Company File · BSE 590024 · Latest filing Q3 FY26
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Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Limited
Data as of 19 Oct 2026 close · BSE · Latest results Q3 FY26
ISIN INE188A01015 · FACT · Chemicals › Fertilizers & Agrochemicals
About the business
What does FACT do? The Fertilisers & Chemicals Travancore is a government-owned fertiliser maker based in Kochi, Kerala. It makes complex fertilisers such as Factamfos, plus ammonium sulphate. What is a complex fertiliser? One that supplies more than one plant nutrient in a single product. FACT also makes caprolactam, a raw material for nylon, & sells mainly to farmers in South India.
Price & valuation · BSE close, 19 Oct 2026
Usual 2642.9×
Below its usual level
- Sales growth
- +65.1%
- Profit
- Turned to loss
- Op. margin
- -2.7%
- P/E
- 2,415.7×
- Usual P/E
- 2642.9×
- Price/book
- 34.0×
- ROCE
- 7.3%
- ROE
- 7.6%
- Debt/equity
- 2.77×
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Is it expensive, and is it a good business?
Key ratios
In short Priced below its own usual level (P/E without one-offs 2,415.7× vs 2642.9×), earns low returns on capital (ROCE 7.3%) and borrows ₹2.77 for every ₹1 of shareholders' money.
What you pay Valuation
Leaving out one-off items, buyers pay about ₹2416 for every ₹1 the company earned per share over the last year. Below its 1-year median of 2642.9×.
Leaves out one-off gains of ₹16.4 crore over the last 12 months (profit before tax & those items, taxed at 25%); P/E on reported profit 1683.
Latest BSE close ÷ last four quarters' EPS without one-off items: profit before tax & exceptional items, taxed at 25%, for the company's own shareholders, on the share count behind its reported EPS. Used when one-off items come to more than a quarter of 12-month pre-tax profit. As of 19th October 2026.
The share price is 34.0 times the accounting value of each share. Below its 1-year median of 39.8×.
Latest BSE close ÷ book value per share (equity ÷ shares) on the latest balance-sheet date. As of 19th October 2026.
The market values the company at 8.8 times its yearly sales.
Market value ÷ last 12 months' revenue. As of 19th October 2026.
The whole business (shares plus debt, minus cash) is valued at about 459.3 years of its operating profit.
Enterprise value ÷ last 12 months' EBITDA. As of 19th October 2026.
Needs EPS from a year earlier; our results do not go back far enough yet.
P/E ÷ 12-month EPS growth in % (the last four quarters vs the four before; when those are not all held, the latest financial year vs the year before). Growth above 100% counts as 100%; left blank when EPS fell or was below ₹1 a share a year earlier. Without one-off items when either year has large ones, as for the P/E. As of 19th October 2026.
The company paid no dividend in the last 12 months.
Dividends per share with an ex-date in the last 12 months (restated for any split or bonus since) ÷ the latest BSE close. As of 19th October 2026.
How well it uses money Returns & strength
Each ₹100 of shareholders' money and debt earned about ₹7.3 before interest & tax.
Uses closing capital because the balance sheet from a year earlier is not available yet.
Last 12 months' profit before interest & tax ÷ average (equity + borrowings). As of 30th September 2025.
For every ₹100 of shareholders' money, the company earned about ₹7.6 in a year.
Last 12 months' profit after tax (continuing operations where reported) ÷ average equity. As of 30th September 2025.
The money actually tied up in running the business (leaving out spare cash) earned about 10.1% after tax.
This company holds a lot of cash, so ROIC (which leaves cash out) is much higher than ROCE.
Last 12 months' operating profit after tax (profit before interest & tax × (1 − effective tax rate)) ÷ average invested capital (equity + borrowings − cash & bank balances). As of 30th September 2025.
Every ₹1 of assets generated about ₹0.70 of sales in a year.
Last 12 months' revenue ÷ average total assets. As of 30th September 2025.
Operating profit covered interest costs about 1 times.
Last 12 months' profit before interest & tax ÷ finance costs. As of 31st December 2025.
For every ₹1 of shareholders' money, it has borrowed ₹2.77.
Borrowings ÷ shareholders' equity on the latest balance-sheet date. As of 30th September 2025.
Who owns it Ownership & more
No verified shareholding pattern yet.
Promoter & promoter group shareholding from the latest shareholding pattern filed with BSE.
Needs two consecutive shareholding patterns.
Latest quarter's promoter holding minus the previous quarter's.
No verified shareholding pattern yet.
Promoter group shares pledged ÷ all the promoter group's shares, from the shareholding pattern filed with BSE each quarter (other encumbrances, such as non-disposal undertakings, are not counted).
After paying for new plant & equipment, operations left ₹54 crore of cash.
Cash from operations − spending on plant & equipment, latest full year. As of 31st March 2025.
Each share has a face (nominal) value of ₹10. It matters for dividends quoted as a percentage, not for valuation.
Face value per share as BSE lists it today.
About 64.71 crore shares were in issue.
BSE's count of listed shares (BSE's market cap ÷ its price), so splits, bonuses & new shares since the latest results are included. As of 19th October 2026.
