Past 10 year's financial track record analysis by Moneyworks4me indicates that Alkali Metals Ltd is a average quality company.
The key valuation ratios of Alkali Metals Ltd's currently when compared to its past seem to suggest it is in the Somewhat overvalued zone.
The Price Trend analysis by MoneyWorks4Me indicates it is Semi Strong which suggest that the price of Alkali Metals Ltd is likely to Rise-somewhat in the short term. However, please check the rating on Quality and Valuation before investing.
Data adjusted to bonus, split, extra-ordinary income, rights issue and change in financial year end.
| Mar'15 | Mar'16 | Mar'17 | Mar'18 | Mar'19 | Mar'20 | Mar'21 | Mar'22 | Mar'23 | Mar'24 | TTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROCE % ⓘ | 5.8% | 8.5% | 4.7% | 5.7% | 6.7% | 4.7% | 4% | 11% | 9.3% | 5.9% | - |
| Value Creation Index ⓘ | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.7 | -0.6 | -0.5 | -0.7 | -0.7 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.6 | - |
Growth Parameters ⓘGrowth Parameters Colour Code Guide ⓘ | |||||||||||
| Sales ⓘ | 68.4 | 73.3 | 58.1 | 64.9 | 71.6 | 70.9 | 55.4 | 91 | 88.2 | 82.9 | 84 |
| Sales YoY Gr. | - | 7.1% | -20.8% | 11.8% | 10.2% | -1% | -21.8% | 64.4% | -3.1% | -6.1% | - |
| Adj EPS ⓘ | 1.1 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.9 | -1.1 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 1.3 | -4.2 |
| YoY Gr. | - | 94.7% | -67.1% | 115.1% | 8.9% | -50.3% | -228.2% | NA | -31.3% | -44.7% | - |
| BVPS (₹) ⓘ | 47.7 | 48.4 | 48.8 | 49.6 | 50.3 | 48.6 | 47.7 | 50.3 | 51.1 | 49.6 | 43.4 |
| Adj Net Profit ⓘ | 1.2 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.9 | -1.1 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.3 | -4 |
| Cash Flow from Ops. ⓘ | 9.2 | 8.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 6.9 | 9.4 | 1.3 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 6.3 | - |
| Debt/CF from Ops. ⓘ | 3.6 | 2.6 | 5.1 | 4 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 16.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.9 | - |
CAGR Colour Code Guide ⓘ
| 9 Years | 5 Years | 3 Years | 1 Years | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales ⓘ | 2.2% | 3% | 14.4% | -6.1% | ||||
| Adj EPS ⓘ | 1.5% | -5.3% | NA | -44.7% | ||||
| BVPSⓘ | 0.4% | -0.3% | 1.3% | -2.9% | ||||
| Share Price | 19.5% | 24.9% | 12.5% | -16.8% | ||||
Performance Ratio Colour Code Guide ⓘ
| Mar'15 | Mar'16 | Mar'17 | Mar'18 | Mar'19 | Mar'20 | Mar'21 | Mar'22 | Mar'23 | Mar'24 | TTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on Equity % ⓘ | 2.3 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 1.7 | -2.2 | 6.9 | 4.6 | 2.5 | -9.1 |
| Op. Profit Mgn % ⓘ | 14.1 | 13.6 | 12.2 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 9.4 | 11 | 12.5 | 11 | 9.9 | 3.2 |
| Net Profit Mgn % ⓘ | 1.7 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.2 | -2 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 1.6 | -5.1 |
| Debt to Equity ⓘ | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Working Cap Days ⓘ | 185 | 157 | 197 | 197 | 194 | 188 | 261 | 183 | 194 | 230 | 105 |
| Cash Conv. Cycle ⓘ | 58 | 52 | 66 | 79 | 77 | 80 | 114 | 76 | 84 | 100 | 9 |
Sales growth is growing at healthy rate in last 3 years 14.37%
Return on Equity is Poor
Sales growth is not so good in last 4 quarters at 6.95%
| Standalone | Consolidated | |
|---|---|---|
| TTM EPS (₹) | -4.2 | - |
| TTM Sales (₹ Cr.) | 84.1 | - |
| BVPS (₹.) ⓘ | 43.4 | - |
| Reserves (₹ Cr.) ⓘ | 35 | - |
| P/BV ⓘ | 2.70 | - |
| PE ⓘ | 0.00 | - |
| From the Market | |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Low / High (₹) | 94.25 / 165.00 |
| All Time Low / High (₹) | 13.15 / 399.40 |
| Market Cap (₹ Cr.) | 119 |
| Equity (₹ Cr.) | 10.2 |
