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Indian subsidiary of Japan's Sumitomo Chemical, making crop-protection chemicals and household insecticide products.
Indian subsidiary of Japan's Sumitomo Chemical, making crop-protection chemicals and household insecticide products.
Sells to farmers through distributors, so demand is seasonal and follows the monsoon and planting; sales peak in the main summer crop season. The Japanese parent supplies newer molecules, and a smaller business supplies active ingredients to household-insecticide brands.
Moat: narrow (brand, process know-how). Sumitomo's Japanese R&D pipeline gives access to newer molecules, but UPL and Bayer have larger Indian distribution scale.
Headquarters: Mumbai, India · Founded: 1997 · Employees: 5,155
Size Sumitomo Chemical India (SUMICHEM.NS) is an India Materials company (Chemicals: Agricultural) with a market value of $1.74B, the 408th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹328.95 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 34.1%, against -26.3% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 5th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 2.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.2%); the operating margin is 18.1% (peer median 7.7%).
Valuation It trades at 28.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.0× (3rd most expensive of 19).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 23% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +4%, so the hurdle is +19 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 3.5 points above its cost of capital (11.9% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 29 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹32.2B | ₹32.1B | ₹31.2B | ₹28.2B | ₹34.8B |
| Revenue growth | — | +3% | +11% | -19% | — |
| Gross profit | ₹9.99B | ₹8.66B | ₹8.08B | ₹6.42B | ₹8.40B |
| EBITDA | ₹6.53B | ₹6.60B | ₹6.20B | ₹4.64B | ₹6.43B |
| Net income | ₹5.59B | ₹5.43B | ₹5.05B | ₹3.70B | ₹5.02B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ₹4.78B | ₹4.87B | ₹7.38B | ₹2.82B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ₹442M | ₹295M | ₹637M | ₹1.20B |
| Total debt | ₹558M | ₹633M | ₹519M | ₹302M | ₹340M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sumitomo Chemical India SUMICHEM.NS | $1.74B | -34% | -3% | 18% | 28.1× | 23.4% |
| UPL UPL.NS | $4.78B | -18% | +10% | 14% | 14.8× | 10.9% |
| Bayer Cropscience India BAYERCROP.NS | $1.58B | -28% | -5% | 15% | 19.5× | 16.1% |
| PI Industries PIIND.NS | $2.79B | -44% | -15% | 13% | 22.7× | n/a |
| Rallis India RALLIS.NS | $389M | -28% | +7% | 10% | 17.6× | 20.1% |
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| Measure | SUMICHEM.NS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -22.0% | -8.9% | lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -34.1% | -26.3% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -42.5% | -34.5% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -2.6% | +6.2% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 18.1% | 7.7% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 28.1× | 15.0× | 3rd most expensive of 19 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 23.4% | 8.2% | 2nd most demanding of 10 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +4.1% | +6.9% | 4th lowest of 10 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +19.3 pp | -5.8 pp | 2nd most demanding of 10 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +3.5 pp | +0.6 pp | 6th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 23.8× | 8.8× | most expensive of 8 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -1.3× | 2.5× | 2nd least indebted of 8 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sumitomo Chemical India SUMICHEM.NS | India | $1.74B | -34% | -3% | 18% | 28.1× | 23.4% | +4.1% |
| Zhejiang Xinan Chemical Industrial 600596.SS | China | $1.75B | -31% | +5% | 2% | 22.9× | 12.4% | +3.1% |
| Tata Chemicals TATACHEM.NS | India | $1.64B | -25% | +2% | 3% | 85.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Atul ATUL.NS | India | $1.63B | -26% | +18% | 12% | 19.7× | 18.2% | +11.0% |
| Lier Chemical 002258.SZ | China | $1.85B | +20% | +6% | 8% | 21.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Hubei Yihua Chemical Industry 000422.SZ | China | $1.60B | -42% | +15% | 5% | 15.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Bayer Cropscience India BAYERCROP.NS | India | $1.58B | -28% | -5% | 15% | 19.5× | 16.1% | +5.9% |
| Sichuan Development Lomon 002312.SZ | China | $1.93B | -36% | +5% | 6% | 35.0× | 8.2% | +14.0% |
| Paradeep Phosphates PARADEEP.NS | India | $1.57B | +12% | +31% | 7% | 17.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals DEEPAKFERT.NS | India | $1.54B | -14% | +14% | 13% | 10.1× | n/a | n/a |
| China XLX Fertiliser 1866.HK | Hong Kong | $1.51B | -27% | +24% | 8% | 6.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Chengdu Wintrue 002539.SZ | China | $2.09B | -24% | +6% | 6% | 11.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen Batian Ecological Technique 002170.SZ | China | $1.44B | -29% | +3% | 23% | 7.1× | -8.1% | +18.8% |
| Holitech Technology 002217.SZ | China | $1.41B | -58% | +17% | 2% | n/a | 45.7% | -37.1% |
| Huapont Life Sciences 002004.SZ | China | $1.39B | -5% | -6% | 11% | n/a | -8.7% | +1.1% |
| Jiang Su Suyan Jingshen 603299.SS | China | $1.28B | -18% | -5% | 5% | 25.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Stanley Agricultural 002588.SZ | China | $1.27B | -33% | +3% | 8% | 8.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen Noposion Crop Science 002215.SZ | China | $1.25B | -23% | +12% | 13% | 9.3× | -3.9% | +6.9% |
| Shandong Weifang Rainbow Chemical 301035.SZ | China | $2.42B | -32% | +6% | 12% | 14.9× | -0.1% | +15.0% |
| E.I.D.-Parry (India) EIDPARRY.NS | India | $1.21B | -24% | +16% | 7% | 11.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Sichuan New Energy Power 000155.SZ | China | $2.54B | -47% | +98% | 32% | 12.9× | n/a | n/a |