Debt to equity
0.01
Volume, NSE
1,22,08751.5% delivered

9 years at a glance

Standalone: the listed company alone, without its subsidiaries. ₹ crore, years to March.Apex Frozen Foods annual reports

Revenue, net profit and borrowings, ₹ crore

  • Revenue
  • Net profit
  • Borrowings

Operating and net margin, per cent

  • Operating margin
  • Net margin

The years either side of a change of basis do not compare. From the year to Mar 2023, the company's revenue for that year, ₹1,070 Cr, differs from its quarters added, ₹1,025 Cr.

Results for the year to Mar 2026

Standalone: the listed company alone, without its subsidiaries. ₹ crore.

From revenue to net profit

  1. Revenue931
  2. Materials and goods−589
  3. Employee costs−49
  4. Other expenses−238
  5. Operating profit56
  6. Depreciation−15
  7. Other income+17
  8. One-off items0.0
  9. Finance costs−4.5
  10. Profit before tax53
  11. Tax−14
  12. Net profit39

What the company owns

  • Plant, investments and other assets₹299 Cr
  • Inventory₹167 Cr
  • Receivables₹109 Cr
  • Cash and bank₹19 Cr

What pays for it: net worth and liabilities

  • Net worth₹528 Cr
  • Other liabilities₹30 Cr
  • Owed to suppliers₹29 Cr
  • Borrowings₹6 Cr

Profit and loss

Standalone, ₹ crore, years to March.Apex Frozen Foods quarterly results

₹ croreMar 2018Mar 2019Filed 27 MayMar 2020Filed 27 JunMar 2021Filed 26 JunMar 2022Filed 27 MayMar 2023Filed 31 MayMar 2024Filed 14 JunMar 2025Filed 16 JunMar 2026Filed 30 May
Revenue from operations9998758278189141,070804814931
889785740728835987763788876
Materials and goods bought703581574553615742563589589
Employee costs394844404346554549
Other expenses147156123135177199146154238
Operating profit before depreciation1109087917983412556
Operating margin11.0%10.2%10.5%11.1%8.7%7.8%5.1%3.1%6.0%
Materials, % of revenue70.4%66.4%69.3%67.6%67.3%69.3%70.0%72.4%63.2%
Employee costs, % of revenue3.9%5.5%5.3%4.9%4.7%4.3%6.8%5.6%5.3%
Other expenses, % of revenue14.7%17.8%14.9%16.4%19.3%18.6%18.1%18.9%25.6%
Depreciation and amortisation91115221919151515
Operating profit after depreciation1017972696164261040
Other income20211981323517
Finance costs97111617151094
One-off items–00000000
Profit before tax113948161565120653
3333201615155214
Net profit79616144413615439
Other comprehensive income–24070001
Total comprehensive income–636444483615440
Net margin7.9%7.0%7.3%5.4%4.5%3.4%1.8%0.5%4.2%

Balance sheet

Standalone, ₹ crore, at 31 March.

₹ croreMar 2019Filed 27 MayMar 2020Filed 27 JunMar 2021Filed 26 JunMar 2022Filed 27 MayMar 2023Filed 31 MayMar 2024Filed 14 JunMar 2025Filed 16 JunMar 2026Filed 30 May
355396440475490497494528
Share capital3131313131313131
Reserves324365409444459466463497
10314416616591107736
14520618917511412110453
924282910161411
Total assets510627657679614633613593
246291271262274271259275
264335386417340363354318
Net debt96137156158809767−13
Borrowings are counted again inside the liabilities due within a year and after a year. No balance sheet is on record for the year to Mar 2018, so its lines and the ratios worked from it are blank there.

Cash flow

Standalone, ₹ crore, years to March.

