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Kanchi Karpooram Ltd

NSE: BSE: 538896

335.30

(0.96%)

Tue, 17 Mar 2026, 00:50 am

Kanchi Karpooram Analysis

dividend

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Pros

  • Dividends paid are thoroughly covered by earnings (32.2x coverage).
  • Kanchi Karpooram's pays a higher dividend yield than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in India (0.76%).
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Cons

  • Dividend payments have increased, but Kanchi Karpooram only paid a dividend in the past 5 years.
  • Whilst dividend payments have been stable, Kanchi Karpooram has been paying a dividend for less than 10 years.
  • Kanchi Karpooram's dividend is below the markets top 25% of dividend payers in India (3.08%).

health

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Pros

  • Kanchi Karpooram is able to meet its short term (1 year) commitments with its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
  • Kanchi Karpooram is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
  • Kanchi Karpooram is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
  • Debt is well covered by operating cash flow (123.8%, greater than 20% of total debt).
  • Debt is covered by short term assets, assets are 7.4x debt.
  • Kanchi Karpooram's cash and other short term assets cover its long term commitments.
  • The level of debt compared to net worth has been reduced over the past 5 years (231.8% vs 14.5% today).
  • Kanchi Karpooram earns more interest than it pays, coverage of interest payments is not a concern.
  • Kanchi Karpooram's level of debt (14.5%) compared to net worth is satisfactory (less than 40%).
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Cons

  • High level of physical assets or inventory.

management

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Pros

  • The tenure for the Kanchi Karpooram board of directors is about average.
  • Suresh Veerchand's remuneration is about average for companies of similar size in India.
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Cons

  • Suresh Veerchand's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year whilst earnings fell less than 20%.

misc

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Pros

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    Cons

    • Kanchi Karpooram is not covered by any analysts.
    • Kanchi Karpooram has significant price volatility in the past 3 months.

    past

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    Pros

    • Kanchi Karpooram has delivered over 20% year on year earnings growth in the past 5 years.
    • Kanchi Karpooram used its assets more efficiently than the IN Chemicals industry average last year based on Return on Assets.
    • Kanchi Karpooram has efficiently used shareholders’ funds last year (Return on Equity greater than 20%).
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    Cons

    • Kanchi Karpooram's 1-year earnings growth is negative, it can't be compared to the 5-year average.
    • Kanchi Karpooram's use of capital deteriorated last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed).
    • Kanchi Karpooram's 1-year earnings growth is negative, it can't be compared to the IN Chemicals industry average.

    value

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    Pros

    • Kanchi Karpooram is good value based on earnings compared to the IN Chemicals industry average.
    • Kanchi Karpooram is good value based on earnings compared to the India market.
    • BSE:538896 is up 6.7% along with the Chemicals industry (6.9%) over the past month.
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    Cons

    • Kanchi Karpooram's share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a moderate discount (< 20%).
    • Kanchi Karpooram's share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a substantial discount (< 40%).
    • Kanchi Karpooram is overvalued based on assets compared to the IN Chemicals industry average.
    • 538896 underperformed the Chemicals industry which returned 2.2% over the past year.
    • 538896 underperformed the Market in India which returned -14.5% over the past year.
    • BSE:538896 is up 6.7% underperforming the market in India which returned 8% over the past month.

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