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Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GUJALKALI)

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Industrials stocks · Small cap · NSE

Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited operates in Chemicals, within the Industrials sector. Use the latest filing and company disclosures below to verify its revenue mix and current business drivers.

₹721.6
-1.25 · -0.17%
Quote04 Sept, 03:59 pm IST
Fundamentals05 Sept 2026 · screener
Score05 Sept, 10:20 pm IST · v4.3-runtime-valuation
Tags02 May 2026
Coverage14/14 · 100%
Valuation2026-07-20 · Rf 6.8% · Industrials P/E 26.4 (n=540)
Data confidence
Fresh enough for analysis
Investor decision lenses

One read, four checks

75+ is strong, 60-74 is usable, 45-59 is mixed, and below 45 needs caution. These are research lenses, not buy/sell instructions.

Weak fundamentals, while price trend supports entry. This looks more like momentum/speculation than a clean fundamental investment setup.

Suggested next step
Momentum only
Trend is strong but fundamentals do not support a clean investment thesis.
Weak U-Score but strong trend: momentum may be ahead of fundamentals.
U-Score
WATCHLIST
38

Fundamental lens: valuation, quality, growth, balance sheet, and cash flow.

Trust
Mixed Trust
69

low confidence · 0/0 claims checked

Technical
Bullish
70

Timing lens: price trend and sector relative strength.

Result consistency
stable
67

Rolling lens: recent quarterly delivery, not the latest single-result score.

Latest result

Quarter ended 30 Jun 2026

Average · 45/100

Rev +13% YoY · margin expansion · +11% QoQ

Filed 23 Jul 2026
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MetricThis quarterYoYQoQ
Revenue₹1,245 Cr+12.7%+10.7%
EBITDA₹222 Cr+133.7%+101.8%
Operating margin18.0%+900 bps+800 bps
PAT₹55 CrNDF+266.7%
PAT margin4.4%+569 bps+309 bps

NDF means not disclosed in the current structured filing feed. It is intentionally not treated as zero.

Business & thesis

Growth engines, tailwinds/headwinds, and risk radar from management commentary

Business and thesis

Issuer presentation review pending

Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited operates in Chemicals, within the Industrials sector. Use the latest filing and company disclosures below to verify its revenue mix and current business drivers. The structured result feed currently covers the quarter ended 30 Jun 2026. Investor presentations and earnings-call PDFs will be added as issuer-backed evidence before management claims appear here.

Management accountability

What management said, and what results must prove

Technical timing lens

Trend score and candlestick chart

70Bullish

full bull SMA stack · SMA20 +7.6% / mo · MACD +

Stock trend: 84
Sector RS: 48
Sector 3M: -1.6% vs Nifty -1.5%

Technical chart

GUJALKALIdaily · 1Y · AUTO+56.7%
Latest close ₹721.60 on 2026-09-04
Bar
-0.9%
RSI
62
MACD hist
0.43
52W pos
77%
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Up bar
Down bar
EMA 20
EMA 50
Volume + 20D avg
Result date
RSI(14)
MACD / signal

Daily technical trend read

Bullish setup

Trend is constructive — long-term uptrend intact. RSI 62.

  • Price > SMA20 > SMA50 > SMA200 — full bullish stack.
  • SMA20 rising (~7.1% over last month) — short-term momentum positive.
  • RSI(14) at 62 — rising, no extreme reading.
  • MACD above signal, histogram expanding — bullish momentum building.
  • 11% off 52W high · 76% above 52W low.

Mechanical read from the price + indicator series above. Not a recommendation — technical setups can reverse without warning, especially around earnings and macro events.

Valuation & score drivers

U-Score 38 · WATCHLIST · pillar breakdown, sector model, fair-value anchor

38U-SCORE
WATCHLIST

Fundamental score breakdown

WATCHLIST
Valuation5/30
Growth9/25
Quality0/20
Balance Sheet11/15
Cash Flow8/10
Piotroski
7/9 (+5)
Penalties
0
Raw sum
38

Why this score?

Top U-Score contributors and drags from the latest stored fundamentals.

38/100 · WATCHLIST

Positive drivers

  • FCF yield is supportive at 3.4%.
  • Piotroski is strong at 7/9.
  • Cash flow contributes 8/10 to the score.

Main drags

  • Fair-value margin of safety is negative at -155.7%.
  • Quality is weaker at 0/20; verify the latest quarterly trend.
  • Valuation is weaker at 5/30; verify the latest quarterly trend.
Sector valuation model

Cyclical valuation: normalized earnings, not just trailing PE

Cyclical companies can look cheapest near peak profits, so IndiaPulse flags value-trap risk separately.