₹ croreMar 2021Filed 26 JunMar 2022Filed 27 MayMar 2023Filed 31 MayMar 2024Filed 14 JunMar 2025Filed 16 JunMar 2026Filed 30 May
1328121115096
2140139944107
−57−4847−311236
Receivables−751733−8−1418
Inventories23−4223−18921
Payables−12−9−5−6153
Other working capital7−15−402−6
Tax paid−8−12−17−66−11
Interest paid0001000
Capital spending011231257
Free cash flow131899−14589
−14−10−22−8−2−2
4−20−99−2−49−78
Dividends paid0–8866
Shares bought back000000
Shares issued000000
Net change in cash3−211−116
Capital spending is part of cash from investing, and dividends paid, shares bought back and shares issued are part of cash from financing. Each is shown as an amount on a line of its own, and the section's other items are in its total only. No cash flow statement is on record for the years to Mar 2018, Mar 2019 and Mar 2020. Dividends paid is left blank for the year to Mar 2022: the cash-flow statement states no dividends paid, while the company's own dividend record shows one paid in the period, so the line is not given.

Per share

Standalone, ₹ per share, years to March.Apex Frozen Foods dividend history

₹ per shareMar 2018Mar 2019Filed 27 MayMar 2020Filed 27 JunMar 2021Filed 26 JunMar 2022Filed 27 MayMar 2023Filed 31 MayMar 2024Filed 14 JunMar 2025Filed 16 JunMar 2026Filed 30 May
Earnings per share₹26.63₹19.45₹19.41₹14.17₹13.15₹11.48₹4.67₹1.24₹12.43
Diluted earnings per share₹26.63₹19.45₹19.41₹14.17₹13.15₹11.48₹4.67₹1.24₹12.43
Dividend per share₹2.00₹2.00₹2.00₹2.00₹2.50₹2.50₹2.00₹2.00₹2.50
Book value per share–₹113.63₹126.68₹140.74₹152.14₹156.79₹159.06₹158.23₹168.96
Dividend payout7.9%10.3%10.3%14.1%19.0%21.8%42.8%161.2%20.1%
Shareholder yield–––0.0%–1.3%1.3%1.0%0.6%
Market cap at the year end (₹ crore)1,9001,0255276488716026176571,134
Shareholder yield is left blank for the year to Mar 2022: the cash-flow statement states no dividends paid, while the company's own dividend record shows one paid in the period, so the line is not given.

Ratios

Standalone, years to March.Apex Frozen Foods PE ratio and valuation

RatioMar 2018Mar 2019Filed 27 MayMar 2020Filed 27 JunMar 2021Filed 26 JunMar 2022Filed 27 MayMar 2023Filed 31 MayMar 2024Filed 14 JunMar 2025Filed 16 JunMar 2026Filed 30 May
Revenue growth–−12.4%−5.4%−1.0%11.7%–−24.9%1.2%14.5%
Operating profit growth–−18.5%−2.9%4.5%−12.8%–−50.3%−39.0%120.7%
Net profit growth–−23.1%−0.3%−27.0%−7.2%−12.7%−59.3%−73.4%902.1%
Earnings per share growth–−27.0%−0.2%−27.0%−7.2%−12.7%−59.3%−73.4%902.4%
–17.1%16.2%10.6%9.0%7.4%3.0%0.8%7.6%
––−1.0 pts−5.6 pts−1.6 pts−1.5 pts−4.5 pts−2.2 pts6.8 pts
From the net margin––0.9 pts−4.2 pts−1.8 pts−2.3 pts−3.4 pts−2.2 pts6.1 pts
From asset turnover––−2.7 pts−1.5 pts0.6 pts1.4 pts−0.9 pts0.0 pts1.3 pts
From borrowing––0.8 pts0.2 pts−0.5 pts−0.7 pts−0.2 pts0.0 pts−0.5 pts
Return on capital employed–17.2%13.4%11.4%9.5%11.0%4.4%1.7%7.5%
Cash conversion–––29.2%69.2%337.8%76.5%1,294.3%246.6%
Interest cover11.712.06.84.33.54.32.61.18.9
Debt to equity–0.290.360.380.350.180.220.150.01
Receivable days–3935695538495743
Inventory days–6711710612089126116103
Payable days–20292012871618
Cash conversion cycle, days–86123156163118168157128
Working capital days–8710714514810415114098
Asset turnover–1.721.461.281.371.661.291.311.54
Assets per rupee of net worth–1.441.511.541.461.341.261.261.18
Sales per rupee of plant–7.633.103.273.874.423.173.353.90
Capital spending to depreciation–––0.000.571.170.820.310.43
Plant being built, % of plant in use–101.4%1.0%6.1%9.3%7.4%1.4%1.5%0.8%
Revenue growth and operating profit growth are left blank for the year to Mar 2023: between the two periods the company restated its earlier figures, so the two are on different bases and the change is not worked out. No balance sheet is on record for the year to Mar 2018, so its lines and the ratios worked from it are blank there.

