Employees: 855
Size Premier Explosives (PREMEXPLN.NS) is an India Materials company (Chemicals: Specialty) with a market value of $290M, the 1056th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹509.70 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 8.9%, against -24.2% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 26.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.7%); the operating margin is 3.4% (peer median 2.9%).
Valuation It trades at 7.8× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.3× (3rd most expensive of 21).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 16.9 points below its cost of capital (20.0% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹3.49B | ₹3.88B | ₹4.17B | ₹2.72B | ₹2.02B |
| Revenue growth | — | -7% | +54% | +34% | — |
| Gross profit | ₹708M | ₹666M | ₹859M | ₹769M | ₹408M |
| EBITDA | ₹236M | ₹513M | ₹585M | ₹586M | ₹276M |
| Net income | ₹335M | ₹458M | ₹287M | ₹284M | ₹69.1M |
| Free cash flow | n/a | -₹301M | ₹957M | ₹455M | -₹8.26M |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ₹278M | ₹134M | ₹234M | ₹143M |
| Total debt | n/a | ₹323M | ₹406M | ₹615M | ₹829M |
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| Measure | PREMEXPLN.NS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -25.8% | -16.7% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -8.9% | -24.2% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -38.6% | -45.9% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -26.9% | +3.7% | lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 2.9% | 11th highest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 7.8× | 1.3× | 3rd most expensive of 21 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -16.9 pp | -6.7 pp | 2nd lowest of 20 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -1.2× | 2.6× | least indebted of 11 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier Explosives PREMEXPLN.NS | India | $290M | -9% | -27% | 3% | 7.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Polyplex POLYPLEX.NS | India | $290M | -7% | +10% | 4% | 0.4× | 9.9% | +7.6% |
| International CSRC Investment 2104.TW | Taiwan | $290M | -5% | -20% | -20% | 0.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Rasa Industries,Ltd 4022.T | Japan | $298M | -44% | +13% | 13% | 1.0× | 6.4% | +10.5% |
| Liuzhou Chemical Industry 600423.SS | China | $299M | -19% | +3% | -15% | 10.7× | 38.2% | +5.2% |
| WONIK Materials 104830.KS | South Korea | $274M | -44% | +12% | 17% | 1.1× | -8.3% | +3.1% |
| Wuxi Honghui New Materials Technology 002802.SZ | China | $307M | -17% | +8% | 13% | 3.7× | 11.5% | -6.2% |
| PI Advanced Materials 178920.KS | South Korea | $307M | -45% | -2% | 22% | 1.6× | -9.5% | +0.1% |
| Shenzhen Tongyi Industry 300538.SZ | China | $307M | -31% | -16% | -2% | 1.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Suzhou Fushilai Pharmaceutical 301258.SZ | China | $313M | -21% | -15% | -13% | 2.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Yangfan New Materials (Zhejiang) 300637.SZ | China | $314M | -19% | +3% | 1% | 2.8× | 57.5% | +13.4% |
| Jiangmen Kanhoo Industry 300340.SZ | China | $318M | -31% | +20% | -7% | 1.2× | 51.6% | +4.7% |
| Trualt Bioenergy TRUALT.NS | India | $320M | -26% | -5% | 14% | 1.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Weifang Yaxing Chemical 600319.SS | China | $320M | -32% | -5% | -10% | 4.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Chung Hwa Chemical Industrial Works 1727.TW | Taiwan | $325M | -4% | +5% | 5% | 5.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Aekyung Chemical 161000.KS | South Korea | $326M | -41% | +3% | 2% | 0.6× | n/a | n/a |
| PCC Rokita Spolka Akcyjna PCR.WA | Poland | $327M | -7% | -6% | 3% | 1.0× | 16.1% | +4.1% |
| Anhui Annada Titanium Industry 002136.SZ | China | $327M | -33% | +12% | 2% | 1.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Guangdong Quanwei Technology 300716.SZ | China | $331M | +2% | +47% | -333% | 24.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Stella Chemifa 4109.T | Japan | $332M | -22% | +4% | 12% | 1.2× | 6.5% | +2.3% |
| Jiangsu HSC New Energy Materials 688353.SS | China | $332M | -35% | +153% | 39% | 1.1× | n/a | n/a |