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Aegis Vopak Terminals Limited (AVTL) is India's largest third-party liquid and gas storage tank terminal owner and operator, a JV between Aegis Logistics and Royal Vopak. It offers secure storage for petroleum, chemicals, lubricants, vegetable oil, and LPG across 6 ports, with upcoming ammonia facilities.
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Weak fundamentals, management evidence is still limited to a financial-only Trust Lite signal, price trend argues for patience, and recent execution is consistent.
Fundamental lens: valuation, quality, growth, balance sheet, and cash flow.
Revenue +12.5% · PAT -12.7% YoY
Price trend and sector-relative-strength timing.
Legacy margin-of-safety estimate; the revised evidence label remains in shadow validation.
Financial-only signal; management claim evidence is not sufficient yet.
Fundamentals, quarterly history, margins, returns and balance-sheet evidence
PAT -13% YoY · Rev +13% YoY · margin expansion
| Metric | This quarter | YoY | QoQ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹234 Cr | +12.5% | -3.7% |
| EBITDA | ₹179 Cr | +15.5% | +0.0% |
| Operating margin | 77.0% | +200 bps | +300 bps |
| PAT | ₹69 Cr | -12.7% | -6.8% |
| PAT margin | 29.5% | -849 bps | -96 bps |
NDF means not disclosed in the current structured filing feed. It is intentionally not treated as zero.
Updated 22/10/2026
Trend interpretation, Stage 2, relative strength, volume and indicator evidence
Trend is weak — long-term uptrend intact. RSI 32.
Mechanical read from the price + indicator series above. Not a recommendation — technical setups can reverse without warning, especially around earnings and macro events.
U-Score 26 · legacy U-Score band OVERVALUED · valuation evidence and comparable companies
Top U-Score contributors and drags from the latest stored fundamentals.
For this sector, IndiaPulse uses a blended lens rather than relying on a single valuation ratio.
This shows the stored score trend when snapshots exist, and also compares the latest stored nightly score with a live recompute from current fundamentals and price.
12 stored score snapshots. Latest stored move: +0 points.
Business-comparable peers in Energy — ranked by industry, sub-sector, theme-tag overlap, market cap, and U-Score similarity. Green cells mark the best available peer metric in this table.
Growth engines, risks, management commitments and evidence-backed delivery
FY26 revenue grew 17.0% YoY to Rs. 9,231 Mn, with PAT up 52.1% YoY to Rs. 3,419 Mn. Q4 FY26 revenue rose 22.2% YoY to Rs. 2,435 Mn, PAT up 15.3% YoY to Rs. 739 Mn. EBITDA margins expanded both annually and quarterly.
AVTL delivered robust FY26 performance, driven by strong liquid terminalling revenue growth and margin expansion. Strategic capacity additions, new project commissioning, and take-or-pay agreements underpin future growth. The acquisition of HALPG and new ammonia terminal plans diversify and strengthen its market position.
Latest issuer-disclosed distribution across 2 reported categories.
Commissioned 82,000-metric-ton LPG terminal at Mangalore and inaugurated 48,000 MT LPG terminal at Pipavav, increasing total Pipavav capacity to 70,800 MT.
Announced construction of India's first independent 36,000-MT Ammonia Terminal at Pipavav, expected completion by Q1 FY27.
Started JNPA expansion with capex of ₹1,675 crs, including 318,100 m³ additional liquid storage, 77,286 MT LPG storage, and a 35,000 MTPA LPG bottling plant.
Completed acquisition of a 75% stake in HALPG, adding 25,000 MT of LPG capacity at Haldia and strategic entry into the East Coast.
82,000-metric-ton cryogenic LPG terminal commissioned in June, received maiden LPG vessel in Q2 FY26.
48,000 metric ton cryogenic LPG terminal inaugurated in July 2025, increasing total LPG capacity to 70,800 metric tons.
VLGC berth at Kandla commenced operations in Q3 FY26, with the first-ever VLGC docked on the final day of the year.
Construction of 36,000-MT Ammonia Terminal, expected completion by Q1 FY27.
Rising LPG consumption in India is expected to drive higher throughput and utilization for terminals.
PMUY scheme and targeted subsidies (INR 300 per cylinder) promote domestic LPG adoption, increasing demand.
Demand-supply deficit in ammonia, attributed to fertilizer plants, will be met by imports, benefiting import terminals.
Initiatives like 'Make in India' and 100% FDI in chemicals are expected to benefit end-use industries and bulk chemicals trade.
Performance of the Indian economy and international markets can impact the company's operations and financial results.
Competition in the industry and the company's ability to successfully implement its strategy are key risks.
Changes in revenue, income or cash flows, and the company's exposure to market risks could adversely affect performance.
Issuer guidance and extracted claims are tracked against later reported outcomes. Treat these as management statements, not IndiaPulse forecasts.
YoY comparison is crucial for assessing annual growth trends and the impact of new capacity. QoQ is relevant for tracking sequential momentum in operations, utilization, and project commissioning.
1.7 mn cbm (existing), 2.1 mn cbm (incl. announced capex)
225.8k MT (existing), 303,100 MT (incl. announced capex)
3.9 mn MT
74.4%
Management aims to reach $1.2 billion capex by next year and $5 billion aggregate capex by 2030, funded by internal accruals and prudent debt.
Signed a non-binding MoU to invest approximately ₹20,000 crores in the Vadhavan Port project.
Signed a non-binding MoU with L&T to develop Ammonia Terminals for their upcoming green ammonia facilities at Kandla.
Strategic partnership with Itochu in Ammonia Project, initially 10% stake, eventually 25% in 3 years.
| Checkpoint | Current evidence | What to verify next |
|---|---|---|
| Capex Execution and Commissioning | ₹1,675 crs for JNPA expansion, 36,000-MT Ammonia Terminal by Q1 FY27. | Timely commissioning of announced projects and adherence to the $1.2 billion next-year and $5 billion 2030 capex targets. |
| Utilization Rates of New Capacity | Pipavav port surpassed 1 mn ton volume milestone during the year. | Ramp-up of utilization for new LPG and liquid capacities, especially Mangalore, Pipavav, and JNPA. |
| Debt Gearing Ratio | Management aims for 0.6x gearing, capped at 3.5x EBITDA. | Prudent debt management and adherence to stated gearing targets as significant capex is deployed. |
| Securing Long-term Contracts | 15-year take-or-pay agreements for Pipavav petroleum products and HZL's DAP plant. | Ability to secure additional long-term take-or-pay contracts for newly added and upcoming capacities. |
Verification checkpoints are IndiaPulse research interpretation, not investment advice.
Trust asks: does management behaviour match later outcomes? Higher is better, but confidence and evidence depth matter as much as the number.
Limited evidence: Claim history is still being built. It ranks around the 56th percentile of the scored universe and 16th percentile within Energy. Main check: cash conversion is weak at 43/100.
This is a financial-behaviour screen, not a claim-tested management reliability verdict.
Financial behaviour is scored, but management claims do not yet have enough outcome checks.
overall median 67 · Energy: 16th pctile, median 73 · Large: 32nd pctile, median 73
30 documents have extracted text, but claim history is not strong enough yet.
0 claims extracted · No contradicted claim yet
Read Trust alongside U-Score, result consistency, and technical trend. A cheap stock with weak Trust needs a larger margin of safety; a high Trust score does not make an expensive stock attractive by itself.
Read low sub-scores as due-diligence warnings, not automatic sell signals.
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