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Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd

NSE: HOCL BSE: 500449

28.52

(-2.36%)

Tue, 17 Mar 2026, 09:22 pm

Hindustan Organic Chemicals Analysis

dividend

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    Cons

    • Unable to evaluate Hindustan Organic Chemicals's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers as the company has not reported any payouts.
    • Unable to evaluate Hindustan Organic Chemicals's dividend against the top 25% market benchmark as the company has not reported any payouts.

    health

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    Pros

    • Hindustan Organic Chemicals is able to meet its short term (1 year) commitments with its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
    • Debt is covered by short term assets, assets are 4.6x debt.
    • Hindustan Organic Chemicals's cash and other short term assets cover its long term commitments.
    • Hindustan Organic Chemicals had negative shareholder equity 5 years ago, it is now positive therefore their debt level has improved.
    • Low level of unsold assets.
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    Cons

    • Operating cash flow is negative therefore debt is not well covered.
    • Hindustan Organic Chemicals's level of debt (1059%) compared to net worth is high (greater than 40%).

    management

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    • Subodh's remuneration is about average for companies of similar size in India.
    • The tenure for the Hindustan Organic Chemicals management team is about average.
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    Cons

    • The average tenure for the Hindustan Organic Chemicals board of directors is less than 3 years, this suggests a new board.
    • Subodh's compensation has increased whilst company is loss making.

    misc

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      • Hindustan Organic Chemicals is not covered by any analysts.
      • Hindustan Organic Chemicals has significant price volatility in the past 3 months.

      past

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      Pros

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        • Unable to compare Hindustan Organic Chemicals's 1-year earnings growth to the 5-year average as it is not currently profitable.
        • Hindustan Organic Chemicals does not make a profit even though their year on year earnings growth rate was positive over the past 5 years.
        • It is difficult to establish if Hindustan Organic Chemicals has efficiently used its assets last year compared to the IN Chemicals industry average (Return on Assets) as it is loss-making.
        • It is difficult to establish if Hindustan Organic Chemicals improved its use of capital last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed) as it is currently loss-making.
        • It is difficult to establish if Hindustan Organic Chemicals has efficiently used shareholders’ funds last year (Return on Equity greater than 20%) as it is loss-making.
        • Unable to compare Hindustan Organic Chemicals's 1-year growth to the IN Chemicals industry average as it is not currently profitable.

        value

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        Pros

        • BSE:500449 is up 20.6% outperforming the Chemicals industry which returned 6.9% over the past month.
        • BSE:500449 is up 20.6% outperforming the market in India which returned 8% over the past month.
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        Cons

        • Hindustan Organic Chemicals is overvalued based on assets compared to the IN Chemicals industry average.
        • Hindustan Organic Chemicals is loss making, we can't compare its value to the IN Chemicals industry average.
        • Hindustan Organic Chemicals is loss making, we can't compare the value of its earnings to the India market.
        • 500449 underperformed the Chemicals industry which returned 2.2% over the past year.
        • 500449 underperformed the Market in India which returned -14.5% over the past year.

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