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Premier Explosives LimitedPREMEXPLN.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Chemicals›Chemicals: Specialty
Momentum laggard 9
Mkt cap
$290M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
56%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1.84M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-16.9 pp
WACC 20.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Close · INR₹509.70
1D-2.4%
1W-8.6%
1M-25.8%
3M-23.3%
6M-8.9%
YTD-2.9%
1Y-18.2%
ATR %4.4%
Beta1.26
52w lowhigh38.6% off high

What Premier Explosives does

Employees: 855

Premier Explosives at a glance

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).

Relative performance

7510012515011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026PREMEXPLN.NS 93Peer median 74
Six months, rebased to 100: Premier Explosives against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Premier Explosives financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
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 flown/a-₹301M₹957M₹455M-₹8.26M
Capital expendituren/a₹278M₹134M₹234M₹143M
Total debtn/a₹323M₹406M₹615M₹829M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Premier Explosives competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-30%-20%-10%-30%-20%-10%POLYPLEX21044022600423104830002802178920300538301258300637300340TRUALT6003191727161000PCR3007164109688353PREMEXPLN.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Premier Explosives is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%+40%0×5×10×POLYPLEX21044022600423002802178920300538301258300637300340TRUALT6003191727161000PCR3007164109688353PREMEXPLN.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Premier Explosives is the large dot.

Premier Explosives competitors and peer comparison

How Premier Explosives compares with its peers

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.

Premier Explosives against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasurePREMEXPLN.NSPeer medianRank 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 margin3.4%2.9%11th highest of 21
EV / Sales7.8×1.3×3rd most expensive of 21
ROIC minus cost of capital-16.9 pp-6.7 pp2nd lowest of 20
Net debt / EBITDA-1.2×2.6×least indebted of 11

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Premier Explosives PREMEXPLN.NSIndia$290M-9%-27%3%7.8×n/an/a
Polyplex POLYPLEX.NSIndia$290M-7%+10%4%0.4×9.9%+7.6%
International CSRC Investment 2104.TWTaiwan$290M-5%-20%-20%0.9×n/an/a
Rasa Industries,Ltd 4022.TJapan$298M-44%+13%13%1.0×6.4%+10.5%
Liuzhou Chemical Industry 600423.SSChina$299M-19%+3%-15%10.7×38.2%+5.2%
WONIK Materials 104830.KSSouth Korea$274M-44%+12%17%1.1×-8.3%+3.1%
Wuxi Honghui New Materials Technology 002802.SZChina$307M-17%+8%13%3.7×11.5%-6.2%
PI Advanced Materials 178920.KSSouth Korea$307M-45%-2%22%1.6×-9.5%+0.1%
Shenzhen Tongyi Industry 300538.SZChina$307M-31%-16%-2%1.0×n/an/a
Suzhou Fushilai Pharmaceutical 301258.SZChina$313M-21%-15%-13%2.7×n/an/a
Yangfan New Materials (Zhejiang) 300637.SZChina$314M-19%+3%1%2.8×57.5%+13.4%
Jiangmen Kanhoo Industry 300340.SZChina$318M-31%+20%-7%1.2×51.6%+4.7%
Trualt Bioenergy TRUALT.NSIndia$320M-26%-5%14%1.7×n/an/a
Weifang Yaxing Chemical 600319.SSChina$320M-32%-5%-10%4.6×n/an/a
Chung Hwa Chemical Industrial Works 1727.TWTaiwan$325M-4%+5%5%5.5×n/an/a
Aekyung Chemical 161000.KSSouth Korea$326M-41%+3%2%0.6×n/an/a
PCC Rokita Spolka Akcyjna PCR.WAPoland$327M-7%-6%3%1.0×16.1%+4.1%
Anhui Annada Titanium Industry 002136.SZChina$327M-33%+12%2%1.3×n/an/a
Guangdong Quanwei Technology 300716.SZChina$331M+2%+47%-333%24.4×n/an/a
Stella Chemifa 4109.TJapan$332M-22%+4%12%1.2×6.5%+2.3%
Jiangsu HSC New Energy Materials 688353.SSChina$332M-35%+153%39%1.1×n/an/a

Questions

Which companies are Premier Explosives's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Polyplex (POLYPLEX.NS), International CSRC Investment (2104.TW), Rasa Industries,Ltd (4022.T), Liuzhou Chemical Industry (600423.SS), WONIK Materials (104830.KS), Wuxi Honghui New Materials Technology (002802.SZ), PI Advanced Materials (178920.KS), Shenzhen Tongyi Industry (300538.SZ).
Is Premier Explosives expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 7.8× against a peer median of 1.3×, 3rd most expensive of 21 in its peer set.
How has Premier Explosives stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -8.9% against -24.2% for the median peer; over one year -18.2%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.