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Tuesday, 6 October 2026

the synthetic rubber maker that sold less & earned 4x more

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revenue up 39.9% yoy to a record, ebitda margin 22.3% vs 10.3% & profit after tax up 311% yoy, on 10-12% fewer tonnes. management says part of it was a windfall. here is how much, & what has to go right next.

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In the April to June quarter, with the Strait of Hormuz shut by the war in West Asia, the supply of many petrochemicals into India was badly disrupted. Synthetic rubber & synthetic latex are made from crude-linked chemicals like butadiene, styrene & acrylonitrile, & they end up in things we touch every day: the coating on paper & cartons, carpet backing, gloves, tyre cords, hoses & shoe soles. When shipments stalled, the buyers of these materials went looking for any supplier that could still deliver.

Hold that backdrop against a synthetic rubber & latex maker I've been studying this quarter. In those 3 months, its revenue grew 39.9% YoY to a record Rs 526 crore, & its profit after tax grew 311% YoY to Rs 79 crore, about 78% of what it earned in the whole of FY26. That said, it's not without its problems: it sold 10 to 12% fewer tonnes than a year ago, & management itself says it wouldn't annualise this level of benefit, so how much of this quarter can repeat is the first thing I went looking at.
The company I'm referring to is . . .

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