Dai-Ichi Karkaria share price
NSE: DAICHIBSE: 526821Chemicals & PetrochemicalsSmall Cap
Last close ₹308.00up ₹3.85 (1.27%)BSE ₹300.10
Share price at the NSE close on 23 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹304.15.
52-week range of BSE trades to 23 Oct 2026
₹219.00Low, 30 Mar 2026₹383.95High, 8 Sep 2026
- Delivery only: shares bought must be paid for in full, with no selling on the same day.
- Next results date: the board meets on 30 Oct 2026 to consider: quarterly results.
- Market capMarket capitalisation. Share price times the number of shares: what the whole company is worth at the day's price. The rank is by average market value over the six months to Jun 2026, among listed companies.
- ₹229 Cr2,412th largest listed
- P/EPrice to earnings, trailing. Market cap divided by the profit of the last twelve months (the latest four quarters, or two half years for a company that reports half-yearly) that belongs to the company's own shareholders, after the share of the other owners of its subsidiaries: what investors pay for each rupee of a year's profit. The filing of 1 Sep 2026
- 105.8
- P/BPrice to book. Market cap divided by the net worth that belongs to the company's own shareholders, its assets less everything it owes and less the other owners' share of its subsidiaries, on its latest balance sheet. The filing of 8 May 2026
- 1.2
- Dividend yieldDividend yield. Dividends paid per share in the twelve months to the day, as a percentage of the day's share price.
- 0.49%
- ROEReturn on equity. Profit over the last twelve months (the latest four quarters, or two half years for a company that reports half-yearly) that belongs to the company's own shareholders, as a percentage of their net worth, the money they have in the business. Net worth is the average of the latest balance sheet and the one a year before it. The filing of 1 Sep 2026
- 1.2%
- ROCEReturn on capital employed. Operating profit after depreciation (revenue less operating expenses and depreciation, without other income and one-off items) as a percentage of all the money the business runs on: the whole group's net worth, the other owners of its subsidiaries included, plus borrowings. Lease liabilities are not counted: the results filings do not state them. The profit is over the last twelve months (the latest four quarters, or two half years for a company that reports half-yearly); net worth and borrowings are on the latest balance sheet. The filing of 1 Sep 2026
- −1.1%
- Debt to equityDebt to equity. Borrowings divided by the whole group's net worth, the other owners of its subsidiaries included: rupees borrowed for each rupee of equity in the business. Lease liabilities are not counted: the results filings do not state them. From the balance sheet at the end of Mar 2026. The filing of 8 May 2026
- 0.07
- Volume, NSEVolume. Shares traded on the last trading day.
- 853
Results
Consolidated; ₹ crore, the charts by years to March, the table by quarter.Quarterly results
Quarter to Jun 2026, against the quarter beforeFiled 1 Sep
- RevenueRevenue. The pill is the change in revenue against the quarter before: this period's figure divided by that one's, less one, in per cent.
- ₹58 Crup 40.22%
- Net profitNet profit. The pill is the change in net profit against the quarter before: this period's figure divided by that one's, less one, in per cent.
- ₹2.93 Crup 3,155.56%
- Net marginNet margin. Net profit as a percentage of revenue: how much of each rupee of sales is left after every cost, interest and tax.
- 5.1%
Revenue by year
Peak revenue ₹184 Cr, year to Mar 2023
Net profit by year, a loss in red
- Net profit
- Loss
A loss in the year to Mar 2026, −₹0.74 CrA loss in 4 of the 10 years shown
| ₹ crore | Sep 2024Filed 13 Nov | Dec 2024Filed 23 Jan | Mar 2025Filed 12 Jun | Jun 2025Filed 7 Aug | Sep 2025Filed 14 Nov | Dec 2025Filed 6 Feb | Mar 2026Filed 8 May | Jun 2026Filed 1 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 36.8 | 40.7 | 70.1 | 39.5 | 42.8 | 37.8 | 41.3 | 57.8 |
| Net profit | −0.2 | 2.6 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | −0.9 | 0.1 | 2.9 |
| Net marginNet margin. Net profit as a percentage of revenue: how much of each rupee of sales is left after every cost, interest and tax. | −0.6% | 6.4% | 8.8% | 0.1% | 0.0% | −2.3% | 0.2% | 5.1% |
Consolidated. The last eight quarters. The latest is shaded. Net profit is the whole group's, the other owners of its subsidiaries included; P/E and ROE use the company's own share.
