Employees: 5,474
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).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 flow | n/a | -₹18.1B | ₹13.4B | -₹10.4B | ₹1.90B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ₹10.8B | ₹8.27B | ₹4.82B | ₹3.85B |
| Total debt | n/a | ₹41.3B | ₹27.6B | ₹33.0B | ₹18.8B |
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| Measure | RCF.NS | Peer median | Rank 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 margin | 3.7% | 3.5% | 10th highest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 0.3× | 1.3× | cheapest of 21 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -4.7 pp | -1.8 pp | 6th lowest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 5.6× | 8.1× | cheapest of 7 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.0× | 1.0× | 2nd most indebted of 10 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers RCF.NS | India | $590M | -23% | +18% | 4% | 0.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals GSFC.NS | India | $588M | -22% | +37% | 3% | 0.4× | 23.2% | +3.2% |
| Anhui Huilong Agricultural Means of Production .Co 002556.SZ | China | $594M | -31% | 0% | 1% | 0.5× | 8.7% | -1.2% |
| Suzhou Fengbei Biotech Stock 603334.SS | China | $586M | -44% | +63% | 4% | 1.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Qianjiang Biochemical 600796.SS | China | $629M | -24% | -2% | 11% | 3.2× | 7.8% | -2.0% |
| Jiangxi Fanli Digital Technology 600228.SS | China | $539M | +39% | +140% | -7% | 4.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Sdic Fengle Seed 000713.SZ | China | $664M | -15% | +10% | 2% | 1.1× | 12.2% | +3.4% |
| Sichuan Guoguang Agrochemical 002749.SZ | China | $668M | -24% | -2% | 18% | 1.9× | -8.5% | +12.2% |
| Nihon Nohyaku 4997.T | Japan | $522M | +6% | +7% | 10% | 0.8× | -7.1% | +9.3% |
| Sinon 1712.TW | Taiwan | $514M | -4% | 0% | 7% | 1.0× | -4.3% | +1.3% |
| Kumiai Chemical Industry 4996.T | Japan | $499M | -17% | +7% | 4% | 0.6× | -8.5% | +9.7% |
| Hailir Pesticides & Chemicals 603639.SS | China | $463M | -29% | -9% | 1% | 1.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu Changqing Agrochemical 002391.SZ | China | $461M | -28% | -2% | 3% | 1.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Hunan Haili Chemical Industry 600731.SS | China | $459M | -19% | -24% | 11% | 1.5× | -5.8% | -3.6% |
| LSB Industries LXU | United States | $763M | -24% | +13% | 11% | 1.6× | -0.8% | +11.9% |
| Limin 002734.SZ | China | $778M | -37% | -6% | 8% | 1.4× | -1.2% | +0.6% |
| Krishana Phoschem KRISHANA.NS | India | $781M | +79% | +73% | 11% | 2.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Anhui Sierte Fertilizer Industry 002538.SZ | China | $794M | -15% | +9% | 3% | 1.0× | n/a | n/a |
| CNSIG Anhui Hongsifang Fertilizer 603395.SS | China | $798M | -23% | +3% | 0% | 1.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Guizhou Chitianhua 600227.SS | China | $803M | -22% | -2% | -5% | 2.7× | 10.3% | +2.4% |
| Kingenta Ecological Engineering 002470.SZ | China | $827M | -39% | +9% | -5% | 1.1× | n/a | n/a |