Orient Cement Ltd
NSE: ORIENTCEM BSE: 535754
₹143.32
(-0.27%)
Thu, 12 Mar 2026, 06:38 am
Market Cap29.49B
PE Ratio9.07
Dividend0.35
Non-Energy Minerals
Construction Materials
24.5KOrient Cement Analysis
dividend
- Dividends paid are well covered by earnings (5.6x coverage).
- Orient Cement's pays a higher dividend yield than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in India (0.76%).
- Orient Cement has only been paying a dividend for 6 years, and since then dividends per share have fallen.
- Orient Cement has been paying a dividend for less than 10 years and during this time payments have been volatile (annual drop of over 20%).
- Orient Cement's dividend is below the markets top 25% of dividend payers in India (3.08%).
health
- Orient Cement is able to meet its short term (1 year) commitments with its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
- Orient Cement is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
- Orient Cement is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
- Debt is well covered by operating cash flow (25.7%, greater than 20% of total debt).
- The level of debt compared to net worth has been reduced over the past 5 years (113.3% vs 101.5% today).
- Debt is not covered by short term assets, assets are 0.4x debt.
- Orient Cement's long term commitments exceed its cash and other short term assets.
- Interest payments on debt are not well covered by earnings (EBIT is 2x annual interest expense, ideally 3x coverage).
- Orient Cement's level of debt (101.5%) compared to net worth is high (greater than 40%).
- High level of physical assets or inventory.
management
- The tenure for the Orient Cement board of directors is about average.
- Desh's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year, both up more than 20%.
- The tenure for the Orient Cement management team is about average.
- Desh's remuneration is higher than average for companies of similar size in India.
misc
- Orient Cement is not covered by any analysts.
- Orient Cement has significant price volatility in the past 3 months.
past
- Orient Cement's 1-year earnings growth exceeds its 5-year average (80.4% vs -18.5%)
- Orient Cement used its assets more efficiently than the IN Basic Materials industry average last year based on Return on Assets.
- Orient Cement has significantly improved its use of capital last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed).
- Orient Cement's earnings growth has exceeded the IN Basic Materials industry average in the past year (80.4% vs 17%).
- Orient Cement's year on year earnings growth rate was negative over the past 5 years, however the most recent earnings are above average.
- Orient Cement has not efficiently used shareholders’ funds last year (Return on Equity less than 20%).
value
- Orient Cement's share price is below the future cash flow value, and at a moderate discount (> 20%).
- BSE:535754 is up 54.2% outperforming the Basic Materials industry which returned 9.2% over the past month.
- BSE:535754 is up 54.2% outperforming the market in India which returned 8% over the past month.
- Orient Cement's share price is below the future cash flow value, but not at a substantial discount (< 40%).
- Orient Cement is overvalued based on assets compared to the IN Basic Materials industry average.
- Orient Cement is overvalued based on earnings compared to the IN Basic Materials industry average.
- Orient Cement is overvalued based on earnings compared to the India market.
- 535754 underperformed the Basic Materials industry which returned -15.5% over the past year.
- 535754 underperformed the Market in India which returned -14.5% over the past year.
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