| Face Value (₹) | 10 |
| Industry PE ⓘ | 57.2 |
| Pledged * | 30.06 | 30.06 | 30.06 | 30.06 | 30.06 | 30.06 | 30.06 | 30.06 | 30.06 | 30.06 |
| PARTICULARS | Mar'15 | Mar'16 | Mar'17 | Mar'18 | Mar'19 | Mar'20 | Mar'21 | Mar'22 | Mar'23 | Mar'24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 68 | 73 | 58 | 65 | 72 | 71 | 55 | 91 | 88 | 83 |
| Operating Expenses ⓘ | 59 | 63 | 51 | 58 | 64 | 64 | 49 | 80 | 79 | 75 |
| Manufacturing Costs | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| Material Costs | 34 | 39 | 27 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 21 | 38 | 37 | 33 |
| Employee Cost | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 15 |
| Other Costs ⓘ | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
| Operating Profit ⓘ | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 8 |
| Operating Profit Margin (%) | 13.8% | 13.5% | 11.8% | 10.5% | 10.4% | 9.4% | 11.0% | 12.5% | 11.0% | 9.9% |
| Other Income ⓘ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Interest ⓘ | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Depreciation ⓘ | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Exceptional Items ⓘ | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Profit Before Tax ⓘ | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Tax ⓘ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Profit After Tax | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| PAT Margin (%) | 0.4% | 3.1% | 0.6% | 2.3% | 2.6% | 1.3% | -2.2% | 3.8% | 3.3% | 1.4% |
| Adjusted EPS (₹) | 0.3 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.9 | -1.2 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 1.1 |
| Dividend Payout Ratio (%) | 0% | 54% | 138% | 69% | 65% | 107% | -67% | 59% | 70% | 90% |
| PARTICULARS | Mar'15 | Mar'16 | Mar'17 | Mar'18 | Mar'19 | Mar'20 | Mar'21 | Mar'22 | Mar'23 | Mar'24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Equity and Liabilities | ||||||||||
| Shareholders Fund | 49 | 50 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 50 | 49 | 52 | 53 | 51 |
| Share Capital ⓘ | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Reserves ⓘ | 39 | 40 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 40 | 39 | 42 | 43 | 41 |
| Minority Interest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Debt | 28 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Long Term Debt | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Short Term Debt | 19 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 17 |
| Trade Payables | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 25 |
| Others Liabilities ⓘ | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 10 |
| Total Liabilities ⓘ | 95 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 87 | 83 | 94 | 95 | 100 | 104 |
Fixed Assets | ||||||||||
| Gross Block | 84 | 84 | 83 | 83 | 84 | 87 | 90 | 90 | 95 | 94 |
| Accumulated Depreciation | 27 | 30 | 33 | 36 | 39 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 45 | 47 |
| Net Fixed Assetsⓘ | 57 | 54 | 50 | 47 | 45 | 45 | 47 | 46 | 49 | 47 |
| CWIP ⓘ | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Investmentsⓘ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Inventories | 16 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 23 | 21 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 34 |
| Trade Receivables | 9 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 18 |
| Cash Equivalents | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Others Assetsⓘ | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Total Assets ⓘ | 95 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 87 | 83 | 94 | 95 | 100 | 104 |
