Hindustan Organic Chemicals logo

Hindustan Organic Chemicals financials and balance sheet

BSE: 500449Chemicals & PetrochemicalsSmall Cap

Last close ₹46.25down ₹2.43 (4.99%)

Share price at the BSE close on 23 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹48.68.

52-week range of traded prices to 23 Oct 2026
₹21.05Low, 30 Mar 2026₹64.15High, 14 Oct 2026
Market cap
₹311 Cr2,348th largest listed
P/E
Lossover the last 12 months
P/B
0.3
Dividend yield
Nonein the last 12 months
ROE
Assets held for saleon the latest balance sheet
ROCE
Assets held for saleon the latest balance sheet
Debt to equity
Assets held for saleon the latest balance sheet
Volume, BSE
34,865

10 years at a glance

Consolidated: the company and its subsidiaries together. ₹ crore, years to March.Hindustan Organic Chemicals annual reports

Revenue, net profit and borrowings, ₹ crore

  • Revenue
  • Net profit
  • Borrowings
  • Loss
Peak revenue ₹704 Cr, year to Mar 2024A loss in the year to Mar 2026, −₹13 Cr

Operating and net margin, per cent

  • Operating margin
  • Net margin

From Apr 2019 leases sit on the balance sheet: rent is charged as depreciation and interest instead, so operating profit and total assets step up with nothing about the business having changed. Borrowings here leave lease liabilities out.

Results for the year to Mar 2026

Consolidated: the company and its subsidiaries together. ₹ crore.

From revenue to net profit

  1. Revenue574
  2. Materials and goods−411
  3. Employee costs−44
  4. Other expenses−137
  5. Operating profit−18
  6. Depreciation−1.9
  7. Other income+19
  8. One-off items+6.8
  9. Finance costs−20
  10. Profit before tax−14
  11. Tax+1.0
  12. Discontinued businesses+0.3
  13. Net profit−13

What the company owns

  • Plant, investments and other assets₹1,237 Cr
  • Cash and bank₹250 Cr
  • Inventory₹46 Cr
  • Receivables₹8 Cr

What pays for it: net worth and liabilities

  • Net worth₹993 Cr
  • Borrowings₹284 Cr
  • Other liabilities₹249 Cr
  • Owed to suppliers₹15 Cr

Profit and loss

Consolidated, ₹ crore, years to March.Hindustan Organic Chemicals quarterly results

₹ croreMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Filed 5 AugMar 2020Filed 26 JunMar 2021Filed 11 JunMar 2022Filed 7 JunMar 2023Filed 6 JunMar 2024Filed 13 JunMar 2025Filed 10 JunMar 2026Filed 15 May
Revenue from operations177279511331415434631704536574
302460484390389444632705622591
Materials and goods bought65146280211204265442498419411
Employee costs––6865684846454744
Other expenses––136114117132144162155137
Operating profit before depreciation−125−18127−5926−100−1−86−18
Operating margin−70.6%−64.8%5.3%−17.7%6.4%−2.4%0.0%−0.1%−16.1%−3.1%
Materials, % of revenue––54.8%63.6%49.2%61.0%69.9%70.7%78.2%71.6%
Employee costs, % of revenue––13.3%19.5%16.4%11.0%7.3%6.4%8.9%7.6%
Other expenses, % of revenue––26.6%34.5%28.1%30.4%22.8%23.1%29.0%23.8%
Depreciation and amortisation14833311122
Operating profit after depreciation−139−18924−6124−12−1−2−88−20
Other income66611721213413172319
Finance costs97776858545167704320
Profit before one-off items and tax−231−20073−98−9−29−55−55−108−21
One-off items−2900000005037
Profit before tax−260−20073−98−9−29−55−55395−14
0021000003−1
Profit from discontinued businesses–––––––100
−258−20052−98−9−29−55−54392−13
Other comprehensive income––−10−31218853−10
Total comprehensive income––42−1013−11−47−1391−12
Net margin−145.8%−71.7%10.3%−29.5%−2.1%−6.8%−8.8%−7.7%73.1%−2.2%
Materials, employee costs and other expenses are shown for the years they add up to operating expenses; for the years to Mar 2017 and Mar 2018 they do not, so they are left blank.

Balance sheet

Consolidated, ₹ crore, at 31 March.

₹ croreMar 2019Filed 5 AugMar 2020Filed 26 JunMar 2021Filed 11 JunMar 2022Filed 7 JunMar 2023Filed 6 JunMar 2024Filed 13 JunMar 2025Filed 10 JunMar 2026Filed 15 May
72−1−1−36−86−871,010993
91−131−2−49−511,0451,031
Share capital6767676767676767
Reserves23−68−36−69−117−119978964
Belonging to outside owners of subsidiaries−19–−32−34−37−36−36−38
5201641519292833206284
9821,0231,1721,3171,3861,472367363
497352269194191188187186
1,5511,3741,4401,4751,4911,5721,5641,542
177182141160170233237237
195205260276297363350327
Net debt449602−46−106579−4934
Borrowings are counted again inside the liabilities due within a year and after a year. No balance sheet is on record for the years to Mar 2017 and Mar 2018, so its lines and the ratios worked from it are blank there.

Cash flow

Consolidated, ₹ crore, years to March.

₹ croreMar 2021Filed 11 JunMar 2022Filed 7 JunMar 2023Filed 6 JunMar 2024Filed 13 JunMar 2025Filed 10 JunMar 2026Filed 15 May
96011−66631−70
96010−67632−71
−35398−7051−61
Receivables−17−17−23−6815
Inventories−3−2327−191310
Payables−157931737−76
Other working capital000000
Tax paid000000
Capital spending001172
Free cash flow95910−67624−72
81124561012
−8−82−116−64258
Dividends paid000000
Shares bought back000000
Shares issued000000
Net change in cash9−1125−4−10
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 2017, Mar 2018, Mar 2019 and Mar 2020.

