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State-owned Indian fertilizer maker producing ammonium sulphate and other nitrogenous/phosphatic fertilizers, plus caprolactam.
State-owned Indian fertilizer maker producing ammonium sulphate and other nitrogenous/phosphatic fertilizers, plus caprolactam.
Much of its fertiliser income comes as government subsidy on top of what farmers pay, which makes the state both owner and payer. Caprolactam, a nylon raw material, is sold at market prices and ties part of earnings to the chemical cycle. The Government of India is the majority shareholder, and the main plants are in Kerala.
In one line: A state-owned US fertilizer producer like CF Industries.
Moat: narrow (regulatory licence, state ownership). A long-established state-owned producer benefiting from government subsidy mechanisms and licensing.
Headquarters: Kochi, India · Founded: 1943 · Employees: 1,481
Size Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore (FACT.NS) is an India Materials company (Chemicals: Agricultural) with a market value of $5.14B, the 207th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹750.25 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 18.2%, against -25.6% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 7th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 32.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.9%); the operating margin is -0.3% (peer median 11.5%).
Valuation It trades at 8.2× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.7× (most expensive of 21).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 17.7 points below its cost of capital (16.6% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹59.3B | ₹31.5B | ₹24.4B | ₹29.4B | ₹31.6B |
| Revenue growth | — | +29% | -17% | -7% | — |
| Gross profit | ₹8.99B | -₹21.3B | -₹12.0B | -₹14.0B | -₹17.4B |
| EBITDA | ₹154M | -₹24.9B | -₹15.0B | -₹17.5B | -₹22.6B |
| Net income | -₹1.06B | -₹396M | ₹412M | ₹1.28B | ₹6.13B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | -₹9.07B | ₹1.65B | ₹2.88B | ₹6.28B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ₹1.11B | ₹1.53B | ₹1.56B | ₹928M |
| Total debt | n/a | ₹18.3B | ₹18.0B | ₹18.1B | ₹18.4B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore FACT.NS | $5.14B | -18% | +32% | 0% | 8.2× | n/a |
| Coromandel International COROMANDEL.NS | $5.69B | -7% | +24% | 8% | 1.6× | n/a |
| Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals CHAMBLFERT.NS | $1.63B | -15% | +6% | 12% | 0.8× | n/a |
| Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals GSFC.NS | $588M | -22% | +37% | 3% | 0.4× | 23.2% |
| Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers RCF.NS | $590M | -23% | +18% | 4% | 0.3× | n/a |
| Paradeep Phosphates PARADEEP.NS | $1.57B | +12% | +31% | 7% | 1.0× | n/a |
| National Fertilizers NFL.NS | $321M | -21% | +23% | 3% | 0.1× | n/a |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | FACT.NS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +0.4% | -5.2% | 7th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -18.2% | -25.6% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -29.1% | -33.7% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +32.0% | +4.9% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | -0.3% | 11.5% | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 8.2× | 1.7× | most expensive of 21 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -17.7 pp | +0.6 pp | lowest of 21 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 14.3× | 1.8× | most indebted of 11 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore FACT.NS | India | $5.14B | -18% | +32% | 0% | 8.2× | n/a | n/a |
| UPL UPL.NS | India | $4.78B | -18% | +10% | 14% | 1.6× | 10.9% | +6.0% |
| Dyno Nobel DNL.AX | Australia | $4.64B | +6% | -17% | 15% | 2.2× | n/a | n/a |
| ICL ICL | United States | $6.04B | -27% | +11% | 11% | 1.2× | 3.5% | +7.2% |
| Scotts Miracle-Gro SMG | United States | $3.77B | +6% | -4% | 14% | 1.8× | 7.5% | -7.8% |
| Mosaic Company (The) MOS | United States | $7.11B | +2% | 0% | 3% | 1.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical 600486.SS | China | $3.42B | -22% | +3% | 13% | 2.0× | 0.8% | +3.8% |
| YONFER Agricultural Technology 000902.SZ | China | $2.69B | -2% | +15% | 11% | 1.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Sichuan Hebang Biotechnology 603077.SS | China | $2.59B | -30% | -24% | -1% | 3.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Sichuan New Energy Power 000155.SZ | China | $2.54B | -47% | +98% | 32% | 4.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Shandong Weifang Rainbow Chemical 301035.SZ | China | $2.42B | -32% | +6% | 12% | 1.3× | -0.1% | +15.0% |
| Yara International YAR.OL | Norway | $11.0B | -26% | +2% | 13% | 0.8× | -6.9% | +8.3% |
| Chengdu Wintrue 002539.SZ | China | $2.09B | -24% | +6% | 6% | 1.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Sichuan Development Lomon 002312.SZ | China | $1.93B | -36% | +5% | 6% | 1.9× | 8.2% | +14.0% |
| Lier Chemical 002258.SZ | China | $1.85B | +20% | +6% | 8% | 1.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Xinan Chemical Industrial 600596.SS | China | $1.75B | -31% | +5% | 2% | 1.0× | 12.4% | +3.1% |
| Sumitomo Chemical India SUMICHEM.NS | India | $1.74B | -34% | -3% | 18% | 4.8× | 23.4% | +4.1% |
| Tata Chemicals TATACHEM.NS | India | $1.64B | -25% | +2% | 3% | 1.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Atul ATUL.NS | India | $1.63B | -26% | +18% | 12% | 2.0× | 18.2% | +11.0% |
| Hubei Yihua Chemical Industry 000422.SZ | China | $1.60B | -42% | +15% | 5% | 1.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Bayer Cropscience India BAYERCROP.NS | India | $1.58B | -28% | -5% | 15% | 2.7× | 16.1% | +5.9% |