| PARTICULARS | Mar'15 | Mar'16 | Mar'17 | Mar'18 | Mar'19 | Mar'20 | Mar'21 | Mar'22 | Mar'23 | Mar'24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash Flow From Operating Activity ⓘ | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 6 |
| PBT ⓘ | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Adjustment ⓘ | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Changes in Working Capital ⓘ | 5 | 3 | -3 | -3 | -1 | 3 | -5 | -1 | 1 | -1 |
| Tax Paid ⓘ | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cash Flow From Investing Activity ⓘ | -2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | -3 | -4 | -4 | -3 | -3 | -2 |
| Capex | -2 | -1 | -1 | 0 | -3 | -4 | -4 | -3 | -3 | -2 |
| Net Investments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Others ⓘ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cash Flow From Financing Activityⓘ | -6 | -10 | -3 | -4 | -4 | -3 | 0 | -7 | -9 | -6 |
| Net Proceeds from Shares ⓘ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Net Proceeds from Borrowing ⓘ | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | -1 | -1 |
| Interest Paid ⓘ | 0 | 0 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -2 | -3 | -3 | -2 | -2 |
| Dividend Paid ⓘ | 0 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -3 | 0 | -1 | -2 | -2 |
| Others ⓘ | -6 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | -4 | -1 |
| Net Cash Flow ⓘ | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 2 | -1 | -1 |
| PARTICULARS | Mar'15 | Mar'16 | Mar'17 | Mar'18 | Mar'19 | Mar'20 | Mar'21 | Mar'22 | Mar'23 | Mar'24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratios | ||||||||||
| ROE (%) | 0.58 | 4.61 | 0.74 | 2.93 | 3.7 | 1.89 | -2.46 | 6.98 | 5.64 | 2.2 |
| ROCE (%) | 5.75 | 8.45 | 4.74 | 5.72 | 6.66 | 4.74 | 3.96 | 11.03 | 9.25 | 5.9 |
| Asset Turnover Ratio | 0.73 | 0.85 | 0.7 | 0.76 | 0.83 | 0.83 | 0.63 | 0.96 | 0.9 | 0.81 |
| PAT to CFO Conversion(x) | N/A | 4 | N/A | 4 | 3.5 | 9 | N/A | 3.67 | 3.67 | 6 | Working Capital Days |
| Receivable Days | 56 | 47 | 64 | 68 | 63 | 44 | 61 | 51 | 56 | 70 |
| Inventory Days | 76 | 69 | 94 | 100 | 102 | 113 | 163 | 108 | 112 | 137 |
| Payable Days | 124 | 108 | 174 | 161 | 164 | 148 | 257 | 169 | 175 | 244 |
Alkali Metals was incorporated on April 17, 1968 as a joint venture with APIDC. The company commenced production of sodium metal, with an installed capacity of 125 MT. There were only a few manufacturers of sodium metal at that time and the technology was not available easily. Alkali Metals developed the technology for sodium metal based on in-house R&D capabilities and this was an achievement, considering various hazards in the development and manufacture of the same. It has a distinction of developing technology for the manufacture of sodium metal for usage in fast breeder nuclear reactors for power generation. It developed technologies for several derivatives based on sodium metal, picoline and various other cyclic compounds. In the year 1986, APIDC exited from the joint venture.
Y V S Murty and Y S R Venkata Rao are the main promoters of the company.
Currently, the company has two manufacturing facilities, unit I and II. Both the units are ISO 9001: 2000 and ISO 14001:2004 certified and have combined installed capacity of 4,400 MTPA. While unit I is engaged in the manufacture of sodium metals, organo alkali metallics, tetrazoles, amino pyridines and caters to the domestic market, unit II, a 100% EOU is engaged in the manufacture of pyridine derivatives, cyclic compounds and fine chemicals.
Business area of the company
The company is engaged in the business of manufacturing sodium derivatives, pyridine derivatives and a range of fine chemicals, based on related chemistry.
Products
Sodium derivatives
Pyridine derivatives
Fine chemicals
Awards/ achievements
Certification/ recognition
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