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Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.RCF.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Chemicals›Chemicals: Agricultural
Momentum laggard 13
Mkt cap
$590M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
25%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$915,495
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-4.7 pp
WACC 14.9%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Close · INR₹101.12
1D-0.9%
1W+8.0%
1M-6.0%
3M-21.0%
6M-23.2%
YTD-30.9%
1Y-33.3%
ATR %3.1%
Beta1.31
52w lowhigh35.7% off high

What Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers does

Employees: 5,474

Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers at a glance

Size Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers (RCF.NS) is an India Materials company (Chemicals: Agricultural) with a market value of $590M, the 781st largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹101.12 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 23.2%, against -22.5% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 17.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.6%); the operating margin is 3.7% (peer median 3.5%).

Valuation It trades at 0.3× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.3× (cheapest of 21).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 4.7 points below its cost of capital (14.9% WACC).

Relative performance

70809010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 78RCF.NS 77
Six months, rebased to 100: Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹187B₹76.0B₹70.8B₹64.7B₹78.8B
Revenue growth—+7%+9%-18%—
Gross profit₹23.7B-₹88.0B-₹81.8B-₹89.6B-₹112B
EBITDA₹10.0B-₹97.0B-₹91.3B-₹99.7B-₹120B
Net income₹4.47B₹4.27B₹2.42B₹2.25B₹9.66B
Free cash flown/a-₹18.1B₹13.4B-₹10.4B₹1.90B
Capital expendituren/a₹10.8B₹8.27B₹4.82B₹3.85B
Total debtn/a₹41.3B₹27.6B₹33.0B₹18.8B

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Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers 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%-20%0%+20%+40%-20%-10%0%GSFC002556603334600796600228000713499717124996603639002391600731LXU002734KRISHANA603395600227002470RCF.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%+60%+80%1×2×3×GSFC002556603334600796600228000713002749499717124996603639002391600731LXU002734KRISHANA603395600227RCF.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers is the large dot.

Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers competitors and peer comparison

How Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers 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.

Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureRCF.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-6.0%-7.2%8th highest of 21
6-month return-23.2%-22.5%10th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-35.7%-33.3%10th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+17.5%+4.6%5th highest of 21
Operating margin3.7%3.5%10th highest of 21
EV / Sales0.3×1.3×cheapest of 21
ROIC minus cost of capital-4.7 pp-1.8 pp6th lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA5.6×8.1×cheapest of 7
Net debt / EBITDA4.0×1.0×2nd most indebted of 10

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers RCF.NSIndia$590M-23%+18%4%0.3×n/an/a
Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals GSFC.NSIndia$588M-22%+37%3%0.4×23.2%+3.2%
Anhui Huilong Agricultural Means of Production .Co 002556.SZChina$594M-31%0%1%0.5×8.7%-1.2%
Suzhou Fengbei Biotech Stock 603334.SSChina$586M-44%+63%4%1.1×n/an/a
Zhejiang Qianjiang Biochemical 600796.SSChina$629M-24%-2%11%3.2×7.8%-2.0%
Jiangxi Fanli Digital Technology 600228.SSChina$539M+39%+140%-7%4.7×n/an/a
Sdic Fengle Seed 000713.SZChina$664M-15%+10%2%1.1×12.2%+3.4%
Sichuan Guoguang Agrochemical 002749.SZChina$668M-24%-2%18%1.9×-8.5%+12.2%
Nihon Nohyaku 4997.TJapan$522M+6%+7%10%0.8×-7.1%+9.3%
Sinon 1712.TWTaiwan$514M-4%0%7%1.0×-4.3%+1.3%
Kumiai Chemical Industry 4996.TJapan$499M-17%+7%4%0.6×-8.5%+9.7%
Hailir Pesticides & Chemicals 603639.SSChina$463M-29%-9%1%1.1×n/an/a
Jiangsu Changqing Agrochemical 002391.SZChina$461M-28%-2%3%1.8×n/an/a
Hunan Haili Chemical Industry 600731.SSChina$459M-19%-24%11%1.5×-5.8%-3.6%
LSB Industries LXUUnited States$763M-24%+13%11%1.6×-0.8%+11.9%
Limin 002734.SZChina$778M-37%-6%8%1.4×-1.2%+0.6%
Krishana Phoschem KRISHANA.NSIndia$781M+79%+73%11%2.9×n/an/a
Anhui Sierte Fertilizer Industry 002538.SZChina$794M-15%+9%3%1.0×n/an/a
CNSIG Anhui Hongsifang Fertilizer 603395.SSChina$798M-23%+3%0%1.6×n/an/a
Guizhou Chitianhua 600227.SSChina$803M-22%-2%-5%2.7×10.3%+2.4%
Kingenta Ecological Engineering 002470.SZChina$827M-39%+9%-5%1.1×n/an/a

Questions

Which companies are Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals (GSFC.NS), Anhui Huilong Agricultural Means of Production .Co (002556.SZ), Suzhou Fengbei Biotech Stock (603334.SS), Zhejiang Qianjiang Biochemical (600796.SS), Jiangxi Fanli Digital Technology (600228.SS), Sdic Fengle Seed (000713.SZ), Sichuan Guoguang Agrochemical (002749.SZ), Nihon Nohyaku (4997.T).
Is Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 0.3× against a peer median of 1.3×, cheapest of 21 in its peer set.
How has Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -23.2% against -22.5% for the median peer; over one year -33.3%.

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.