Cyclical normalized
Primary lens
Mid-cycle PE/EV/EBITDA using multi-year average margins or earnings.
Secondary checks
Current margin versus 5-year average, balance sheet strength, commodity cycle.
Main risk check
A low trailing PE may mean peak-cycle earnings, not true cheapness.
PE
79.9
PB
1.0
EV/EBITDA
6.4
ROE
-0.1%
ROCE
1.4%
FCF Yield
3.4%
Debt/Equity
0.1
MoS
-155.7%
Cyclical/value-trap warning
This sector can look cheap when profits are temporarily high. Check mid-cycle margins/earnings before relying on trailing PE.
Score movement

Stored run vs live recompute

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.

Stored run: 05 Sept 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
Final score
38
Previous: 38
Verdict
WATCHLIST
Previous: WATCHLIST
Margin of safety
-155.7%
Previous: -155.7%

Score history

12 stored score snapshots. Latest stored move: +1 points.

05 Sept 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
38
36
38
38
38
37
37
37
37
37
37
38

Factor attribution

No pillar movement versus the latest stored run. Historical score trend will appear after snapshot storage is enabled.

Modelled fair value

Graham Number
₹379.21
-90.3% MoS
Growth-justified P/E
31.2
Growth-justified Value
₹282.23
-155.7% MoS
PEG
7.99

Trust score

Does management behaviour match later outcomes? Claim delivery, forensic breakdown, evidence depth

Trust Score
69Mixed Trust · low confidenceTrust Lite

Trust asks: does management behaviour match later outcomes? Higher is better, but confidence and evidence depth matter as much as the number.

Mixed Trust: Claim history is still being built. It ranks around the 59th percentile of the scored universe and 56th percentile within Industrials. Main check: financial discipline is weak at 30/100.

Healthy Trust Lite: Promoter pledge is zero. Key concern: ROCE is low at 1.4%.

Computed 05 Sept 2026
management-trust-v1
44 docs text-extracted · 0 concalls text-extracted
Score band
Mixed Trust

Usable, but needs evidence. Treat guidance with a margin of safety.

Relative rank
59th percentile

overall median 67 · Industrials: 56th pctile, median 68 · Small: 63rd pctile, median 66

Evidence depth
Financial-only

44 documents have extracted text, but claim history is not strong enough yet.

Claim delivery
Outcome history still building

0 claims extracted · No contradicted claim yet

How to read this Trust Score

Mixed Trust · low confidence
What it measures
Reliability of management and financial delivery, using financial behaviour only.
Confidence
Treat this as an early read until more concalls and outcomes are matched.
Investor use
Acceptable, but check the weakest sub-score before increasing exposure.

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.

Forensic breakdown

Read low sub-scores as due-diligence warnings, not automatic sell signals.

Promoter
78
strong · holding, pledge, alignment
Cash flow
77
strong · profit to cash conversion
Balance sheet
89
strong · leverage and solvency
Discipline
30
weak · capital discipline
Results
67
acceptable · quarterly consistency

Trust positives

  • Promoter pledge is zero.
  • FCF yield is positive at 3.4%.
  • 7 years of positive FCF.
  • 4/4 latest quarters had positive YoY revenue growth.

Trust risks

  • ROCE is low at 1.4%.
  • ROE is low at 0%.
  • ROCE trend is -6.9%.

Trust Lite uses financial behaviour only. Prefer claim-tested Trust when enough concall claims have later outcomes.

Financials

Full fundamentals table and 10-year revenue / profit / ROE history

Fundamentals

Valuation

P/E
79.90
P/B
1.02
EV/EBITDA
6.41
Market Cap
5299.00Cr

Profitability

ROE
-0.05%
ROCE
1.42%
ROA
0.88%
Dividend Y
2.45%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y
12.00%
EPS 5Y
10.00%
Revenue 3Y
-1.00%
EPS 3Y
-1.00%

Balance Sheet

Debt/Equity
0.11
Interest Coverage
7.59×
Altman Z
3.37
Book Value
707.00

Cash Flow

FCF Yield
3.42%
FCF Positive Y
7/5
OCF
406.00 Cr
EPS TTM
9.04

Shareholding

Promoter Hold
47.28%
Promoter Pledge
0.00%
Momentum 52W
77%

Financial History

Updated 5/9/2026

Revenue

₹ Cr
No data

Net Profit

₹ Cr
No data

Return on Equity

%
No data

Peers

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All information is for study purposes only. For investment decisions, consult your financial advisor. See Playbook for methodology.