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Chemfab Alkalis Ltd

BSE: 541269

P/L Snapshot

Q1 FY27 · standalone

vs Q4 FY26·vs Q1 FY26
Revenue
74.83
+2.9%-15.6%
Expenditure
73.53
+4.4%-9.3%
Net Profit
4.83
+210.0%-10.5%
OPM %
11.66%
+0.93pp-3.67pp

Shareholding

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P/L Trends

(in crores)

RevenueExpenditureNet Profit
-11.8616.0944.0471.9999.94Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
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Chemfab Q1 FY27: PAT up on tax credit; adjusted profit down ~24% YoY as PVC pipes slump

chlor-alkali · pvc-o pipes · deferred tax credit

ResultsQ1 FY2729 Jul 20263 minMetals & Mining
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Board Meeting29 Jul, 8:00 pm

Chemfab Q1 FY27: PAT up on tax credit; adjusted profit down ~24% YoY as PVC pipes slump

Chemfab Alkalis' consolidated revenue fell to Rs.73.16 Cr, down 20.1% YoY and 2.2% QoQ, while reported PAT of Rs.5.73 Cr looks like a strong +124.9% YoY jump. That headline is misleading: a Rs.3.80 Cr one-off deferred-tax credit (Note 4) - booked after the company re-measured its opening deferred tax liability following an election of the concessional tax rate under the new Income Tax Act 2025 - drove most of the gain. Stripping it out, adjusted PAT is roughly Rs.1.93 Cr, down about 24% YoY, which tracks a near-53% YoY drop in profit before tax (Rs.2.22 Cr vs Rs.4.70 Cr) far better than the reported PAT figure does. The revenue and PBT declines are a segment-mix story. Chemicals & Related Products revenue grew 27.6% YoY (Rs.67.41 Cr vs Rs.52.84 Cr) and the segment swung to a Rs.2.92 Cr profit from a Rs.3.72 Cr loss a year ago, but PVC-O Pipes revenue collapsed 85.1% YoY (Rs.5.75 Cr vs Rs.38.70 Cr) and its result flipped from an Rs.8.63 Cr profit to a Rs.0.57 Cr loss, dragging the consolidated top line down even as the core chemicals business improved. Operating profitability actually expanded - EBITDA margin rose to 13.84% from 12.34% YoY and 11.39% QoQ on the richer chemicals mix - but finance cost (+40.7% YoY to Rs.2.21 Cr) and depreciation (+21.7% YoY to Rs.7.78 Cr), tied partly to Rs.14.91 Cr invested this quarter under a hybrid power-purchase agreement, ate into that gain before tax. There is no consensus estimate or formal management guidance on record for this micro-cap - a web search turned up no Q1 FY27 preview or brokerage estimates, and our records hold no prior concall or outlook - so vs-street and vs-guidance cannot be assessed beyond 'unknown'. Standalone (parent-only) results show the same tax-credit effect with a much thinner underlying base: PBT of just Rs.1.30 Cr and PAT of Rs.4.83 Cr, indicating the subsidiaries (Chemfab Karaikal, Chemfab Hiitech Piping) supply most of the incremental consolidated profit. Separately, the board approved MSKA & Associates as incoming statutory auditor for a five-year term succeeding Deloitte Haskins & Sells, effective from the next AGM - a governance item unrelated to the quarter's numbers. Going forward, the tax credit was a one-time item that will not recur, so the PBT trend (down YoY this quarter) is the cleaner read on underlying performance: whether the chemicals segment's turnaround holds without it, and whether PVC-O Pipes stabilizes, will determine if consolidated profit growth becomes genuine rather than tax-driven.

29 Jul 2026, 08:00 pm

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