Business segments
In the year to Mar 2026 the company reports one business segment, Specialty Chemicals, which carries all its revenue.
Valuation
Today, against the company's own history.PE ratio and valuation history
Price to bookPrice to book. Market cap divided by the net worth that belongs to the company's own shareholders, its assets less everything it owes and less the other owners' share of its subsidiaries, on its latest balance sheet.
At or below today's level on 18% of 1,954 trading days since Nov 2018.
LowestHighest
Its median1.7Industry median2.5
EV to EBITDAEnterprise value to EBITDA. Market cap plus borrowings less cash and bank balances, divided by operating profit before depreciation (revenue less operating expenses, without other income and one-off items) over the last twelve months (the latest four quarters, or two half years for a company that reports half-yearly): what the whole business costs against the profit its operations make. Lease liabilities are not counted: the results filings do not state them.29.3
At or below today's level on 51% of 893 trading days over the last 5 years.
LowestHighest
Its median29.2Industry median15.8
Dividend yieldDividend yield. Dividends paid per share in the twelve months to the day, as a percentage of the day's share price. When a year's dividend goes ex later than the year before's, the yield reads zero for the days between; a run of under 60 such trading days is left out of the yield's medians and percentiles. The ex-date is the day from which a buyer of the share no longer gets the dividend.
At or below today's level on 39% of 2,458 trading days over the last 10 years.
LowestHighest
Its median0.62%Industry median0.54%
Where the return came from
Yearly rates to Mar 2026, per-share figures restated for splits and bonuses.
| Over | Return a year | Earnings growth | Change in P/E | Dividend yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year | −5.8% | – | – | 0.7% |
| 3 years | −14.1% | – | – | 0.8% |
| 5 years | −4.9% | – | – | 0.7% |
Return is price growth plus the average dividend yield. Change in P/E is (1 + price growth) / (1 + earnings growth) - 1, so the parts compound rather than add. Earnings growth and the change in P/E are left empty where earnings per share at either end of the window was a loss or is not on record.
Peers and competitors
Specialty Chemicals, 130 listed companies, priced on 23 Oct 2026. The table lists the 8 companies closest to Dai-Ichi Karkaria in market cap.
Where the company sits among the companies nearest its size
| Company | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 India Gelatine & ChemicalsINDGELA | 254 | 9.7 | 1.3 | 8.0 | −5.9% | +34.3% | 14.3% | 13.3% | 1.68% |
 Narmada GelatinesSHAWGELTIN | 244 | 7.0 | 1.7 | 5.4 | – | – | 26.2% | 27.8% | 2.73% |
 Diamines & ChemicalsDIAMINESQ | 231 | – | 1.5 | – | −39.3% | −704.8% | −6.3% | −8.0% | 0.00% |
| Indian Toners & DevelopersINDTONER | 231 | 9.1 | 1.0 | 6.6 | +3.9% | −3.7% | 11.7% | 11.9% | 2.70% |
 Chembond Material TechnologiesCHEMBOND | 223 | 15.3 | 1.3 | 12.0 | −26.4% | – | 9.1% | 8.1% | 1.20% |
 DCM Shriram Fine ChemicalsDSFCL | 215 | – | 1.0 | – | – | – | – | – | 1.62% |
 Arvee Laboratories (India)ARVEE | 208 | 51.4 | 6.2 | 38.5 | +16.7% | +194.8% | 12.5% | 11.8% | 0.00% |
 Multibase IndiaMULTIBASE | 199 | 17.3 | 2.2 | 10.6 | +3.7% | −11.8% | 13.7% | 12.9% | 0.00% |
Market cap in ₹ crore. Growth is the last twelve months against the twelve before. A figure is left empty where it would rest on a loss or the company has under a year of results on record. ROE is the shareholders' profit over their net worth. ROCE is profit before interest and tax over the whole group's net worth plus borrowings, as in the figures at the top of the page.
