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Employees: 4,967
Size Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals (GUJALKALI.NS) is an India Materials company (Chemicals: Specialty) with a market value of $476M, the 862nd largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹610.20 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 22.8%, against -12.3% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 7.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +14.7%); the operating margin is 2.1% (peer median 4.6%).
Valuation It trades at 1.0× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.5× (7th cheapest of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 40% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +12%, so the hurdle is +27 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 13.8 points below its cost of capital (15.1% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹45.0B | ₹43.2B | ₹40.5B | ₹37.8B | ₹45.0B |
| Revenue growth | — | +7% | +7% | -16% | — |
| Gross profit | ₹7.20B | ₹2.55B | ₹2.46B | -₹55.3M | ₹11.2B |
| EBITDA | ₹5.10B | ₹3.79B | ₹3.60B | ₹1.40B | ₹11.4B |
| Net income | ₹664M | -₹24.1M | -₹651M | -₹2.37B | ₹4.10B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ₹1.55B | ₹645M | -₹1.44B | ₹2.96B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ₹2.58B | ₹3.25B | ₹2.31B | ₹6.83B |
| Total debt | n/a | ₹5.75B | ₹5.61B | ₹5.44B | ₹5.97B |
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| Measure | GUJALKALI.NS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -0.9% | -13.9% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -22.8% | -12.3% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -25.1% | -40.3% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +7.1% | +14.7% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 2.1% | 4.6% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 1.0× | 1.5× | 7th cheapest of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 39.8% | 9.3% | most demanding of 15 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +12.5% | +11.7% | 8th highest of 15 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +27.3 pp | -10.5 pp | 2nd most demanding of 15 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -13.8 pp | -1.8 pp | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.8× | 9.7× | 4th cheapest of 10 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.8× | 1.4× | 5th least indebted of 11 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals GUJALKALI.NS | India | $476M | -23% | +7% | 2% | 1.0× | 39.8% | +12.5% |
| Shanghai Huide Science & Technology 603192.SS | China | $476M | -15% | +2% | 3% | 1.0× | 15.5% | +10.5% |
| Zhejiang Hisun Biomaterials 688203.SS | China | $473M | +16% | +47% | 4% | 2.5× | 16.5% | +26.6% |
| Shaanxi Xinghua Chemistry 002109.SZ | China | $473M | -39% | +20% | -1% | 1.6× | 2.0% | +13.0% |
| Tian Jin Bohai Chemical 600800.SS | China | $479M | -37% | -24% | -20% | 1.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Soulbrain 036830.KS | South Korea | $480M | -55% | +16% | -3% | 1.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Laxmi Organic Industries LXCHEM.NS | India | $480M | 0% | +5% | 6% | 1.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangxi Chenguang New Materials 605399.SS | China | $482M | -30% | +15% | -9% | 2.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Kente Catalysts 603120.SS | China | $465M | +6% | +9% | 12% | 3.9× | 18.3% | -8.9% |
| Dymatic Chemicals 002054.SZ | China | $465M | -25% | +21% | 8% | 1.7× | -0.8% | +12.9% |
| Lee & Man Chemical 0746.HK | Hong Kong | $465M | -9% | +3% | 18% | 1.1× | -8.5% | +3.9% |
| Nantong Jiangtian Chemical 300927.SZ | China | $463M | -29% | +51% | 5% | 1.7× | 18.0% | +29.0% |
| Guangdong Tianan New Material 603725.SS | China | $489M | +9% | -12% | 2% | 1.5× | 21.7% | +29.0% |
| JSP 7942.T | Japan | $462M | +29% | +14% | 8% | 0.5× | -4.0% | +7.2% |
| Savita Oil Technologies SOTL.NS | India | $491M | +61% | +26% | 10% | 1.0× | 17.5% | +16.8% |
| FuJian Nox Bellcow 300132.SZ | China | $459M | -37% | +18% | 7% | 1.0× | 3.1% | -10.5% |
| Ho Tung Chemical 1714.TW | Taiwan | $459M | +67% | +36% | 10% | 0.5× | -17.3% | -1.5% |
| Braskem S.A. Sponsored ADR Pfd BAK | United States | $457M | -70% | -1% | 1% | 0.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Tidewater Renewables LCFS.TO | Canada | $495M | +97% | +24% | 20% | 2.4× | -3.0% | +126.4% |
| Valhi VHI | United States | $456M | +11% | +3% | 1% | 0.6× | 32.2% | +2.3% |
| Great Chinasoft Technology 002453.SZ | China | $497M | -27% | -5% | -54% | 8.2× | n/a | n/a |