Saurashtra Cement Ltd
NSE: SAURASHCEM BSE: 502175
₹50.28
-0.59 (1.16%)
Sat, 24 Oct 2026, 05:02 am
Market Cap (in Cr)565.23
PE Ratio83.72
Dividend0
Saurashtra Cement Analysis
dividend
Pros
- Dividends paid are well covered by earnings (4.7x coverage).
- Saurashtra Cement's pays a higher dividend yield than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in India (0.76%).
- Saurashtra Cement's dividend is above the markets top 25% of dividend payers in India (3.08%).
Cons
- Dividend payments have increased, but Saurashtra Cement only paid a dividend in the past 4 years.
- Saurashtra Cement has been paying a dividend for less than 10 years and during this time payments have been volatile (annual drop of over 20%).
health
Pros
- Saurashtra Cement is able to meet its short term (1 year) commitments with its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
- Saurashtra Cement is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
- Saurashtra Cement is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
- Debt is well covered by operating cash flow (254.3%, greater than 20% of total debt).
- Debt is covered by short term assets, assets are 10x debt.
- Saurashtra Cement's cash and other short term assets cover its long term commitments.
- Interest payments on debt are well covered by earnings (EBIT is 20x coverage).
- Saurashtra Cement's level of debt (5.4%) compared to net worth is satisfactory (less than 40%).
Cons
- The level of debt compared to net worth has increased over the past 5 years (5.3% vs 5.4% today).
- High level of physical assets or inventory.
management
Pros
- The average tenure for the Saurashtra Cement board of directors is over 10 years, this suggests they are a seasoned and experienced board.
- M.'s remuneration is lower than average for companies of similar size in India.
- M.'s compensation has increased in line with Saurashtra Cement recently becoming profitable.
Cons
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Pros
Cons
- Saurashtra Cement is not covered by any analysts.
- Saurashtra Cement has significant price volatility in the past 3 months.
past
Pros
- Saurashtra Cement used its assets more efficiently than the IN Basic Materials industry average last year based on Return on Assets.
- Saurashtra Cement has significantly improved its use of capital last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed).
Cons
- Saurashtra Cement has become profitable in the last year making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to the 5-year average.
- Saurashtra Cement's year on year earnings growth rate was negative over the past 5 years, however the most recent earnings are above average.
- Saurashtra Cement has not efficiently used shareholders’ funds last year (Return on Equity less than 20%).
- Saurashtra Cement has become profitable in the last year making it difficult to compare the IN Basic Materials industry average.
value
Pros
- Saurashtra Cement's share price is below the future cash flow value, and at a moderate discount (> 20%).
- Saurashtra Cement's share price is below the future cash flow value, and at a substantial discount (> 40%).
- Saurashtra Cement is good value based on assets compared to the IN Basic Materials industry average.
- Saurashtra Cement is good value based on earnings compared to the IN Basic Materials industry average.
- Saurashtra Cement is good value based on earnings compared to the India market.
- 502175 outperformed the Basic Materials industry which returned -15.5% over the past year.
- 502175 outperformed the Market in India which returned -14.5% over the past year.
Cons
- BSE:502175 is down -3.7% underperforming the Basic Materials industry which returned 9.2% over the past month.
- BSE:502175 is down -3.7% underperforming the market in India which returned 8% over the past month.