Dividends
Per share, by the year it was paid for, and the latest payments.Dividend history and dates
Dividend per share, ₹, restated for later splits and bonuses
Dividend per share. The dividends declared for the year, each restated to today's share count by the splits and bonuses after its own ex-date, added up.Highest ₹4.00 a share, year to Mar 2023.
| Ex-date | Type | Per share |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Aug 2026 | Final | ₹1.50 |
| 13 Aug 2025 | Final | ₹3.50 |
| 30 Aug 2024 | Final | ₹2.00 |
| 15 Sep 2023 | Final | ₹4.00 |
| 17 Aug 2021 | FinalFinal dividend. Called final by its date: the company did not say which kind it was, and it went ex within six months after the company's year end, the time in which the annual general meeting that declares the final dividend must be held. | ₹3.00 |
| 31 Jul 2018 | FinalFinal dividend. Called final by its date: the company did not say which kind it was, and it went ex within six months after the company's year end, the time in which the annual general meeting that declares the final dividend must be held. | ₹2.50 |
Latest payments, as declared, by ex-date.
Latest announcements
Routine notices left out.Share news and announcements
Oct 2026
21 Oct · Board meeting
Meeting on 30 Oct 2026: quarterly results
Sep 2026
21 Sep · Announcement Under Regulation 30 Of The SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015.
Dai-Ichi Karkaria share price by year
Each calendar year to 2025.Dai-Ichi Karkaria share price history
| Year | Close at year end | Change | Highest close | Lowest close |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025BSE close | 284.75 | −27.7% | 463.65 | 238.15 |
| 2024BSE close | 393.60 | +3.1% | 788.70 | 373.05 |
| 2023BSE close | 381.65 | −1.6% | 503.90 | 339.35 |
| 2022BSE close | 388.00 | +1.9% | 515.85 | 271.30 |
| 2021BSE close | 380.90 | +32.6% | 448.20 | 249.20 |
| 2020BSE close | 287.30 | −9.9% | 334.95 | 161.25 |
| 2019BSE close | 319.00 | +46.1% | 349.80 | 171.25 |
| 2018BSE close | 218.30 | −48.7% | 501.50 | 204.70 |
| 2017BSE close | 425.70 | −14.2% | 540.85 | 343.80 |
| 2016BSE close | 496.25 | +2.6% | 602.85 | 290.10 |
₹ per share, adjusted for splits and bonuses since. Change is on the close at the end of the year before.
Recent sessions
The last 10 trading days to 23 Oct 2026, as traded on NSE.
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Average price | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Oct 2026 | 293.05 | 311.95 | 288.95 | 308.00 | 294.21 | 853 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 295.00 | 312.35 | 285.50 | 304.15 | 300.75 | 1,115 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 301.00 | 314.70 | 294.05 | 297.50 | 302.36 | 700 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 307.80 | 307.80 | 296.05 | 301.15 | 301.15 | 988 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 300.65 | 311.95 | 300.60 | 311.05 | 307.85 | 225 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 306.00 | 307.00 | 306.00 | 306.80 | 306.27 | 832 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 305.90 | 311.70 | 295.25 | 307.00 | 306.47 | 1,818 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 307.00 | 312.90 | 307.00 | 307.10 | 309.22 | 791 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 309.95 | 317.95 | 306.00 | 313.35 | 309.88 | 982 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 321.95 | 328.00 | 309.00 | 309.95 | 312.18 | 658 |
Prices in ₹ per share as traded, not adjusted.
Company details
- Legal name
- Dai-Ichi Karkaria Limited
- NSE symbol
- DAICHI
- BSE code
- 526821
- ISIN
- INE928C01010
- Industry
- Chemicals & Petrochemicals
- Listed
- Apr 1995
- Face value
- ₹10
- CIN
- L24100MH1960PLC011681
- Corporate identity number, the registrar of companies' code for it