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The stock market values the company at about ₹46,816 crore.
Latest BSE close × BSE's count of listed shares. As of 19th October 2026.
Buying the whole business, including its debt and keeping its cash, would cost about ₹48,399 crore.
Market value + borrowings − cash & bank balances. As of 19th October 2026.
The company reported ₹28 crore of profit over the last four quarters.
Sum of the last four quarters' reported profit after tax. As of 31st December 2025.
Each share earned about ₹0.43 over the last year.
Sum of the last four quarters' basic EPS. Uses earnings per share from continuing operations, so a one-off gain from selling a business does not flatter it. As of 31st December 2025.
Each share is backed by about ₹21 of net assets on the books.
Shareholders' equity ÷ shares. As of 30th September 2025.
About ₹2.0 of every ₹100 of sales was left after running costs.
EBITDA ÷ revenue over the last four quarters. As of 31st December 2025.
It lost about ₹4.3 on every ₹100 of sales last quarter.
Profit after tax ÷ revenue for the latest quarter. As of 31st December 2025.
Sales were 65.1% higher than a year earlier.
Latest quarter's revenue vs the same quarter last year. As of 31st December 2025.
Profit turned into a loss, so a growth rate would mislead.
Latest quarter's profit after tax vs the same quarter last year (continuing operations when a one-off discontinued item exists). As of 31st December 2025.
Short-term assets cover short-term bills 0.91 times.
Current assets ÷ current liabilities. As of 30th September 2025.
Customers take about 44 days to pay.
Trade receivables ÷ last 12 months' revenue × 365. As of 30th September 2025.
Stock on hand equals about 95 days of sales.
Inventories ÷ last 12 months' revenue × 365. As of 30th September 2025.
479.2% of pre-tax profit came from other income (interest, dividends, gains).
Other income ÷ profit before tax, last 12 months. As of 31st December 2025.
Each ₹1 of profit brought in ₹1.30 of operating cash.
Latest full year's cash from operations ÷ profit after tax. As of 31st March 2025.
Borrowings exceed cash by ₹1,583 crore.
Cash & bank balances − borrowings. As of 30th September 2025.
The company paid about 33.7% of its pre-tax profit as tax.
Tax expense ÷ profit before tax (continuing operations), last 12 months. As of 31st December 2025.
Everything the company owns earned 1.6% in a year.
Last 12 months' profit ÷ average total assets. As of 30th September 2025.
Operating profit before interest, depreciation & tax was ₹105 crore.
Revenue − expenses + finance costs + depreciation, last four quarters. As of 31st December 2025.
Needs five financial years of cash flows.
Sum over five financial years of (cash from operations − capital expenditure).
The company spent ₹0 crore on plant & equipment.
Purchase of property, plant & equipment, latest full year. As of 31st March 2025.
Borrowings stood at ₹3,806 crore.
Current + non-current borrowings. As of 30th September 2025.
No verified shareholding pattern yet.
Foreign institutional holding from the latest shareholding pattern.
No verified shareholding pattern yet.
Domestic institutional holding (mutual funds, insurers, banks, pension funds).
The highest price in the last year was ₹1,059.45.
Highest intraday BSE price in the last 12 months (raw, not adjusted). As of 16th June 2026.
The lowest price in the last year was ₹653.
Lowest intraday BSE price in the last 12 months (raw, not adjusted). As of 9th March 2026.
The share price moved -18.4% over the last year.
Close today ÷ close a year ago − 1 (raw prices, dividends not included). As of 19th October 2026.
About 0% of the last year's earnings per share was paid out as dividends.
Dividends per share with an ex-date in the last 12 months ÷ the last four quarters' EPS. As of 31st December 2025.
Needs four financial years of results (three years of growth).
Compound annual growth in revenue over three financial years.
Needs four financial years of results (three years of growth).
Compound annual growth in profit after tax over three financial years.
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How these are worked out
Price-based ratios use the latest BSE close (19th October 2026). Share count 64.71 crore, from paid-up capital in the 19th October 2026 filing. Figures are consolidated.
What you pay: Higher numbers mean you pay more for each rupee the company earns or owns.
How well it uses money: Higher returns mean each rupee in the business earns more. Lower debt means less strain.
Who owns it: A steady promoter stake with nothing pledged is a calm sign.
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Last 4 quarters ₹ crore · Consolidated
| ₹ crore | Q4 FY25 | Q1 FY26 | Q2 FY26 | Q3 FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue from operations | 1,053 | 1,043 | 1,629 | 1,568 |
| EBITDA | 84.8 | 24.0 | 39.4 | -42.9 |
| Operating margin | 8.1% | 2.3% | 2.4% | -2.7% |
| One-off items | +16.4 | – | – | – |
| Profit after tax | 70.7 | 4.3 | 20.9 | -67.9 |
| Profit after tax without one-offs | 58.5 | 4.3 | 20.9 | -67.9 |
| Basic EPS (₹) | 1.09 | 0.07 | 0.32 | -1.05 |
One-off items: exceptional items reported separately in the filing. Profit without one-offs takes them out after tax at 25%.
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