Per share

Consolidated, ₹ per share, years to March.

₹ per shareMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Filed 5 AugMar 2020Filed 26 JunMar 2021Filed 11 JunMar 2022Filed 7 JunMar 2023Filed 6 JunMar 2024Filed 13 JunMar 2025Filed 10 JunMar 2026Filed 15 May
Earnings per share−₹38.77−₹29.80₹7.81−₹14.55–−₹4.37−₹8.24−₹8.05₹58.33−₹1.90
Diluted earnings per share−₹38.77−₹29.80₹7.81−₹14.55–−₹4.37−₹8.24−₹8.05₹58.33−₹1.90
Book value per share––₹13.46−₹0.12₹4.61−₹0.27−₹7.33−₹7.65₹155.40₹153.28
Shareholder yield––––0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Market cap at the year end (₹ crore)16515615467266188150264286148
Earnings per share is left blank for the year to Mar 2021: the earnings per share stated has the opposite sign to the profit stated beside it, so it is not shown.
RatioMar 2017Mar 2018Mar 2019Filed 5 AugMar 2020Filed 26 JunMar 2021Filed 11 JunMar 2022Filed 7 JunMar 2023Filed 6 JunMar 2024Filed 13 JunMar 2025Filed 10 JunMar 2026Filed 15 May
Revenue growth22.7%57.5%83.0%−35.1%25.3%4.5%45.6%11.5%−23.9%7.1%
Cash conversion––––––––161.1%–
Interest cover––0.4–0.4–––––
Sales per rupee of plant––3.061.933.092.833.863.132.372.49
Capital spending to depreciation––––0.070.380.840.764.400.96
Plant being built, % of plant in use––0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.7%0.4%
Interest cover is left blank for the years to Mar 2017, Mar 2018, Mar 2020, Mar 2022, Mar 2023, Mar 2024, Mar 2025 and Mar 2026: operating profit after depreciation is a loss, and a loss covers no interest bill. Return on equity, asset turnover and assets per rupee of net worth are left blank for the years to Mar 2019, Mar 2020, Mar 2021, Mar 2022, Mar 2023, Mar 2024, Mar 2025 and Mar 2026: a tenth or more of the assets on the balance sheet it is worked from are held for sale or for a demerger, so it would mix the business being kept with the part that is leaving. Change in return on equity, from the net margin, from asset turnover and from borrowing are left blank for the years to Mar 2019, Mar 2020, Mar 2021, Mar 2022, Mar 2023, Mar 2024, Mar 2025 and Mar 2026: a tenth or more of the assets on the balance sheet it is worked from are held for sale or for a demerger, so it would mix the business being kept with the part that is leaving. Debt to equity, receivable days, inventory days, payable days, cash conversion cycle, days, return on capital employed and working capital days are left blank for the years to Mar 2019, Mar 2020, Mar 2021, Mar 2022, Mar 2023, Mar 2024, Mar 2025 and Mar 2026: a tenth or more of the assets on the balance sheet it is worked from are held for sale or for a demerger, so it would mix the business being kept with the part that is leaving. No balance sheet is on record for the years to Mar 2017 and Mar 2018, so its lines and the ratios worked from it are blank there.

Growth and returns over 3, 5 and 10 years

Consolidated: the company and its subsidiaries together. Each window ends with the year to Mar 2026.

Return on assets, latest year
−0.8%
Measure10 years5 years3 years
Revenue growth, yearly rate14.8%6.7%−3.1%
Operating margin, average−16.3%−4.3%−6.4%
Net margin, average−19.1%9.5%21.1%

Where the cash came from and went

Consolidated: the company and its subsidiaries together. ₹ crore, added up over each window, which ends with the year to Mar 2026.

₹ crore5 years3 yearsLatest year
Cash from operations566495−70
Cash from investing1147912
Cash from financing−671−57858
Capital spending12102
Dividends paid000
Shares bought back000
Shares issued for cash000
Borrowings raised–9779
Borrowings repaid6276270

Accounting checks

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

CheckMar 2019Mar 2020Mar 2021Mar 2022Mar 2023Mar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026
Piotroski score, out of 9Published threshold 3 points out of 9––845474
Altman Z-scorePublished threshold 1.810.11−0.61−0.29−0.49−0.48−0.382.441.40
Beneish M-scorePublished threshold −1.78––−3.18−1.24−1.60−2.58−2.67−2.98
Profit not backed by cash, % of assetsPublished threshold 10 per cent of average total assets––−1.87−6.88−6.11−2.90−15.922.93
Cash from operations to profit, 3 yearsPublished threshold 0.7 times––––––2.041.52
Receivables growth less revenue growthOur threshold 0 percentage points–−10.38−95.35128.1078.50−8.4630.94−67.75
Inventory growth less cost-of-goods growthOur threshold 0 percentage points–19.879.3113.52−102.0826.29−3.06−15.27
Other current assets growth less revenue growthOur threshold 5 per cent of revenue–−3.113.92−0.33−3.77−1.36−0.270.68
Assets under construction, years of additionsOur threshold 2 years of additions–0.00–0.000.000.001.140.16
Effective tax ratePublished threshold 17.16 per cent28.29–––––0.84–
Tax charged less tax paid, % of profitOur threshold 10 percentage points––––––0.84–
A threshold marked as ours has no published figure; it is the line we read the check against.