Growth and returns over 3, 5 and 10 years

Standalone: the listed company alone, without its subsidiaries. Each window ends with the year to Mar 2026.

Return on assets, latest year
6.4%
Cash from operations against operating profit
172.4%
Measure10 years5 years3 years
Revenue growth, yearly rate–2.6%−4.5%
Profit growth, yearly rate–−2.6%2.7%
Return on equity, average–5.5%3.8%
Return on capital employed, average–6.8%4.5%
Operating margin, average8.2%6.1%4.7%
Net margin, average4.7%2.9%2.2%
Asset turnover, average–1.431.38
Cash conversion cycle, days, average–147151
Interest cover, average6.14.14.2
Debt to equity, average–0.180.12

Where the cash came from and went

Standalone: the listed company alone, without its subsidiaries. ₹ crore, added up over each window, which ends with the year to Mar 2026.

₹ crore5 years3 yearsLatest year
Cash from operations30715796
Cash from investing−44−12−2
Cash from financing−248−129−78
Capital spending57247
Dividends paid–206
Shares bought back000
Shares issued for cash000
Borrowings raised550
Borrowings repaid19211367

Accounting checks

Standalone, years to March. Published tests of whether reported profit is backed by cash and the balance sheet.

CheckMar 2018Mar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
Piotroski score, out of 9Published threshold 3 points out of 9–––567469
Altman Z-scorePublished threshold 1.81–7.514.234.655.616.505.636.2714.13
Beneish M-scorePublished threshold −1.78–––−1.52−2.38−2.97−2.61−2.56−2.48
Profit not backed by cash, % of assetsPublished threshold 10 per cent of average total assets–––7.073.45−9.821.88−7.14−9.16
Cash from operations to profit, 3 yearsPublished threshold 0.7 times–––––1.341.763.362.74
Receivables growth less revenue growthOur threshold 0 percentage points––−9.9896.42−22.93−35.4820.3717.57−28.99
Inventory growth less cost-of-goods growthOur threshold 0 percentage points––74.44−8.8614.65−31.8731.93−8.06−11.11
Other current assets growth less revenue growthOur threshold 5 per cent of revenue––0.86−0.541.05−3.021.75−2.11−1.13
Assets under construction, years of additionsOur threshold 2 years of additions––0.022.715.260.700.140.860.17
Effective tax ratePublished threshold 17.16 per cent29.7235.1024.9126.9226.9229.1425.3530.8826.72
Tax charged less tax paid, % of profitOur threshold 10 percentage points––––6.26−5.38−7.18−72.055.75
A threshold marked as ours has no published figure; it is the line we read the check against.

Credit ratings

An agency's view of the chance the company repays a borrowing on time, from AAA, the highest, down to D, in default.

DateAgencyBorrowing ratedRatingOutlookAmount, ₹ Cr
1 Aug 2025CRISIL Ratings Limited (opens in a new tab)Bank FacilitiesCrisil A2Review, Downgrade140
1 Aug 2025CRISIL Ratings Limited (opens in a new tab)Bank FacilitiesWithdrawnReview, Other48.29
The latest rating on each borrowing. The agency's name opens its reasoning for the rating.